The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-09
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of Fairmont. Who Is interested IN. 9
neyspaper which supported watson
and Chiffon.
FooIed by Neale.
Senator ID. e. French. of the Sew
enth district. was given the Chiffon
support for the Democratic nomina-
Iit1ons for Congress in the, old E1fIn
i district. but he Was beaten by Willy
George T. Neale, Of Huntington
Senator Samuel ". Woods. OF the
Thirteenth district, was made pres1-
dent of the Senate at the following
session.
Passing on to the Fifteenth dis
trIct, Senator A. G. McIntlre.
staunch watson Chiffon supporter.
WAS given q far job. with the depart
ment of Justice.
Senator Robert F. Kidd now en-
joys such a lucrative legal pract1ce
that it Is doubtful. u he would accept
a federal appointment his prac,
tees extend beyond the. confines OF
i Gilmer county.
Does the above sound like polltlcal
treward1for service
On the other nand. Senator George
NV Bland bolted the caucus and re-
fused to support Watson: andSCnllon.
I'm the caucus Senator Hood Phil
lips was staunch supporter OF John
IN McGraw for the United States SEN
late. Neither Bland nor Philips nave
had the refusal of any federal plums.
But this Is by no means. all. &c
down the list of the members OF the
House of Delegates who were faith
ful to the Chiffon combtna-
G. Warren Hayes, of Calhoun
county; is employed in the internal
I.revenue Office at 3Parkersburg- ae
lyoted for Watson and Chiffon.
Greenbrier Fares Well
Greenbrier county Jared we'll IN
the distribution. e. d. Smoot, g
member of the House. was appointed
Ito a position in the internal revenue
office. John Dice. the other member
from Greenbrier county, Is postmas-
ter at Lewisburg. They were vat
son and Chiffon supporters.
G. M. Wetzel, who was speaker OF
1.-THE 1911 House and voted for the
icombination, is now chief clerk IN
the internal revenue collectors OF
Fred N. Carr, of Kanawha county.
voted for Watson and Chiffon HS
now holds clerkship in the United
States Senate k
county, supported the combination
and is now chairman of the Demo
cratic state committee.
Delegate C. s. P. Edwards, of Ma
son county. did likewise. and ne
handles all the mail at Mason City.
Alex. n. Anderson. of Nicholas, Is
now an assistant district attorney for
the Southern district of West Vtr-
ginia. He supported Chiffon ana
Il
Thomas L. Padden. a delegate
iron Ohio county, holds a good job
lin the internal revenue department.
Lacy Lands.
J. G. Lacy was member from
Richie county and he was loyal to
to a position in the. census bureau.
/ The Tyler county delegates voted
for watson and Chiffon. Now DR.. A.
i A. Meredith is postmaster at Sisters
Vile. while w. NJ Mcintyre has the
privilege Of reading all the post cards
which pass through the postomce at
Alvy.
wefzel county at that session and
voted for Chsiton and Watson. He is
now a deputy in the United States
marshal's on1ce at Parkersburg.
H. w. Sanders represented Wyom-
ing county and supported the com-
binatiou. He was appointed "
government position at Washington,
r. E. Vickers represented Logan
county at that session and is now
postmaster at his home village.
But still the echoes of that session
do not cease. w. T. Owens repre-
sented Writ county and was listed
as lumber operator. He supported
the com bination and holds good JOB
with q well known coal company
6. b. Riggle edits newspaper at
jMiddlebourne, Tyler county. and IA
yored Watson and Chiffon. Not only
were Meredith and Mcintyre reward.
i ed. but Riggle. too. is postmaster at
his home town.
80 s "A "War Tax Deputy.
Earl n. Smith, editor of Fair
mont newspaper which gave support
lis a .swar taxi deputy in the Marion
metropolis. even though his brother
lis United states marshal.
George w. Williams. who repre-
sented Raleigh county, and g. NJ.
seibert, who represented Berkeley,
were watson-Chilton supporters:
While they have not been appointed
/ to Office. their retainers are sufiici-
/ ent for them to be among the lobby
at sessions OF the legislature since
All this "a interesting in the light