The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-12-16
ROY WAUGH
may PLUCK
A NICE. PLUM
Is Said to Be Ahead of Biz
card for District At
torneyship.
ELLIOTT QUITE SURE
Marshall is Likely to Land the
Office of Assistant Dis
trict Attorney.
QUITE SURE
lBy charles nrooks smithl

NSA@'AA AAN1A wv -. ~ Lee. IL
Every incoming train from West vir-
ginia arriving since last : Sunday
brought in its quota of leading, native
Republican sons come to have a hand
in the patronage parceling. Two
marshalships, district and an assist
ant district attorneyship were the
luscious plums a-dangling, rich and
ripe upon the plum tree. No wonder
the patriots pilgrimaged ihither in
such goodly numbers and with such
interest 1t seemed to them a long
time since there has been such doings,
and they each and every one felt a
keen interest in having something to
say about how 1t should be done. II
reminded them OF old times long
while ago, when there was uncer-
tainty about filling federal jobs.
Roy Waugh Leads.
AT this writing no appointments
have been made, and none has been
irrevocably decided upon. j do not
look to see final action taken till this
week. In the meantime. it is inter-
esting to put two and two together
and make guess. Later and I'M
expected developments may material
~ change the horoscope, but i don't
look for any material changes. This
Is the way 1t reads to be at this par
ticular hour. 1t looks like Fl. Roy
Waugh, of Buckhannon. at present
state pardon attorney, will succeed
Judge Reese Blizzard rs District At
torney for the Northern District and
that Major Charles d. Elliott will be
named for the third successive time
for marshal in the same judicial dis
trict.
Marshall or AIcCrum.
The assistant district attorneyship
in the same district will go to either
John Marshall. of Parkersburg, or
Bliss Mccrum. of Kingwood The
odds favor Marshall's appointment.
In the Southern district Marshal
Frank Tyree, of Huntington, will
succeed himself. The really in
teresting contest is over the district
attorneyship in the northern district.
1t ic really interesting because OF the
somewhat peculiar attitude of District
Attorney Blizzard. He has never said
he was candidate for reappointment
to anybody so far as can be learned,
but did state several months ago that
he would accept reappointment IL it
were rendered him. Upon the strength
of this attitude, and upon the further
and more explicit Information given
by Judge Blizzard himself to Judge
Hunter Moss the latter became an
applicant for the appointment Biz
Yards attitude as viewed by the Wis
iting Republicans here is embarrass-
ing to the senators, especially to
Senator Scott. Had he announced
definitely and earlier in the game,
that he desired reappointment, he
would probably have gotten 1t. But by
falling to do SO, constest was pre-
cipitated and the boys lined up with
one or the other of the aspirants, and
from the 'ooks OF things most of hem
lined up on Waugh's side. Billiards.
control of the Parkersburg newspa-
pers, and his supposed close relations
with the Ogden papers in Wheeling,
was at first believed to tend to instil
fear in the bosoms of the senators.
But. II such IT did, it soon faded
away. AS early as Wednesday, IT
looked like Judge Blizzard was Out
of 1t and Waugh was the man. And
1t looked more and more that way
on the days succeeding.
Wauch's Backcrs.
Few men have ever come to Wash
ington from West Virginia with more
and stronger endorsements than
Waugh. Glasscock, Dawson, Judge
Atkinson. Whites choice after Moss.
Swisher, Chairman Matthews, Grant
Hall, Congressman Gaines. were some
of his m st potential hackers. while
he had host of smaller leaders
Why. even Arnold Scherr told him
that he was for him, which, when n
became known among the West yir-t
ginians caused much speculative
talk. From the very outset, Senator
Elklns was favorable to Waugh.
while Senator Scott held back, rather
friendly to B lizard. However, the
latter's attitude, stra &c ard inexpli.
cable to almost everybody, finally
served tc swing the junior senator
around to a more favorable view OF
candidacy. 1t is believed
that Scott was reluctant to let 20 OF |
but. the talk here was that
billiards. attitude was unquest,on-
ably such as to place the senator's in /
hole, having the appearances oil
a curt holdup. on the other hand
Judge Billiards. friends here, while
admitting that they had no infprma-
ton from him one way or the other.
or that he ever asked any OF them
to look after his interests, expressed i
The belief that he did not want reap.
pointment
In connection with the whole mat
ter. there was much gossip as Il
Judge Billiards. political plans for.
The future. His acquiring the park-
ersburg newspapers, his ALLEGED hns,- n