Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-05-14

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Other Notes Of the Political Do.
ings OF the State.
Elkins. w. Va, May fractional
differences, some growing out of the
Scott-Hubbard imbroglio for the Uni,s
ed States Senate and others of long
duration, o more bitter than ever.
lead West Virginia Democrats to be-
lieve that there is some hope of re.
claiming the mex House of Delegates.
or at least reducing the majority OF
the Republicans in the lower chamber
and of sending a Democrat to Con.
gress from at least n Congressional
district. In some of the counties
which have become Republican with
in the last 16 years through the influx
from Pennsylvania, in the course of
West Virginia's rapid timber ani min
ing development, strife, between fac.
tons is due In large part to a de-
sire for political supremacy. Insur.
gency and the contest now being
waged between Senator Scott and
Congressman Hubbard has simply
served to add fuel to the flames. An
alliance of one faction with either one
of tHe contestants for the Senate has
been the signal for the other element
to take the opposition tack.
Differences In Marion county, the
home OF the Watsons and the Fair.
mont Coal Company, have become 80
acute that two rival committees
legations made by each side of sharp
practice on the part of the other.
Howard Fleming, postmaster at Fair.
mont, whose scalp Hubbard seeks, Is
one of the leaders OF the faction des-
ignated as the Fleming-Powell faction.
II is allied with Scott. Opposed TO
that element Is the Jacobs-Lehman
faction. which is supporting Hubbard.
Each faction proposes to name a sep
arate county ticket, the upshot u
which will probably be the election OF
a Democratic delegation of three from
Marion county.
Discussing the situation in Tucker
county, prominent Republicans e.
press the fear that il the ~organiza-
ton in that county succeeds in foisE-
ing its selection of men as the NOM
inees of that party, the political com
plcxion of Tucker will be changed at
least so far as the Legislature is con-
cerned. The organization In Tucker
is backing d. r. Cuppett, OF Thomas
NominaTly the italian vote in Tucker
is relied upon to elect the Republican
nominees but Ut is not believed that
that ever that element, as large as 1t
Is, will be sufficient to Offset the re-
volt against the machine politics of
the Tucker organization.
Kanawha county. with its five votes
In the Legislature, though stronly Re-
publican, Is considered debatable
ground, at least, by the Democrats
who see in the acrimonious scrap be-
tween the Scott and Hubbard forces
in Kanwha a possible chance of a
schism wide enough to pave the way
for Democratic SUCCESS.
A county seat fight adds compiler
| tions to the rumpus In Preston coun-
ty over the appointment of several
postmasters, affecting the Congress
ional situation perhaps more than 1t
does the legislative; yet, nevertheless,
regarded as having a bearing or the
question of Preston's representation
in the next Legislature.
The Echols-Barbee faction In Ma
son county Is still warning against
Senator Cosin and mis- adherents with
little probability OF the war paint
being washed off before the November
elections.
Bickcring and s~quabbles in Ohio,
Berkeley, Moncngalia, Barbour, Ca
bell and other normally Republican
counties presage, according to the
Democratic way of thinking, success
for that party this fall.
"Thop" Hodges to Rum.
The Democrats OF the Thirteenth
Senatorial district. comprising the
counties of Barbour, Randolph. Pen
dleton n Upshur, will nominate i.
Il. Hodges, 'Thop" Hodges, OF Upshu-,
for the State Senate, when the con-
vention for the Thirteenth district is
held. The Republicans OF the same
district will decide between f. o.
Blue. of Barbour, and w. B. Nutter,
of Upshur. at a primary to be held
June 9, when the voters Of the dis
trict Will also register their prefer
ence.
In an open letter to Blue, Nutter
condemns the last Republican Legis-
lature, of which his opponent vas a
member. accusing it OF violating all Its
platform pledges in failing to submit
the Prohibition amendment, to pass a
local option law. an employers liab'l-
ity law or to enact a statewide pri-
mary law. and in condemning the leg
islature confirms the charge that the
Republican party was delinquent in
the performance Of its prediction
promises.
See our new line OF Penny Post