The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-17
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EsR LIN T. / OPIC.
With the Politicians and Others.
The City of Washington
at reserlt. Il.
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Isaac Mann again he, a 4 candidate
for the United States Senate? That
Question has been nlumPed -zip-at
scores of West Virgfnians who have AZ
33rennta ion of kno Nin 8 politics. and
We have yet to receive Il mega live or
fdoub tful answer. The affirmative re-
5plies carnc unhe sitatinEly and with an
impressive force Of ndiyidual assur-
tancss he certainty of the candida
1 cy #ot the Mercer county man was re-
igaTded rs the nsvita bic outcome Of.
4 fns peculiar party cond ltion5 in the.
state with which the reader is, or
tshould be by = his time. familiar
Mann has not said the word
(which viii be the signal for his
friends and admirers to get busy, and
(which will be the forerunrer Of ac-
on his own part But he is ca
Hpected to--and that before very many
4. weeks roll by: a here will be lots for.
him to3 do in the way Of visiting a bout
the sta te and rub bing elbows with
the men in y he stranc heS, for this i'm
lportaFt ma tier of . senatprshfn il to
hbes titled at the polls next year. rst
TAT the p1inla ry and then decisiYeIy
for two pa tison n omfnees at the
general election. s vs.
\ With the leaders OF llts marty. of
Elarga and SIN all bore cali ber.tllte QUIET.
lsmillRE s, digni5ed. little man from
Mercer is acquainted As u i loyal.
raishtforWard. decidedly helpful
party man in the past hi il las met and
raternlzcd with them LII d is, \
W when he Was a Leading can idate be-
lore the legislature at Charleston, he
Eysltd1enEd his circle or acquaintance
consid era bl and by the force of his
Own Magnetic personality his influ-
ence Travelled into the remote sections
! q the commonwealth. Men left
Charleston, after that memorable
contest for their homes in the. rem Ole
and distant counties carving witt,
them good reports OF the kind Of a
man the cand idatc from Mercer was.
I Defeated De though he was iii that CON
/ test, be was neither dismayed n 81. dis
appointed to- the extent Or affecting
his party patriotism or loyalty. and
tit has often been said ZIG hat in the
sense Of political growth Mr.. Mann
Won q VIC tory at Charleston in 1913.
hardly less great than the senatorial
game itself.
Governor Hatfield s candidacy is
aiken as a matter of course. There
has never been any doubt of that in
we'll inf ormed party circles No signs
have been ting to ndieate that the.
governor intended to try for the
higher honor. And thus. We have
4 the interesting prospect Of two for
hme,r Friends in politics contcn ding for
n the same. desirable honor. tt ought
TO be highly sii nlulating to the Re
Epubllcans in West Virginia and the
iunregenerata on the side lines. and
doubtless Will he a II. M lam 3r--..tl 4
tied with having discovered DR.. Hat
h 4 ED as 4 gubeTnatoTial posS.hilits-
and doing more than any Individual
lin the nreliminarics and after to
place the Eckman physician III the
throne. clair. n return. Governor
Hatfield was thought to be. MP till
the time the legislature met in 1 IL g.
and for 4 brief time thereafter.
heartily in favor of Mr.. ann for the
senatorahin. But in the mi DIST Of
the struggle that general belief was.
5suddenl.. and inexplica bly, disnallcd.
II looks fron1sthe distance at the
anresent time AZ If the contests in the
Repuh lean par or t he sena torships
will be confined to the sou It'll ern sec
tion oft he state. However. there
Is no Written law. to bar any upstate
man from entering and taking n fling
at the prize. and IL: is III new news
! TO observe that some upstate Mon
are not sleeping well these nights for
thinking on this sub ject.
Il. as is likely to be the case. the
senatorial contestants all hail from
the southern region, we'll known
stron IA and NIUE Initial men there. then
their. real Battlefield Will be in the
middle and northern section. The
heavy party vote in cir own bail
wick is likely to be "a iyided etWeeni
tthan and the counties furt1ler forth
will be the prizes that will hr most
4sstrenuously strive or his their vote
is likelySto be decfd ing. IL this should
! happen to be The 81 tua ton !, the tussle
!; foFathe gnh6rnatoriatn on1ina ion will
most ltk ely be confined to men who
live in the u pstate region.
EonEresHnlanV w. 6; Brown tl,a s not
\ vet decided vi ether he will ask for
the Democratic nomination for gov
I ernor He said 50 when he wa s ask
4 ed the direct question Just before his