The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-16
ROOSEVELT LEADERS
HAVE SLATE PREPARED.
Isaac 7. Mann Declines to Desert
Taft for Place Among Roose-
welt Delegates.
State Committee Takes Up Con-
tests and Elkins' Demand for
Senatorial Primary.
specIaI DIspatch 70 the Inteilirene.r.

Special Dispatch to the Inteiiigencer.
HUNTINGTON. w. Va. May 15.-On
the eve OF the assembling of the Re
publican State convention. the Roose-
welt forces are In complete control OF
the situation. and tomorrow the entire
West Virginia delegation of sixteen
TO the National convention will be for
mally turned over to the Rough Rider
candidate. Tonight there is every in
dication that the following delegates
at-large will be elected by the State
convention tomorrow: Governor w.
+. Glasscock: William p. Hubbard, of
Wheeling. First district: Samuel Mont
gomery. OF Kingwood., Second district;
William Seymour Edwards. of Charles
ton. Third district; c. A Swearangen.
Parkersburg, Fourth district: ID. B.
Smith, Huntington, Fifth district.
IL was stated tonight that the
Roosevelt leaders had offered to make
Isaac T. Mann, OF Bramwell. a strong
Taft man. delegate-at-large from the
Fifth district IL he would agree to vote
for Roosevelt. but that he declined to
accept the nomination as an instructed
man.
The State committee convened to-
night 10 take up the contests from the
various counties, but there will be
little difficulty in settling the contests.
as the Roosevelt people are in such a
majority that the result cannot be
changed.
No Action on Primary.
The committee late tonight began
the consideration OF the proposition
urged by Senator Davis Elkins to in
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the Statewide primary on June 4. but
adjourned without taking any definite
action.
The temporary officers OF the con-
vention were not named, owing TO the
fact that a number Of the members
OF the committee haven't yet arrived.
Ohio County People Here.
The special train bearing the Ohio
county delegation TO the state conven-
tion pulled into the union depot this
morning at LIS. The up river dele
gates and politicians Immediately went
to the Hotel Frederick where several
political bees were held until the wee
short hours of the morning.
The fight between the FIVE candi-
dates for supreme court judge prom
ises to wax warm when the convention
opens tomorrow. The northern sec
tion OF the state have two candidates.
Honorable Howard y. Ogden. of Fair
mont and Charles McCamic OF
Moundsville. while in the southern
section Of the state Judge Doolittle Of
Huntington; Judge Poffenbarger Of
Point Pleasant and II. H. Ritz. OF
Bluefeld, are seeking the honor. The
two northern delegates have a strong
following.
ohio County Caucus.
The Ohio county delegation will
caucus at the Hotel Frederick in the
morning at 1890. while many other
caucuses will be held by other dele
cations. At to-days meeting OF the
Republican district convention. the
convention was almost broken up
when DR. Hatfield. OF Welch. entered
the convention hall. There we're
cheers lasting for over half a hour
for the popular gubernatorial He
made a short address. which was fol
lowed by wild cheering.
Three candidates for governor. two
candidates for secretary of state. a
candidate for treasurer and other Of
1ce-seekers are here TO attend the con.
vention.
The convention will be held al the
Huntington theatre. and the Roosevelt
people Of the southern section are
planning % place W VI. o. Dawson
IN nomination for chairman Of the
meeting Ohio county may suggest
the name of W. H Hubbard