Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-07-23
"ELKINS CAN WIN
SAYS GOV. WHITE


ted States Senator.
The Republican majority in many
of our counties Ia already absent and
active In the service OF the country In
this supreme hour of patriotic duty
Which one OF the four Republican can
didates for Senator will, by his per
sonality, be able to attract the atten
ton of and secure the interest of the
soldier and sailor vote and thus assure
his party of success at the Novem
Der poll?
Bearing in mind that the Demo
cratic nominee is wearing the uniform
Of his country, how can the Republic
an party get the soldiers vote so il
terested as to vote against Colone
Watson and for some civilian? T
ask this question is equivalent to ali
swering it. Unless the Republicans
teke the changed conditions brought
about by the pending war into con
sideration and, in the person of theil
candidate, meet the patriotic spiri
OF our people so that the Republican
can point to their leader and to the.
support of the government in thi
crisis without any camouflage or eva
sion. we are certainly showing les
political sense than our Democratic
opponents.
IAN the Republicans need to do is t..
realize the changed conditions and I
meet them squarely and fairly, al,
they will not have to ask the 3o,0G
absent West Virginians to vote 70
United States Senator, except for on
of their own number, one who enliate
20 years ago and served through tn
Spanish-American war. and who las
year enlisted in the fighting infantry
service of the United States.
Il am earnestly of the opinion tina
the Republican party is to be con
graduated that it has candidate fol
the high office of Senator in the mids,
of this great war who twice volun.
tarily offered his life and his services
to his nation-in the war Of 20 years
ago and today His nomination is a
platform in itself. 1t will provoke en-
thusiasm and assure victory, and that
is what every earnest, loyal Republic
ar down deep in his heart wants.
Measures in Every Way.
Major Davis Elkins, adjutAnt of the
Thirteenth Regular United States In.
fantry Brigade, is man who meas
nres up in every way to the require.
ments of the hour He has been test
Ell and proven his worth in the great
business Developments of our state
He is the COZ trolling executor in the
two largest es.ates in West Virginia
The interests he represents cove.
large producing coal operations IL
eight different counties in West Vir.
bank, manufacturing and other in.
terests He is as typically representa-.
tive of West Virginia as any man in
it and knows the state and its people
thoroughly. There is no reason why
any Republican could not support him
for he has never been a factionalis.
and always an earnest and consistent
supporter of his party and its prin.
ciples.
However. | am not going to argue
his many merits or his availability as
candidate at any greater length. l
vouch for him as man to carry the
party to victory in November, If tina:
is what Republicans in West Virginia
wish.
1.-THE man or men who underesti.
mate the war influences and the psy-
cbology of the war bearing on the
November election are beyond argu.
ment. The old order has changed
The change is now here and will be in
evidence this fall and for 40 years to
come. Other things being equal, the
man who serves his country in this
her hour Of peril. and volunteered his
life and services will have a prefer.
ence with the voting population over
the civilian. He is a very poor poll.
tician to say nothing of his patriotism
who does not realize this obvious fact
and can not or does not sense the
psychology of the war as effectine
the November election.
Il have been in many counties in
the state in recent weeks. | find re-
f1ecting and thinking Republicans, and
especially those Of us who have sons
ard relatives in this war, have little
difficulty in reaching the conclusion
that the safe, the nane, the reasona
BILE and the evident choice of the hour
for Republican candidate for United
States Senator is Major Davis Elkins
We reach this conclusion without re
Election upon other candidates, but a,
this time they are not available if the
party desires to win with certainty
and wishes to put forth it's strongest
vote-getting candidate. Major Davis
Elkins is the logical candidate. He
will be nominated because he deserves
to be, and because it is good, common
sense as we'll as political wisdom tc
make him our standard bearer
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