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VT 9PARKERSBURG. April 2T.-This
week will be a busy one for Parkers.
burg. and the strangers within her
gates will number many hundreds.
aside from the many and various en-
tertainments and historic productions
at the :theaters.7 and several local do
s1ngs of interest. there are three great
Il political conventions to be held in this
city this week.
II While these conventions are really
sthreeFin one. they are three neverth>.
less, for three most Important things
are to be- done. each Independent OF
4 the other. or vital import first. to
the people, second to the Republican
party and third to the individuals who
are candidates for the several POSI-
tions in evidence.
This Republican State delegate con-
Tention, as 1t is called. will meet here
day after tomorrow. Wednesday the
18th. and already the advance guard
5of candidates and delegates are be-
ginning to arrive. The committee In
charge have made ample arrange
+ ments for the reception OF the Wis
itors. and B. F. Stewart. the chair
man Sof the committee. ably assisted
{ by Major C. D. Elliott. and the various
Ssub-committees. are seeing to It THAI
nothing be left undone looking to tho
welfare Of the city's distinguished
guests.
The celebrities who will be here in
clude q. s. Senator N. b. Scott. Con-
Rressman H. C. woodyard. Ex-Gov.
A. b. White. Gov. Dawson. Collector
w. e. Glasscock. the several candl-
dates for the supreme IudgshIp. the
Big Four the many others.
q Senator Scott win preside over the
deliberations OF the State convention.
which sinsures a fine address and soms
parliamentary rulings In accord with
the dignity of bodies of that charac-
i ter {i
The first business will very likely
be the preliminary for the selection OF
!. the big four delegation to the Chicago
convention that will nominate Taft:
the next the nomination of three can
didates for positions on the supreme
bench OF West virgInIa-one for the
long 12-year term and two for the
vacancies now existing and filed By
appointment.
The candidates for this high honor
are Hon. ira Robinson. of Grafton.
Taylor county; Hon. VIM. N. Miller,
Sof4 Wood county; Hon. Geo. C. Nc.
8Clintic.s OF Kanawha county: Hon. l..
~. Williams, of Mercer county; Hon.
Thomas Ryan. OF Roane county; Hon.
!! M \ HI willis. OF Doddridge county:
Hon. T. Perry Jacobs. OF Tyler coun.
Ety. and Hon. H. A. Ritz. OF Mercer
county.
OF these candidates four reside In
this Fourth congressional district
Miller. Ryan. Willis and Jacobs.
All OF these gentlemen are distIn.
gnished jurists and also constitution.
al interpreters and two OF them.
Messrs. Miller and Robinson. are al-
ready on the Supreme bench by ap.
pointment.
Notwithstanding the dignity OF the
office and the judicial temperament
OF the aspirants. there Is already con.
siderable log rolling going on and
each is using the elements that go to
make up the old time political acumen
learned In younger days and more
stormy times.
The selection of the Big Four. who
along with the ten other delegates al.
ready selected will go to Chicago In
the flowery days OF June to name the
next President of the United States,
VIII then be formally taken up.
At this writing there are only
I / enough candidates to fill the delesn-
ton, as follows: C. W. Dillon. OF Fay
cite; Geo. LauEhlin. OF Ohio: C. F.
4TeterS of Barbour. and B. S. Pope, of
Wood Other names have have been
mentioned in this connection. hut ne
far as is now known the four named
are the only announced candidates for
this great honor.
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