The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-17
The haunts Of the Green Eyed

monster nave at last sDS0n 4OCdIS0.
And the discoverers attached to the
been beaten to it-and- by a West
Virginia travelling salesman, at that
1t is quite novel and interesting; and.
as drummers are as class cata1ogued
as quick-witted, truthful and loyal to
their best girl in each Of the towns
they visit, why this observation OF
one Mr.. G. Ellsworth Britton. rep
resenting a Pniradelphia firm. is
worthy of credence. According to
this gentleman the home of the Green
Eyed Monster is Fairmont. Twenty
days is given by the court in which
Fairmont may file a demurrer.
That town. - said Mr.. Britton. who
is staying at the National. that
town" (referrfng to Fairmont, of
course .'ougnt to be called Jealous
town, or Hammersville. Maybe An
yilburg would be just as appropriate
When one prominent man overlooks
an opportunity to knock another
prominent man in that town, it is
time to call in a physician, and find
out what the nature of his sickness is.
This touching fraternal feeling pre-
walls in business, but when 1t comes
to public affairs it sticks out as
plainly as the nose on your race.
There are factions in everything in
Fairmont, but in politics, believe me.
there are factions within factions on
both sides of the political pasture. l
am just from few days there, and to
Judge from all that have heard,
there are more men there who want
to be candidates for public office than
any place was ever In. Say, all the
great statesmen must inhabit that
town, and they seem to love one an
other with the affection of bunch of
Kilkenny cats.
They have a congressman In that
|town-Neely, / think his name is.
The rest of the prominent citizens
will not get over his election for a
the Democratic brothers. They say
that he was quite an accident; that
If anybody had thought there was a
chance of election, there were a doz-
en- Democrats in Fairmont better suit
ed for the job than Nicely. Just at
present, on the other side, there is a
great hubbub and excitement, caused
by man named Fleming being a
candidate for the congressional NOM
nation. There are a dozen more who
ought to be candidates-they say so
themselves-and they seem to take it
as a personal insult that this Flem-
ing should have had the nerve to
beat them to it, when it came to
getting into the contest. It is too
bad, it would seem, that there isn't
an Overwhelming demand and enough
offices to give ell the statesmen of
Fairmont when they frankly tell you
that they should nave and are en-
titled to. 1t is really sad. But Inn
agine that wheeling and the section
of the congressional district outside
of Fairmont will be able to stif1e
their grief and go in and try to save
the country with some man who has
their united support. OF course. he
may not measure up to the high
standard set by the Fairmont states
men-that Is hardly to be expected
but he'll answer the commonplace
purposes, reckon. ~
George e. White of Weston. is go
ing to tackle the congressional prob
lem again. He says SO himself and
he ought to know. Senator White
is In the city at this writing; and is
very frank about expressing his poltt-
ical Intentions. He will be a candi-
date for the nomination In the new
Third congressional district. His
previous experience was In the First.
This brings the total avowed aspi-
rants up to three-Stoart f. Reed
and Roy Waugh being the other two.
Homer B. Woods, of Richie county.
has been talked of as candidate, but
not so much so lately. He Is cir
cult Judge and has some years to
serve in an assured. well-patd and
highly honorable position and the
opinion has grown among the politt-
clans that he will not forego it at this
time to take a part In the congress
sRaf 1nk1 GA