The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-01-29
NOW HAS TIE INSIDE INFoRmA.
TON ON SITUATION
IN STATE.
Party Leaders From Both Sides
Watching Next MoV-Can't
See Smith At All.
10y Charles Brooks Smith h..


WASHINGTON. ID. C.. Jan. 2S-If.
as confidently expected by the goodly
number OF West Virginia Democrats
sOlourning here az the present time.
the choice Of Messrs. Watson and
Chiffon for the two marshalships is
ratified by the man higher up. II can.
not now be said that b consented
TO m appointments OF William Os.
bourne and young Ned Smith with out
knowing from h outside and unbias.
ed source OF Information. the exact
condition OF the Democratic party in
the Mountain State and the sentiment
OF the members OF the party as 10 the
way patronage has been. and r. being
distributed. in that state. Friends OF
the President there have been inclined
10 the view that. busy az he was with
n multitude OF other measures. he
has not known the true inwardnees
or his partys affairs in that common
wealth. and could the situation be got
TO him. that faction OF the party which
mas been ignored entirely thus Tar.
would come in for some grateful con.
sideration al his hands. Not merely
eau II was the ignored faction
which composed the Wilson pre-cou.
ventlon organized IN West Virginia.
but because. being wise and impartial
and looking 10 the party's welfare in
the future. he would throw his power.
~ AAAlAFAAt hA NnF sue OF tue UrlI=
ciple that the party should be treated
iairiy as a whole, and that one faction
should not have all the patronage to
The exclusion and ostracism OF all
those Democrats who did not belong
but that all should be on a fair and
equal footing.
President Knows.
That was the view held by many
up tili now But II no longer holds.
HT0EInRnF Vulcan L-Awr- HV... -.
the situation is I'm West Virginia. lie
has been told fully about il. and his
information did not come from any
West Nirginian either. II was set
before him by one OF his closest no
htical and personal friends, a man
OF national influence in the affairs or
the Democratic party. and whose
only interest in the matter at AN Is
TO see that no mistakes be made 10
disorEanize either in West Virginia
or any other state. The ight that
has been going on here for a week
and IL has been n fierce one-has
c~onyerged on the point OF an effort
on the part OF the Watson Chiffon
machine 10 rush through its selec-
lions, and a strenuous opposition 10
that program by those candidates
not slated and their friends in the
hope that President Wilson could be-
reached and prevailed on TO consid-
me Cohultlon OF aualrS In his par
~ in West Virginia in the grave and
serious way they deem Is warranted.
In so far as reaching the President
with their troubles they have been
unsuccessful. although II IS greatly
10 be dobted hat the outcome will
either realize their hopes OF Justify
their efforts in that particular direc-
ton. President Wilson knows the
party situation in West Virginia
now. whether he did or did not be
fore. The case has been laid before
him. He viii not approve the seIec-
lions for the two marshalships made
by the Watson To- Chiffon alliance
through ignorance OF what is going
on Economically in West Virginia
and how heartily the members OF the
party there feel on the subject.
No Soft Pedal for Twins.
with so many party leaders-fresh.