Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-02
CIarx First; Underwood Second.

1t will be Clark first at the outset, with
| Underwood or dark horse to follow
and Harmon if other states get behind
him. but not Wilson or Bryan The dele
cations to be sent from the district con.
ventions and the six at large from the
Parkersburg state convention THURSDAY
will be dispatched as uninstructed
That is presuming that National Com
mitteeman John T. McGraw and his fol-
lowers who want to line up West Virginia
for Wilson will not be In control, and in
dications are that McGraw has lost out
before the better organization of the
the conte:t at Baltimore will finally cen
ter down to Bryan and Wilson and re-
suit, accordingly, in the conservatives
going over 10 Wilson. That is the way
he doped IL out the other day In Wheel
ing
The Roosevelt-Taft controversy has not
Yet allowed the republican, state ticket
primary to get the prominence IL deserves
and the fifteen candidates hustline for
the eight places on the ticket have had
rather hard time of IT digging up inter
est me democratic landslide two wears
ago helped reduce the ginger lar. while
the death of Senator Elkins and the re-
| tirement of Senator Scott contributed
complications
Thus there Is no close state orgniza-
Il
/ Is the insiStent and desperate pressure
| OF the Hubbard Dawson faction to secure
the leadership following their victory with
the Roosevelt cause. Bur this faction
does not have apparently the old-time
quantities OF the sinews needed 10 inter
| est the boys. and 1t lacks also a certain
| warm personal familiar
| Nevertheless. there will be a big vote
\ polled at the first experiment with a
primary, as authorized BY the state com
/ o obi
ernor Is anything nut istless feature
with DIR. II. D. Hatfield. Charles w Dill
/ Ion and Charles W. Swisher the candi-
| dates. Chances favors the nomination of
| Hatfield. although Swisher and Dillon
have hustled much the last few days
that Hattields initial lead secured by
| lining up remnants of the old state ma
| chine. is gradually rssening. Swisher
always long on publicity. has advertised
| himself extensively.
Cost to Enter Primary.
| II costs each candidate something like
$500 to enter the primary. and state
salaries in West Virginia don't permit
much margin of expense TO say nothing
of the corrupt practices act. Some of
the candidates, however. have not gone 10
the expense OF circular campaign. The
entries, besides for governor. are as fol-
| lows:
/ For representative at large-Howard
| Sutherland and Charles F. Teter
| Secretary OF state-Stuart r Reed and
i Michael H. King.
! State auditor. S. Darst unopposed.
State treasurer-E l. Long and c. F.
| Rathbone.
| state school SUPPLEMENTARY. +.
Shawkey and Charles r. Murray.
Attorney generaNA. A. Lilly. unop-
posed.
Commissioner of agriculture = Rev
| Archibald Moore and III. +. Williams.
There Is no opposition TO the nomination
OF w G. Conley, e. l.. Avis and Hunter
III. Moss in the second. third and fourth
congressional districts. but Representative
Hughes will be opposed by Wells Goody
koontz in the fifth. and George A. Laugh
lin and A. F. Campbell will contest fol
the honor OF being the republican nomine,
in the first. with the outlook very cas-,
for LaLghlin
State Committee Membership.
Fifty names have been entered for mem
bership on the state committee. the Hub
bard Dawson Roosevelt crowd deciding
to enter the lists formally with the sew
enteen they first elected TO membership
by resolution at the recent Huntington