The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-28
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thing out Of II In money way. The
personnel Of this leadership is sucn
that 1t makes no appeal TO West VIZ
gfnfans. They are smart enough &C
see through tlise Transaction. which
has all the earmarks ola crooked ano
dishonest political fTamet1p-
Another surprising thing conneSS
ed with the campaign there Is tns
number OF Democrats who make nc
secret of It that they are againSs
their party this year. Many OF them
viii stay away from the polls en-
tireIy. while the others will 90 70
the polls and vote for more hepuO-
licaR candidates than they Will nomA-
nees of their own party. A Few OF
them. too hidebound to do either. one
OF these two things. vii ease tneiI
conscience BY throwing away tneif
votes on third party candldates'
Business Stalltling Still
az have been in every part OF the
state and have visited every congress
sional district. As a general tninE
business is at standstil1 In West
Virginia. In spots it is fairly good'
hut only in spots. The milling de-
trict OF wheeling is full of idle men
What factories are running are Oh
half time and some OF them on re-
duced wages. Railroad employees
and their families are heavy MT Dy
the depression. This admlnlstrat ~.
has been hard on the railroads. bait
ing them from the start. Work mas
been reduced to the minimum by the
railroads ana expenses and hours Oh
employment have been cut TO tne
least possible degree. This cond1tyn
il especially noticeable in towns
along the Baltimore and Ohio In the
central and northern part or tne
state. 1t is this state OF affairs tnae
not only makes the election OF GeoFse
White possible. but probable Con- Con-
gresham Nicely is having nue.
harder row to hoe in the closing DAYS
Of the campaign than he and MS
friends expected he would have.
They are fighting desperately to mead
off the swing of the pendulum 10
ware a Republican congressman ~
that district.
"Much tie same situation prevails
In the Second. There has been
marked change there. What was re-
earded by Congressman Brown lew
weeks ago as a sure thing, Is by no
means looked at that way now. ~ IS
not so much question OF the per-
sonality of Bowers. the Republican
candidate, as it Is sending Repnp.
l;can 70 renresent the district. That
Is pretty much the way it Is regard
ed in the First district also. the
Dam have claimed these dtstrlcs
az their own with a sureness ana
gertrude not to be questioned, put
they appear to be mighty much scar
ed as to the outcome now. You can
say this for me IL you want TO, tnat
nobody need be at all surprised II
both White and Bowers win out. Inc
tide has set in. strong toward them.
"As to the other district, Wnile tne
fighting is strenuous, do not oeEeve
there is need for much Doubt as to the
elactfon Of Congressmen Avis and
moss, and Cooper in the Fifth. There
isn't any doubt of Cooper's election.
1t ia conceded He had too big q ma
iority to overcome, and he has held It
by making campaign which for Wig
orous activity and ability, has sur
prised every one, and none smore tnah
his opponent George Neal, and NeaIs
managers and advisors.
Virginia Debt Issue
There Is queer twist IN the is
sues involved in the Fourth district
which do not appear In any ctner ais-
trict. 1t has to do with the Virginia
dent Il seems that when Hamilton
was in Congress and was getting
ready to. try to succeed himself, ne
framed up a nice little issue all to
suit himself 1t was to have Congress
nav the Virginia debt. He laid the
foundation for the issue that he IN
tended to run on and to moncponze
by introducing resolution After
perfunctory speech in committee, the
resolution died. But it served to make
campaign issue with all the appear
ances Of a fiimsy fake. In the cam
paign of that year, will you believe
it. there were a good many people oil
ordinary intelligence who firmly be-
lieyed in the sincerity Of this trans
action and. worst of all. in its FEAST
bility and the Likelihood OF Congress
appropriating money to pay what Wiz
rinia claims is due her from her abo-
liticnist offspring. But there were
more who did not take the issue ser
iously and Judge Moss retired Ham
ilton to private life. Now Hamilton
is trying. to do as much for Judge
Moss and is trying to make his VIZ
ginia debt resolution be taken ser;
fously by the voters. But the presenl
stage of that litigation has robbed u
of much of the importance that hi
Democratic candidate would vest Il
with. AS a matter of fact, no Con
gress ever will help West Virgins
nay this or any o.iler debt that the
courts may decide she owes, and It II
very much to be doubted whether the
pride of the people of that state would
permit them to urge such request
especially In view of the circum-
stances which surrounded the birth o.
West Virginia. In no other distrtc
is this question raised as an issue
which shows that the other congress
sional candidates take no stock in 1t
The fight against Judge Moss has
been vigorous and scurrulious which
in view OF the fine record he made
as public prosecutor and circuit
Judge, is not only an unwarranted re
fiection on him personally, but on tbs
people who elected him to these of