Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-04-16
Triumph of Scott in Retention Of
Postmasters.
DAWSON'S yERAClTY CITED
Is Under Fire Since President Taft
Gave Our Statement That Dawson
Had Discussed the Post.0fice Az
fair With Him, and Which Dawson
Said He Had Not.

Washington, d. c., April s.-While
the Senators from West Virginia show
no signs of citation over their victory
in the Fairmont and Clarksburg post
office contests, there can not be con-
cealed the satisfaction of both Scott
and Elkins that the President stood
by the Postmaster General and Incl
dentally indicated favor for the polit,
ical future of Senator Scott. No other
view can be taken of the Presidents
action and there is much more meant
by It than the mere retention of two
postmasters in office. The real vic
tory is for the Postofice Department
which long ago made the rule that
postnasters should not be removed
for political s only.
As soon, too, as the Presidents ac-
ton became known Henshaw, OF Mar
~tinsburg, the Sturgiss choice, came TO
Washington and sought interviews
with both Senators Scott and Elkins.
1t was evident that Henshaw cares
much more about being postmaster at
Martinsburg than he cares about sus-
tanning either Sturgiss or Hubbard.
and the evident anxiety of Henshaw
to make peace with the Senatorial
combination, gives no great comfort
to the Hubbard end of the consrover-
sy. The visit of Henshaw does not
mean that he accomplished much by
such sudden zeal. but 1t was the first
inication that the late supporters of
the Hubbard-S turgiss combine appre-
ciate the effect of the Presldent's
statement on the Clarksburg and Fair
mont postoflces.
The threats of Hubbard to disclose
some things about Hitchcock's work
in West Virginia prior to the nation.
al convention does not worry the Post
master General. 1t was his business
to look up delegates for Taft and he
did it with neatness and dispatch.
Hitchcock has nothing to fear from
any disclosures about campaign opera
tions in the state prior to the national
convention.
nix La NSOI, IluhUBdIu anu otul-
giss were posing as the only real Taft
men In West Virginia, they did little
towards getting delegates and that
work fell to the men who had then re-
tanned the Hitchcock confidence. The
most that Hubbard could disclose con-
corning H~itchcock's operations would
be the fact that the so-called Hubbard
Dawson contingent did mighty little
for Taft, and that Hitchcock guided
by others and aided by Wade Ellis,
brought about the election OF Taft del
egates two years ago.
1t will now be in order for exIfov-
ernor Dawson to explain his position
in the statement made here last week
to the effect that he did not discuss
and Clarksburg post-ofice
appointments with President Taft.
Yet Mr.. Taft, ever a truthful man,
took pains to quote to the Senators
the remarks of Dawson against the re-
appointment of Denham at C~larksburg
and according to the President the
chief charge made by Dawson against
Denham was that the latter had been
too much OF a lobbyist at Charleston.
This did not cen to worry the
President very much. but it seemed
strange to the Senators and others
tina Dawson should take so much
pains to say that he had not discussed
the two troublesome post-ofices at the
White House. It is merely a question
Of v~eracity between the President and
the ex-governor.