The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-10-15
Both Parties Pt:flg Forth
Best Efforts with epub-
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(ChaFIes BroolZs SMITH. j

esting Happenings in this states POI
giftIcai arena. There has been a con-
Etlnuous performance and things have
been going at q lively rate. Apathy
his been shooed on the perch and
from the mountain tops and In the
valleys the preachment of the spell
binder is heard. The partisan news
papers are teeming with Arguments
and appeals, stirring their readers to
heated debate and controversy Gum
shoes have been thrown into closets
and the big stick Is scattering p0llt-
icaI noise and excitement broadcast.
All OF which was as unexpected as st
is satisfying to the managers of a
campaign. which at the outset gave
no signes OF being other than list
less, Indifferent and apathetsO sort OF
affair. Especially pleasing that It
has turned out otherwise. SO far In.
advance is It to the Republican party
managers. who believe that domi-
nant party has much to gain and
nothing whatsoever to lose from an
6pen-and-a Dove-board. red-hot fight.
The most sensational events of the
week were pulled on In this city and
the state senatorial district Of which
this city is part. Here are Grant
p. Hall and Ex-Governor william A.
MaoCorkle, the latter the last Dem
ocratic chief executive this state has
had, contesting for seat in the state
senate. Their contest has got right
down into the muck OF personalities.
Each in public addresses this week
has charged the other with vaFt-
ETY. of offenses, some of them border
ing on criminal allegations. The
principles for which their respective
parties stand have been forgotten
and personalities have taken their
place. Such a contest IS calculated
I'd stir up sharp feeling and much ex-
element; also, to attract large audi
ences Of interested and curious peo-
ple. No meetings have been held IN
the state this week have come any
where near approaching In size and
intense interest the meetings that
Hall and MacCorkle have addressed.
In their personal campaign. there Is
only one subject that arises to, the
dignity OF an issue involved. That Is
Hall. despite aftlta-
lions. this year comes to the front as
a rnbid exhorter for tetotalism. He
favors the submission of proh"bI-.
ton amendment, a local option Law
with the county as the unit and, II
neither one OF those laws can be Sc
cured. statutory prohibition. Mac
corkle is less radical. He fayors
the largest measure OF local self
government. something like magls-!
terial district local option, or, II not
that. the next best thing. ememDS-
ing twons and cities o: a certain
size from domination OF the counties
on the license question.
Hall has accused MacCorkle OF be-
ing corrupted by corporations when
he was governor: OF being tool OF
the whiskey ring in Kanawha couh-
ty; of stealing Republican primaries.
and score Of other things OF equal
and salaciousness. Mae
corkle comes back at Hall. charging
him with endorsing paper for the
whiskey ring; trying to bribe a coun-t
ty commissioner with $500: with
rank duplicity and insincerity: with
Halsehood and with perjury. These
are lust a handful OF charges that
these prominent party men. whose
are state wide and whose
leadership III their respective parties
has covered long period OF years.
have uttered against each other.
Hall has majority OF 800 to go on,
but party lines have been pretty
much severed by the prohibition
proposition. In the next three weeks
this contest Is conRdentially expected
to furnish one continuous sensational
thrill, and 1t may result in physical
as we'll as political damage to some
OF those prominently engaged in 1t.
A comprehensive supplement is
sued by the Republican state COM,
mittee printed In all the newspapers
OF that party, has served to acceler-
ate the vigorous campaign that the
Democrats have made, and is a fun
and complete report OF the party's
stewardship to the voters Of the
state. It Is the most comprehensive
and reliable campaign document
ever issued by the party in power.
and it's leaders say that 1t sweeps
away every proposition that the
Democratic managers have advanced
or can advance this campaign. and
that 1t VIII do the party an Inn
measurable amount of good.
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