Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-07-18
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DEFEAT MR.,
JAS. HUGHES
DR.. Clark's Friends Insist
Upon His Making the
Race ir Fifth
District. 10
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FRANK PETERS
IS MENTIONED
Judge Henry, Col. Thompson
and Other Good Men
Are Prospects.
FRANK PETERS
IS MENTIONED

DR.. l.. ii. Clark OF Northfork, who
was In the city today asserts very
positicely that ne viii not accept the
nomination iOr congress In this dis
trict on the Democratic ticket at the
convention To be held M Huntington
"Wednesday. But DR.. ClarKs friends
and political support, rs In this sec.
tion or country are clanoring for
him and they persist In believing that
he Will accept IA the nomination Is
forced upon him.
DR.. Clark. while he believes there
Is good chance To win attributes his
disinclination to business interests
and says he really does not want the
office any way.
In the event that DIR. Clark is out
OF the running, there Is other good
available timber I'm the district. Frank
Nj. Peters OF Blueheld, Judge j. Ran
doiph Henry OF Princeton, William
X. Thompson or Huntington, Rankin
Wylie or Point Pleasant and Thomas
Null OF Huntington are mentioned.
and 1t Is conceded that any one IL
elected woud make All able repre-
sentative. There Is still another,
Hon. Wade Bronson OF Williamson.
regarding whom Williamson CORES.
pondent writes:
AS the Congressional Convention
draws nearer, the interest becomes
stronger as 20 VIII? Is the best fitted
To carry th9 Den:ocr1.i banners to
victory In this, one OF the most sensa.
tional congressional campaign ever
waged In the history or West Virginia.
VINO would be acceptable at the ap-
preaching convention, to be held I'm
Huntington this week, but after
looking up one side and down the
other figuring 1t pro and con. and
measuring the ins and outs, IL is now
generally conceded by the far.seeing
conservative and economically ffgur.
ing Democrats over the district that
the Hon. Wade II. Bronson Is by far
the longest pole with which to knock
the persimmon.
There are many things to be con.
sidered in the selection OF a candidate
for this campaign. We already have
the enemy on the run. Like a scared
cotton tail being chased by dozen
hounds, they tremble and shake at
every object that moves; they realize
that the Terrible Lilly, their man from
Raleigh County, told too many tales
out Of school, and armed with the
Republican statistics has laid bare the
public history of the present incum.
bent, whom the people seek to re.
lieve.
Now, the citizens are clamoring for
a man that can get out and tell the
good news as it was never tod before.
a strong debater ana fearless sneak
er. All OF this Is found I'm Mr.. Bron.
son, who Is well termed the silver.
tongued orator OF the Big Sandy Val.
ley. Some of the most potent reasons
why Mr.. Bronson should be prevailed
upon to accept this nomination are:
Because so many Of the strongest Re-
publican leaders are so bitterly op.
posing him. You hear them say that
IT is a great mistake for young ora
tor Ike Wade Bronson to mar his
future prospects by running for Con.
gress. There are others who say that
they want him for circuit judge i'm
1912 but the fact of It all is that they
do not want him to be the next Con.
gresham.