The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-10
Politics of 1916

l,ured on patronage for themselves
and their henchmen and that; the
president was popular with the home
folks at the outset, and, it must be
stipulated en- PEASANT, that for low
browed, point d4headed politicians
they had the situation sized up with
out a flaw. They guessed OF right
at the outset.
Things Are Different.
But now things are different
vastly different. They have been go
ing from bad to worse with this adj.
ministration and the home folks have
begun to kick and raise a howl that
sounds like prelude to Democratic
disaster. The Democrats In official
life the real leaders of that party
the boys who were for Champ Clark
att Baltimore, Oscar Underwood and
Governor Harmon-and the good
Lord knows they were plenty
have heard the call OF the brethren
wild. It's their cue. They have
struck an attitude OF knfghtly yalor
and supermannish courage that
makes the picture OF Don Quixote
maneuvering the sails Of a Dutch
wind mill predatory to Tan attack,
look like a cheap imitation of the
real thing. Nor is patronage near as
persuasive as 1t used to be, for, you
see. most of the good things Fhave
been handed around.
Therefore. the last assertion being
true, as we'll as the preceding one.
| to the effect that the president hatl
lost the good will OF the country,
which is now faultfnding with him,
Wilson, never having had grip on
his own party's leaders by any strong
ties of affection, has easily lost it,
and is in for more and more trouble
/ as the days pass bytfrom that source.
Or. as John Sharp Williams said In
the Senate yesterday, The Demo
cratic party is going through the
same old performance of splitting it.
self up" which description calls for
no application, Is
Clash over Patronage.
The clash of the Senate and the
| president Is over patronage. But pat
ronage isn't the cause. Start with
Wilson'S nomination at Baltimore
and you will be on the right track.
Then follow 1t right along up till
Enow. With a fairly good bunch Of
reasons for this trouble to start with
you will see many more as you prog
4 ress In a study, Of the scrap. The
democratic politicians who have been
getting theirs from the White House
I for two years are in a fair way to
4 get theirs from now, on. ITO get
the meaning Of this seemingly COM
Iplicated statement, be sure, to get
the emphasis distributed on the
! proper words.)
i None Of the seers aforementioned
tackled the West Virginia political
| situation. Striving for international
effects they probably thought til 4
the Affairs Of the gingseng section
were too trivial for their soothsay-
I ing talents. II they gave tia thought
at ALL Yet, from our innocent and
Juvenile understanding Of the situa-
ltion, Of politics there. it was worthy
of their frances. IT. for instance,
one of them could have told who the
next governor will be Sof who the
I. two party nominees for that job will
lbe, the information would have been
GLADLY received In the cabins Of the
sturdy mountaineers But no such
I.informatto ION was xouchsafed, SO the
sturdy mountaineera VIII have to do
their own guessing, without the clair
voyant help Sofl any rabbit-foot car
riers or coffee-grounds students.
Agreement with Hodges. )
In hope Of assisting these respec;
table and quite worthy folk. the
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