The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-12-07
TO BE MADE BY SWIsHER M
CAPTURE THE GOVERNOR 80
SHIP FOR THE STATE. 80 t4
Long Expected
Was the Announcement and II il fJYsS
pected to be Followed by that of
Dillon Who is Said to Have Am;
bitions of a Similar Nature. Otf,.s
er Political News. -. =, /, D SIs,sFf

Charles Wesley Swisher. POSSESSES,
ing an animated desire, to be- Gov
ernor of West Virginia, had as;
Thanksgiving pronunciamento OF hiaS
| own, and his announcement. issnetfS
on the day set apart by the Presi4
dent, that he would be candidate
in the Republican Statewide pri.S
mary for the gubernatorial .nomina4s
| tion has caused "a splash in the po.
litical pond. 49,. .,.s %3Y@
! No sailor on the political seas
| ever encountered rougher weather
| '"'' ':he former Secretary ot ,S,steS
h&s experienced in trying c. rcactiss
the grbernatrrial harbor. and the
re;ent ricIouncement that he ysa$
willing to make another da11 to the
pole would indicate that tho fight
Ing blood within tnt. Fairine<s = Mas.
rinrr ts sill: warm ant tia: he ts
s;El l.os%s %sSed OF courage in abund.s
anre to Inake a fight. Tnae Yss tbNs
Quality In Swisber his frieliua IaYaa
most admired--his willingness t0S
| mix it up with an opponent at closGss
range and then not complain Of the
result which ever way the tide otEtss e.
battle turned. .,@. ,,=%.:y ,.3 " sss
| A withdrawal such as Secretary
Swisher made in the memoranda
contest of 1908, when the goal was
in sight, would take the starch ont
Of the ordinary. candidate. And
Swisher's declaration this week ig
an exhibition Of courage, and game
mess that is seldom equaled. The de-.
termination he has shown In; seek
ing the gubernatorial chair is sufils;
Client evidence that he: will be- d. fOH4s
mfdable entry in the Statewide 4prfAa
mary. '~s-., <. ~. ,"s.. Z 4 1Ss.@{lsE
Swisher has had a remarkable ca
reer. Not 80 very many yearg age
he was driving mule, In the Mo.
nongahela Valley mines owned by
the father Of the present United
States Senator, Clarence Waylaud
Watson His initial entry into poli-s3
tics was an election to Council
manic seat In the Fairmont Council
Next he was elected to the Hous8e
OF Delegates from Marion County,.
and following term in the Lower
House of the Legislature, beat form
|
or the nomination for the State Sem
4 ate in the Eleventh District and was
elected to the State Senate. 7-t- -,--44 ;5s
In 1904 Swisher became a caRdf%s
| date for Secretary OF State and Waa7
nominated in the celebrated DaW~
SON. Teter fight at Wheeling, seeur-.
ing the nomination after Thomas
| Miller, Of the same county, had
been nominated for State SHperin-%
tendent Of Schools. In the contest
Of that year Swisher was elected
over Senator William G.. Peterkin,
of Parkersburg, carrying the State
by $4,000 plurality. - -. ~. 's,.S
! Four years later Swisher, entered
the gubernatorial contest TO Buceeed5
VIM. NJ. O. Dawson. He was OBJ
posed -by--another- member Of the
State administration, Auditor Arnold
| G. Scherr, and the contest between
Swisher and Scherr waged fieTceIN
| for several months. The line OT
cleavage between the two factions
was clear and distinct, and the cIt1
max Of the factional warfare was,
reached when the State convention
met at Charleston and the ScherE3:
delegates walked out OF the coDvenTt
| ton hall. Be-
| Swisher was given the regular
nomination, but Scherr headed an
other ticket that was nominated az
the Kanawha Court House and for
several months 1t looked like there
might be two Republican tickets In
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