The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-10-20
CAMP AlGN is ON
IN FULL BLAST

Democratic managers have advanced
or can advance this campaign, and
that it VIII do the party an inn
measurable amount of good,
Governor Glasscock, the ritual
head of the Republican party in this
state, successfully acted the role Of
the great pacifcator again this week,
when he restored harmony among
the warning factions in Clay county.
There we're two tickets and two
county organizations in that county
when the Governor journeyed into I'll
bearing the olive branch. In less
than an hour, a factional, warfare
that had been going on for weeks,
was ended, and peace restored. Clay
is now expected to give her usual
majority for the Grand Old Party.
There are several other inharmo-
nious political spots that Glasscock,
the peacemaker, is at work on. In
this role, the Governor has been de-
cidedly successful, and, If the party
wins out next month. great deal Of
the credit for the victory will be-
cheerfully accorded the Governor.
Glasscock has the confidence and re-
spect of all Republicans. They be-
lieve in his absolute honesty and
fairness. He represents no faction,
and is in a better position to restore
order in disorderly Republican sec
tons than any other Republican
state leader.
The statement of the chairman of
the National Democratic Congress
sional Committee, In which he
classes only one West Virginia con-
gressional district as doubtful for
the Republicans, pleased the latter
and embarrassed the Democratic
congressional chairman of West Vir-
ginia. The latter had been making
pretty generous claims but the Ma
ional committee chairmana estI-
mate of the congressional situation
in this state is regarded by the calm
calculators of political situations as
very accurate.
United States Senator Nathan Bay,
Scott took the stump this week, and
is going right through to the end ofi
the campaign delivering speeches in
majority of the fifty-lve counties.
Senator Scott is answering his Demo-,
cratic critics. There isn't any criti-
cism of him or his Official record
coming from his own party. scott,
us popular with Republicans, as his
overwhelming victory in the county
primaries with majority aggre-
eating forty thousand pretty we'll
proves. The tariff troubles that
other senatorial candidates are hay-
ing in various other states, Scott is
not bothered with. AS is we'll
known, and has been frequently
stated in these dispatches, West vir-
ginia is one of the "pattest" LITTLE
old protection states in the galaxy.
Her wealth is manly raw material.
and this is protected, not as much as
1t was by the Dingley bill, nor as
much as her people would like to
have it, but 1t is cared for all right
in the Payne bill, and West Virgin
ians are satisfied. The states manu-
featured products, too, have been
looked after by Scott and Elkins and
the FIVE Republican representatives,
land, all in all, the tariff is the least
of Republican troubles in the Noun
tain State. What troubles the party
has are due to how much that gen.
eral wave of discomfort among the
people that is suspected TO exist ma
tion-wide, has blown upon ii, and
due to Jealousy among county fac
tons. Wherever the most serious
troubles are encountered. however, it
will be found that the prohibition is
sue is the cause. Wherever that is
sue is involved, it is the whole thing,
and nothing else has a show or Isl
heard of. Party lines are up and
chaos reigns among the voters oil
both parties.
Senator Scott is very active this
campaign-actiye even for a man
who is candidate to succeed him
self in-such high office, and whose
reelection is assured in the event
of his party retaining the legislaturei
on Joint ballot This the Republl-l
cans are expected to do. The Dem;
ocratic leaders privately and conf
IDENTIFY admit that they haven't al
chance worth considering OF carrying
the legislature, They say, If 1t were
not for the fact that the next legls-
lature has the duty of re-districting
the state for congressional, judicial
and legislative purposes before i'll
they might, with the favorable condi-