The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-26

the exact condition of the Demo-
cratic .niirty IN lie 5ountain Stale
and tie sentiment o. tie members
Of tie party as TO the way patron-
age has been and Is being distribpt-
ed in that state. Friends q the
Pres dent there have been inclined
70 the view that busy as ne was
with "a multitude OF other matters!
llieshas not known the true inward,
ness Of his party's affairs in that
commonwealth, and could the situa.
ton be got to him. that faction OF
the party which has been igaorcd
entirely thus far, would come In Tor
some gratful consideration al his
hands Not merely because it was,
this ignored faction which composed
the Wilsonlp.e-conyention organiza,
ton in West Virginia. but pecause!
being wise and impartial aid look.
ing TO the party's welfare in tile
future, he would throw his power.
tul influence on the side Of the
principle that the party should be
treated fairly 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 on1a fair and equal foot
Ing, That was the view held by
many up till now. But 1t no long.
er holds. President Wilson knows
lust what the situation is in West
Virginia. He has been told fully
about it, and his information did
not come from any West virginian
either 1t was set before him ly
one of lis closest political and per.
sonal friends, man of national ill
itiuence in the affairs Of the Demo-
cratic party, and whose only inter-
est in the matter at ali Is to see
that no mistakes be made to dis
organize either'in West Virginia or
any other state. The fight that has
been going on here for week-and
y, has b lse a fierce, oneT5has conf
yerged on the point of an effort on
he part of the Watson: Clifton ma
ihihe to'rush through its selections,
and u strenuous opposition to that
program by those candidates not
slated and their friends in the hope
that President Wilson could be
cached and prevailed on to consid:
" the condition OF affairs in his
party in West Virginia in the grave
md serious way they deem is war
ranted. In so far as reaching tile
President with their troubles they
have been successful, although 1t is
greatly to be doubted that the out
come will either realize their hopes
or justify their efforts in! that par
ocular direction. President Wilson
inows the party situation in West
Virginia now, whether he did or did
1ot before. Tic case has beemlaia
Before him. He will not approve the
selections for the two marshalships
made by the Watson Chiffon allts
ance through ignorance Of what is
going on Democratically in West
Virginia and how HEARTILY the mem
bers of the party Nierc feel on the
subject.
Watson Chiffon Boys Jubelant.
With so many party leaders fresh.
near-fresh and cold-storage-here,
and skipping in and out the past
week or ten days, there has been a
lot of gossip and guessing and plan.
ming and castle-building among the
Democratic patriots. How much in
the way of Importance 1t all
amounts to depends on Just how you
feel about it. There has been lit
tie mixing between the proponents
of the two factions. Each has fore
gathered and conferred to itsclf-the
ants prone to pitch their confidence
in whispers, with furtiye glances
over the shoulder to see II they