The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-17
Is the Watson Combination and
Senator Chiffon is Even to
Be Sacrificed.
WATSON TO KEEP" PARTY
Democracy of West Virginia is
Now COCky over Cash with
Watson in the Saddle.
lnr Chnrles proolks smIthl

CRv Charles BroOKs oHllthJ
WASHINGTON, July 17.-Who
tho underlIngs OF Democratic state
chairman Lewis will be in his or
rnniyatlon to elect John ]. CornWeli
nrincipnlly and other candidates OF
his party secondarily. Will be settleu
ON nj a meeting Of the committee 70
he held In Parkersburg tomorrow
There are reasons why the politicians
hcre are more Interested In who VIII
he selected than they have been i'll
nrv organization that the Democra-
tic purity in West Virginia mas el
rected at the outset Of a campaign
in many, many years.
The principal reason is tnal tno
party ia coclIy over cash. IT has tue
assurance OF ample funds with whlcn
to sci up the best organization head
ounrters II can command, and sutt-
ricnt currency ammunition with
which TO wage such battle as It
mans to make this year, This is
condition of affairs that 1t hasn't
rniovcd since the second Cleveland
campaign in 1888, and that was so
long ago that most Of the party
leaders now In control can re-
member only lndlBtinctly, II at all.
In that memorable year the party
had. MS II has now, national admin
istratIon to call on. rs well as an en-
trenched official organization In tne
state. Tho Inter resource 1t now
has only partly-so much as Is en-
brnced in the federal patronage. In
cldentally, II may be well to insert
right here, that the outcome OF tne
I 1883 campaign was disastrous TO the
| Democratic party.
Lies in WntsOn's Lap.
Another cause for the present
cockIness Ia tho fact that the West
Virginia branch Of the party lies IN
the lap of Clarence Wayland Watson
blouse and breaches. 1t has turn.
cd itself over to him on the implied
promise that It Is to be kept" II
has transferred Its affections from
such old-tlme sultors and steady pro-
yIders as Col. John McGraw and
thrown itB wanton arms about the
heayIng treasure chest of the Baron
of Bltumlnous. Even Senator WIZ
liam Equanlmous Chiffon who, by
virtue Of the loftiness and solitari-
ness of his official position should be
lender second to none, is tossing
in the waves Of C. Wayland's wake
there may be none to suceor
him with life line should he need
ope-none II 1t would interfere with
their own selfish business. 1t Is SAID
Still another reason for the inten-
sity Of interest here in the outcome
of the meeting to appoint the crew
for headquarters is Charles Cameron
Lewis. Jr., himself" Charles Cam
eron is a novelty, and the capital
contingent having just had the op-
portunIty to give him the once over,
is undecided just how to appraiso
| him and Ak his worth as directing
head of campaign which every
body expects Is going to be hunP
dinger. He is raw recruit In the
game Of politics, as raw in his IN
experience in that respect as politics
is claimed by lot Of people to be
raw In all other respects. he Is q
business man, and accused Of being
an efficiency expert. On the strength
Of that reputation which has been
given him 1t is expected that he will
undertake to apply efficiency methods
to his party's campaign. That Will
be a new thing for that party, and
dread thing doubtless to the leis.
urely personnel which has chRrac-
teriSed the Democratic headquarters
In West Virginia for many years up
to and including the outstanding
campaign administration Of the Hon
Stewart W. Walker in 1912. Eli
cheney is, however, nothing new to
the Republican party. 1t was given
It years ago by the late W. NJ. o.
Dawson, and carried to a high de-
gree of excellence by James s. LaSin
four years ago.
Important Position.
Among the positions to be filled
there is none, in view Of the way
campaigns are run now, more impor-
tant than the publicity department.
Advertising is a large part Of any
kind of campaign in these times,
and the man directing that departs
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