Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12
WAUGH MAY SUCCEED HIM

WAUGH MAY SUCCEED HIM
Senators Celebrating Upon Dis
tribution of Benefits Among
| the Faithful.
/ Special Correspondence Of The Star.
/ WHEELING, w. Va, December IL. 1909.
i Washington is the stage on which the
politics Of West Virginia was played this
week.
| All roads out of the state led to the
National Capital. by reason primarily and
! apparently of the rivers and harbors con-
gress.
| Such an interest in the movement for
improved waterways among postmasters.
prospective postmasters and present and
prospective officeholders of other kinds
was abnormal. Everybody with an eye
to the political game who could get away
rode on to Washington.
From out of the tumut Of gossip and
rumors has come the information that
there will be little change in the Big Four
| of federal appointments. United States
Marshals Frank H. Tyree and Charles
D. Elliott are said to be certain of re-
| appointment, Tyree because he was one
of the Presidents bodyguard when In
the secret service, and Elliott because
Taft likes him.
Likewise 1t is said that District At
torney Harold H. Ritz will not be dis
| turbed, because he has served only few
months, having succeeded Elliott North
colt less than a year ago. wnen North
4 a minister
Bogota. United States Of Colombia.
Blizzard to Yield Place.
But Judge Blizzard is on the slate for
the tObOggan the attorney for the
northern district, to be succeeded by ii.
Roy Waugh of Upshur county. now state
pardon clerk, or Judge Hunter H. Moss
of Parkersburg. Upon the outcome of
this case will depend the contest for the
position of assistant district attorney,
sought by Bliss McCrum of Preston, John
Marshall of Wood and Frank Mcmahon
! of Ohio counties.
| Senators Elkins and Scott have confer
red over this patronage, and the five
members of the house delegation have
put in their respective oars. The senator's
| want to reward friends on whom they
can rely in the matter of getting legis
latures which win return them, but they
| have been at their wits ends because
| all the candidates are in that register.
| While the tip is out for the appoint
ments indicated. the fights are not ended.
/ There is still a chance for revision.
James Doyle of Marshall county. an ex
sheriff and member of the state COM
mittee. is an aggressive aspirant to sue
coed Marshal Elliott, and has the in
dorsement of the county committees and
organization leaders Of the extreme
| A. j. Hearne of Mercer wanted to dis
place Marshal Tyree, but is hand capped
| by the fact of District Attorney Ritz
living In the same county Postmaster
against Tyree.
Swisher Fortifying Himself.
| In the developments can be seen the
purpose of Charles w. Swisher to fortify
! himself for his next campaign for the
governorship. He has been hugging
/ close to Senator Elkins with a view to
mutual help. AS he is for Scotts re-
election. he naturally would like the
junior senator's ear
| Swisher is strong for Waugh to sue
the remnant of the old Scherr and anti
| Swisher following for kindred reasons
would prefer to see Blizzard retain the
post This does not mean the fight for
the place is cast along those lines, but
that it embraces remaining features of
| the old feud.
Should Waugh succeed Blizzard his rise
will be remarkable. A young man who
left school few years ago, he was sent
| to the house of delegates last year and
| Immediately tried to be elected speaker.
| losing to a veteran. Before his term
was out he was slated to be pardon clerk,
and his feet had not got warm in that
| place before he inaugurated his canvass
| for district attorney.
| Should he win he will have held in sue
| cession the offices Of state legislator, state
| pardon clerk and federal strict attorney
| within a period of twelve months. To
| the people at large he is unknown. but
something of his industry in organization
circles can be CLEANED on learning that
| he got the Endorsement of fOrty-nine
| county committees out Of a possible
| fifty-five.
Post Office Patronage
| The leading post Offices in West vir-
| ginia are located at Wheeling, Charles
| ton. Huntington, Clarksburg, Fairmont
| and Parkersburg. Changes are looked
for only in the first district, namely, at
Clarksburg and Fairmont.
| These Offices are within the gift of
! Representative Hubbard. Postmasters
S. c. Denham and Howard Fleming are
| persona non grata with the congress
man. Hubbard tried to have Denham
deposed over a year ago, but was unsuc-
cessful In preventing him from serving
| out his term.
| Hubbard wants to supplant him with
| Homer Williams. He wants to put in
| charge of the Fairmont Office either A. l..
| Lehmaa. chairman of the congressional
! committee. or Bruce Parrish, who was de-
| feated for circuit court clerk of Marion
| county, Parrish to be the man IL Leh-
| mans appointment will not be advisable
| There is no serious opposition to the
| reappointment of Postmaster James K
| Hall of Wheeling. Some friends of ex-
Representative B. B. Dovener have en-
| deavored to promote a boom for him.
but 1t did not get far. Popular as ever
| in his section, Capt Dovener has not re-
ceived support in this connection because
| of various circumstances.
The Wheeling office is one of Senator
Scotts appointments by reason of it be-
ing his home office. The senator was in
strumental In getting goodly increased
| pension for Capt. Dovener. and Is certain
| to take every means available to make
the gallant old soldiers later years pleas
ant. But the post Office looks good for
| Jim Hall.
| Hall has state reputation as a repub-
| lican organizer. and his service and eff
| cheney iii the party constitute a claim