Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-24
CHOOSE BEST MEN VALLEY OF VIRGINIA
West Virginia Democrats Bid Fruit Buyers Seeking Options
ding for Support. on the Apple Crop.
HOPE TO CAPTURE STATE GROWERS ARE HOLDING ON
W. Davis for Keep Touch With Markets
House of Representatives Through Own Association.
REGARDED AS WISE SELECTION BATTLE ON SALOON ISSUE
"Wets"
by Comfortable Lining Up for Fight
Scarce.
HOPE TO CAPTURE STATE
John W.. Davis Nominated for
House of Representatives.
REGARDED AS WISE SELECTION
His District Republican for Years
by Comfortable Majority-Re-
publicans Still Bickering.
Special Correspondence OF the Star.

| Special Correspondence OF the Star.
| WHEELING, w. Va, July %, 1910.
| The democrats of West Virginia were
late in starting, but they are putting the
very best men in their party on their
ticket. A notable example was the selec-
ton Of John w Davis of Clarksburg as
their candidate for Congress to succeed
Representative w. P. Hubbard, republic
can. No nomination for years, unless it be
the nomination of Corrwell in 1904 for
| governor, has been SO pleasing to the
| democrats of the first district.
| Republicans concede there is a fight in
store for Charles E. Carrigan, their
nominee They give testimony to the
personality of Davis and to the prestige
| he enjoys. Davis nomination came en-
| tirely without his solicitation and in the
face of his repeated refusals to be con-
| sidered up to the hour Almost of the con-
vention opening. 1t was formally put
through the convention by State Senator
Zilliken. the only avowed aspirant, who
| had made somewhat of canvass on
the assurance of Davis that he would
not be candidate
| The nominee was lauded as 1.-The bril-
liant son of distinguished sire" John
j. Davis of Harrison county. There Is
| no kinship between this Tennessee fam
| lily and ex-senator Henry c. Davis.
Served Term in Legislature.
! The democratic nominee is just about
| reaching his fortieth year. He served
one term as member of the house OF
delegates as a beardless youth, develop
| ing into his party's floor leader in the
last democratic house. almost twelve
years ago. Since that time he has stead
| tasty refused to look kindly on guber-
( material or congressional nominations
| when rendered unoficially in advance
| but continued mention of him for high
| honors throughout these years has made
| his name almost a household word in
| democratic homes in northern and CEN
trail West Virginia. His championship OF
the cause of the coal miners in cele-
| brated injunction case helped no little
bit
| Waving the perennial optimism OF
| the minority party there are grounds
| for believing Davis has almost an equal
chance in a district that has given com
| Portable republican ma jOrities since 1897.
| The Hubbard-ScOtt senatorial fight; the
| Ogden Carrigan contest. which developed
! charges and counter-charges of fraudu-
| lent manipulation of the primary returns,
| and factional clashes in the republican
| party in every county, added to a Pc
culiar indefnable feeling generally that
| the republicans will have a hard fight
to retain control. give hope to the demo
Gratis with leader like young Davis.
1
at Wheeling, was otherwise listless and
| perfunctory. It's only other feature was
/ the platform, which declared for tarlff
| for revenue, with the "only' omitted
1 Misrule. extravaganza and corruption
i We're the resounding phrases.
Bid Made for Insurgent Votes.
| There was a bid for independent re-
publican support, but the effort of Dele
i OF oria To ha H.
| ton on record as favoring federal aid
| ed such clamor from Col. Robert White,
i Charles c. Newman. ex-Representative
John o. Pendleton, w. NJ. Kincaid and
! other old warehouses; as savoring OF an In
/ trusion on states rights. that the author
1 withdrew it out of courtesy to the feel
ings of 1.-The gray-haired veterans Good
roads is a fad with Ice, who declared the
4 republicans would take the initiative on
| the question if the democrats failed to.
The Davis nomination was brought
about largely through the efforts of Mel
son c. Hubbard, the democratic son OF
the retiring republican representative
Young Hubbard. who differs with his
| father in politics, is longtime personal
Davis expects support from the element
| that supported Hubbard in his senatorial
| contest with Scott. 1t is thought DAVIS
| takes that view of it.
| The wheeling convention was III the
hands of the "safe and sane" democrats.
The nomination of Rankin Wiley. in the
| fifth district, the prospective selection of
| John A. Preston in the third and the
| results in the second and fourth reflect
like predomnance of the conservatives.
| Earlier in the week the republican state
committee met at Parkersburg and de-
| cided a contest from Mason county in
| favor Of the Poffenbarger committee over
| the Barbee committee. and in favor OF
the Highland committee over the old
| McCaskey committee in Wetzel. The Nc
| Caskey representatives, Judge T. P.
| Jacobs and j. w Mcintyre, left the tri-
bunal in anger. while the Barbee fac
| ton intends pulling off primary IN
| Mason separate and distinct from the
one to be conducted by the recognized
Poffenbarger body. 1t is troubles like
| these which are putting the fighting
germ in democratic veins this summer.
Committee to Issue Address.
The democratic state committee met in
| Parkersburg the same day for the pur-