Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-08-22
SWiSHER TO CONFRONT
ALL HIS OPPONENTS
Says He Has Mo Doubt But That He
win Receive a Majority This
Fall Of More Than $4,000.

TeSentdtlve OF the Huntington Dis
patch met Mr.. Swisher in the o
ridor Of tee Homestead hotel, found
him looking well, cheerful and from
his conversation entirely confident of
his election. Mr.. Swisher was asked
what Secretary Taft and the national
committee would do about the West
Virginia situation. He replied that
as to Secretary Taft, no one wanted
him to be mixed in the affair, and as
to the national committee, there was
only n thing it could do, and that
was to decide which convention was
regular and which state committee
the national committee would coop
crate and work with. He said that
that the national committee would
recognize the convention that norni-
mated him for governor, as the regu-
lar republican convention and the re-
publican ticket it nominated as the
only republican ticket. He further
stated that not even Mr.. Scherr and
his followers denied that the CONVEX
ton was regular in every respect. Mr..
Swisher was asked when he would be-
gin his campaign. He said the com
mittee is now at work at Clarksburg
and the campaign would be we'll on
by the first of September.
Kind Feeling for Others.
"Mr. Swisher, what is your attitude
toward the boiling republicans" was
asked. He replied that he had moth
ing but the kindriest feelings gener-
ally for all republicans, that in the
contest for the governorship no one
ever heard him speak a harsh word of
MIR. Scherr or any other candidate or
their supporters.
He went on to say: 1T is my dis
position to be kind and kindly dispos-
ed. | cherish no i'll will towards any
one. / have no prejudice, or revenge
full desire, and don't want to nave. My
opponents, however, have the advan-
tage of me in n respect. They can
and do abuse me and the republican
ticket. Having nothing to lose, they
don't want a reunited party and don't
want success, while / do. They admit
that their sole purpose is to defeat
me, even if it elects a democratic
governor, which they admit will be
the result of their course. Being in
the position of the candidate of my
party for the highest office in the
state, | cannot afford, even if so dis
posed, to abuse republicans. l must
aim to unite the party and win back
republicans who have gone off with
the boiling ticket.
Ready for Self Defense.
"A feel, however, and my friends de-
mand that / must, in self defense, at
the beginning OF my campaign and
all through it, defend myself against
the wicked, cruel and unjust charges
and destinations that have been made
against me during the contest for the
nomination and since, and | now give
notice that it is my purpose to visit
every county in the state, and, while
in the county, / want to meet and ask
my defamers and accusers to be pres
ent, and make good any charge what
ever rejecting upon my honor, my
credit or my character in my private
OIL official life in any way. / viii stand
ready to meet face to face, all per-
sons making any charges and ] will
refute them, and ] challenge any per-
son in the state, from my humble boy
hood up to the present time, in all
places wherever I have lived, to
tr%uthfully say | have ever wronged my
neighbors, treated anybody unjustly,
or have been guilty of any dishonor-
able act.
No Truce to Editors.
Il want the people, however, to un-
| derstand that / do not feel that this
purpose of mine will restrain me from
attacking the editors who favor n
aid the leaders of the boiling ticket
who have abused me, and ] now give
these gentlemen notice that when l
| appear in their counties ready to an
swer face to face, all their charges, it
is my purpose to pay attention to
! their records. j have been gathering
and secured evidence for this purpose
and | intend to expose these people
who have pursued me md misrcpre-
sented me wnen they knew better. AS
to the great body of dissenting repup-
licans and those who have followed
the leaders of the new party. what
ever may be it's name, | have nothing
but the kiniest feeling towards them,
and ! hope by fair discussion to con-
g,nn thn,o that tlon ranrb1taap par "