The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-03-21
WEST VIRGINIA LOYAL
TO PRESIDEET TAFT
By Washington Correspon-
dent on His Tour of
West Virginia.
r COS EVELT SLUMP
Wonderfully Increased Senti-
nient for Taft and Indiffer-
ence for Roosevelt.

While President Taft Is assured of
denomination and each days reports
from many states only make his
victory surer and greater" said
Francis B. Gessner Washington
correspondent at the Waldo this
morning, Il wish he could get in act
ual touch with the rugged, resource
full and resolute Republicans Of West
Virginia who have been loyal to him
from this state.
He knows of 1t, all, OF course, bu.
there would be an increased cherkling
Of the cookies Of his heart il he could
know at first hand just how the Taft
Republicans of West Virginia arc
handling things and how sincere
are their spirit and zeal in his behalf.
/ have been in Ohio, the presidents
own state, for two weeks, and while
there is no doubt of ohio's lining up
for the president there is somehow
more striking significance in the
loyalty and devotion of West vir-
ginia Republicans who insist on Pres
ident Taft's denomination than in the
lining up for him in any other state,
even his own.
This is for the reason that West
Virginia, thanks to your little COVER
nor, Glasscock, was the first to make
noise for Roosevelt Possibly 1t was
Glasscock's only chance to let the
country know that West Virginia had
governor by that name and he had
sudden swelling up with sense
of his Importance. Outside OF West
Virginia where his size, political and
physical, is none too well known, he
may have attracted some attention, but
in the state found all the really big
and powerful Republicans not only
regretting but resenting the Glass
cock treachery to Taft, for that is
the only word to describe it. re-
call that he was made governor by
members of state committee and
today each member of that committee
continues loyal to Taft. Would It
not have been simple politeness for
Glasscock to have consulted the men
who made him governor, before he
assumed to deliver West Virginia to
the colonel? You will note that
Glasscock and the other governors
who proudly pulled Roosevelt into
the running, have been in New York,
thanks to a hurry call by the great
chieftian who no doubt wanted to
know what had become of that over
whelming demand of the people for
his nomination.
Somehow there has been great
slump. No delegates are reported By
the governors. Dixon, the Roosevelt
manager at Washington, is emitting
with streaks of flowing rhetoric, al
most hourly bulletins, while McKin-
ley, the calm, leyel-headed Taft man
ager is SO busy counting up Taft
delegates that there is no time to K
write replies to the Dixon stuff.
1T was matter of comment in
New York last week that Roosevelt
was losing his temper because his
committee reported no delegates. 1t
is the first time Roosevelt has been
up against losing game and 1t
gals him to the limit. Those who
know him personally remark that
they would like to hear how he hands
out a few words to the governors
bunch for having gotten him into
losing contest.
Since my return to West Virginia
I find wonderfully Increased senti-
ment for President Taft and a marked
indifference among those who at the