The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-10-02
AZ Republican State Head
quarters and Air Of Conf
dence IS Spreadng.

Quarters and Air of Conf
denoe is Spreading
BolloWiug his recent visit 70
1ClaTlBburgs lIr. Frances B. Gessner,
the washington correspondent, sent
che following dispatch to his eastern
.ney spapefs and che Cincinnati Com
mercial-Tribune:
CLARKsBURG, W va Sept. 81
There Is an alermess and ACTIVITY
about this years Republics organ
ization now doing business at head
quarters at -CIarksburg. w. Va, that
Is cheering to the visitor and more
than cheering to Republican man
ayers at national headquarters in
New York and Republicans through
out west Virginia. What tmpresses
you most at arst is that an actual
bushes organization with a compre-
hensive plan and procedure like that
OF a big corporation or commercial
institution and the systematic meth
DDS employed by Chairman Lakin
and Advisory Manager Highland can
not fail in the achievement Of Re
publican victory in November
have been familiar with political
campaign management and head
quarters, state and national, for
many years, but have yet to find q
more carefully arranged system and
splepdidly geared party machinery
than, is nov. running twenty-four
hours a day in CIarksburg
We recall that virgil L Highland,
Chairman OF the advisory committee,
is an eminent banker and business
man in the rugged and rich region
of the state, and ne has evidently
applied the business methods OF his
banking and other corporations to
the running Of a campaign for the
welfare of the American people gem
orally, and for West Virginia citi-
Gems especially. The careful assign
ment OF dutiea to departments, the
holding responsible OF each commit
tee associate Ter his department. and
the, general @geeing" up OF things
each day reminds one OF the meth
DDS in a big business or financial in
stitution. Both Lakin and Highland
know their business whether it is for
the state or for, private good and
profit. and the same spirit that has
characterized them in other avoca-
lions is evident in the atmosphere
that pervades the new state organI-i
cation. headquarters.
The marvel OF the Clarks-
burg headquarters to. visitor
coming in from other states is not,
only the method but the, size Of the
stan. Something ike score of oy-i
ice rooms in Judge Gon's business
block occupied by the Lakin com
mittee give signs Of activity not
only all day. but up to midnight and
then some. The wonder is that
West virginia Republicans with i've.
congressional districts and regis
tration one-hfth that OF Ohio, have
a larger campaign stan in the
CIarksburg committee rooms than
the Ohio Republicans at Columbus
OF course the Ohio managers have
substations and sub-managers in the
large cities and populated centers,
but this years West Virginia head
quarters might well be pattern for
state campaign managers all over
the country. 49,
During my stay n GlaTlzs-
burg it-was cheering to come into
fc66nlSaets with the ssplendid ana
rugged Republican, workers 9Vho
came inZfrom difEeFent sectioRg OF
lie state and outlined conditions
wonderfully changed since month
ago. indeed, from present observa-
ton and reports made during my
stay at headquarters, there can be
no doubt of the general getting-back
to the party phalanx of battle for the
for the remainder OF the campaign
Reports to the managers by phone,
word OF mouth and letter all con-
hrmed my Impressions and it means
too. that much OF the spirit Of things
now SO evident in the Con building
at clarksburg is spreading out
through the state. When you look
over the list Of state managers for
the Republicans OF West Virginia
this year, you do not wonder much
at the business spirit OF things which
pervades even the rooms where the
pretty girls, fifty or more, are send
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