Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-12-31
SCOTT WILL
HAVE FIGHT
HAS No ClNCH ON REELECTION
TO SENATIt--WIIiIAM u. HUB
BARD, JOE GAINES AND FAY
LOR NINSON MAY BE CANDI-
DATES.

inc huntington AdNerlS says,
There is "A good deal OF tank now.
alays concerning the contest which
will be waged i'm the coming two
years for the seat in the senate now
occup ed by Nathan B. Scott. Prior
TO ;he elecd on il was generally con.
coded tlat Hon. Isaac r. Mann OF
ant for the p ace but 1t is now sa' d
that Mann has entered inso a work
ing agreement with the Wheeling
magnate, whereby he is to keep out
OF the race and lend his aid TO
Scott, in return for which he is TO
receive SCOTS support when the
time for Elkin's success rolls
around.
But even with Mann out of the
race, If he is out of 1t, Scott is not
going to have smooth sailing The
senatorial ambitions OF Hon. Will
lam p. Hubbard have not grown
5ria Ter lately and 1t is certain that
the first district congressman VIII
be in the fight for all he is worth.
This, howSver, would not necessarily
worry Scott for with no ,ther OPP
ponent than Hubbard and the sup
port OF The southern counties as
sured he could certainly rely on the
upstate counties for enough votes
TO give Eim victory i'm the caucus.
But he IS to have more opposition,
and there's where the rub comes.
They do say that Hon. Jos.ph Ho
Gaines OF Charleston, member Of tne
house Of representatives from the
third district of West Virginia has
The senatorial bee in h.s bonnet
and will enter the f%ht himself.
With Gaines in the fight Scott
will have lost many of the votes
which Isaac Il. Mann might have
otherwise been able to de iyer to
him. Gaines, stalwart standpatter
that he is has the entire confidence
Of the coal producers of the Kama
wha and New River Valleys aad he
could go into a caucus with the as
surance OF practically every vote in
the third district. with Gaines ou:
Of the way Sam Dixon might dellv-
er these votes at Mann direct on
But Gaines is not al IL is
whispered now that Col. n. Taylor
Vinson will be a candidate for tho
senate too, and If this be true,
some more Mann strength viii have
iallen away from the scott stand
ards Then in addition to- Hubbard,
Gaines and Vinson there are said 70
be at least two more candidates in
prospect.
Hero in the southern end OF the
state, persons who accept as q fact
he report that Mann has entered
an agreement with scott arc in-
ined TO believe that the Hon Isaac
r. has been worked T. has long
been the custom for Scott and FL
k.us, wAfch ever ono Of them hap
pencd 10 bo up for reelection to
enter into q working agreement
with any likely candidate advanced
! by southern Republicans The
5outherners have always accepted
he pro6erad terms and ibe result
has been the obliarat'on Of oppo-
90 ON TO Nathan and steve
Mann may find h mise in a queer
position vhcn he goes after Elk'ns'
eat In the frs place there Is lit
le assurance. and no good reason
TO believe that Elkns VIII not ask
TO be returned to tnc senate him
SELF Then there re other candi-
dates coming on some Of whom have
made 20 tics q study from infancy
UP and learned about it to good sf-
feet while Mann was getting mill
'ons out OF the Mcdowell mountains
and they can be counted on % make
things interesting, to say the least.
despite working agreements with
Scott.
G OI6ary and Son. the real es-