The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-26
VETERAN PARTY NAN s
SEES VICTORY AHEAD
For Republican Nominees foe
Congress in the Three Dis
tricts &c. Visited.
ELECTION OF Mr. WIFI
OF This District Along win
Those Of Other Districts i'll
State is FofecaS ted
-(ChnrleS Brooks Smith. !,

WASHINGTON, ID. e.. Sept
A veteran party. man whose LIE -.
filed with honors that that party La
been glad to bestow upon him has
returned TO this city from spen9j18
his summer vacation in his uatlxe|
position preelndes his taking e1e
q prominent or active part in pa
politics, his personal Interest," n tne
subject is as keen as ever Il VA lls
observation OF political c6ndi ttpIe
alert, and his Judgment or ttfelsl
Epers picactQuss as in the years ~ hen Pa
was state leader than whom
has been none more popular since
Many OF his recreatton days ~ :.
spent in three OF the i've c0ngreag14A
al districts of the state. to-Ntt. tl1ej
First. Second and Third. Much o.
time was spent in sounding public"
sentiment aud making polttica1 Oh
servationS with tIioroughness chr
acteristic of his more active p0lit1e9
years, and with an interest and dett4lf
from the practice OF habit pstEs
during so much or his life that
would be difficult, indeed, for him ~
discard it were it either desirable
necessary.
In private conversation with frle49
he has given the result of the pull5es
pulse beats and the trend OF se1ll
ment as he observed them In the d
tricts mentioned. 1t would be unf e9E'
to attempt to quote him verbat tim al5e
gist OF IL is sufficient. "A sign idcafle'
statement by him Is that in t7Afa
three districts he found tn ptpsPe
for the success OF the Republi can DIT
ty decidedly bettcr than at this line
two years ago, when he Travelled the
same parts. Not given to inpulsffe
enthusiasm in matters politicalz or
otherwise, but noted for his conseFz
vatism and splendid judgments ne AZ:
most but prohessies that In hess
three districts, providing the trend to-
ward the Republican party Is neither
impeded nor turned back, the Repunt
lican congressional. candidates VII
win. n 81
Whites Election ForecasteSl:
Contrary to high-pitched optint
among the friends here OF Eongfe
man Brown is placed the opinion q
this man that not only is the, absol ute
assurance held by them unjustiAed By
conditions as he found them in tbs
Second district, but there are enough
indications to justify the belief that
Mr. Brown is In great danger OF being
defeated by Mr. Bowers. It f. too
close either way as the situation IL
sized up now, for either side to be CAR
ried away with the brightness q
prospects. 81
AS to the First. the report is q re-
markable trend toward the candidate
who stands for the protection policy
George E. White That district he4
felt the failure of the Underwood tarli2
as directly. If not more so. as any Sec
ton of the state. The hard tlg1ee
which came with this administratf6n
have laid heavier hand on that man
ufacturing region than any where else
in the state, perhaps The trend MI
sentiment toward the Republican par
ty has been it is said. greatly aceelS
Grated by tile prospect Of war taxess
in this nation at peace. Senator
Whites election IS forecasted
Similar conditions are reported ~
this observer to exist In the Thtrds
district Representative Avis Is fllis
measurably stronger as Candidates.
this year than he was two years ago.
His fine record in Congress Is 1aEee4E.
responsible for that. AS to Con-
gressrnan-at-I1arge Sutherland. II;
election is. predicted With q strone
feeling of assurance. There is not Al
weak spot in Sutherland. g candid
anywhere. He will get more De11p
cratic votes than any candidate W'lt1
has run on the Republican Ticker hi
recent years. AS to the size Df the
total third party strength, Ills pesl
dfcted that it will be SO small aS To-
be practically negligible In its etfecl
on the result This observAtlo
entirely out of accord with the opln
ion OF the Democratic candidates AMI
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