The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-07-18
Washington News
Items Of Interest From Our Cor
respondent, George w.
Summers.

Washington, July II. If all
who are invited to "Fairmont
Farms" for next Saturday &C
cept the invitation, Senator Wat
son will have at his home on that
occasion one of the greatest
gatherings of the West Virginia
Democracy ever assembled out
side of a State convention or y
session of the legislature. 1t is
intended to be solely a social af-
fair affording the opportunity for
Democrats in the State to meet
each other and to form the ac-
quaintance of United States SEN
ators from various States. No
less than nine United States
Senators are expected to be pres
ent, more than the President had
on his recent yachting trip, while
nanv of the leading Democrats
from every section Of the State
have been invited.
The 200Sacres in the Senator's
home place will be thrown open
and the hundreds who accept the
invitation to "Fairmont Farms"
will be entirely without restraint
or formality. Several hours are
to be spent at the Farms, the in
vitations being for 3 o'clock in
the afternoon and supper being
announced for 7:30 o clock. This
will give every person present
the opportunity to talk with the
Senators who are guests of honor
and with the other West Virgin
ians present.
Senator Watson's guests of
honor will be United States SEN
ators Chamberlain, of Oregon;
Overman, of North Carolina;
Johnson. Of Maine; Bailey, of
Texas; Kern. of Indiana; and
Taylor, of Tennessee. Members
of the Democratic side of the
West Virginia legislature. and
many other Democrats from all
over the State are in receipt of
invitations and IN all probability
this will ce great gathering of
Democracy.
That the recent interviews
with West Virginia office holders
and other beneficiaries of FEEDER
al patronage, published in a
Washington paper as expressing
the sentiment of West Virginia
Republicans, emanated from the
White House seems to be the
general impress sion among per-
sons in political life in Washing
ton. Congressman Norris, of
Nebraska. Republican, in a let
ter made public here a few days
ago. expressed the belief that a
White House political news bu-
reau is being operated by the
Presidents secretary. He said:
Il am reluctantly led to believe
that the Presidents private sec
rotary is the head of a political
news bureau that is making a
determined effort to suppress any
sen timent in favor of Senator
LaFollette, and to do this by the
suppression of truth and the
publication Of ungrounded and
false reports"
1t is well known that there are
many Progressive" Republicans
in West Virginia followers of
Theodore Roosevelt who are not
supporters of President Taft for
denomination and itwould appear
that the publ ication of any state
ment that public sentiment
among West Virginia RepubIi-
cans is solid for Taft is included
in the class which Mr.. Norris
calls "undergrounded and false
reports"
tt
Senator John Sharp Williams,
of Mississippi, former minority
leader of the House of Represen
tatives, paid a high compliment
to Senator Watson the other day
while in conversation with g
West Virginia Democrat. "Ir
Senator Watson, said he, "West
Virginia has one Of the ablest
and strongest men in the Senate
He is very quiet and says littlt
on the floor of the Senate but il
the cloak rooms orin private con
versation when he begins to tall