Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-05-18
coNLEY FOR SENATOR
rs LATEST GOSSIP
Wants 10 be Elected conoressn,an-at-
large so He VIII Have Strength
To Go Step or Two Hioher


tries coming in from day to day the
RI publican race for the United States
Senatorship from West Virginia is as.
Stunning the proportions Of free.for-
. ALI The latest entry IN the list Of
. those who would like TO be Senator is
understood 10 be Attorney General
William g. Conley. Mr. conley at the
present time is not a publicly announc-
ed candidate for Senator, but is maxi
ing the race for member OF Congress
from the Second district. His pro
gram as outlined by friends who have
been In Washington calls first for his
election to Congress.
II is understood that Attorney Gen
eral Conley believes he can be cleo.
ted. and that in all probability he VIII
be the only Republican elected 70 Con
gress in the State and the only one
who could defeat w. q. Brown. the
present Congressman. who will be his
opponent. Ii is understood that he
feels that In the event he should de.
feat Congressman Brown for reelec.
ton he would have shown sufficient
strength to be considered the logical
candidate for Senator. OF course the
term of the next Senator from West
Virginia will begin at the same time
as the term of the Congressman to be
elected this fall, and II elected TO Con
gress and later TO the Senate he would
never have the opportunity OF taking
the oath OF Office as Congressman.
/ II Is understood that Attorney Gen.
erai Conley has little ambition to
serve in the lower House but lis using
his candidacy for Congress as step.
ping stone to the higher Office OF Sen
ator and that his chief aspirations are
for the latter place. or course II he
could be elected TO Congress he would
consider Il an honor even though he
should fall OF election to the Senate.
But. according to the stories which
have reached Washington II is the
seat In the Senate which he desires
above all else. and for which he will
be candidate. in the event OF his cleo.
j ton to Congress in November.
General Conley in the past has stood
very close to Davis Elkins, who is a
candidate for the Senatorship and he
/ Is understood to be helping General
I Conley In his campaign for Congress
not dreaming that In the man he is
helping he may find later on a strong
/ opponent.
! General Conley is also a part Of the
State administration and close TO Gov
ernor Classcock and former Governor
I Dawson, who have been managing tho
/ Roosevelt campaign In West Virginia.
Former Governor Dawson Is under
stood to be candidate for Senator
and occupies much the same position
i that Davis Elkins does In helping the
campaign of man who Ii likely to-
become his own competitor. His en-.
] try into the race for the Senatorship
may complicate the situation even
more than It has been complicated and
will add one to the already large num-
Der OF Republican candidates for the
empty honor OF a Republican nomina-
ton for Senator.
Congressman At Large
The Second Congressional district
seems 10 have had determination
from the start to furnish the Republi-
can candidate for Congressman at
large. Both the candidates for this
nomination are from the Second dis
trict, Howard Sutherland being from
Randolph county and Charles +. Teter
Republican primary election TO be
held June the majority OF the Repub-
lican state ticket will be named from
the southern part of the State. Their
seem to have been no candidates from
the northern part OF the State who re-
ceiyed sufficient encouragement to
warrant them in entering the primary
election.
For Governor all three candidates
are from the southern part of the
State. DR.. Hatfield is from Mcdowell
county, the southernmost part OF the
State, G.. W. Dillon Is from Fayette
county and C. w. Swisher from Kan.
awha. all from the southern ties OF
the State. In fact OF the IL candidates
on the ticket for the nomination for
state Offices only come from coun-
ties north OF the center of the State
and two OF these are candidates for
the same office so that II is not pos
sible for more than 3 OF the IL candi-
dates TO be nominated from the north
ern half of the State.
Mcdowell county has candidate
for Governor as well as one for treas
from Barbour county, The first can
didate mentioned for this place was
Sam b. Montgomery, OF Preston conn
4 ty. also In the Second district. He
withdrew leaving two other candidates
from the same district 70 fight II out.
While the sentiment OF West Viz
glnla Republicans as shown by the re-
cent selection OF delegates TO the
State convention seems to have been
overwhelmingly for Roosevelt, II is
worthy of notice that both candidates