The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-03-06
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ASEfINlfTON ID C., March &.
That FORMER Consr IA d:
SpodyaTd OF Spencer, is Scins 4o 4r-ys
come ssac \ 8 be stated with
sllcll posi- Hess as to, leave no DOUBT
81 MS atnbit nd mi EN- on He has
talked lt oyerssez RELY ana frankly
w ateVer est ginials VINO
nav nroached ieta to him dur
ing MS visit here week. And IN
sli9fh GRANGE Of his ndidacy he Isl
golng 80 start to work at IL without
delay. planning TO take 81 a ins
around the new Fourth district as3
coon as he returns to the State from
Detroit. where he and Mrs. NoodyardI
We're summoned By the Illness OF the
foTneri g mother. II lis Hess to add,
that Woody believes that his
chances of success are good else ne;
you'd not take the step he has de-
eided to- take.
g the event OF my candidacy said
Ihe former congressman q; & i shall Offer
my eight years record as represent
3tatiye in Congress to the voters as Al
for their. again e1l-
trusting their interests TO me. There;
arc a good many achiey ennents in that.
record OF which am proud: and which
We're a direct and lasting benefit to-
the people of the district i had the.
honor OF serving. shall rest my
ca1d idacs too. on the old. tried-and7
neyer-found- wanting doctrines OF the
Republican party These tenets arc
sdeaTer to the people Of this country
Today than hey have been since the.
time that the last Defnocr ratio admin
lStrati ton laid diem aside for four years
while they Experimental with their
Own paI.ty,,s theories to the distress
of the country Repub1 ican policies
are never more popular than when
the Democratic party is In power: and
understood and fully appreciated ny.
seveTybody The sentim e1ltI of the cour-
try today lis all one way, and that III
toward a return to the Republican
party and its principles under which
the country has enjoyed confidence,
expansion and prosperity The next
election vii II he an sastoun ding vim
.dication Of them, in my Judgment
The newt made Fourth District is'
the SAME as vas In 800
when Mr. woodward contested with
James A. Hugh es for the nomination
and lost out by a stretch AS a mat
ter of history he was nominated on
the first ballot. but the secretary was
tho slow in announce ling the vote and
the convention took a. sudden and
more or ess illeG ttimate recess. At
,teT'ward, the woodward strength VAS
weakened and Hughes was nominated
and elected Iswo years later, there
having been a redistTictfng in; the
meantime which put Hughes in tts
Fifth district woodward was nominal
cd and got successfully started on n
COMPRESSION career which lasted
eight years, or until the Democratic
Landslide OF 1910 brought 1T to- close.
The new district is. therefore, not a.
new district for the Spencer states
man. but one that he has campaiened.
In and with which he is on familiar.
terms At present Judge Hunter Moss
represents tlhe ii. Mr. Hughes
residence is nov in ayue county.
but it is authorit atively understood
that ne is friendly TO Woody ards ass,
anyway Judge Homer
Woods Of Ritc11ie, who has long had.
an ambition to be a member of Con
gTess has been lsgislated into the new
Third district. Thus some strong pos
sibilities are eliminate There are.
others, Of course, mentioned. in con-
nectipn It'll the matter. and it may
be likely that Judge Moss will decide
TO ask to be continued In his present
agreeable position.
18th hts face tanned to a. fleming
red and his nose pee1fns off from the
effects Of the tropic sun former Sem