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Scott Republicans. %No." assert The
Hubbard people most positively.
Or is Dorener to be boosted into
the wheeling postottice as the suc-
cessor of James K Hall? gs
To this query the Hubbard crowd
will shout an enthusiastic affirmative,
while the Scott men are not back
ward in expressing their derision.
Anyway, it looks as though the for.
mer congressman is to be the storm
center around which the battle Of the
Opposing Republican factions in this
meek of the woods Will presently rage.
There is no longer the slightea
dpubt OF the candidacy OF Mr.. Hub
bard for the United states Senator
ship. though he has not formally an
nounced it, and probably does not in
tend to do so. The effort to bring
Captain Dovener into the race for
Congress is the answer of the Scott
people to the Hubbard senatorial
entry. The captain has not gobbled
the bait, but is said to be nibbling
in manner that is most encouraging
to the plans put ON foot by the lieu.
tenants of the Wheeling senator.
The Postmastership.
1t has leaked out tnat as cotin-
ter move one of the Hubbard leaderR
recently suggestedi to Dovener that he
would make an admirable postmaster
of the city of wheeling. When 1t
was pointed out to the congressman's.
lieutenant that the postmastersh In
the home city of the senator As GUS
tomarily his own exclusive pFerogae
tive. the reply is said to. csaye been
made that Scott iS, ,.fn bad r with
President Taft, and that Eongresstnan
Hubbard will be abel to dictate the
appointment. of the next postmaster
of the states metropolis. To this the
response. was made that 1t Is not al
together matter of getting the sig.
nature of William Howard Taft to the
commission of appointment-that dt
will be up to the senate to- confirm,
and that that body would never con.
sent to the upsetting of precedents in
such a hign-handed manner.
Hubbard at 8IuetieId.
Congressman Hubbard's swing
around the circuit in the lower end
OF the state-hfs visit to Charleston,
where he conferred with certain
powerful leaders who are said TO be
lined up with him through thick ana
thin; mis- pilgrimage to Huntington
and the meeting of the State boar.
of trade, of which he was elected
president; and finally his visit this
week to Bluefeld, where he is de-
clared to have met the supporters OF
Isaac It. Mann and entered upon ne
gotiations for an alliance wit1 that
wealthy young man, whose senatorial
aspirations are well known-all this
mas aroused interest, If notSalarm, in
the Scott camp.
Entertaining Tale.
In connection with Hubbard's cleo
tion as president of the State board
of tnade, a story is going the rounds
that an effort was made by Senators
lscott and Elkinss both OF whom were
lin attendance, to secure the selection
of some other man, and that they had
Iagreed on Ex-Governor A. B. White
as the one for the place, but thas
owing to the sentiment which devel
oped 30 strongly for Hubbard, they
did not attempt to carry out theii
plans. Friends of the senators, how
ever, deny that they even thought o.
opposing Hubbard for the board oI
trade presidency.
It Is reported from BlueAeld that
during the visit OF Congressman Hub
bard this week, he conferred Ions
land earnestly with the friends O
Maun, and that the HubpaEd plan Il
to enter Mann against Elltins three
years hence, while Hubbard viii, AT
tempt to lift SCOTS scalp during the
next twelvemonth, The argument wa
put forth that Scott and Blkfns are
not and never have beensiH sympathy
with the so.oalIed Roosevelt pplieies
that Taft has inherited these policies
and that the President would prefer
to have EIkins and Scott feplaced II
the senate by two senators mere In
sympathy with his plans, OF Iegtsla
tion. While nothing comes direct
from the Blueield COME renee the
Hubbard lieutenants are pred tina
! that "gentleman's agreement vii
Ibe the result
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