The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-05-27
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OF SENATOR SCOTT NOT LESSON
Ed By MANN'S ABSENCE,

Z. I'D, "a . n o.
Did Not Cinch Fifth District Even by
s; Handing It the Best Pluns on the
~ Tree, and Still Has Other Trou-
& bles. ".>Ay ~ ~ ..,'t' Z,"..,
s wiring of the political conditions
IN West Virginia, ]. " Sullivan said
IN last Sundays Cincinnati Emo nir-
err: ~, 5, ~. ,...' = -
i When the Norfolk & Western
coai 'haron. Isaac Ttmotheus Mann
set sail this week for foreign chimes
90 spend, theE torrid. spell he carried
WITH him from historic Bramwell his
little +boornlet for the United States
senate. and on foreign shores it may
blossom and bloom or witter as the
transplanted willow. T. <,f=..
s. Mann's departure for Europo- had
no .percepttble effect on West Virgin
Ia politics. His goir~ - road waa
like his entry Into the politics Of the
fsbate about a year ago without the
SOUND Of trumpets, with the; excep-
l1on that, Castro like, he left his ma
1--WE heath when there was seismic
disturbances and rumb1ings in his
own dominion, ennanating from some
who are likely to- dispute With him
tor the opportunity to WELD the scep.
ter. 49,. .5-]1 1 - r.. r., -,
| Hor more than q year the industri-
gus. correspondents have told of the
pTeWess; OF Mann and there ia no
aonDt that the constant mention of
nls name az a successor OF Senator
Scott considerably ; worried the
| wheeling senator, who on one occas-
lon proved to Scott that he was nc, n,
ttight-wad at least. ~, -:
~ happened after Charley Swisher,
Ip"ept down in the. Norfolk & Western
section during his ca hdidacy for gov,
ernor, and with the assistance ~
mann secured the larger portion of
tne delegates from that section. :. i,
| :.&...g.,.
70 secure the gwbernatorial nomi-
halon did not end that unhannv
Istruggle, for the militant scherr Con-
t,n'ued,s aided by legions Of Repub-N
Il'cans still protesting against swiah-
81. After the latter had secured the
"onhihaton, Elkips. and Scott came
out boldly for Swisher, but thew roo
Ized that 1T would require a largo
amount of lucre to put him over the
eoal with the large amount of dis
satisfaction then existing.
scott and Elkins and Mann mot a.
i1ot springs, Va, and discussed he
Icost\ot victory, with Swisher as the
SOan oard bearer. One of them sua-
sested that 1t would take a consider
aofe sum Of money, about 500 OOo
W, -: AL rlght'D was the reply Of Mann j
| Hi contribute ont-third OF rfbat
amount"
since. that -eVentful day Senator,
Nathan Bay Scott has watched Tka
mann, and has ofetn wondered uh.t
MANN would do If he were candi-
GATE himself for some important .po,
'i'lon like the United States senate.
"hen Mann insisted O. few weeks
ago tnat the minister plenipotentiarv
W oosota and the district attorney
De seiectedSfrom the Fifth congress-
alonal district: Scott acquiesced at
once In his desires and, sent tn tho
president the names Of elliott Nor+h~
colt, and Harold A. Ritz ana ~
pluma Were pulled. j. ... -,
Following the appoi ntnent - woa
Iahnounced' that Mann did not aanirs
W voc the successor off, either. Scott or
WILKINS, and In consideration IF 4ha
laVors he had received wou1d GA
tnetn' both In securing re-elec-
tion, and TO himself was reservad rho
rght to step into the first vacancy
- But nobody believes that Mann
mace such promise, and IT, he did
tne politicians contend there never
was war until q treaty Of peace had
oeen SNAPPED. But time alone Ia +ba
only acid test to prove the strena 9Th
VI mann and put to rest the rumora
concerning his senatorial candidacy
Down on the Norfolk G. West ern
Seetion they do not take seriously The
suggestion OF Mann for the senate.
ah0 Fld1cule he oft-advanced idea
mat ne rules that Gibraltar of Re-.
|puoi1can1sm, which furnishes bien-
hAai1F and quadriennially Just such
i" hepuoilcan majoriy as the leaders
OF that party agree upon.
g.. ~
Down at, Ike Mann's home, In tho
coal fields, they look upon him az q
hrst-rate business man, who has s,,c-
ceeded In that. breeding place for
n.'1onaares, and as political noyice
VINO knows not the willy ways OF the
political picadors.
Inc real leaders down In the N. g.
W. country are DR.. H, D. Hatfield,
the leader In the state senate. and
Walla Walla" Whyte, his ,ptedeces-
sor. They control the organizations
ana nave the votes to deliver. and