Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-04-09
HAVE
HOPE or DISTRICT
Condition Of Affairs Giving Repub-
Leans Much Concern.
DEMOCRATS WANT WALKER

ryinu the District II He Gets thu
Nomination - Forman, Sutherland
and Holt Still Ambitious For Hi,
seat-Hetzel Has Withdrawn
Washington. April 6.-The congress
ional situation in the Second DistricI
of West Virginia is giving the Repub
leans considerable anxiety. Promi
nent politicians who have been oyei
the district express great doubt as tc
the ability of any Republican eandi
date being able TO carry the district
even If he gets the nomination with
out a fight.
The general opinion Is expressed
that there is scarcely a possibility
that Congressman Sturgiss will be
able to secure the nomination at the
convention, and If he does secure the
place on the ticket he is sure of de
feat.
There are those who are of the opin'
ion thai a fight for the nomination be
tween the others who will come on;
against the present Congressman will
result in the nomination of Mr.. Stur-
giss. They are of the opinion tina.
after a show in the convention, the
nomination will finally go to Mr.. Stur'
giss, and that two years hence will be
their time to go after the nomination
and that they will have a better show
of election than they will this fall.
The man who gets the nomination
from Mr.. Sturgiss will, If elected,
most likely get the nomination for a
second term. In the fight between
Foreman and Sutherland neither will
be willing to give his strength 10 the
other as that would put him put OF
the running at the next convention.
The whole thing is in such shape
that no n is willing to spend the
money in an effort to secure the nom
nation, when they feel sure that the
chance of election is against them.
This situation has put the Demo.
Gratis wise, and they are on the look
out for a nan who would stand a good
chance of carrying the district, end as
sentiment is against Republicans gen.
orally they believe this would do
much to aid their candidate in the
race.
Col. S, w. Walker, of MartinSburg
is being urged by some to enter the
fight, but he says he has had enough
and that under no circumstances will
he be a candidate. There are those
who know the ambitions of the Berke-
ley lawyer, and say that now would
be his time to break in, and once he
goes to the House he would stand a
better chance of reaching the final
goal OF his ambition, the United
States Senate, than he would if he
staid out of the race at this time.
If Colonel Walker will not have the
nomination it is hoped by the Demo
Gratis thatthe candidatew will come from
the Eastern Panhandle. AS yet there
Us no one else spoken of openly, yet
others are quietly feeling the direc-
ton of the wind and are in the hope
that it will blow their way.
On the Republican side Mr.. Fore
man. of Grant county, is an aVowed
candidate. Senator Sutherland is like.
Nv to cast his name into the baske.
within the next few days and this
will be followed by an announcement
from Judge John H. Holt, of Grafton
1t is hardly likely that Attorney-Gen
eral Conley will announce himself. as
the people want him to stand by his
job In the fight against the state debt
Hon. John ]. Hetzel, of Martinsburg
has finally decided that he will not be
a candidate for the nomination. Mr.
Hetzel's past experience, he says
leads him TO believe that he will have
too great a fight in his W county
and that he would not have the
strength necessary in the convention
and he does not car to make the
sacrifice to his business interests thai
II would require, and his health has
been such of late that a vigorous cam
paign for the nomination would mo-
be possible.
The request of Congressman Stur'
eiss for primaries in the SecoGd Dis
trict is likely to be vigorously oppos'
ed. 1t will cause a great expense
which the party is not willing to
stand at this time when the outlook
is so discouraging.
The Senatorial Fight.
The President may be drawn into
the West Virginia Senatorial fight III
spite of his protests that he will take
no sides in it, seems possible. Sena'
tors Elkins and Scott and Representa-
tive Hubbard were among the White
callers yesterday. While in &C
cordance with custom those who were
there will say nothing as to the object
Of their visit. it was reported that the
hang-up postmasterships in Mr.. Hub
bard's district were discussed by the
President with both Mr.. Hubbard and
the Senators. Whether they were
summoned to go over the is moi
known. but some action in the matter
soon is generally expected following
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