The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-11-12
Fear SIcGraw and Davis.

Fear McGraw and Davis.
After owen s. Mckinney, of Fair
mont, a large stockholder in the
Consolidation Coal Company. com
monty known as the Fairmont Coal
Company. exhausts himself with
datterfie John w. Davis, in the
wheeling Register. he gets down to
the real purpose of his article, when
he pens the following:
Taking 1t altogether, the DEM
ocratic party in this state has a
mans job before it. not the least
OF which Is the selection Of a suit
able and satisfactory United States
senator. If future party harmony
IS TO prevail, IL there Is to he eff
fective organization to make future
success certain, If alignment OF ali
interests and all factions together
for future work is to be consum-
mated, we mnst make no mistake in
this direction.
.sThe party has been torn in fac
lions in the past: 1t now has the OPP
portunfty to eliminate these from
further consideration. 1t is no
longer question shall this or that
prevail2 1t is now question OF Sc
lection which will give neither
victory, but enable both to triumph
In the upbuildfng OF party which
is. bigger and more important than
the interests OF any man in 1t. Fortu-
nately there Is no lack of splendid
material which will be satisfactory
to the Democrats of the whole state.
The Register named a few of them
yesterday morning. / may be par
doned, in the light of our great vic
tory, and the splendid contribution
Marion county made to it, for say
ing that among all those mentioned,
no name appeals to our people like
that of c. w. Watson"
Coming from one SO we'll &C
quainted with the conference held
by certain Democratic bosses and
Mr.. Watson In Cincinnati several
weeks ago. what Mr.. Mckinney says
but emphasizes the plan of the
bosses to force the Legislature to
choose Mr.. Watson as Senator Scott s
successor With his usual artfuI-
ness, Mr.. Mckinney merely makes
casual mention of Watsons name
in-,h1s discussion of the great re
sponstbllities resting upon the Dem
'ocratic party, whose spokesman he
has essayed to be. But, 1t is easy
to see that he seeks to make the
Democratic party. especially the
rank and file as represented by those
elected, stand by what the bosses
did at the Watson conference in
Cincinnati.
However. Developments are rapid
in the coming struggle over the sen
atorship. TIE signs are Col. John
z. MeGraW is busy. too, and while
Mr.. Mckinley ASA Watson advocate
as rushing into print. the West yir-
ginia leader is making hay. 1t
may not he amiss to note the fact
here that Senator-elect Hood Phil
lips OF Col. McGraws home city was
one of John w. Davis's visitors Fri
day afternoon, and there is another
significant fact that the senator
elect as well as the two delegates
elect from this district and county.
respectively, are non-committal so
9ar4a the -puhllc As concerned. 1t is
known, however that all three are
very close to Davis and would be
quite unwilling for some one to
step In and take from him the high
honor 1t is so apparent the rank
and fiIe of the Democratic party
throughout the state desire him to
have.
Mr.. mckinney thinks Mr.. Davis
would do well in the House OF Rep
resentatiVes as conveyed in his
words as follows:
~ predict that IL he would con-
sent to serve in Congress for even
short number of years, he. would
make record there of which every
West Virgfnian would be proud. He
has all the characteristics and &C