The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-07-03
BILL BROWN WILL DEFY
THE SENATORIAL BOSSES

ness II 20 overflow the levees Of par
tisan bias. inundAting the souls OF Re
p1olicans with a forgetfulness and a
generosity that will lure thousands
upon thousands OF them TO the polls
70 vote for the benehcient and benign
Brown. The output OF the literary
bureau belonging TO Candidate Brown
Il TO be differed with fnesse ana
exceeding caution. the policy and pro-
auctions 10 be censored and edited
with scrupulous sanity and conserva-
tism- No "llbels' are TO go through
this time. II precaution prevails. Can
didate Brown on the stump Is TO play
the one and only part. The Business
Man In Politics" promising a business
mans administration OF the state bust
ness as free from partisan politics as
he II capable OF making a. Candidate
Brown off the hastings r. to smile and
smile and smile and work the famous
handshake which has. for sixt years.
been the undoing Of so many Republi-
can brethren and patriots In the Sec
ond congressional balliwick
When this lovely plan was outlined
by one OF Browns friends 10 an old
party chief here. he sighed wistfully
Brother" he said. there hasn't been
dream dreamt like that since the
Harrison dope law went into effect
and shut off the supply"
Have you ever heard OF John p.
Wilkinson? Nope. Well. then. IL were
wise TO read this little way down
and get acquainted with some gen
eral facts about the gentleman. He
ha. M
prominent figure I'm the politics OF
West Virginia next year. He may be
may be. mind-one OF the nominees
for governor OF the state.
The handbook OF the states great
men do not contain very much. II any
thing. about John b. Wilkinson. and
IL required some very fine Sherlocking
20 locate his habitat, disclose his
Identity and collat a few facts about
this gentleman who. II certain schem-
ing Democratic leaders have their
way. as they are planning their way
at this particular season. Is TO be led
out from the great political unknown,
handed the gubernatorial nomination.
given a God-be-with-you-till
again and told to go to it,
IL Who's Who in West Virginia"
politics neglects the biographical data
concerning this man, the compilers of
Bradstreet's and Dun's were more ef-
! ficient as to him with reference TO
one important piece of information
which the average Warwick OF poll
tics seeks out first before he turns
his cunning hand to the business of
king making. John II. wilkinson a. a
iop-liner in the financial form" book.
and IL may surprise most West Vir-
, elnians to learn that those who know
( him say that he is classed as a mil
lIonaire in his section. and has been
so set of from the common run of
mortals for a goodly number OF years.
Further facts are: John. Il. Wilkin-
son is circuit judge and his home is
J in Logan county. He has been on the
, bench for a number of years. and is
one OF the very few judges in the
| State who has had the honor of being
unOpposed by the opposite party at
| the polls. That would indicate that
he stands high on his circuit judicial
I ly. which we are assured by those
who ought TO know is the case In
years. Judge Wilkinson is around so.
his personality is not unattractive: :
he has never mixed up in sordid fac
| tional politics. and is. all in all. we
are told by the touters. quite an up
standing sort Of a man. To a quite
natural inquiry at this point. the
/ knowledge was vouchsafed that the
! judge Is unrelated Col. Andrew Jack
son Wilkinson. the human sword OF
! Damocles that has dangled over John
/ T. McGraw since his earliest political
day.
The wilkinson discovery. so far as
/ we are able TO find out. may bs
/ chalked up { the credit OF a faction
in the Democratic party which 10
! headed either by G. W. Watson or
/ John T. McGraw. II didn't spring
I red-hot from the original thinking ap-
paratus of the Chiffon clan. Howev-
/ er. some. OF the latter seem at first
! blush to give Il a kindly reception.
saying that they would take the time
! 70 give the suggestion OF Judge vii.
| kinson thoughtful consideration
| They did not know but what they
/ might agree: II might be the missing
I link that would serve TO couple up
the knife brandishing factions. they
said
II was not the intention 10 let this
/ particular cat out Of the bag. II was
J planned TO restrain Il until the time
3 appeared more psychological The
I customary period OF quietly feeling
out was 90 have been allowed 20
| clapse before a bang-up denouement
could be pulled on But that Is not
] TO be. Others who have n similar
I lurking ambition could see no good
| for them in letting the thing 20 along
without the general public knowing