Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-30
ROUSING WHEELING STORY
Familiar Names Lugsed into Pub
Ielty--story is an Interest
ing One.

ing One.
Wheeling Oct. 23.--Is Blackburn
Barrett Dovener a candidate for Con
gress?
Eyes, perhaps" Ia the answer OF the
Scott Republicans. mo" assert the
Hubbard people most positively.
Or Is Doyener to be boosted into
the Wheeling postofflce as the success
sor of James X. Hall?
To this query the Hubbard crowd
will shout an enthusiastic affirmative.
while the Scott men are not back
ward in expressing their derision.
Anyway it looks az though the for
mer Congressman is to be the storm
center around which the battle OF the
opposing republican factions in this
neck OF the woods will presently rage.
There is no longer the slightest
doubt OF the candidacy of Mr.. Hub
bard for the United States Senator
ship, though he has not formally an
nounced it, and probably does not In
tend to do so. The effort to bring
Captain Doyener into the race for
Congress is the answer OF the Scott
people TO the Hubbard senatorial en-
wry. The captain has not gobbled
the bait, but Is sad TO he nibbling
in a manner that is most encouraging
to the plans put on foot by the lieu
tenants of the Wheeling senator.
The Postmsstership.
1t has leaked out that as coun
ter move one of me Hubbard leaders
recently suggg sted to Dovener that he
would make an admirable postmaster
of the city OF Wheeling. When it
was pointed out to the congressnan's
lieutenant that che postmastership in
the home city of the senator is Gus
tomarily his own exclusive preroga
tive, The reply is said to have been
made that Scott is ''in bad" with
Presidents Taft and that Congressman
Hubbard vii, be able to dictate the
appointment of the next postmaster
of the State metropolis. To this the
response wac made that 1t is not al
together a matter Of getting the sig
nature OF William Howard TAFT to the
commission of appointment-'that it
will be up to the senate to confirm,
and that that body would never con
sent to the upsetting OF precedents in
such a high handed manner.
Hubbard at BIufieId.
Congressman Hubbards swing
around the circuit in the lower end
of the State-his visit to Charleston
where he conferred with certain
powerful leaders who are said Ito Re
lined up with him through thick and
tin; his pilgrimage to Huntington
and the meeting of the State Board
OF Trade. of which ne was elected
president; and finally his visit this
week to Buefield, where he is de
clared to have met the supporters of
Isaac T. Mann and entered upon ne
gotiations for an alliance with that
wealthy young man, whose senatorial
aspirations are veil known-all this
has aroused interest, if not alarm, in
the Scott camp
Entertaining Tale.
In connection with Hdbbard's cleo
ton as president of the State Board
of Trade, a story is going the rounds
that an effort was made by Senators
Scott and Ell1ins, both ct whom were
in attendance. to secure the selection
of some other man, and that they had
agreed on ex Governor A. b. White
as the one for the place, but that
owing to the sentiment which deyel
oped so strongly for Hubbard they
did not attempt to carry out their
plans Friends of the senators, how
ever, deny hat they even thought of
opposing Hubbard for the Board of
Trade presidency.
1t is reported from Bluefield that
during the visit of Congressman Hub
bard this week, he conferred long
and earnestly with the friends OF
Mann, and that the Hubbard plan is
10 enter Mann against Elkins three
years hence, while Hubbard will at
tempt TO lift SCOTS scalp during the
next twelvemonth. The argument was
put forth that Scoot and Elkins are
not and never have been in sympathy
with the so called Roosevelt policies,
that Taft has inherited these policies,
and that the President would prefer
to have Ell1ins and Scott replaced in
the senate by two senators more In
sympathy with his plans of legisla
sion While nothing comes direct
from the Bluefield conference, the
Hubbard lieutenants are predicting
that a "gentleman's agreement' will
be the result