The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-08-17

Il 'Sisrro0% e|neVeul. "dS ulfdUi0- TO AppTS
ciate the lam basting. ~
To the qtisfense Of the: former
4 GeyernoEs rushed John J.. GprpwelI
+ himself am editor and railroad A5ro
1noter. cosnwell designated senal
tor Bland and his aides as the
Camorra iinsthe Democratic politics
of West Virginia, appealed for party
harmony and gently twitted the
Doadridset San ator on the ground OF
party loyalty. Did Bland reply?
! Well, I g,issS he did He told the
Romney. editor that. he j, needed i,
clean bilEiiof health himself before
he went OFT af the road to clear the
skirts Of an0ther, and asserted thar
II CornwelL ubernatorial candidate
In 1909, wished to. know how he
stood with the insurgent. Dem ocratts
lot him secure "a place ,on the next
state ticket.k3N 81 ~ -.
| CornwelB - however, can come
4 back, and he. aid. He told Senator.
Bland thatta all the virtue in the
world was not wrapped up within
his own garEa ents.@ He put several
questions to- the West Union editor,
to which aDs~ec is yet to be- made,
lnquiring If Senator Bland, when Il
candidate for election to the State
Senate. hadInpt appealed to Senator
Watson for financial assistance; ir
he was not an ,employe Of subsid-
fary concern OF the Standard OH
Company and had demanded an in
crease OF salary from his yemployers
soon after his election to the State
Senate. Editor Cprnwel1 also In
qutred If the State Senator also did
not have. an a9te-election agreement
with VIM. 'Ps.G Hubbard to support
Hubbard for the United States Sem.
ate if the. Legislature was Of Repub-
lican persuasion In return for
which he $rsesived financial support
rom Hubbarh H. go,
These numerous outbreaks Of in
surgency faYe the leaders worried.
While they Tealize that the insur
gents have mot J, sufficient strength
ITO dictate denominations or party
platforms, thsy understand that the
insurgentT vote is no mere trifle in,
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the general Seiection, and before the
campaign is ef there will be earnest
Efforts to plaeate those who are max
ing he ld,ldest noises - Z =
Senator Bland Is one Of those who
are. not enanlhred Of the Democratic
possibilities mentioned as the CUB
ernationals candida next year, He
has possibltitsf of his own, whose
claims he is&stfging \ before any
other is tosbe Considered. The 5Dodd
ridge seal4s0hta said this week. that
IGolonel Thomas "a ri tEssea = Of Nor,
gantosh,r fsssidaHs sfscf 81 Sfly ySsssf
Virginia University. was the one
democrat upon whom all the Demo
cratic factions could unite. Hodges
was gubernatiouai candfdate=tl1ree
years ago, but was beaten for the
nomination by Louis Bennett. He
then retired from active politics and
vas appointed by Governor Glass
COCK on the State Board Of ControI,
and later was chosen to the Presi-
dency Of the State University by a
Republican Board of Regents, al
Il-ouSh ne Is u democrat.
Quite recently the name Of Colonel
Hodges was suggested as a guberna-
torial candidate in 1912. He then stat
ed that 1T was his ambition to serve
the state at the university, that he had
made an absolute retirement from the
political game, and could not accept
the Democratic nomination for Coy
ernor even If it was rendered him.
Bland believes that John J. Cornwell,
Senator Sam V. Woods, Stuart w.
walker and Senator w. A. MacCorkle
are Ineligible and predicts that they
would lose 10000 Democratic votes in
the state. ...:..-... 80.
Governor Judson Harmon, Of Ohio,
VIII have to fight for the West Vir-
g1n1a delegation to the next national
convention. For some time it seemed
that sentiment for the Ohio executive
Mas-so- ererwh hefHfng -tfTat looked
like a solid delegation from the Pan
handle state for Ohio's Democratic ia
Vorite son. 1t is apparent, however,
that sentiment for Woodrow Wilson
has grown rapidly during the past few
weeks. Away over in the Eastern
Panhandle former State Senator w.
Z. Campbell is running the name Of
Wilson as the choice of the West
Virginia Democracy for the Presiden-
cy, while down in the southern Sec
tion Albert Sidney Johnson Is whoop-
Ing 1t up for the college professor in
Monroe County. Chairman Oscar I'M
derwood, Of the Ways and Means Com
mtttee of the House Of Representa-
tiVes, also has cut in on the Harmon
Following. The West Virginia con.