The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-27
And They Now Admit Fact That
Their Outlay for Bull Moose
Help Has Failed.
(Charles Brooks Smitl,l

WASHINGTON, d. C., Oct. .27,-
The killjoy douse to the Democratic
campaign in West Virginia is the
evaporation of the heretofore herald
ed size of the Progressive party's
vote. Much store was set by it on
the part of its Democratic friends and
angels" in the early days of the cam
paign. They invested in its stock
generously and with sanguineness
that no doubt of its ultimate reality
expressed by more conservative man
ayers of their party's machine could
make.
1t will be remembered that at the
outset of this campaign, at the con-
clusion of Glenn Shaver convocation
held in the offices of Senator Chill
ton, it was stated as fact, not
as hearsay, in this correspondence.
that up till that time $4,000 had been
invested in Harvesting up the little
band of erstwhile Republican kickers
braying sickIy imitation of the call
of a once virile and vigorous bull
moose, and singing, those few who
were on terms of intimacy with the
hymn, Coward Christian Soldiers.
in a praiseworthy effort to harness
the outfit to the Democratic donkey
nth the expectation that it would
perform effective team work. Since
then other thousands have been added
so that, now the Democratic invest
ment in the stock of the Progressive
party must be one of large dimension.
The prospects of 1t proving pay
ing investment, Democratic leaders
here now sorrowfully admit are few
and dark. Thei: almost frantic eff
forts nor, quite in contrast with their
attitude of satisfied complacency Of
ten days age, indicates that they are
convinced that they deluded them
selves as to the strength OF their third
party allies, and lost much valuable
time and solid ground thereby. They
confess that what they saw in way
of marching armies of victorious Ar
mage6donites, was a mirage, and
what they heard in the way of battle
hymns was trick of the tympanum
played on them by feeling of over
confidence They are now conv1nces
that If, indeed, they did hear tunes OF
triumph, 1t was not onward, but Back
ward, Christian Soldiers.
Nicely and Brown Scared
Seeing their investment IN rather
bad light, and no longer permitting
them selves or others to mtslead them
as to the proportions of the third par
ty movement, they. have gone to work
to try to regain what they have lost
while they loafed expecting the Pro
sressive ALLIES to win for them. This
is true as to all the districts. but es-
pecialIy is it true of the First and
Second. There. the feelings Of
Messrs. Nicely and Brown were to the
effect. couple of weeks ago, that IT
was all over but the rah-rahing. Neely
could figure up a majority of o,OOO
for himself with the speed and accur-
acy OF a Burroughs adding machine,
and Brown would have wagered
block of Kingwood bank stock that his
bull moose partner, Noah keim. woulu
receive 5000 votes. which Is as many
as the maximum vote that Charley
Schuck will receive in the entire
state. according to the preponderating
opinion of expert political forecast
ers a1ude up from all the parties. See
ing il as he did in figures of such
and favorable dimensions, Mr. Brown
worried not He took it easy in the
thought that Noah would save him
from any rising tides Rowersward,
and waived aside the superstition OF
the y. G. initials which precede the
horored patrynomie of Kein1, with a
confident gesture that Indicated that,
so far as he was concerned, II was
finality.
These gentlement do not feel the
same way about it now. They feel
or believe they do, Themselves slip
ping. Those surrounding them sense
the same, and IL there ever were head
quarters that have suddenly taking
ON a fervent degree of hustling ac-
tivity. propelled by fear that all is
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