The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26

POLITICIANS ARE ANXIOUS 10
KNOW5THE$ ANSWER TO THE
l3sPERPLEXING QUESTION.
BELIEVED THATSHE CARES LIT
TIE FOR HODGES Sue
7(By charles Brooks smith.l

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obvious belief on their part that If
they can get a correct answer they
an tell where tile supreme head o.
he dominant faction in--Democruttc
Jolitics in that state IS making his
contributions, and 10 whom.
The form of tho question assumes
hat the high boss hasn't an equal
interest in all the contests that are
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS lirdluetaoinup
;oing on for office. and the pre-
umptfon is by no means incorrect.
Iirhere arc some candidates OF his
.arty, IT is obvious to experts who
know hawk from a handsaw in pol
tics, that it wouldn't Sricye the eN-
lifted high priest gr:cve. II they
1idn't make the rifle. On the other
and.t here are Candidates in who's.
success, for both personal and poll
zeal reasons. he IS very much con-
leerned, and back Of them is suspect
ed the power of tile widc-faned foun
Itain pen and check book.
The same division of interest Is
made by the other part of the town
ship, Senator Clifton. He has his
tfavorites among the Democratic can
5Ididates whom lie Is doing all he can
Ito help, and Others for whose victory
The is not wasting any prayers.
strangely, it may appear to some
fpeopIe, the favorite Of one boss /;
Eby no means the favorite OF the 9TH
er. A striking Illustration OF this
| is to be found In the Fifth district,
where there can be no questioning
lie statement that Watson is whole
lcartcdly behind the candidacy of
George I. Neal. No one will say that
Chiffon is.
Rcconnoitcrs from the battlefield
'cport the presence of much money
n certain spots for organizing and
;ctting out the Democratic vote, and
or expanding in other ways that will
10 the most good for that side of 1t.
While they report that the Demo-
cratic campaign managers do not
seem to be embarrassed anywhere
for want Of financing, the circulat-
Ing medium is more swollen in some
sections than in others. In those
sections then, say the politicians.
tho big boss has knocked out the
bung and allowed the fascinating
fluid to flow freely and most gen
crously. The most fecund and YER
dant spots in this respect being the
First, fourth and Fifth COMPRESSION
al districts. In answer to which in
formation brought in by the scouts.
there is chorus OF I-told-you-Sos
that can be heard mile.
1t was figured by many for some
time that when the cllcck-up began
in the latter days OF campaigning
this would be found to be the case.
That is, that in Neal, Nicely ana
Hamilton the interest OF Watson
would be the greater and his favors
to them the more generous. His con-
corn in Hamiltcns welfare will be
less obvious TO the readers of politics
as she is written than in the case OF
Neal and Nicely. Tho relations OF
tho latter two with the big boss are
too we'll known to call for explana-
ton. They are too close to drive
wedge into. Watsons friendship for
Hamilton started when Hamilton
was Il member of the house and Wat
son or the senate, at which time 1t IS
significant to aguin record that
there was break between Senator
Chiffon and Hamilton. If that break
has been mcnded Il has been done
since the nomination of Hamilton.
not before. Before that happened,
Senator Chiffon busted. himself look
ing about to get ajman out to defeat
Hamilton for the nomination. HI:
offered to help Hal Depue to the nom
lination. but Hal didn't fancy the 1oo
and sidestepped It.. Hamilton's.
friends charged Clifton with break
ing a promise to appoint postmasters
recommended by Hamilton in tho
Fourth district, thus enabling the
Calhoun man to got together an off
clal organization for this year. That
broken pact became public wller,
Shirley Mitchell, recommended for
postmaster at Elizabeth by Hamil-
ton, was refused the job by Chilton..
Mitchell was the original whoop-it-
up-for-Hami!tonc dltor in the Fourth
district.
Ia II 1911 = uSSNIuSu w dAly tAtCtAAAS SASS
because the Watson help is the great
est in these three districts that he
hasn't helped out ina monetary way
in other directions. But these con-
tributions have not been of such size
as to indicate that Watson is in
.tensely Interested. They have been
more or less perrunctory and more.
limited as to extent than the recipi-,
ents. of them would have liked. OF
course, were "Junlor9 Brown a poor
man, Watson would have helped him
out cheerfully, for he likes Brown.
But Brown doesn't need any help OF
that kind from anybody: He can
ana does take careof that himself.
AS to the Hodges campaign, it IS
no news to state that,a s viewed by
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