Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-16
Two Republican State Tickets.

news of the split in the Republican
party, when two State conventions
were held at Charleston-one by the
Swisher delegates and the other by
the advocates of Scherr. The State
committee was in the control of the
SRisher people and it proceeded to
settle the contests before it by seating
enough Swisher delegates, to insure
him majority in the convention.
When Scberr saw how this game
would result, he organized conven.
ton of his own, and the following
ticket was nominated
Governor-Arnold @. Scherr.
Secretary of State-John T. Harris.
Auditor-James X. Hall.
Treasurer-C. n. Snodgrass.
State Superintendent of Schools
ThOs. c. Miller.
Attorney-General-A. r. Stallings.
This convention appointed State
committee and named itself the Lin
coin Republican party. Many promi-
nent men participated in it. The JEFF
ferson county delegates Joined with
it in part, some of the ofice.holders,
however, being little shy for fear
that the Swisher convention would be
regarded as regular and they them
selves as boilers. 81. @. Getzendan-
ner was sergeant.at.arms Of the Scherr
convention.
The Swisher people met subsequent
to the first named and put through
their slate, which had been made up
long before the convention assembled.
Their candidates are as follows
Governor-Charles w. Fisher.
Auditor-John s. Darst.
Secretary Of State-Stuart F. Reed.
Treasurer-T. l.. Long.
Attorney General-Wm. G. Conley.;
State Superintendent Of Schools-M.
P. Shawkey.
Prior to the assembling Of the
Swisher convention, Mr.. Miller and
Mr.. Harris, who had been nominated
by the Scherr delegates, repudiated
this action; and though the Swisher
convention failed to recognize them,
they will decline to be candidates.
1t is also said that James X. Hall will
refuse to run. He is postmaster at
Wheeling, and though he wanted the
nomination for Auditor mighty bad,
he will be afraid to oppose the "reg-
ular" nominee, lest it imperil his fed
eral Office.
The two factions of the party are
extremely bitter against each other,
and it will be a miracle if the breach
is entirely healed by election time.
Scherr offered to withdraw if Swisher
would do the same, but Swishey is not
the Withdrawing kind. Strenuous
efforts have been made to get him off
the track ever since he announced
himself candidate for Governor, but
he steadfastly resisted the bulldozing
of powerful leaders and turned his
back on all sorts of fat jobs that were
offered him. Scherr swears that he
will keep his ticket in the field as
long as Swisher is candidate.
The Scherr convention passed res
olutions strongly condemniug Senator
Elkins, Senator Scott and Governor
Dawson, charging that they were re-
sponsible for the present deplorable
conditions which now exist in the
ranks Of the Republican party. None
of the three party leaders named was
at the convention. Governor Dawson
is in North Carolina sick. Senators
Elkins and Scott lodged the trouble
that they knew was brewing and put
themselves entirely out of reach of the
convention. Governor Dawson de-
clared himself for Swisher, but neither
of the Senators could be smoked out.
Of course, the probability is that
both tickets will eventually be called
off and new one named, for the ma.
tional leaders will see to it that the
party is not split in West Virginia.
Fat federal jobs will be the bait to
lure the candidates from doubtful
success on the State ticket-indeed,
some persons are so uncharitable as to
suggest that certain perennial Office.
holders are already playing for such
an end. Nevertheless, though the
knives may be ostensibly sheathed,
they will be secretly sharpened for
use on November Sd.
There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and until the last few
years was supposed to be incurable.
For a great many years doctors pro-
nounced it local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly fail