The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-11-18
CANDIDATES
FOR CONGRESS
Looming Up in Various Congress
>lonal Districts of state Uuder
Primary Plan.
u DGE HUNTER MOSS
~ FOU RTH DISTRICT.
l. Avowed Candidate-ilikely At
torney General Conley viii
Make Race in Second.
81 CHARLES BROOKS SMITH.

% GFf@Nl 70 ohOONN SMfN ~
PARkERSPURG. " Va. Nov. l..
2 be- trsf salu'ary result ~ the Re-
pltH,on state committees action IN
providing FOR popular party election
thar the people may Say. was felt
iu the Fourth congressional district.
W here on th. very evening the corn.
mittre fu.-hcd and adjourned judge
Hunter Holmes Moss of Pafkershurg.
announced that hr would stand be-
FOR" thr people as candidate for
thr Dcmiuarcn Tor congress. and
would not be- candidate TO succeed
himself ~ thc committce.s Actton re.
suits as satisfactorily .u all other sec.
uous 90 the state the party will go
before the people next year with
ticket composed of higher type %
mon 'han 90 has been offering in tho
last several campaigns
jade" Moss Is IA every way fitted
Tor useful and brilliant career ia
tae lower house 90 congress. and is,
lArNlsr. iu every way tttcd 20 make
a CAMPAIGN that his supporters need
NOT feel called upon 90 apologize FOR.
lie had been considering the matter
~ becoming a congressional candi.
date Tor some time. bat withheld
making hlz decision until he could as
certain What vas to be- the method
o. making tue nomination He IA.
Nored the direct primary plan. and
when the state committee provided
Tor such method So uucOnsciously
enabled this congressional district
io know that ~ had at least one Re-
publican willing 10 take up the par.
ty night. who Is in every respect
qualified Judge Moss has been pros
'CutiuE attorney FOR this county and
iuIr" ~ this circuit Tor eight years
when hls term expires next year Had
%" desired 20 remain on the bench
lH would have hreu reuominated by
aDclamatIou and n the Democratic
parry desired 20 oppose him IL is
,uuhtful ~ man ot much worth as
q lawyer and "A candidate could have
been induced 20 run AGAINST him.
Judge Mosss illngness 10 make
the hght against Congressman IIamii.
ton. which means no easy lob TO bo
undertaken. hc viii probably have no
opposition from Judge % B. Woods.
~ Richie county. nor cN.ConEresa-
man Noodyari OF Roane However.
This IS 90 stronger probability as 10
tho former than as 20 Tho latter Mr
woodward has been rcgarded az a
very lkely aHpirant but. In his state
ments made for publication with
reference to BE- maintained that no
did not think 81 wise fo enter into
any contest for the nomination. but
10 The party wanted him fo make tho
race again he would be- pleased 10
do so fic stated that ho thought
nominations This time should go 20
tho men whom tho part, regarded as
most likely 20 win. and that % would
he better Tor DO" party if nom nations
Ucre conferred without contests.
which were likely 90 disturb harmony
ana weaken los own voting strength.
since the Moss announcement some
m Noodyard's closest friends In this
city state that they DO not believe
.haf the cx-congressm4n Will be
candidate. although they dlsavow
know fng definitely what he proposes
doing In The matter
I1 fla second district. Attorney
Genera C0uloy has begun his cam.
paiEn Tor fhe nomination. which ~
evident from tho publicity ~ hla pic
'urr and biographical sketches IN ths
party Ies fpapers Iu that section
General toniey has not stated for
maIiy and publicly ufaf his infen.
lions are. except fLat boz does not ln.
tend fu Do candidate fO succeed him
sef as attorney general However.
iNrrr Dol ~ uyfferr nor docs ono
need possess powers OF dlvinaflon.
to dope out tte generals line %
thought about fhe future Ills activ.
ifi's are ~ iu ono direction and that
is alonr straight llne that Will land
hm fhe congregational nomination In
'he Second. CorIev ls native or
preston. which. after lengthy record
''r urae1 rrs.1R parry loyalty. has
been anything elff except thar ln the
lasf few yrarr C0rIey is popular
attn The party there. and has been
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