The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-21
SCOTT WINS !
OHIO COUNTY
IN PRIMARY
HubbardManagers
Say Fight Has
Just Begun
United states sen ator.

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WHEELING, Nay 21.-The above
figures express The victory of Senator
Scott in Fridays prImary-and tic
dimensions of IT.
He also carried with him the Scott
candidate for tho State Senate, Julian
G. Hearne.
A majority Of the candidates for DEL
egates to the county convention pro-
posed in the interest OF Scott were also
chosen, but some whose names were
on the Hubbard slate slipped through
because of their personal popularity
in their respective districts. This viii
insure the selection of Scott slate
Tor the House Of Delegates.
1t was a complete triumph for the
junior senator, who carried every dig
trict in the county, and had his own
way everywhere, Senator Scott was
in Washington while the voting was
in progress, but he was in constant
long distance 'phone communication
with is campaign managers at mead,
quarters in the Schmulbach building.
At midnight, when his success was as
sured, he communicated this message
over the 'pnone:
,."Say for me 10 the voters OF Ohio
county that feel very much gratiGed
over the substantial testimonial Of
tieir friendship which they gave me-
today. l want my friends and neigh
bors, who supported me so loyalty TO
know that their endorsement mems
more to me than my election to the
Senate of the United States"
Hon. Robert HazIett, who conducted
the Scott campaign in Ohio count,
and others who we're prominent in tho
fight, were also very happy last night,
and there was very pronounced air
of optomlsm in headquarters in the
schmulbach building over the outlon@
for success in tho State.
The Hubbard followers were CORE
spondingly depressed, but not discpLr.
aged in the sense that they are willinG
To concede the State. Mr.. Hubbard
was In the city until after 10 O'Clock,
when he took q City and Elm Grove
car for his home out the pike. His
campaign managers assert that lii"
fight has only begun.
Hubbard Remains in the Race.
One of the principal Hubbard lead.
ers in Ohio county, when interviewed
early this morning on the result Of tie
primary battle and its possible effects
upon the contest between Scott and
Hubbard for The sena orshlp, said
eve are not surprised at the result,
in fact a larger majority against Hub.
bard would not have been surprising,
when you take into consideration that
no fewer than three thousand paid
workers were In the employ OF tho
Scott managers Then, too, the rain
lin the country kept down the farnei
vote, which was largely for Hubbard
"The Hubbard candidacy Will so
right OH. Ohio county is only one or
fifty.flve counties In the state, and the
rest Of the state has a habit Of not
following the Load of Ohio county We
wanted 10 have IIubbard's home coun'
" enrolled under his banner, and the
result might have been differnt had
we made the primary more Of a COLI
lnorcial transacIIon.
"Another handicap we encountered
was the indifference OF many RepublI-
cans whom we counted upon to sup.
port our candidate, Many whom We
approached declared themselves dis
satisfied with conditions and said
they did not intend voting the Rep"t
lican ticket this year, and consequent,
" did not consider themselves quail
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