Evening star., 1922-11-05
WEST WRG|N|ANS
QUICKEN CAMPAIGN
1000 Meetings Scheduled by
Both Parties in Last
Week of Contest.

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! last is interested and will turn out as
well Tuesday as in any previous off
year. Col. Wilbur H. Brand, who di-
| rects the speakers bureau at repub-
lican state headquarters. reports that
500 meetings were scheduled this
| week, and r. F. Dunlap. chairman of
| the democratic state executive COM
mittee, announces equality in that di.
rection.
The republicans played their big
card in the capital city Tuesday night.
when Col. Guy d. Goff of Clarksburg,
assistant to the Attorney General Of
| the United States. addressed a large
audience at the courthouse. Col. Goff
characterized President Harding as
the greatest constructive force In the
| country today" and tho loudest of
/ many demonstrations followed that
remark.
Col. Goff began his West Virginia
| itinerary with a speech Monday night
at Welch, and then came to Charles
ton, where he held several receptions
during the day at the home of his
brother-in~law j. r. Thomas, a promi-
| nent coal operator. He left this city
Wednesday morning for New Mar
tinsville, where he spoke in the after
| noon and in the evening at Mounds
Vile. Thursday he had an afternoon
meeting at Morgantown and night
meeting at Fairmont. Friday he spoke
in the afternoon at Buckhannon and
at Weston at night. Saturday after
noon he addressed an afternoon meet
ing at Middlebourne and one at Sis
tersville at night
Home Town Welcome.
He completes his itinerary toner
row in his home city of Clarksburg.
! where elaborate preparations are be-
n g aSo0 .af
| Clarksburg that his father Senator
Nathan Goff. lived and died.
Maj. John c. Bond, state auditor.
! a former newspaper man, accom-
panied Col. Goff when he left Charles
ton. and was with him through the
| weeA.
Another outstanding event of the
| republican campaign is the presence
| in Huntington this evening of Vice
i President Calvin Coolidge. who is
| making his only speech in the state
at that point The Vice President
is to be introduced there by Mrs
| Frank H. Tyree of Huntington. a
Former Congressman NJ. NJ Neely.
| democratic candidate for United
| States senator. is bearing up well
! under the heavy strain of a most
| arduous campaign, and his meetings
! every day-were reported to be sue
cesses. When the campaign ends
| Mai. Neely will be scores of speeches
ahead of any of the other spellbind-
ers in the state. He is said to have
| competed ditably with the Hal
loween crowd at Weston Tuesday
night. The night before he spoke to
a big crowd in the Market Audi
| torium at Wheeling.
Attacks G.. q. p. Record,
In this speech he attacked the rec
| ord of Senator Howard Sutherland
| and the republican Congress as a
i whole. and was particularly con-
! demnatory in his remarks about the
| new tariff law. which he charged
would bring more money to the
| profiteers at the expense of the COM
mon people.
| Mrs. Izetta Jewell Brown. widow of
| former Representative W. G.. Brown
OF the second district and the defeated
| opponent of Mai Neely in the pri-
the cause of the latter on the stump
| and has been great drawing card
| for her party in this campaign. She
| slipped away this week to speak at
Dayton, Ohio. with former Gov. James
NJ. Cox, but except for that engage
| ment on Thursday she steadfastly
has declined invitations to make ad-
| dresses throughout the country.
Senator Sutherland spoke Monday
/ in Jefferson county and the following
| night at Berkeley Springs with Wal
\ ter S. Hallanan, state tax commits
sioner Wednesday his speaking en-
gagements were at Keyser and at
| other points in Mineral county. He
! spoke at Kingwood Thursday night,
at Belington Friday afternoon and
at Philippi in the evening, and at
| Parsons, Tucker county, today. From
| Parsons he went to his home county
of Randolph to remain until after the
| election.
Public Forecasts Few.
There are few forecasts being made
(; publicly on the result of the election.
| republican leaders say that Senator
Sutherland and all six congressman
will be reelected by substantial ma
| showing the strongest. while the
| democrats insist that Maj. Nicely has
| a good fighting chance and that they
l will elect at least two Of their con-
gressional candidates. 1t is generally
admitted that the democrats will
lature.
James W. Weir, secretary to for
mer Gov. John ]. Cornwell and now
the publisher of a newspaper at Elk
| ms. who is one of the few demo-
cratic forecasters in public print, be-
lieves that the democrats have a bet
ter chance of electing a member of
Congress from the first district than
in any >of the other five. He predicts
the election Of Raymond Kenny of
Grafton over Representative B. l.
Rosebloom of Wheeling. From other
democratic sources have come fore
casts that State Senator E. H. Nor
ton of Webster Springs is in a fair
way to defeat Representative Stuart
F. Reed of Clarksburg.
All but one of the major candidates.
John c. Chase of Ridgeley, who is on
the socialist. ticket for Congress in
second district, failed to file ex-
pense statements with the secretary
Of state within the seven-day limit.
The republican state executive COM
mittee certified to receipts of $5,S73.50
from 1856 contributors and expendi-
lures of $2.065.95.
The democratic state executive
committee reported receipts Of $685.
and expenditures of $1,1S1.91. SEN
ator Howard Sutherland received SIPS
in contributions and expended $3.50.
| SMALL STILLS CLOSED DOWN.