The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-09-12
Chairman Lakin Now Has the
Wheels in Motion All
over the State.
BUSY HEADQUARTERS
Whirlwind Speaking Tours
All through the State Are
Being Planned.

Being Planned.
Republican state headuarters ar,
now open and the work will be be
gun along systematic lines of organ
ization in all departments toda.
(Monday). When Chairman Lakir
and several of his force arrived here
last Friday they found that nothing
in the way of preparation had been
done. The entire third floor of the
Oak Hall Office building had to be
cleaned up, lights and telephones
installed; desks. chairs. rugs, type.
Writers. filing cases and a complete
Office equipment, necessary to carry.
ing on the work expediously and
with facility, had to be arranged for.
Fortunately the aSchtves of the
committee, and not little of the
necessary equipment carried over
in storage from proceeding cam.
paign. was in custody of former
Chairman Highland here, and secur.
ing it. without unnecessary delay,
was an easy matter.
Chairman Lakin as soon as he ar
rived and found that the headauar-
tiers would have to be built from the
ground up. as 1t were, lost no time
in getting the necessary Offices
opened, cleaned up and adequately
equipped. He issued orders right
and left and soon a large Qorce OF
men were at work, these under the
direction of Harvey Scott, OF
Charleston. By Saturday great
progress had been made. All the
furniture was in and arranged; tele-
phones had been installed, and In
deed, the amount of work accom-
plished in such brief space OF time
was remarkable. Clarksburg mer-
chants, who furnished the supplies,
Joined heartily with Chairman LAX
in and saw to it that here was no
needless delay in carrying out their
respective parts in getting the head
quarters In readiness for what the
Republican campaign managers ex-
pect to be tho swifte-t hardest and
most thoroughly sys ematized cam
paign that has been conducted in
this state by other party in years.
1t is nobody's blame that the
headquarters were not open and IN
n fairly orderly condition for the re-
ception of Chairman Lakin and his
principal a:des-de-camp. 1t was not
decided until late just where the
headquarters would be located, and
as soon as it was decided that they
would be in this busy city, Chair
man Lakin called his l:eutenants
over the long-distance to "move on
Clarksburg" without an hours de-
lay. and he came on at once him.
self, all of them arriving at about
the same time.
The headquarters are the same
offices occupied by the committee
four years ago. but this year there
will be almost tw'ce as many Offices
that will be used. There are six
teen all told, and there are several
large halls which will be used, no
doubt, later in the campaign. as the
increased business makes their
utilization necessary. This had to
be done in the closing weeks of the
campaign of 1908.
R. B. Bernhelm. secretary and
treasurer of the committee, arrived
Sunday evening to remain till the
close of the campaign. Mr.. Bern
helm may be termed the personal
representative of DR.. H. D. Hatfield,
the candidate for governor. He was
in very large measure responsible
for DR.. Hatfleld's superb organiza-
ton in that distinguished Gandi
dates pre-prlmary campaign. which
resulted so successfully. Mr.. Bern
helm travelled with DR.. Hatfield dur
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