The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-04-11
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him by reason OF the fact that the
machine has gotten behind his can
didacy.
How the personnel of the balance
OF the Democratic machine ticket
will look nobody can tell. There
have been few-a very few
mentioned" w. u. sayer, sof Hin
ton, and Hood Phillips, of Grafton,
for secretary of state; E. a. Bran
non, of Weston, and Senator McIn-
tire. of Morgan county, for attorney
general; w. ID. linn, of Barbour,
and ]. Wilson, for commissioner of
agriculture. There is not anybody
in sight for auditor and treasurer.
Speaker C. M. Wetzel, of Jefferson
county, was thinking of trying for
the former place; but after looking
It over long and carefully. he de-
cided to try to be returned to the
tower house of the legislature.
For the judicial nominations on
the ticket Judge William George
Bennett. OF Weston, brother OF
Louis Bennett, easily leads as the
strongest candidate. Judge Ben
nett,is not only fine lawyer and an
able jurist, but there are political
reasons which make 1t advisable for
the machine to see to it that his
name gets on the ticket. 1t can not
be denied that 1t would lend dig
nifty to the outfit. E. G. Smith, of
clarksburg, is probably the next
strongest OF these candidates. Andy
Price, Of Pocahontas. is likely to
land one of the nominations, and
Walter Pendleton, of Roane, is
doomed but has not yet given the
affirmative nod.
The most pressing business that
the senatorial alliance has On it's
hands right now is to select a dele
cation to the national convention at
Baltimore, and careful attention is
being given to that. The machine
wants an uninstructed delegation,
and men on it who will listen to
reason as 1t flows from the oracle
at the. critical time; (: It does not
want any Bryan fanatics" or any
Woodrow Wilson men. 1t is willing
to take any who lean in any other
direction, which means, that in this
state, at least, the Gold Dust Twins
are playing the field against Wilson
(not counting Bryan as an avowed
candldate). They are to all intents
and purposes playing strong for
Clark, though they would dearly
love to be able to help put Harmon
over. However, under any and all
circumstances they are determinedly
opposed to having any of the sixteen
delegates nailed down with instruc-
tions.
For delegates-at-large Henry
Gassaway Davis, Lawrence E. Tier
ney, Wylie Beall. John j. Davis and
Stewart w. Walker are to the front.
Colonel Beali will be one of them
sure and certain. The genial, tall
and rotund Wellsburg banker wants
to go as one of the big six, and ne
is too important a spoke in their
wheel for the machine not to graf
lily his ambition. They will put
Beall over at all costs. He is a great
entertainer, and the boys will want
the royal hospitality that he is sure
to dispense with open hand and
the finest good cheer.
1t is sad, but true, that there Is
some objection to Uncle Henry Gass-
away Davis and Uncle John j. Davis,
of Clarksburg, aged pater of the
congressman. 1t is based on the ar
gument that these party patriarchs
have had enough honors, that they
have been fully repaid for all their
party service, and that they ought
to be politically oslerized and some
young Give ones" decorated. An
other one who is sure to go, is Tier
ney, the Mcdowell county coal
baron. Tierney is popular in his
section and is a political protege of
George !. Neal. Neal. who is fur
'nishing the political brains for the
bosses these days. will see to3it that
Tierney is put over. 1t will not be
such hard Job, as down state
counties will be for the coal oper-
ator. He is popular with the Demo-
Gratis in that section and they will
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