The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-11-29
CHARLESTON,

in order that choice might be made
and the senate organized: McCrum Of
Preston, and Marshall of Hancock,
believe he has. chance of securing.
For the 'cierkship the present IN
dications are that John T. Harris
will begin his twenty-first year as
clerk OF the senate when the legisla-
ture conyenes in January. Harris
is admitted by Republicans and DEM
ocrats alike to be an. authority on
parliamentary uses and tactics
which has made him Invaluable. to
presiding officers. While the names
lof several persons have been heard
as probable candidates, none have
Announced their candidacy.
4 Candidates for President.
| Oyer in the House interest will
be as great due to the large number
OF ayowed candidates for the speak
ership.. Mike Duty. an old-timer in
that branch wants to preside over
the occupants ofathe north wing, and
SO does W. w. Hughes, brilliant
lawyer from Mcdowell county; Col
onel G. G. Pierce. of Preston, and it
is probable that A. q. pScherr, oil
Kanawha, may cast his line into the
stream. Scherr was chairman of the
finance committee two years ago.
The candidacy of Mont Topping
for the House clerkship may have
something to do with the candidacy
of any Kanawhaite for the speaker
ship. Topping was In charge of the
Republican state headquarters dur.
ing the recent campaign and Is re-
puted to have strong backing thai
cannot we'll be ignored and which
comes. He is also former clerk
of the House. Guy Pritchard, Of
Fairmont, the present clerk. is be:
lieved to be receYtive candidate
and so 1t is reported OF Stanley
Hodges, wis was here earlier in the
week, but declined to state whether
he would get into the race; L. v
Reed, the Preston county editor. and
z. r. Stats, of Parkersburg. former
sergeant-at-arms of the House, are
other candidates for this Office.
Parlish's Election Pleases.
The younger followers. especially
of the legislature are pleased to
know that Roy L. Parrish, of Clarks-
burg, is to come back, this time as
member of the upper House. During
the late hours of the last days SEES
sion of the legislature two years ago,
1t was young Parrish who rose in the
joint Republican caucus and pleaded
with his colleagues to join with him
I and elect the soldier-statesman-jur-
list then on the federal bench to rep
resent West Virginia in the upper
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sleepy Legislators woke up and with
loud acclaim voted for Nathan Con,
and ended the long wrangle and
deadlock. 1t was case of the young
manhood pleading with the older to
join in selecting one admitted to be
the peer of any of them or Of those
under consideration.
That the redistricting OF the state
Twill cause teeth to gnash can already
tbs seen. There will be members in
both houses on the majority side that
Twill oppose being cut off from certain
counties through pure selfish motives
or local pride, but mathematician
and statisticians are and have been
at work for sope time trying to mold
districts that Will secure for each a
Republican in the Congress and at
| the same time avoid any shoe
strings" such as existed before the
present districts were formed. il
equally divided in population, each
district will have about 100000 in
,habitants,, based on the population OF
1870!
More difficult will be the redis-
tricting of the senatorial districts,
providing the number of districts re-
main at fifteen. II this Is done Ka-
nawha will be the only county that
will not have another county ed
! onto It to make n district. Based on
the population of 1910, Kanawha
county will have more than enough
to make a district. and in fact Will
be larger in population than a ma
jority of the other districts. Divided
into fifteen districts as is now the
case, each district should have lit:
tile over 10000 population to be
equal in population.
What is true of the senatorial re-
districting is also true of the legis-
4 lative. Many of the counties that
I have. a number. OF members in the
lower branch, are not as we'll repre-
scented according 10 population as are
some Of the counties that have only
one member under the present law
The mineral counties have all great.
/ ~ Increased in population since the
census of 1900 over the agricultural
counties.
Williams Visitor.
4 A. D. Williams, state road en-
gineer, was visitor here from Nor,
gantown during the last week. tc
give some attention TO his report. the
first OF that department. which Il
now in the hands OF the printer and
which he hopes to have ready by the
Etime the legislature convenes. vii
fliams believes West virgihians arc
beginning 70 see the road ques-
ttion In the right light and thai
it will not be a great while until
there will be at least one road hun
ming north and south and one easl
and west, reaching the borders o,
the state, and that West Virginia
will become a mecca for the tourist
lin other words the Mountain State
will become to be recognized In fact
las the Switzerland OF America, anc
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