The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-19
COL, SAM MONTGOMERY
IS VERY Confident
STATE LABOR COMMISSIONER On
RACE FOR NOMINATION AND
TO WIN.
GENIAL. CANDIDATE Is SETTING Up
A STRONG ORGANIZATION.
Kingwood Man Has Many Friends In
Pan Handle Counties.

Col. Sam L. Montgomery, state La
Dor Commissioner. and active candidate
for the Republican nomination Tor gov
crnor, has been spending some days IN
the Pan Handle counties, making ms
Headquarters in Wheeling. and buslIy
putting in motion the machinery when
the Coloncl's friends believe will land
him in the governors office. SpcaklhE
to an Intclligcnccr reporter last nlSnt'
Col. Montgomery said:
The statements sent out from WASH
ington that the race for the Repupii-
can nomination for governor has mar
l.owed down to Col. Grosscup and JpdSr
Morgan, were entirely without founda =
ton, and were not justified by an!
statement have made. or which any O:
my friends could have made for me. l
am inclined TO think that ~ came from
sources that would be pleased 10 see
just the kind Of race referred 10.
am in the race for Republican nonln-
alton for governor ana nave oeen III
every minute of tho time since l mao
nv first announcement. and 50 lar l
know no reason to change my NINA, or
10 feel in the least bit discouraged.
Encouraging Support.
ION the contrary. | have received as,
suranccs of support OF many intIuchidt
men in practically every county Of the
state and at this carly stage of the CON
test could hope for no more promising
situation than | know cHlStS To-Day
Could the primary be held next Wcck,
| haven't the slightest doubt but that
I wouId be nominated by very hand :
some majority. and feel that ;hc longer
the contest continues the more my
strength will grow.
II wish. through tho lntrlligcnccr,
to emphasize the fact that l am nor
making the contest as the candidate OF
any faction. clique. interest or combin.
alton of men. | am running SIMPLY on
my own merits as a man. and l rely lol
my Suppou upon tho large personal nc
uuaintancc which | have over the stat"
and upon the knowledge which the poo,
pic Of the state have of my record. ana
my general character. | can onl! say
that ! am my own master. and II eject
cd l pledge myself to give 70 inc pc".
pie OF West Virginia an citlclcnt an
honest and m economical admlnlstra-
lion will know no interest but the
interest Of the entire people OF the STATE
| will know no master. and ] Will DC inc
servant of no particular Clique OF bosses
or would-hc bosses. So far as inc sup
port of American institutions ana amer.
lean ideals arc concerned. | challenge
any man in tho state TO show more
earnest or more consistent record
than l can. During the lrElnE PtIi"u
Of the war. in the office or inc Stalc
Labor Commissioner. | hciicN" Ma'
able TO render service Of no small I'M
portance to the citizenship Of West Nir'
einia, and | bclicv" my extensive ac'
Guaintancc. not only with working mea
but with employers. will be OF no niue
value in the work OF reimbursement anu
rnconstruction which this state must So
through during the next -four, years.
am entirely satisfied 10 have the Rcruh-
lican voters of West Virginia inform
themselves to the fullest degree con-
corning nv work during the war period.
and since that time. In such public
positions as have held it has been my
aim to render service. and l think that
rccords will show that l have been
moro than moderately successful.
A Strong Following.
Col. Montgomery Will be In Nhecllns
and vicinity some two or three days.
We has n large number OF friends IN
Ohio county and Is particularly strong
in this section. Already an efficient or.
ganization has been formed In his nchol
not only in Ohio county, but a numocr
Of adjoining counties. and the lndich-
lions are that he will be very strong
contender in the Republican primory.