The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-07-12

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gated the civil Service ccmuais lSu
'to tho comic supplement sect len
wherp It IS featured as one ,of the
biegest Jokes or the season he
heads OF other departments are fol-
lowing theABurleson example. and
thus has come relief tonla5ority sen
ators and Representatives who were
driven almost frantic by the de-
rnands of famished faithful for
loaves and fishes when they hadn't
any to give out. It has certainly
lifted the pressure from the slontng
shoulders of Senator Chiffon, and
made available material for strength
scnlng the party structure that the
prestige and money of Watson have
built up. A clean sweep in the In
.ternal. revenue service, posto1hce
custer proceedings at Bluefeld.
ParkersburE,- Huntington, Charles
ton, linton and elsewhere-theso
things have helped. and spurFed on
efforts to duplicate the procedure
elsewhere throughout the state,
1t has been noticed by the starved
army OF patriots in West Virginia
that, while other states continue to
have presidential pap labeled out to
them, no West Vfrginian of feryent
and famished Democracy has been
,beckoned to the bowl to receive any
OF tho pottage, and why is this thus
and 500 they are asking. Is it pos
sible that our party's representa-
tivcs have no standing with the adj
ministration? 1t may be. We have
not seen where Chiffon has, motored
Lor gofed with the president, nPr
have we observed that :dxsenatPr
Watson has week-ended with the
Wilson's. If Congressman y Davis
frequents the presidential presence
the White House reporters have fail
I ed OF their duty. and the same thing
is true as to our Congressman
Junior Brown. And so the boys
back home are thinking to them
selves, and asking one another IL it
is barely possible that their party's
delegation doesn't stand In such
high and mighty favor with the head
of this tariff-juggling and currency
ripping administration. 1t is barely
possible. Yes, verify. This admin
fstration is looking after its friends
those who were able to deliver,
and West Virginia was not a Wilson
state ,byi any manner of means. II
was. not fdrt dim unanimously, even
aftsr his fio1hinaa0n was assured.
Was 1t not lEIacCorkle and Stewart
walker Who insisted on voting for
Clark even after Wilson had enough
votes to nominate? Certainly it
was. And does not the president
know Of the relationship of Mac
Corkle and Chiffon? Certinly he does
Therefore shall we find fault with
the president for not sending for
Chiffon and mussing up his shoulders
with repentent tears? Hardly. The
fact is that the Democratic faithful,
ambitious to serve their country
and retard the prompt payment Of
the national debt, are handicapped
by tho scon dition of affairs. and are
beginning to see it. Their claims are
receiving scant consideration II
any, and in the patrona ge-d tstribu-
ton West Virginia is being left out
in the cruel. arctic cold If Nc
Graw were in the Senate it might
be different. for McGraw was an
Original Wilson man; was for Wilson
when Wilson needed influential sup
port of that kind. But McGraw is
not, and the narrow majority in the
Senate forced Wilson to adhere
strictly to the rule requiring sena-
toriaI endorsements before making
appointments. Hence. McGraw's en-
dorsemcnt amounts to no more than
that OF any other private citizen.
Probably not as much, for 1t is likely
to arouse Chilton's opposition to the
applicant by the very sight of the
McGraw signature. I.essy than
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