The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-11-07
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hut inflicted the wounds. but since
Woodrow Wilson in~the Write House
lad rubbed salt and pepper into them
by his base lngratitude to their
Ghieftain and by using the patronage
nf his position to strengthen the en-
Itrencliments of the corrupt and dis
credited bosses of the state Democ-
racy. It is Il long lane that has no
turning. as it Is Il long way to Tip
sperary. but the Johnny McGrlw boys
hearts arc right there. Furthermore,
their hcarts-thOsc study. loyal, Irish
IlIcartS-will continue to stay there
Int the service Of their beloved chief
tain. The Watson Chiffon policy OF
determination has proven complete
failure.
Speaking of discrcditcd bosses,
turn to the tragic and pathetic figure
IN the hall of fame labeled Gold Hill
Fill. There is no balm for his trout
DIcd soul in pCrusal and analysis OF
lthc returns. First. there is tho
heaviest OF the many blows dealt him
last Tuesday-thc crushing and over
whelming defeat of Ills partner In
!rolitics, public utilities and law-eX-
( Governor MaeCOrlllc. There is nc
! minimizing the Importance and
measure Of that defeat. and no like
ilihood of the public misinterpretine
lit. In that fight Chiltonism and Mac.
Corklism was the dominant, all alb.
sorbing. paramount issue. There
WASN'T thing else involved in that
struggle. MacCorkle was laid on
the shelf by young doctor. little
known outside Of Charleston, possess,
! cd OF no. political skill and only
Slightly less experience. and without
gift or spellbindInS. Yet DR.. Colby
won. 1t was not because the voters
'or the Kanawha senatorial distrtc'
liked him more, but because they
liked Chiffon AMI MacCorkle ant
their brand Of politics lcsS-far less
Some may think that the election
of 4. Biographical Littlcpage was
consolation prize for Senator Chill
tton. They are mistaken. 1t was not
touite the contrary. Chiffon was moi
Tor LittlcpaSe. He tried to prevent
his nomination. In prc-conventton
Lays he had the opinion and openly
Istated 1t frequently, that Littlepast
must not be nominated; that he
Icouldn't win at the polls. He picked
Iout John Dice. Of Grecnbrier. But
his Judgment was bad. Littlcpagt
was too strong. and his nomination
couldn't be prevented by Chiffon and
his Third district organization. Lit
tiepage owes nothing to ChiltGa. and
There is no love lost between them.
Nor can there be any balm for the
Senator in the election OF Nicely IN
lthc First and Brown in the Second
Neither is a Chiffon follower By an!
Imeans. Nicely is strictly Watson
Follower aud is not shared by this one
Gold Dust Twin with the other. a.
Ito Brown. 1t is only sufficient Il
Ipoint to the fact that Gray Silver ant
stewart Walker, both ahti-Brown
As to Berkeley. let It be briefly stat
cd right here, that the farm hant
employed by Walker and nominated
by his influence for the House o
delegates, aud OF which the distric
Iattorney boasted much that he would
!have at least one man Friday In Tho
Legislature. was sound1y thraslcd a
the polls.
II there was n grain of satisfac
ltion in the accumulated results fol
Isenator Chiffon It was the failure d
George |. Neal in the Fifth. as Il
lwcil known, there are no ties o.
friendship between them. The rca
son is equally well known. To min
imizc this unfrIcndliness Chiltor