Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-31
WORKING AS ALLIES
West Virginia Republicans and
Third Termers in Coalition.
DEMOCRATS IN A PANIC
Alarmed at Combination in Fight
for Senatorship.
FULL DINNER PAIL ARGUMENT
Prosperity in Industries Having
Great Effect in Campaign
Against Low Tariff.
FULL DINNER PAIL ARGUMENT
ecial From a Staff Correspondent.

| WHEELING, w. Va, October 81
| Come on, fellows, let's get together now
and beat the democrats! Don't let 'em
| send a low tariff man to the United
| States Senate"
That is what republicans and third
termers alike are saying in this end of
| the state of West Virginia; and the
democrats. in a panic because of the
growing friendliness between republicans
and third-termers, are striving desperate
ly to circulate stories of treachery which
will make the third party men suspicious
of their republican friends. Republicans
and progressives are supporting the identi-
cal ticket throughout the state with the
exception of the presidential candidate, and
| there is high hope in the republican and
progressive camps that together they can
carry the state legislature, and prevent
| Senator Watson or John McGraw from
| going to the Senate.
Republicanism in this populous and
prosperous end of the state has a rosy
glow of optimism about 1t everywhere
The leading republicans here believe
positively that republican senator will
be sent to Washington, and that West
Virginia will elect four and perhaps the
| entire six republican candidates for the
1 House. And the democrats here admit
they have desperate fight. with fac
l
the -chummy feeling between progress
ives and republicans growing stronger
every minute.
Full Dinner Pail Argument.
1t is the little old full dinner pail that
is making republican votes in this end
of the state. The Ohio county republican
organization went through this valley
| two days ago in automobiles collecting
money, and the list shows many a demo-
crat who put himself down for five or
a ten on the republican side, lust be-
| cause he didn't want to see the mill shut
| down.. The democrats are scared at the
prospect of a reduced tariff on tin plate,
steel and iron. Mention that to a mill
worker and he'll froth at the mouth.
When Representative Davis, candidate
comes around to shake hands, the mill
/ men say:
You're all right, John. You're hot stuff
on the anti-injunction matter. but you
voted for the Underwood tariff bill"
Prosperity is the keynote of the re
publican fight here. and it is. having
great effect. The 6.1OO tin plate workers
are supposedly republicans to a man.
They are getting big money. and the
smoke Of the plants at full blast beclouds
/ the sun, while the railroads and steam
boats up and down the Ohio river are car
| rying away thousands of tons of manu-
featured wares daily. Truly, this is a
1 section where prosperity under republi-
can rule has found a lodging place.
Contest for the Legislature.
Talking with many wen informed demo-
| Gratis around here, The Stars correspond
| ent asked them If they were sure of
| electing a democratic state legislature
| and of sending democrat to the United
/ States Senate.
by no MEANS" is the answer; "the
| chances are even, although We think the
democrats have a slight advantage in the
'hold-over' state senator's"
/ This involves an explanation of the
state legislature situation. The advantage
spoken OF by the democrats is that out
| of the fifteen state senators who remain
In office eleven are democrats and four
republicans. The house of delegates, con-
| tanning eighty-six members, will have to
be elected entirely anew. With thirty
members of the senate and eighty-six in
the lower house the party which wins the
| legislature must have majority of the
combined houses to elect a United States
| senator. On this joint ballot the ma
tority must number at least fifty-nine.
To insure sending republican senator
to Washington. therefore. the republicans
must force their ate ticket SO as to
| overcome the democratic lead in the
eleven hold-over senator's.
| The most ardent democrats say pri-
vately that the ig't is too close to pre-
dict the outcome, although in public they
claim everything. There are indications
OF misgivings in their heart-to-heart mo-
ments.
fractional Bitterness.
| Big democrats are alarmed over the
bitterness which exists between the Nc
Graw faction and the Watson faction Of
the party. This bitterness has split
things up frightfully in the democratic
ranks where one side will vote the re-
publican ticket in many an instance
rather than support a man from the
other democratic faction. McGraw is out
campaigning, begging the-A,emocrats to
forget factions ard vote the democratic
| ticket, hide. hair and tallow. Senator
| Watson's people are making the same
plea. but the voters are bitter in their
factionalism.
| Big democrats have. begun to work
| frantically to make up for the Watson
| factions endeavor to elect merely a state
legislature and send Senator Watson back
to Washington. They are beginning to
| see that the people of their party will
accuse them Of trading republican minor
Offices for a democratic state legislature.
State Conceded to Wilson.
The democratic split may not be patched
up in time to benefit the party. although
it is conceded by republicans that Will
son will get the eight electoral votes of
this state. 1t Is just a little more than
possible that Dr. Hatfield. republican, will
be elected governor. although there is