The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-22
Democratic Campaign Plans
Cause a Growl From
the Faithful.
WATSON WHOLE THING
And the County Chairmen
Were Given Cheering
Information,

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 22.-
There Is an angry growl heard here
awoof!-just like that-originating in
the Democratic camp, the which Is
composed Of patriots Of the pap.priv!.
tliged class. The reason for said growl
Is that they are far from being salts
fed with what was done at the state
committee meeting held in Parkers.
burg few days since. Some Of the
growlers attended that meeting. and
some OF them hung around and about
the rayeled skirts Of 1t unable to find
an open sesame, or a push.button, or
a countersign which would admit them
to the inner side to glimpse the work.
ings OF the new ritual of the party as
prescribed by National Committeeman
g. Waylind Watson. What makes the
igrowl all the angrier, hayhaps, is that
this last pow.wow developed that some
of the old reliable headquarters hang.
ers.on, got the cold, cruel congo. as
they say in Paris, (Ky.), hung on 'em.
Which being Interpreted in the light
of the bright lexicon of George Ade
means that they had the tins tied to
their tails and will not be around head.
quarters hanging on this year, not
Swithstanding the plan to have half.
dozen headquarters. more or less.
And that Is one Of the troubles. too,
which makes for the growl stun which
has been referred to. Mixing up the
metaphor, and scrambling the old IA.
7miliar cook.and.broth proyerh, the dis.
3contended and unhappy conplainants
arise to proclaim that too many head.
quarters are going to spoil the cam.
paign. With the nominal headquarters
in Parkersburg, and annexes, SOCIAL
ed, at Clarksburg, Charleston and
sFairmont, with heads of important
departments and their aides and un.
derlings scattered about the state clut.
tering up the beautiful landscapel
the Washington critics claim to see
nothing but lack Of cohesive organiza.
gtion, conflict and chaos. They assert
that compact, workable, consistent
and harmonious organization cannot
be effected along these widely diffuse
lines, and that II this is the best that
the widely proclaimed business eftlci.
lency ideas of State Chairman Lewis
I can do, there had better be stop put
to such.a-business before the calf's
eyes get glazed. They are mad over
Il, and mean In their remarks. Why.
they 60 so far as to say that the rea-
son for this multiplicity Of headQuar.
ters Is that the officers who are to run
the campaign established them right
4 and left because they didn't want to
make the sacrifice Of being away from
their respective homes In behalf Of
( the party's success. Hence, headquar-
GERS at Charleston for Chairman Lew.
Isl; headquarters at Clarksburg for the
Secretary, who resides hard by at
Sutton, and for the new publicity dis.
semist or, Jimmy Weir, whose resi-.
dence Is at Elkins: headquarters at
IParkersburg because the committee,
In the beginning thought best to have
the main and only headquarters there;
and headquarters at Fairmont for Ma.
tional Committeeman Watson. to pro.
vide managerial berth for Editor Earl
Smith, and to help out Major Neely
whom Tom Parks Fleming has already
begun to make all kinds Of trouble
for. How this layout is going to be
coupled up close enough to co.ordln.
ate and cooperate is matter that a
lot Of Democrats, who are finding fault
with the arrangements, cannot see
don't get at all.
II there were any doubters who
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