The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-12-02
IA TEMPEST IN THE DEMOCRATIC
,Itlgl TEA POT

is 1t Is evident that Congressman Neeiy
thinks more of the Wheeling Register
y than he does the Times. Last night
4 he gave the Wheeling paper the name
4 Of the man he recommended Tor posi-
master in Wheeling. He also instruct
ed the Register to withhold from the
Times and other papers that intorma'
A. ton. ut isilikely that no reader OF the
Times gives a continental d--mn who
\ Is postmaster at Wheeling. The Times
< inl3the county that gave the congress
i man, the 200 majority that elected him
cares Just as little about the postmas'
ter or the information that common
4 courtesy entities it to.
Persons interested in the framcup for
\ the FaIrmont postoffice will have to
/; look to Wheeling paper for informa'
4 ton. The Times has been barred by
the congressman who voices the recon-
( mendations. II the local situation Is as
, interesting as those OF Wheeling and
\ other places" It will likely be fine
reading that Times subscribers will
4 mot get first hand.-Thc Times.
What hast the kind Major Nicely done
to Thee little one. that causeth Thou to
exhibit such radiattons Of heat from
8 THY editorial radiator on a warm.
4 cloudy morning like this, when the
sswarmness of the weather is already
most oppressive?
What rufflest Thy feelings to such
AN extent that Thou wouldst deign to
\ throw the harpoon into your denrly be-
y loved standard bearer who has done
X SO much to keep Thy favorites from
obtaining the Democratic congression-
1 al nomination and giving the Republi-
cans a walkover?
What could come between Thee and
4 the gallant one who helped TO make the
Underwood bill infamous by closing
down the mines of the Consolidation
s Coal Company and mills and factories
too numerous to mention all over this
fertile, blossoming broad land of ours,
II and gave SO much punch from the'9tat.
form to the Democratic slogan, THANK
4 God for Wilson,"
Yes. we repeat, pray tell us, little
one, is the Major about to slip the pat
v ronage stick of striped candy from the
lips Of the local organ of the New Free.
Il dom to let some other hungry office
seeker. to suck the saccharine ingredi.
ents for few full moons?
Y Does the beloved and esteemed
Times now-s see the vision of its hopes
for securing the Fairmont pOstof'ice
L for Its conductors doing the disappear
y ing act. over the Horizon of Independ-
Il ence4 which Major Nicely seems to be
\ about to assert over the Democratic
Office Holders Trust of Marion coun-
ty3? III :.
There must be some mIschievous
Senegambian in the Democratic cord
4 wood somewhere. The question is,
& what is it?
Can it be possible that the Major
does not trust the Morning Glory of
Monroe street with the bosom secrets
of his great Office and has refused 10
Il favor the Times with the names of the
I favored ones,of the flock whom he had
designated to lick thep ostage stamps
i and read the postal cards ut Wheeling
I and Warrington for the next four
years? We cannot believe that such
AZ triflfley would scorch the fur on the
back of the organ of New Freedom to
such an extent as to raise a stink in the
y democratic menagerie. There must be
q some deep seated conspiracy beneath
II The surface and our only hope is to wait
yelopments with the belief that the
Tacasswill become SO turbulent within