The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-11-05
Average Majority Of the Sate
Ticket WA Be at LeaSt
10000, Say obserVe Vers.
GREAT CAMPAIGN Is WAeED
Republican State Headquarters
Says dts Al Set and Ready
TO Be Put Over"

over" That tells ag much aB coli
umn story could Of the feeling Of ah-
Bolute assurance Of victory felt ~
each and every one Of the department.
heads remaining at Republican state
committee headquarters here until
the last trumpet Of this remarkable
campaign Is blown. They haven't q
doubt OF Il They are rs sure and
optimistic q crew OF campaign man
ayers as has ever locked the doors 0f
q campaign headquarters IN this state
and sIEurried in all directions 70 their
homes TO vote.
They are not only agreed among
themselves that the battle Is won and
only the voting remains to be done
next Tuesday to cinch it. but they
are also agreed on the general aver
ages Of the ma jorities which the Re
publican ticket win receive. The
state viii 30 for the ticket BY 10000
Is the coneensus Of opinion among
them, after each diligently figured
on the outcome for himSelf.
Figures are Conservative.
It can be said that this, IN .theiH
opinion, Is q conservative GTof1go
They would not be ct all surprised
IN fact. some Of them privately q
pressed the belief. that the hlgho91
majority win be approximately 95ss
900. But for public conSumpticn
they prefer to under estimate rather
than to seem to be extravagant =
their fnaI statements.
II there is any Republican W1e
knows Just what the tide is, especial.
ly IN their party which largely out
numbers the Democratic party q
West Virginia, as Il does in the M
tion, It fs these expert campaign
who have been leading the
dght for seven weeks, working dRJ
and night, helped by a larger force Of
workers than In any previous cam
paIgn. In that time they built up m
organization which has been Q modcl
Of efheiency. industry and polilica
sagacity. Il has been q poEfee
working machine for q month anls
within that time. caught up e
anGIed webs Of . party not b any
means free from faetlonai tr0ublel
and straightened them out IN 1uch
shipshape fashion that they ere not
only dead certain Of z victory but
they arc willing, those Of sporting
bent, to back their confident 1udg
ment to the extent Of their individull
bankroIls.
State Chairman Joseph Hol1
Gaines left for his homo q Charles
ION today. Before his departure -
Ssued his dnaI estimate of election
results. Mr.. Canes has had N oppoc
unity 20 study the situation eloBo
'or he has been on the stump aimos
continually since the campaign 0pen
d, leaving the detailed work e heGe
IuaRters 10 National G0mmittooml
YirRfl Z. HiGhlRnd, Who called q
he Hon. James 8. Lain. the Buec
nj chairman oG four years ago
lelp him Win the fob. Then thoff
RaS Secretary Charles 6. GoRma1
han whom no man put IN long
iouHa. Chairman Gaines vas a a.
nand everywhere for speeches md
10 early took the stump whore ~
I'd most elective work. But s VI
he team work Of HlGland and L1Er
yhieh carried the heaviest Ioad q E1e
loadduaF9oFS. ThGY are 10 1oElcee
{ thO game. ana he GloGo osgl1il-
ion work done EhiB yoar has neFee
zen eQunled. Il guEpags4 thaIt oo1e
y them four yeaEs ago which egl1o
iShed the record M I'm then.
Chairman Gaineg'B 4nal statemenl
eve win carry WeSt Virginia s.
najorities Of over 10000 for the en-
ire ticket and elect every eongr
nan IN the gta40. we have ftWcf
lisSenSionS N the Repuhllcan pafJ
han We have had IA any eannplen
lnce 1900 and our majority Tor tne
tate tieket Wiu Be 6lgEar than We