The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-07-03
SECOND DISTRICT CONGRESS-
MAN OUT AFTER DEMOCRATIC
NOMINATION.
Wants 10 be cosernor and IL Going
Amer the Party leseershlp-
Latest Washington Gossip
or crAnLrs moons s,srrH,

GET cxAxLEs sHooxs ENTITY
WASHINGTON. ID. C.. July a.
when the Hon. William Gay Brown.
member OF congress. left this city last
April with the Jolly junketecrs( Uncle
Joe Cannon. chief jollier). he said that
be was going TO the Hawaiian islands
for q needed rest. and there beneath
the shade Of sheltering tropical palms
decide whether or not be would be a
candidate for the gubernatorial nomi-
nation at the hands OF his party.
The Hon. William Gay Brown f.
back-and he has decided that mo-
mentous question. He was asked and
be answered. but only upon the con
dition that he be not quoted There
fore. that explains Why be will not be.
There was no embargo OF honor laid
on guessing. though. And what IL to
follow. take IL from Cousin Ebert. II
guessing so accurately that any spor-
tive gentleman may wager his nfe's
earnings without feeling a tremor OF
misgiving
Mr.. Brown II going out after" that
nomination. lie Il very much In
earnest about II. so Il is said. and the
fact that neither Senator Chiffon nor
FOR the Second district congressman.
and have doused every suggestion OF
his name with chilly disapproval. does
not serve to deter. Brown Is neither
going to wait for the word 10 start.
nor hesitate over putting into play
his Intention. lie is a candidate for
the nomination from now on. And he
Is going to do a considerable bit of
travelling In the southern tier OF coun-
ties this summer and next fall before
bad weather and bad roads interfere
with the itineraries OF the busy little
bunch OF candidates that is buzzing
In West Virginia at this time. Mr.
Brown Is not personally known down
state as he is I'm the northern part. and
that IL the reason why he will do his
greatest journeying there. He left
Washington yesterday with the inten-
ton Of getting into the preliminary
stages OF his campaign for the nomi-
nation before the grass grows long
and tall
The aloofness between Congress
man Brown and the now divided and
opposing Gold Dust Twins OF Democ-
racy dates back to that never-to-be-
forgotten 1910 A d.. when Brown
took the side of Colonel McGraw in
and Watson. Efforts OF the latter.
subsequently made. TO influence many
OF Browns appointments served only
to widen the breach. IL Is SAID that
in the last campaign in Browns dis
trict, when the money was put out
by the bosses. II was specifically slip
ulated that not a penny of IL should
40 TO help re-elect Brown. Thus the
matter stands between this trio OF
Democratic celebrities.
II Is not not as premature or as I'M
natural as IL may at first appear to
the IMMERSED that, in a general way
and as far as he has been able to dc
so. Brown has thought out the kind
OF campaign he will make after he
gets the nomination-provid he
gets II. and true 10 candidatorial ira
dition. now that ne has decided to try
TO get II. he believes that he will get
81. In deciding whether to be a can
didate. or not. of course. according to
his close friends. he gave a great deal
OF thought Co this Hypothetical ques-
ton: What shall / do with IL when
| get No.
In brief. this Is the answer TO that {:
Gubernatorial Candidate Brown is
going 20 make love to the Republi-
cans. He figures Il that no Demo
cTat can be elected Governor of West
Virginia unless he can win a decid-
edly large number OF Republicans
and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES" at
the same time polling the full voting
strength of his own party. Mr.
Brown. his friends say. having been
successful three successive times
with that sort Of a campaign in the
ersuwhile Republican Gibraltar-the
Second district-would stand a bet
ter chance OF pulling of the same
kind Of stunt with the whole State
as his field than any other member
of their party that they know OF.
However. they do admit. when their
attention Is called 10 a. that they
haven't forgotten the Lincoln story
of the village scrapper who did fair
~ well until he took in too much ter
ritory"
In the Brown campaign. as doped
out. there Is nothing to be said to hurt
the tenderest Republican feelings.
As much as he can. II he r. the candi-
date. party lines will 90 down There
will be no bitterness. no ordinations.
no passion-arousing appeals. no red
flag waving. n Is 10 be all sweetness
and honey. The milk OF human kind