The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-09-02
NO DEAL MADE
WHEN GIL ASSCOCK
WAS SELECTED
Charleston Pape,
Has Interesting
Article

The Charleston Mail OF yesterday
| contained the following interesting ar.
ticlc on n matter OF considerable inter,
est from political point of view:
Carping political critics have about
| exhausted one subject In an effort to
tell now and why William Ellsworth
Glasscock was selected rs the Repub'
lican candidate for governor. and yet
that has been written the polititncal
In almost every newspaper article
that has been written my the political
wrltors there has been an implied In.
| nucntIo that the Morgantown man was
| selected because some other son refns-
| cd to wear collar. the writer forget
| ting that Glassccck was successful be-
cause he was known us the collar'lcss
candidate throughout Il campaign that
sizzlth VITA heat.
No Deal In His Selection.
There was no deal made In the sc.
lection of ". f. Glasscock rs the Re
publican candidate for sovtrnor OF
West Virginia., and there wns no I'M
| lerstanlins tncit or otherwise. with
eithtr Of the two candidates who with.
drew after the committee named Mr..
| Glasscock US a compromise candidate
upon whom all factions could unite
| and did unite.
When Charles Wesley Swisher with.
drew as the candidate OF the regular
who would be placed on the regular
ticket in his place. There was no deal
or hint OF deal between Secretary
Swisher and Commissioner Glnsscocli
with the latter was selected, and the
governor stated few days ago that
! prior to the election Secretary Swish.
er never asked him for Il single favor
| ana that since his election Mr.. Swish
| cr has only made such recnmmtnda'
tions rs hundreds of other citizens oi
the State have made.
swisher Asked Nothing.
''It Is due Charley Swisher." and
say this publicly d 1.privately." said the
governor. ''uat prior to my election
he never asked a single favor. and
there was no understanding between
lis OF any character. as has been a1leg'
| cd. Since the election he has acted
like hundreds OF other citizens in rte
ommcndfng certain persons for my
consolidation"
| Wien the committee named w. T.
Glasscock as tho successor of C.. w
known whether or not he would accept
and n telegram directed to him ut Nor
gantown on tho night of his nominn
tlon brought the first definite news
that he would accept the nomination
! even II 1t we're rendered him.
A Family Decision.
/ A few days before Secretary Swish
err withdrew as the Republican candf
date for governor 1t mad been suggest
ed to Mr., Glasscock at M0rgantown
after a conference of number of lead
ing Republicans that he he made the
i candidate In tho event of the with
lrnwal OF Swisher. No positive an
swer was secured from the internal
revenue collector until after the com
mittce had selected him for the place
He had talked the subject over witt
! Mrs. Glnsscock, and after much hesi
tation decided to accept and make the
fight. He made the fight and won by
thclargest majority ever accorded q
! Republican candidate.
| Governor Still coilarless.
While the governor has been In OF
flee less than six months. he has AM
ply demonstrated In his appointments
that he is still coliarless. and while
any citizen of the State has been free
to suggest and recommend. there has
never been n breath OF suspicion thai
nny OF the appointments were dictat
ed. a-
During his administration there has
been marked wane OF factionalisn
in the party, and while candidates fol
political Offices will nave their support
ers and opponents rs heretofore. there
can be no question that the course o.
the executive has been largely respon
a,bie for Abe death knell Of raHsl'an'
factionnlism. = NJ 4s \; ,