The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-10
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him BY reason Of the fact that the
machine mas gotten behind his can
didaey.
how tht personnel ofgthe balance
Of the Democratic machine ticket
viii look nobody can tell. There
have been fewLa very few
ementioned w! II. sayer. Of Hin
ton, and Hood Phillips, Of Grafton,
for sscretiart of state; E. "A. Bran.
non, Of N eston, and Senator atcIn.
tire. Of Morgan county, for attorney
general; w. D. Zinn, Of Barbour
and j. Wilson, for commissioner Of
agricdlth Re. There is not anybody
in sight for auditor and treasurer.
Speaker &c. IN. wetzel, Of Jefferson
county. twas thinking of trying for
the forrher place, but after looking
1t over bong and carefully, he de-
cided I'd try to be returned to the
lower 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 81 not only fne lawyer and, an
able turist, but there are political
reasons which make 1t advisable for
the machine to see to 1t that his
name getsson the ticket: 1t can not
be denied that It would lend dig
nifty to the outfit. E. G. Smith, of
clarksburgI Is probably the next
strongest Of these candidates. Andy
Price, OF PocahOntas, is likely to
land one of the nominations, and
Walter Pehdleton, Of Roane, is
doomed, but has not yet given the
affirmative nod.
The most pressing business that
the senatorial alliance has en- its
hands right now is to select 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 it flows from the oracle
at the critical time. It does not
want any Bryan fanatics" or any
Woodrow Wilson men. 1t is willing
Ito 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
mot counting Bryan as an avowed
candidate)! 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 determinedlS
opposed to having any of the sixteen
delegates nailed down with instruc-
tons.
For delegates-at-large Henry
Gassaway Davis, Lawrence E. Tier
ney, Wylie Beall, John ]. Davis and
Stewart w. Walker are to the front.
Colonel Beall 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 he
is too important a spoke in their
wheel for the machine not to graf.
ify his ambition. They will put
Beall over at all costs. He is great
entertainer, and the boys will want
the royal hospitality that he is sure
to dispense with open hand and
the finest good cheer.
It is sad, but true, that there Ii
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 hadenough honors, that they
have been fully repaid for all theil
party service, and that they ought
to be politically Oslerized and some
young "live ones" decorated. An.
other one who is sure to go, is Tier,
Dey, the Mcdowell county coal
baron. Tierney is popular in his
section and is political protege OF
George !. Neal. Neal, who is fur
nishing the political brains for the
bosses these days. will see to it 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
all be for him pretty generally.