The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-10-18
PARTY SENTIMENT
AGAINST MARSHALL
IS NOW BOBBlNC UP
majestic by shouting their conclu-
sions from the house tops.
Only Question.

slons from the house tops.
Only Question.
The only question here is: Can
they put 1t over on Thomas Riley
Marshall? Nobody same time can
answer that. And there is plenty of
time between now and the nomina-
ton for many things to happen. I'm
less a great many Of the leaders are
mistaken about it. the presidential
prestige over the party is in for a
material decline during the forth
coming Congress. The popular
prophecy by large majority here
is that the dominant party is going to
split itself in the Characteristic Dem
ocratic way over military, naval and
other prominent issues that 1t must
deliberate on and decide. There is
a fairly general belief that some Of
the leaders who want the vice presi-
dents scalp are in fair way to
start the split splitting before the
work on the Legislative calendar gets
under way.
The opposition to the remomina-
ton of Marshall is both personal and
political according to the gossip. 1t
Is personal because It is held by
those opposing his second nomination
that he lacks dignity statesmanlike
restraint pulchritudinosity zpoise and
a few more human characteristics
which they claim the running mate Of
Woodrow Wilson should possess.
Suffers Loss OF Influence.
The opposition is political because
1t is alleged that "Talky Tommie"
has suffered loss of influence at
home and that a stronger man from
the middle West should be named
next year. Also that he hasn't play
ed the game as presiding officer Of
the Senate as Tumulty McAdoo & Co.,
have desired him to play 1t. notable
example of INSTRUMENTATION, or indie.
pendence, being Mr.. Marshall's on
position to applying parliamentary
methods Of the cloture variety when
certain administration bills were
pending in the last Congress. What
ever else that may have been said
derogatory to the vice-president, the
complaint has never been hard in
Washington that he hasn't been ali.
solutely fair and impartial as presi-
dent of the Senate. He has been
more scrupulously careful to avoid
the injustfces and discourtesies Of
narrow partisan bias than perhaps
he has been in other things.
That there is opposition to him
among leaders Of his party, there
Ia no use denying. How great 1t is.
whnfhnr II mill 1rou, ~ MI, It,. II
will be Withdrawn on ordars-which
would be tantamount 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.
Tho way 1t is viewed by the old
handlers here is that somebody has
made bad break In starting fight
against Marshall and that somebody
had better call OF the hounds before
the thing goes too far. It looks to
them like It was loaded at both ends
and in the middle, and that It Is al
together q rather petty and unneces-
sary trouble-borrowing experiment.
The opinion here Is that, In a COM
paratiye political sense Marshall has
made good on an equality with the
claim In that respect made for Will
son. In no speech that he has made
and he has delivered many a
speech since he entered his present
ofice-did he fail to extol Wilson
and his policies. His record IN that
respect is sound. II is true that the
vice president is Democratic" in
his ways to an extent that causes
the suspicion to arise that 1t Is a
pose with him, and that he would
rather be looked upon as Common
old shoes" than contrawise. It Is
this that constitutes one Of the. COM
plants they are making against
him, He overdoes the Democratic
stunt. they say. Lacks dignity
and all that sort Of thing.
Visits Ever Formal.
It Is also true. as everybody in
the capital knows. that the vice presl-
dents visits to the president have
always been formal and infrequent.
But. at the same time. everybody
likewise knows that excepting Col.
House. the second presldentn as
Col. George Harvey dubbed him,
and few others. all other visitors
to the president are formal ana In
frequent visitors. Senator's and
representatives, cabinet oflcers and
heads OF departments. national com
mitteeman and engineers Of state
machines don't .,dT6p In, ON the
president unhsraided and unan-