The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-24

tsnn for fISem. In the office Of The
EdenarfuenE chiefs It Was the same
thing. To BET on such i1iEt-
linate terms. and WELD Lllauence iR
El13rh pisces Is the prize tint all Doll
|tfcians strive for They know OF the
higher reward for their services.
Al presidential sent infent started N
West Virginia earlier than In any
other state. Mr.. Justice Hughes WIS
lthe OBJECT OF It. Months ago there
was q very healthy and noticeable
sentiment favorable to him 1t Was
Eevident by an interview with Gov.
Eernor Hataeld In Vlhtoh he came OUT
strongly and unreservedly Tor me
|nomination Of the supreme court JUS
tfce. That was before Justice Hughes
Joined in. deciding debt suit againss
West Virginia and q week before me-
Greeted the Issuance of 9 stAtemenI
declaring that as candid aze 10 2 w. ~.
not savailable.' q It was the. Hatheid
endorsement which brought dls-
cIaimer from Hughes. However, ~
|is not thoug on the. Repub lican size
that the debt decision hurt Hughes 3
standing with those West Vtrg1ntans
who see in him the logical man 20
nominate to reunite the party. SEN
ator Chiffon and other Democratic e
Headers take a contrary view. AMONG
those who supported Roosevelt there
lis. according to many reports, q
strong liking for Hughes:
Eyes ON Burton.
But your men who round up ma a.
tfonal convention delegations II
West Virginia are looking on and pc =
yond Huges. That candidacy, n
such it can be called, is too intangible
for them. Hughes, thsy admit. under
certain unusual conditions. such as
a hopeless deadlock, might be saanced
the nomination on q; silver platter.
as it were, but thsy don't regard 10
as a probability. If such shoulu
happen they would get in the bnnd-
wagon early, all right, but II sucn 9
thing does not nappep, who ts the
best choice for West Virginia? That
| is the question that thay are cSl-
IDENTIFY figuring on now, and from III
indications most, OF them s.se.n! 10 ike
the looks of the Hon. Theodore p:
Burton. They figure him to start and
to finish; that is. that only she fnal
ballot can eliminate him, il he is not
nominated Hence, 4 good man to ne
to, and tie to early, seems to be tne
way the West Virginia leaders are
working out the problem. They re-
port that thers is O sentiment ZOE
Burton in the state. and that !. would
-
flor the Huges peopls to switch TO
Burton. Their second choice 10 The
Ohio man.
what streng there is in the Bur-
ton candidacy VIII not be long in
showing itself. Ha has Delivered
speeches every lay this week in all
parts of this own state, from CIeye-
land to Cincinnati. and next week
starts on tour OF the West. deliver
ing speeches MI thu way TO San
Francisco. Coming back over diff
ferents route, he will continue his
experimenting. He will be the hon
[ored guest of many large and inauen-
tial organizations On the result OF
this trip polt.lstans everywhere are
waiting. It's sized up as having not
only an important bearing on the
tcandidacy Of the individual. but on
Il that Of others, and on the work OF
the convention next year. No more
alert observer OF this extended ptl-
lgrimage of the Ohio man can be
| found! anywhere than among the
tparty's leaders I'm West Virginia.