The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-25
.s;lu.ascRIPIloN RATES.
TROUBLES OFETHEiR OWN. /.

SIO-HleHkS VuTn leilioeiat'S - 1' ' - ! :
struggle 5among themselves for mas
terys ofltae wet and dry elements. III
some ofstheg wards there will be pitch
ed battle and there, Is no telling at this
lime what will be the outcome. In
tina Fourth ward a strong effort VIII
be- made to nominate s. Ray EolbeT
as IA dry man TO oppose Jas. R. Linn
who IS accounted In sympathy with
theS vets. Tho saturated element OF
Fonrthb Swa ID y Democrats will try to
keep the nomination from going to
Hoibert but it$harlly seems likely
that $tiey will succeed. It Is under.
slood that sHolbert Will get the solid
prob lttonE support II nominated.
& iii the Second ward the vets arc
working teeth and toe nail for A. D.
Simon, while the. drys are Insisting
That Dr. Jesse SJamison accent q re,
nomlnatlo lon. Should the tlrys succeed
getting Jamison on the ticket the
Prohibitionists would throw their
strength to tiimSin preference to Har.
seySs hainSit{is thought, but Il Simon
assnominnted the Prohibitlonists viii
alikely try to name a man OF their
i own. 4 acceptable to the drys In both
Hi Democratic and Republican ranks.
Ell The same tactics will be followed
InSthes Third. II present plans carry.
lsharley Powell. who is as wet a
4 sponge which has lain in the river
over night, will more than likely be
aamed iby the Democrats, whlla
Weatherwax, the Republican canll'
date, SSmeets mo favor with the arid
element 5of amy party It Is limited
that ma; be. more than one,tnIrd o:
the Bloody Thirds dry and II they
could all unite on an acceptable Prohl'
lbitlonist. Powell and WeatherwaS
smightSbota be put to the bad.
III the n Fifth ward the vets are
grooming TIL. Burchlnal as % stand
ard bearer claiming that the wet Re
pyublicansy will support him oSe'
George Brand who IS as dry as the
ssaharat desert in August Brand suits
atleSP rohlbltionists all right and will
get$ their$support. unless DR.. L. N.
4 Yosts would accept the nomination
which he says tes will not do. John
FortneyS has been talked Of as n com
promise candidate, but 1T looks like
Burchlnal at this time.
The First swarod will elect Zack Mr..
gan no matter whether the Democrats
4 name 10 wet or dry man. SO there Is
mot much interest manifested in the
doings from over there tonight.
For cityEclerk CIV. Evans will
have the$support o. the drys and J. ?,
Kirby $of#$the vets, barring spsclal
friends VINO may think that the matter
off license or mo license will not make
tanyS difference as to city clerk. AS
Evans and Kirby are, both good men
and popular In ftheIr respective sets.
the acejp promises to be an interesting
zone. Evans mas one asset which his
S|friends count as. a strong one. He Is
sany I'D Side, Methodist. notwith.
standing the fact that he Is u Demo-
Fcrat, too and his friends think many
Republican imethodists would vote for
Fhlms 1n5l cnse he secured the nomina.
lion. Just now far that would go no
one knows but It probably wouldn't
h hurt hInianny On the othcr hand
Ned Carskadon thinks he can offsc;
sfhe EyaHs'svote among the M F.'s By
eorralllng Yin $the}M. P.,'s whose NUM-
Sbersirun llintoSt the hundreds IN the
city. Carskadon Is also lodge man
and isS verySpopular with the railroad
boys and sin&na,ional guard circles.
Unusialinterest centers In the con.
yent!ont at& the Courthouse tonight
and The outcome In some instances Is
uncertain. n SIS
The Legislative session will come to
n tcinsaf fh.n,hrrhW ntyht md lhen we