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jority Of the State CommiNee.,
! In other words, Mr. Hubbard believ-
es it nnwise to stop kicking the dog
T. aroun'. However the former Wheel
ing Congressman was not mad when
: he gently stroked the committee IN
he&zshort ribs with his brogans. 1t
Is just rough habit he has, although
1t sometimes leaYes a scar.
If Senator ElkiGs wins in his effort
to seizure Senatorial preference pri-
mary it is evident that he does not
I fear an expression OFT the voters in
the primary election. 1t is generally
admitted that it will not be an easy
matter to dislodge Senator Clarence
W.. Watson this year, for the Fair
mont coal magnate has developed quail
tiles Of leadership and an imm ense
amount of political generalship, but
the son Of the late Senator Stephen
B. Elkins is-willing TO make the fight
If majority Of the Republicans vo-
tiers ask him to do it.
Chairman Highland has been taking
a poll Of the committeeman, some of
= whom have not answered the query
Of the chairman. The politicians, how
ever, expect the Chairman to have
sufficient information within the next
week to havs him call a special meet
ing of the committee.
The fact that the committee is
coming around to a Presidential pref
erence primary has not dimmed the
interest in the selection Of delegates
to the Congressional district and the
state conventions, which are" to be
held on May Is, III the several dis
tricts, and at Huntington on May Is,
and the contest goes on merrily.
The Roosevelt people were the first
to draw blood and they picked out
the Taft campaign, manager, Harry
Chapman woodward, as their first VIC
tim The former Congressman Of the
Fourth District was called home to
take his dressing down. 1t happened
in Roane county, the home of Wood.
yard, and Prince Hal was so over
-Whelmed by his old comrades that he
was stunned.
Manager woodward went into Roanc
county several days before the con-
ventions, and, as he is an organizer
of some note, he was expected to shoot
the Roosevelt organization full OF
holes. He found that A. W. Brown,
Ed Flynn, Phil Adams and Cy Crislin
had been on the job, however. and
he was unable to puncture their lines
Of battle. At Spencer, Wbedyard's
home, the five delegates were instruct
ed for Roosevelt, and while Harry
claims two of these delegates for the
President, ii is significant that Wood
yard is not on the delegation. Four
teen of the 16 delegates In the county
we're instructed for the Strenuous
One.
Upon his return to Parkersbufg,
Manager woodward complained of the
steam roller which had hattened him.
Adjutant General Chas. D. Elliott, |
WIN ndppeheu W NC ludhlnS al lu7
spection of the troops at Spencer al
few days before the battle, was haul
cd over the hot Goals for sparjng the
time away from his office, and Ash
Brown was cCndemued for using Isl
employees Of the Second Hospital
Corps in lis lineup, but Brown de-
clares thai there arr only Sd male
employees a the restitution all only
10 participated in the convention
While Manager woodward claims
President Taft will have 7 of the 1G
delegates from Roane, Ash Brown as
serts that the Colonel will have sol
Id delegation. The result ~ Roanc