The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-13
APPOINTMENTS OF TWO u. S!
, MARSHALS FOR THIS STATE
&, 81, TO BE MADE.
DICE AND sLEMAKER LACKED,
BY THE TWIN BOSSES,
WATSON AND Chiffon.
CAMPBELL HAS TIL. WILSON
FRIENDSHIP BACK OF HIS
CLhIE..
Scenic Production.
(By Charles Brooks smith.)

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 13.-
With the President and Congress
back from their holiday vacation
the quietness and dullness which
prevailed here during that brief
period will be lifted and will be Sue
ceeded by the usual interest and ac-
tiyity, and occasionally real excite
ment. Which gch%aracterizes this ma.
tional center when all the wheels
of government are turning. impe!led
by the maximum amount of steam.
AGS. SOa
Right on, eyes % West Virgin
tans will be focused. here. and the
feet of many Of them. having a d.
rect interest in the matter, will .be
turned WITHOUT delay in1this diree,
ton. Thsfeansegs ahsi expected
shaking Of the plum tree. and the
descent t%lllerefrom Of, lat least, two
plnms worth the striving for. and
the snarling and lighting over. In
addition to those two United States
marshalships. there will be the ac-
complaining distribution OF. the les
ser positions which go with them.
From their standpoint the Wat
son-Chilton Machine expects to
strengthen their device for better
controlling the Democratic party in
West Virginia by the addition of
two substantial spokcs lin the most
important wheel. and a few more
new cogs attached hero and there in
close proximity to these major i'm
provemcnts to the mechanism, They
are all ready TO make the additions
and substitutions, and will urge up
on President Wilson to grant them
permission and assistance at once
to do the job. The sooner the bet
ter, Is their view Of 1t. They want
it done and over with, especially
since there is growing OPPOSITION TO
and discomfort and threats over
their plans.
Those who are not in accord with
the plans and specifications are not
so anxious that the work be done
with. such haste. Indeed, they pre-
fer that what is contemplated be
not done at all. But II It Is newt
able, they want time to submit some
suggestions of their own, If Preei-
dent Wilson will grant their case
the courtesy of consideration. They
know fulwell that they haven't the
ghost of a chance of being either
hear or needed by Senator Chiffon
or his sagacious sside-partner in the
ownership and control of the Demo
cratic party in West Virginia, C. W:
Watson.
1t has been f~orecasted so man.
times and by SO many seers of es-
tablished reputation and acknow.
lodged authority who world be
recommended by tile Watson c hill.
ton co.partnership for the two
m%arshalships, that 1t seems a waste
of words and space to repeat the
prophecy. which by now is more OF
a statement of an established fact
than the hazard Of a prediction. But
for the clarity and strainghtness
Of the present record let 1t be re.
stated that John c. Dice, Of Green.
brier. and George B. slemaker. o.
Tyler, are slated by the Watson.
Chiffon dictatorship for arnstn..
ment as marshal in the southern
and northern districts. respectively
The final and last payment is thu.
to be made them for their voting
services in behalf Of. the candidacie.
Of Messrs. Watson and Chiffon FOL
the United States Senate in that
Observation-Disclosures forgot.
ten session of the Legislature ii
Charleston in 1911 That is itheil
= claim principally, but subsequently,