The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-03
WATSON STEAM ROLLER
IS RUN OVER M'GRAK
GIVEN RANK DEAL BY
THE STATE COMMITTEES
They Decide to Hold Senatorial
Preference Primary on 3Oth
Day of November.
Watson Orders Are Obeyed - The
McGraw Suggestions Are Com
pletely Ignored.

Special Dispatch to the Inteiligencer.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, April a.
The Democratic state executive COM
mite. which met in an adjourned ses-
sion here this afternoon at the Chan
cellor TO receive the report OF the
subcommittee appointed at the meet
ing held March 1 to draft rules for a
senatorial primary following the gen.
eral election In November, applied
the steam roller in a way that was
anything but pleasing to Colonel John
T. McGraw and his friends.
The subcommittee who drafted the
rules for the primary were George I.
Neal and George S. Wallace. OF Hunt.
ington; w. w. Beall. of wellsburg; w.
II. Sawyers. Of Hinton, and Glenn L.
Shafer. Of Fairmont. The report was
presented by the chairman, Mr. Neal,
to the state committee. which pro-
vided for holding the primary on No
vember 30. II further provided for
the assessment of candidates for the
nomination of United States senator
as well as all of the necessary rules
to govern the primary.
Following the reading OF the report
Colonel McGraw made II plain that he
was In favor of any kind OF a Urinary,
but questioned the right of the state
committee TO adopt a plan oover the
state cnvention which credited them.
and further for a primary which will
be held after their term as members
OF the committee shall have expired,
and further contended that II any
committee would have the right to
make rules for a primary II would be
the new state committee appointed by
the state convention that had ap
proved such a plan.
MeGrsw Pleads for Justice.
Col. McGraw urged the committee
to refer the report back TO the sub
committee with instructions TO include
the candidates for all offices from
President on down and that the same
be referred to the state conyenton
for It's consideration. The plan as
proposed would insur too great an ex.
pense on the candidates for the nom.
ination for United States senator.
which would be more than they would
be allowed to expend under an act
OF congress now in force.
Acting on the suggestions Of Col
McGraw. Joseph NJ Murphy. member
OF the committee from the Third dis
trict. offered an amendment to the
primary rules that the words United
States senator" be stricken from the
same and the names OF all offices be
included and that the date for the
primary as proposed be stricken out.
The amendment was voted down,
Mr.. Murphy's vote being the only one
recorded in its favor.
The report OF the subcommittee in
its original form was adopted, Mr..
Murphy casting the only opposing
vote
Col. McGraw and his friends are all
very sore over the action OF the com
mittee and will probably carry the
fight 10 the floor OF the state nom
inarng convention at Huntington.
After the adoption OF the report
the committee went into executive
session and selected Hon. John J.
Cornwell. OF Romney. for chairman Of
the state delegate convention. TO be
held here June s. and Judge John II
Holt. OF Huntington. az chairman for
the state nominating convention, to
be held IN that city in July.