Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-06-15
G[ASSCOCK' BOOM
FOR SECOND PLACE
IS RUSHED ALONG
Big West Virginia Delegation
Gets Into Chicago and Is
Whooping 1t Up
Strong.
GOVERNOR is TAKING 1T
QUIETLY AND SMILINGLY
Col. Edwards is Heading the Noun
tain State Rioters and Says He
Wants a Vice President
EroY,1 The Snufh
From the South.

From the South.
Chicago, June 13.--With a big loud
whoop the advance guard of the West
Virginia delegation arrived at Chicago
yesterday and five minutes afterward
the delegates were booming Governor
Glasscock. And as boomers they are
outbooming anything in town.
On Come the Boomers.
Just about the hour three average
Republican politician sat down to his
breakfast in Chicago, the corridors OF
the Congress Hotel resounded with
the tramp of arriving West Virgin
ians. Colonel William Seymour Ed
wards headed the delegation. Follow
ing him came former Congressman
James II. Hughes, United States Mar
shall James II. Tyree. of Huntington,
and Obediah A. Petty.
Colonel Edwards was the first to
break the news TO some of the unin-
formed party men that Governor
Glasscock was a boni fide candidate
and that when the showdown came
vote than the man who is nominated
finally for the Presidency.
Gentlemen" said Colonel Edwards,
as the crowd gathered around to as
certain the cause of the excitement,
1--WE are for Glasscock, and we have
Republican Governor of a Southern
State. ! mean a progressive Southern
State. Governor Hooper, of Tennes-
see. is a political freak as was Gov
ernor Bradley, of Kentucky, and 9TH
ers. Glasscock is Governor of his
State because his State is Republican.
We are at the same time of the South
and for the South. l call upon the
South to help us nominate Glasscock
for the Vice-Presidency.
"Will Win Going or Coming"
Furthermore, | want to see the
Democratic convention in Baltimore
nominate a Southern e-President-
ial candidate. If it does, the South
will win going or coming. 1t is time
the South took more prominent part
in national politics And this leads
me to repeat that the West Virginia
delegation is for Glasscock and will
continue so to be-"
All the time the booming was going
on Governor Glasscock modestly but
interestedly stood to one side and
watched the proceedings.
The remainder of the West Virgin
la delegation is due to arrive here to-
morrow. The members will come by
special train from Charleston. They
will be quartered at the Sherman
with the delegations from Alabama.
Arkansas and Texas. Colonel Ed
wards, who is a member of the finan-
cial committee of the Roosevelt cam
paign, has been picked to succeed
former Senator Nathan 3. Scott rs
the national committeeman from the
Panhandle State.
Chicago, June 13.-With the par
lies representing President Taft and
Colonel Roosevelt becoming hourly
more bitter, the Republican National
Committee took up for consideration
the Mississippi contests in the second,
fourth sixth and seventh congress
sional districts. Dean e. ITiman pre-
sided. The Roosevelt side was as
sisted by George Morrison, a colored
lawyer.
Taft Now Has 149
The delegates from the second.
fourth, sixth and seventh districts
were put on the Taft side, making his
total 149 of the number contested.
Committeeman Sturgiss moved the
proxy of Francis J. Heney be revoked
because of charges of fraud against
the committee made by Heney, The
motion was tabled
Taft Delegates May Bolt
Memphis, Tenn, June 13.-Politi-
clans here are asserting that an ef-
fort will be made to switch the Ten
nessee Taft delegates to the Roose-
welt band wagon.
More Bribery Charges
The charges of bribery and at
tempted tampering with delegates
was brought up by Taft forces and
the Roosevelt managers have chal-
enged the accusers to show their
hand. This has overshadowed every
thing else so far today. Chairman
Mckinley said that he was consider
ing the demand for specific instances
of bribery and he may make another
statement
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