The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-10-19

justices and discouresfes Of narrow
partisan bias, than perhaps he has
been In other things.
That there IS Opposition to him
aomng leaders OF his party: there Is
no use denying. How great Il Is
ether It will grow or whether Sci
VIII be Withdrawn on orders-which,
would be tantemount to a confession
OF another tactical political blunder-
whether his opponents outnumber the
Vice Presidents friends among the
leaders-these are the angles or some
OF them, which go to make up the
present lively gossip.
The way 1t is viewed by the old
handlers here is that somebody has
made a bad break In starting fight
against Marshall, and that somebody
had better call of the hounds before
the thing goes too far. 1t looks to
them like 1t was loaded at both ends
and in the middle, and that 1t is alto.
gether a rather petty and unneces-
sary Notwithstanding experiment.
The opinion here is that, In a COM
parative political sense, Marshall has
made good on an equality with the
claim In that respect made for Wilson.
In no speech that he has made-ano
he has delivered many speech since
he entered his present oiIice-did he
fail to eXtol Wilson and his policies.
His record in that respect is sound.
1t Is true that the Vice President is
democratic" in his ways TO an ex.
tent that causes the suspicion to arise
that II is pose with him, and that
he would rather be looked upon us
common as old shoes" than contra
wise. 1t is this that constitutes one
OF the complaints they are making
against him. He overdoes the demo.
cratic stunt, they say. Lacks dignity
and all the sort OF thing.
1t is also true, as everybody in the
Capital knows, that the Vice Presi.
dents visits to the President have al.
ways been formal and infrequent.
But, at the same time, everybody
likewise knows that. excepting Col.
House, the second President" as Col.
George Harvey dubbed him, and a
few others, all other visitors TO the
President are formal and infrequent
visitors. Senator and Representa-
tiyes, Cabinet officers and neads OF
departments, national committeeman
and engineers OF state machines don't
drop in OH the President unherald'
ed and unannounced as during pre-.
ceding regimes. 1t isn't done-thats
all. Vice President Marshall called as
often as he felt that lie was wanted
and as often as official etiquette re.
quired, no doubt.
The opinion is pretty largely pre-.
valent that il Wilson is to get-a sec
end nomination, Marshall should be
renonlinated. too. In way, he is just
as much wrapped up in the admins.
tration's record as the President 49,.
II Wilson has made good" which Is
the dominant note OF administration
Glaquers, and should be nominated
and elected, then the same thing
should be done by Tom Marshall.
his friends and less bias persons than
his friends say.
Whatever the argument over 1t
pro and con. the TACT remains that
there is q light started against Mar.
shall's denomination and, unless 1t is
brought to sudden halt by some.
body who is able TO bring 1t to sud
den halt. it is going to grow into
some fight That Is the opinin to.
ken OF 1t by many of the big men in
the national pastime whose opinion
is well worth considering,