The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-27
Campaign Manager Declares
Trend Of Sentiment lndl-
Gates Majority Of All Re-
publican Votes Will Be Cast
For the Wheeling Senator
ial Aspirant-Mr. Ogden
Gaining Strength In Every
Section of the State.

H. c. Ogden will get the Re
publican nomination to the United
States Senate at the primary next
Tuesday. make this statement
in all confidence and III all SINGER
itv. have never seen a candl'
date approach an election with
greater assurance of victory than
Mr.. Ogden. He will be nominated
by handsome plurality, if not by
crcditablc majority
Such was the statement Of for
mcr Attorney General ConIcy of
Charleston, who arrived in Wheel
ing yesterday. General Conlcy is
the active manager of Mr., Ogden s
campaign, and is generally con
ccded to be one Of the most astute
political forccaSterS in the state.
He stated last night that Mr.. Og-
den is gaining strength III every
section of the state, and that ii
the primary were but two weeks
off, instead of five days, Mr.. Ogdcr.
would easily get a greater malo-
ritv. rather than the predicted
plurality.
General Conlcy radiated confidence
in every word he uttered, and clearly
showed that he sincerely believed OG-
den would be West Nirginia's next
/ United States senator.
81 have been in practically every
every county in the state said Cen
eral Conley, land am frank to say
have never seen conditions looking
better for any candidate on the eve
Of election day than they do right
now for Mr.. Ogden l receive reports
daily from the leaders Of our county
organizations, and they are all uni
form In reporting increasing strength
tor Mr.. Ogden. Just IN the last few
days the advancement Of his candt-
dacy has been remarkable, and II he
is not nominated I will be the worst
fooled man in West Virginia.
Has Respect Of Voters.
mfr. Ogden ras gained the respect or
the Republican voters OF West Virginia
by his vigorous and clean campaign.
At no time has he attacked even in the
slightest degree any OF his opponents.
though some OF them haV" subjected
him TO the most vicious and malicious
onsaughts At no time has his cam
paien lowered In the slightest degree
the dignity which should go hand IN
glove with the integrity OF man
qualified TO be a United states senator
The people OF West Ntrgtnin. heheF"'
will respond favorably I" such cam
paign and will show their appreciation
at the polls next Tuesday.
I am sincerely glad TO have been as
ISOLATED with a man big enough TO make
a. race for tho United States Senate
solely on his own merits. and not on
tho disouailhcationS of his competitors
II IS n pleasure TO have taken part IN
a campaign with the associates OF MI
ogden, who have run II in such an
honest and reputable manner. ana
! whether Mr.. Ogden receives the nomi
nation or not he has set an e1anp'e
! for cleanliness in West Virginia po!-
/ tics which future politicians may wei
! pattern after.
D
, I'm making my predictions or MI
! opden's nomination am not speaking
carcIesslv or without foundation. NJ
| Ogden has q working organization OF
influential Republican supporters III
every county IN the state an orsaniL.
alton which is composed OF the very
htrbcs, tyre Of citizens IN West 'r-
Tinia.a. This organization is so per
sectiy co-ordnat"d that It functions IN IN
nertect harmYry and with wonderful
effectiveness.
.1 base my claims for sween'ns
Ogden victory on specific reports from
~ 1a.dArs or the county organizations.
! IRON, press comments and from the
tbousands Of letter pouring into the
! ogden headquarters here, also nave
! some regard for my own personal oo,
servations. In view OF an ,nls' .e,
nomination."