The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-15
Business Mems Ticket.


Besides being Republican the city
ticket headed by Frank R. Moore Is
one that well may be called a bust
ness mans ticket. The personnel OF
the ticket appeals strongly and ef.
fectiyely to voters throughout the
city in that respect.
First, the ward conventions care
fully selected men actively Identified
with the business interests of
'ciarksburgS representing several Of
the substantial lines Of activity. for
which harrisburg is noted. John
r Kearns, the First ward nominee
for council, is engaged successfully
in business, and he possesses quail
ifcations which appeal to voters
who want a good business admins
tration of city affairs. He served
several years in the city council to
the complete satisfaction OF his
ward in particular .and the city in
general.
BENJAMIN F, Thompson, the nomI-
nee in the Second ward, is not only
a business man but also a profess
sional man, a successful lawyer, who
has served his ward well and faith
fully in the city council the last two
years, obtaining goodly share of
improvements in that time for his
ward. His experience stands him
well in hand. HE has been tried and
found true and capable. His re-
election will mean that the ward de-
sires no experiment.
Several years ago Truman Swager.
nominee in the Third ward for city
council, served in that body, when
he took an active part in the founda-
ton of the present development of
the city's affairs. He was regarded
a good councilman. He has been
successful in the mercantile business
and his association with clarksburg,s
business interests has been bene-
fetal to the development of the city.
9hereSwill be no experiment in his
case in the council.
Mark Hardness, the Fourth ward
nominee, is engaged in the oil bust
ness, which has been and is a great
factor in -thosprogressyot, the city as
well as the entire county. HE is a
business man OF true worth and
Clarksburg is the better for his cit
izenship. The opposition may adj
vance the ayerment. that the Demo
cratic nominee there has had ex-
perience in the city council, but
when the fruits of the latter's labors
for his ward are particularly pointed
out, somewhat barren harvest is
seen. Mr.. Hardness merits cleo
ton In his ward and his candidacy
appeals generally very strongly
there.
Lucius Hoge, Jr.s who will be a
councilman for the Fifth ward the
next two years, is well and favora-
bly, known by every voter in his
ward, in which he has been in the
furniture business a number of
years as the head of the Home Fur
nishing Company. Even all the
children in that ward know him and
every resident of the ward likes
him. Possibly, no man in recent
years has gone before the voters of
the ward more popular than he.
But his popularity is not his strong
est element of strength. He is a
successful business man, broad
minded, astute and with judgment
sound. There is not more patrt-
otto man in Clarksburg than Lucius
Hoge, Jr., and none more ready to
contribute literally to the upbuild-
ing of the city. Civic pride is one
of his dominant possessions.
The genexal ticket is largely COM
prised of men who have been tried
and not found wanting. Their ON
cial course has been OF such high
character and eficiency that the ex-
preston is general that they are
the best Clarksburg ever had.
Nominated with the heartiest ap-
proval of a great majority of the
voters of CIarksburg, their triumph
at the polls April ? will doubtless
be the greatest within the history