The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-10-25
WHITE has A NUNCH
NE WILL Be SENATOR
spur viii Elect Governors and
Several Will Pass on Con-
stitutionaI Questions.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-Former.
99yetpor Albert B. White, at present
che only avowed candidate for the
Republican nomination for United
States senator in West Virginia, has
beensi In Washington. So has Charles
w. SMisher, and their presence here
in the, minds of the politicians Is
connected with Governor Whites
political plans for the future. The
Two distinguished West yirginians
trrfyed here simultaneously Satur-
gfDorning.i in time to breakfast to-
gcther at the Raleigh, Mr.. White
- from Parkersburg and Mr..
,sNfane, from his home In Charles
tom:
Later in the morning they called
on the Hon. Isaac T. Mann at his
apartments at the Highlands. Mr..
swisher was one Of Mr.. Mann's mana
Kers In his campaign for the senate
Ia 1928. and II is figured here that
hts coming was to facilitate the meet
ing Of White and Mann who have
have always been merely the most
formal friends, although entertain
ing q high regard and admiration for
zach other. 1t is not figured that
Swisher will nave any conspicuous
\ part in the management Of Governor
Whites campaign for the senate,
z however. Being about as good an
nll around politician as there Is to
Z be found In his own or any other
Jtate, Governor White is expected
4 10 manage his own campaign. 1t is
the prevailing opinion among the
politicians here and at home that he
could not find a better manager.
Mr.. Swisher, however, is known to
strongly favor the nomination Of the
former chief executive of the state.
Mann Mont ommittal.
On the other hand, Isaac T. Mann
/. has moi. come out openly for Cover
nor White or anybody else for the
senatorship. Up till about the time
that White announced 1t was an
Equal bet that Mann would
himself be candidate. There was
strong pressure from any influential
party men in all parts Of the state
1 brought to bear on him to become
candidate. There was hearty good
party sentiment down in the ranks
for that. too. And from all reports
brought here by politicians from
West Virginia there is still existing
that sentiment, although it is said
by some that it is more SO. There
are still a few we'll known leaders
who are yet of the opinion that
the party may yet have chance to
pass on Mann as senatorial aspir-
ant. But their number is quite limit
ID.
The meeting of White and Mann
Z is very naturally supposed to have
to do with securing the latter's &C
tive, open and early support for the
ex-governor. The opinion is that Mr..
Mann inclines strongly toward favor
ing the White candidacy, but he
has not said so formally.
Another man called on by Cover
nor White while here was ex-Sena-
tor N. B. Scott. Their intimate
friendship of many years is fact
well known in West Virginia. 1t
is almost as well known there that
Scott gives White more credit than
anybody else for his election the
: first time as senator, and has
never considered that he has done
very much in the way Of repaying
that debt. 1t is the understanding
that he ID not only anxious but will
Ing to help his friends present can
didacy in any way that he can, and
that he can help, and considerable,
although he is no longer legal re-
sident Of the state. no politician is
so foolish as to deny. Next to be-
ing in the senate himself, his friends
Z say that Senator Scott would rather
see Ex-Governor White enconsccd
there than any other living man.
Governor White met many West
yirginians while here. He stepped.
about" lively. and was given a hearty
good welcome by everybody. He
/ said when asked about it that his
i candidacy was progressing in a man
ner highly satisfactory, but he did
not care to make any formal state
ment for the press and public about
1t at this time.
Somehow, have bunch that II
xill see lot of you after next years
4 election" was typical White sally
addressed to a party of admiring
friends that surrounded him in the
Willard lobby.