The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-02-09

!; THE PA1RM0N1
Virgil Highland. Of clarksburg, say,
lie would take the nominate lon 81 IL
We're given him without opposition.
Nashlng ION friends Of ex-e onsresss
nan ". P.s Hubbard are authority for
the statement hat he WOULD consider;
the nominal ion ~ he could eet the
endorsement ofs beth the Republicans
and the Rpll heoses, a! asatsastic;n ia
In The Second district. the Demof,
cratie npmiInta ton win $50 again 70
Representative BgeNa0y y Us, e. IA
his last ceon gressieaal nomination, FOE,
4 %hlle. at least, according oShis
plans for the future, Mr.. Drown, cas-
poets to be Che already isl a candi;
date ierS his. party.,s nominal ton for
governor in:Fl9lG no matter what
the outcome Of the election IN his dis
trfct Is. this year.y t,a: III ~. IN
ccngressman1 at-large, sutherland;s
friends seSpset no seppositionr to- n,et
nomination. From time to time Il
has been reported that he was con !.
sidering asking for the nomination
in tho Second district. There was no
foundation for such report. He is
candidate to succeed himself in his
present. position of congressman at
large. Those who are discussed as
available men to pit against Con-
Gresham Brown in the Second are:
ex-senator Forman. of Grant coun-
ty: Senator Noah Klein. of Randolph;
Judge Frank Cox and Delegate Ellis
fost. of Monongalia; ex-senator
Hood, of Mineral; State Tax Commits
sioner Fred Blue and Delegate Yer
non Johnson, of Morgan.
No sentiment has settled on any
particular Democrat to oppose Rep.
fesentative sutherland's reelection.
Again the name of French, Of Blue.
field, is mentioned: also; that of Hen
Hincr, who opposed Sutherland in.
1912! Ben Butchers name Fis kalsoo
heard when the matter isidiscusssed
by the Democratic politicians.
From the foregoing it is plain to
&c seen that for the most part the
congressional tickets for both the old
parties are practically as good as
nominated. There are only few un-
ecrtainties, and in those cases it is
not difficult for expert politicians to
come pretty near guessing them ou.
correctly.
The senate committee on judiciary
reported unfayorably on the Shields
bill to change the time of the inau-
snration of the president. vice presi-
dent, and members of congress, from
March to early January. The minor.
i.y of the committee on that issue
f'led.a report, which set forth their
views and advocacy of the bill. OF
these members Senator Chiffon. of
West Virginia. was one. The others
were Senators Shields. Ashurst., Mel
son. Cummins and Fletcher.
The most unusual argument In the
report, and the paragraph which at
tracted the most attention, was this:
In the event that no candidate
for president receives majority OIL
the electoral votes, the constitution
provides that the house Of representa-
lives shall elect the president, the
representatives from each state hay-
lug one vote. At the present time It
Is the old congress that elects the
president under such contingency.
and thereby 1t becomes possible for
political party rcpudiated by the pco-
pie to elect president who was de-
fcated at the election. Under the
present. provision of the constitution.
In the event the house fails to choose
" president before the 18th Of March,
then the vice president then in, office
becomes president for four years.
shis affords great temptation by
mere delay, to- defeat the will of the
Eeople' and II It Is Gveif: exercised il
y VII. w W. ely. produceyrevolution.'
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Observation-Disclosures
who Is. now on hissways'to Colorado
with the subcommittee to inycsti-
gate theIminers' strike situation III
that state, did not seek that homer
and important work. On the con
trary he tried to keep that Job from
being thrust upon him. Not because
lie desired to shirk any duty Inf h,-