Salt Lake Herald | 1908-09-23 | Page 3 | Bitter Fight is Still On

BITTER FIGHT IS STILL ON I West Virginia Republicans Open Their Campaign With Governor of Ohio as Chief Speaker Charleston W v Va Sept With the party still divided on the question of or an agreeable candidate following the bitter fight between the Swisher and Scherr factions the latest development of which has been the of Charles W V Swisher as the regular nominee for governor the Republican state campaign was opened here today under conditions that were not en encouraging encouragIng encouraging General Charles Grosvenor of Ohio made the principal address in inthe Inthe inthe the absence of o Senator J C Burrows of Michigan whom the national com corn committee commIttee had arranged to send for the occasion Mr Ir Swisher was Introduced and was given an ovation when he gave assurances mrances as that he retired with without without without out strings and was ready read to give ghe his hearty support to whoever was named as the nominee General Genera Grosvenor aside from urging urgIng urgIng ing West Vest Virginia Republicans to for forget forget forget get the state fight and line lineup up to carry car carVest West Vest Virginia for Taft addressed him himself himself self only to national Issues 1 JUes and a scathing arraignment of Bryan Bran who the trie speaker said changed his views I with the changes of the moon I