The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-08-20
MIR. STURGISS
SAYS WHEELING STORY is NOT
.g... "A TRUE ONE. :
Congressman Issues Authorized De-
nial That SWisher Requested Him
and Others to withhold Names
From Lincoln Ticket.

Morgantown, w. Va, Aug. ID
A copperhead story sent out from
Wheeling by the Ogden Qormer dem
ocraO Intelligencer crowd, to all the
Pittsburg newspapers yesterday was
to the effect that Congressman Stur-
giss, of this city, and Congressman
Hubbard, Of Wheeling, and Congress
man woodward, Of Spencer, decided
| at conference. held in Wheeling
Il j hat tlsay 3
ggsvUtss they can get and that they aS Il
interDose no objection to- the BTaGitig
! Of their names on the ticket Of the
Lincoln republican party The dis
patch further says: 81. ... "
&c. w. Swisher, the regular nolni-
| nee for governor, requested each of
them to withhold his name from the
Lincoln ticket and the broad tntlma-
ton was given that the regulars
would knife the congressional candi-
dates or nominate others In the event
Of refusal to comply with the re-
quest" ...
TO this Hon. George G. Sturgiss, of
this city, enters a most emphatic de-
ntai,' thus stamping the methods and
statements of the copperheads in
this instance as false and untrue.
Mr.. Sturgiss, when seen by a reporter
for the Republican, issued the fol-
lowing most interesting statement: -
Mr.. SWisher has never interview
ed him on the subject or In any way
requested him to withhold his name
from the Lincoln or Scherr ticket, or
to refuse to allow his name. to be
placed on that ticket, nor intimated
that the regulars, or Swisher's friends
would knife him, or nominate anoth-
cr candidate against him If he refus-
cd to comply with that request, and
so far as he knew and believed no
such request had been made to Hub
bard or woodward, nor any such
threat made 'against them by Mr..
SWisher.
The national committee and the
national congressional committee will
probably pass upon the Question
whether the names Of the Taft cleo
tors, and the republican nominees for
congress shall be permitted Ito go on
the Scherr ticket or not, and until
action shall be taken by one or both
of those bodies it would be prema-
ture for congressional candidates 10
pass on the question. These candi~
dates were regularly nominated upon
national issues, and not state mat
ters, with which their official duties
nave nothing to do, and before the
conventions were held that notnina-
ted Mr.. Swisher and Mr.. Scherr.
Both these gentlemen, their com
mitteeS and supporters are Taft re-
Dublicans and desire his election. and
just as earnestly desire that he shalt
be supported by republican con-
greSs, and should be glad that the
electors and congressional candidates
get as large majorities as possible,
whether the votes come from Swish
er or Scherr followers, democrats or
prohibitinists.
No state issues are involved in
the election Of Taft and Sherman, or
Of congressman, and no national is-
sues are involved in. the contest be-
tween Swisher and Scherr, The vo-
ters will not be deceived or misled as
to the line Of separation between
state and national issues and tick
cts.
Every republican should desire to
limit the differences that uhfortu-
nately divide the party to the state
ticket, without widening it 80 as to
threaten the national or congressi on.
al tickets" .l|.'.