Evening star., 1922-10-29
FAIRLY HEAVY VOTE
SEEN BY LEADERS
West Virginia Campaign
ListIeSs, But G. O. P. Ex-
presses Confidence.
VICE PRESIDENT TO HELP
Democrats Give No Figures, But
Claim U. S. Senator and Two
Members of House.
VICE PRESIDENT TO HELP
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CHARLESTON, w. Va. october ~
Only the headliuers of the cam
paign seem to he able to attract audi
enccs of much numerical Importance,
and even some of these fail in that
regard. Registrars met in their re-
srcctivc precincts Monday and Tues
day last to correct their lists and add
names of voters who We're not regis
tered for the August primary. and re-
ports of this proceeding indicate
fairly heavy vote for an off year.
Despite this favorable straw, how
ever. there continues to be a marked
absence of enthusiasm in the meet
ings. The interest very evidently is
not ceuterin= on the Spellbinders.
Both Senator Howard sutherland
and his democratic opponent. former
Congressman Matthew VI. Neely OF
E'airruoUt. are doing fairly well on
the EuStlUGS. and each processes TO
lee w"lI satisfied v,th attendance at
meetings they r.c featuring. senator
sutherland ,mads = brief stopover In
, This city the first of the week. on his
way - Roam" county. While here he
made roSeate report TO chairman
VI. Il, White of the republican state
rommittrc. He had just completed a
part of the state.
Conditions "Unusually Good.
"I found party conditions unusually
good throughout the entire southern
md of thu State,' he said. There is
absolutely no disafsCtion anywhere
among republicans. The party work
,rs ar" enthuS iaSticaliy determined to
poll the larGcs; republican vote that
mas over been poll"d in an off ff-year
.irrtiru. The rank and file of the
parity are in harmony with their
leaders and manifest the same de-
termination.
y am very much disappointed that
The shortness rf time at my disposal
makes II impossible to make a
thorough canvass OF every county in
the state" continued senator Suther-
land. The latcneSS OF the ADJOURN
,nent of congress and the many i'm
prrtart matters affecting constitu-
eutS that required my presence in
Washington even after Congress ad-
tourned made il impossible for me to
spend more than four weeks in the
state This of course. prerludes the
possibility of reaching every county"
The senior senator spoke Monday
night at Spencer and then went to
New Nartinsyille Tuesday for Il night
meeting. He was at Salem Wednes-
day. Pennsb"ro Thursday, sutton and
.;assaway Friday and today spoke
at RuCkhannOn this afternoon and at
Shinnston this evening.
Necly'S "BeSt Meetings."
Mai. Nicely. who preceded Senator
Sutherland on the stump by three
weeks or longer. has had several of
his best meetings this week. and
Chairman l. +. Dunlap of the demo-
cratic state committee announces
this development as Il reliable indi-
cation of Il trend toward Nicely.
P-rhapS the best meeting of the week
vas the one held in the Monongalla
county courthouse. at MorEantown,
Wednc Sday night. The candidate was
said to have been greeted there by
Il monster crowd of state univer-
Sity rruters and old fraternity mates
of his.
In his speech at Morgantown. as
in all the others. Maj. Nicely directed
his fire at national and state admin
istratiuuS charging that the repub-
lican leaders of today do not truly
represent the hopes of the masses
nf that party. Particularly did he
urge republicans to support the
democratic ticket this year as a pro-
test against high taxes, the robber