Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-11
CANDIDATE
mCOLLARLtSS GOVERNOR
No Deal Made When classcock Wa
SeIected-charleston Paped Has
intere sting Article.

The Charleston Mail contained the
following interesting article on a mat
ter Of consideraD e interest from a
political point Of view:
Carving political critics have abou
exhausted one subject II an effort to
tell how and why William Ellsworth
GlasscOck was selected as the Repub-
lican candidate for governor, and yet
hat has been written the polititacal.
In almost every newspaper articles
that has been written my the politica
writer's there has been ar implied in
nuendo that the Morgantown man was
selected because some other 0 refus
ed to wear a collar, the writer forget
ing that Glasscock was successful be
couse he was known as the collar1ess
candidate throughout a campaign that
sizzled with heat.
No deal in His Selection.
There was no deal MADE In the Sc
lection of w. e. Glasscock as the Re
publican candidate for governor 0
West Virginia, and there was no I'm
Outstanding, tacit or otherwise, with
either of the two candidates who with
drew after the committee named Mr.
Glasscock as a compromise candidate
upon whom all factions could unit
and did unite.
When Charles Wesley Syisher with
drew as the candidate OF the regular
Republicans it had not been settlet
who would be placed on the regular
ticket in his place. There was no dea
or hint of a deal between Secretary
Swisher and Commissioner Glasscock
when the latter was selected, and the
governor stated a few days ago that
prior to the election Secretary Swish
er never asked him for a single favor
and that since his election Mr.. Swish
er has only made such recommends
lions as hundreds of other citizens OF
the State have made.
Swisher Asked Nothing.
ut is due Charley Swisher," and
say this publicly or privately, said the
governor, that prior to my election
he never asked a single favor, and
there was no understanding between
us of any character, as has been alleg
ed. Since the election he has acted
like hundreds of other citizens in rec
ommending certain persons for my
consideration"
When the committee named w. f
Glasscock as the successor of C. w
Swisher at Charleston it was not
known whether or not he would accept
and a telegram directed tc him at Nor
gantown on the night of his nominal
ton brought the first definite news
that he would accept the omination
even if it were rendered him.
A Family Decision.
A few days before Secretary Swish
er withdrew as the Republican candi-
date for governor it had been suggest
ed to Mr.. Glasscock at Morgantown
after a conference of a number of lead
ing Republicans that he be made the
candidate in the event of the with
drawal of Swisher. No positive an
ewer was secured from the internal
revenue collector until after the COM
mittee had selected him for the place.
He had talked the subject over with
Mrs. Glasscock, and after much hest
tation decided to accept and make the
fight. He made the fight and won by
the largest majority ever accorded a
Republican candidate.
Governor Still coIlarIess.
While the governor has been in of
fee less than six months, he has am
ply demonstrated in his appointments
that he is still collarless, and while
any citizen Of the State has been free
to suggest and recommend. there has
never been a breath of suspicion that
any OF the appointments were dictat
ed.
During his administration there has
been a marked wane OF tractionalism
in the party, and while candidates for
political offices will have their support
ers and opponents as heretofore, there
can be no question that the course OF
the executive has been largely respon
sibl for the death knell of rampant
factionalism.