The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-18
REPUBLICANS CONFIDENT OF
VICTORY At NOVEMBER
ELECTION.
Lively Interest Manifested in
the Approaching
Primaries.

- On, June l1.-Roy Y. Chides-
ltr, the chairman Of the Progressive
county committee hoped oyer :,
tlarksburg last week ana unbosc,na.,
himself To the editor OF the D.morr,.
llc organ of that town. about the Won.
u,Itul strength OF the Bull Moosers
OF Lewis county. The Lewis counfv
Sualiinan was IN his proper element
- 81 N.l'ul tlnE WIN the Democrats. He
mas 10 go 20 other counties to do his
tonsoFtlnE, however some nlace
Mu'r' ne is not well known-for the
democrats here have no use Tor a
man who deserted his own party FOR
M SAKE OF hoping TO get al the pie
counter ~ the other. Chidester was
a former Democrat. and like some ass,,
ono story men and political porch
'lhberS OF that party he broke into
tl' htpubiCan party. but n now I'm
MS proper place as an adjunct Of tho
party OF his previous afiiliation. III,
ts'llhatlon OF the power OF the Pro-
Lt'sslNes IN Lewis county to sweep
me candidates they will nominate in
10 ONCE Is laughed at here. lust as ha
IL laughed az for taking himself 80 ser
lousy. The present indications arc
mere VIII be Two tickets In the neld.
one. the Republican. is certain; tho
nun Moose ticket is prolematical. as
II depends on whether they can scare
UP enough candidates 10 hll It.
ProgressiVeS Are Weak
iuf IoEr"ssiNe party OF Lewis or
Nhat u iott OF ii. h weak in Organiz-
atlon and OF emaciated following. its
leaders are without infiupnce AMI
made up mainly OF disgruntted Re.
publicars, some disappointed and
some professional Office seekers Th.
paper that Is supporting the Progress
siNes u edited by a man who became
sore when President Taft decided "a,
reappoint that staunCh Republican. Ad
a.
ments a. these, a hundred, perhaps.
that 20 around making noise like
thousand. The detection In the
republican ranks Is confined almost
solely To the city. To show the alb
surdity OF the Bull Moose claims ~
Is only necessary to point ont that
IN the last election for Congress to
hll the uu"Npired term Of the Hon.
John W Davis. the Bull Moose can
didate received only PA votes. as
against poll Of 1143 for Roosevelt =
year before. Now If their strength
has been simmered out that much On
a year. how many is IL reasonable 10
suppose will be left by November.
Republicans Confident. -
An element that inspires the Repub-
licans OF Lewis with hope is the char.
acter OF the Bull Moose leadership
Judge Linn Brannon, Republican
county chairman, informed me taa.
there were not over $50 pronounced
Progressives in the county A prop-
osition had been made to them Tor a
single ticket. but they refused ~.
amalgamate. He said the Republicans
had been getting back those who
strayed away in 1912, and that they
were still coming in. Mr.. Charles y.
Goodwin, one of the prominent Re
publican leaders Of this section agreed
with Chairman Linn's sizing up Of the
situation. and believed that Lewis
county would cast its former normal
Republican vote at the fall elections.
Both admitted that the contest for To-
cal Offices might be a little mixed,
but that the legislative and Congress
siOnal candidates would go strong.
Speaking OF a Congressional candi-
date for the First district all the Re-
publicans ! talked 10 were favorable
10 Judge Morgan Of Marion county.
They thought II would be good politics
70 have a candidate In the same coun-
~ with the Consolidated Coal Com
pany's present representative In Con
grc~s.
Senator White Won't Run.
senator George =. White of this
CITY. who has n large number OF
friends In the district. who have been
urging him 70 run. has positively re-
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