Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-05-10
ELK|Ns AND SCOTT
MAYAGA|N LINE UP
Senator Blue Will Not Talk
Concerning Gubernato-
rial Contest.

A Washington special to tao
Wheeling Register OF Sunday con-
tains much interesting local pollt'-
cal gossip which may be classified
under the head, Important IL true"
As usual Isaac II. Mann figurS
largely in the limelight. but MIR.
Mann has been engaged In the lu.n-
Der business on too large scale
ID say much--he just saws wool"
and Keeps closed mouth In thu
contingency OF a vacancy by death
or Otherwise. MIR. Mann would be
In position to press his candidacy to
n probable successful issue. The d,s-
patch says:
No excitement among the valiant.
voracious, vigilant West Virginia
Republicans during the last week Ia
Washington. There was a slight
nervous tension over the talk OF Iko
Mann going to Europe ad the strain
was over the lack of knowledge as tn
who Iael had put In charge of his
two or three senatorial ambitions.
II has nol yet been disclosed which
senator now holding the honor Ia
to be the victim or Ike Mann's ac-
Itivity once he decides to get into
the fray In earnest. The anxious
ones just now wonder about the
picking OF "A manager are threatened
with continued worry, and It Is no:
apparent that Ike will hand out any
large and buiging bag OF simoleous
prior TO his visit to the lands where
tips are part OF the program
Each week since the campaign in
the state the visitors from all parts
o. West Virginia, who fingered IN
the senatorial Offices at the capitol
sought to learn If Mann ami E'klnS
were on good and speaking terms
They all knew that since Scotty aud
Mann clipped in so much stun to
carry the state last time that thssa
two almoners world line up in har-
mony. and this gave rise to the fear
Il at the Elkins seat I'm the sena:o
" az the one Ike had his eyes on AL
the time. In some measure this
nay account for the sudden actiy B
ty OF Elkins in behalf OF his stat,s
industries and the sending out OF
wonderful intervEe VS. all prepared
20 give the West Virglnians the Im
0itsslon that stephen was about ell
there is to the West Virginia delega-
ton In Washington. There was 80
much how ing about Scotty having
"a press agent that Steve thought he
might as well have one OF his own,
no natter what the cost Certain
IT IL that Ike Mann spectre worries
tie cOycy Of Elkins politicians, who
,ct me here often and spend mucn
'mcrc time I'm tie Elxins shadow,
than in the Scotty committee room
at The capitol Possibly Elkins VIII
miss NorthcCl, who goes to ais
South American post in a short tim-,
but during the last fcw months Ell
lin5 has been coddling a fellow nam
ed Vinson not so very long ago n
Democrat, VINO came over TO the R.
publican party in the Bryan ca n
.Daign a dozen years or so ago.
The OLD NCrthcott crowd I'm the
Huntington region do not fancy chs
.cuddling up OF Elkins and Vinson,
but The report was given out a week
.oi more afo that Steve has lost
interest in the projected combine
ton and thinks IL wisest to play falc
with Scotty. This is sad news 20
Ninson, but gives pleasurab'e emo
lions 10 the Ike Mann organization
which las been building up for 10
these many months Ia all parts OF
the state. The old Northcott oIt-
put worries a lot about the promt-
hence Of a why cuss name1 Hite.
who edged IN rather close to Mann
last year ana got on the state CON-
mittco as a sort of advisory aid to
Mann in all his preliminary opera
tons. it has not been disc osed tina
ilite cares for any office himself
although he was once an aspira1t
for congress beaten by Hughes, and
he tenor OF talk from the Hunting
ton Heighborhood IS that HMe will
Dave much to do with Mann's anbi.
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