The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
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tiles of such bill at this session and
Is inclined to believe that the chair
man fayors 1T, as well rs a majority
of the committee. but it may be Ia
booed by the administration In the
line of economy. Mr.. Cooper Is IN,
terested in whether or not there VIII
be such a bill. because Of the fact that
he has introduced a bill to appropri-
ate S150,000 for government build
ing at Princeton. His colleage, Mt.
Littlepage. is likewise concerned IN
the matter, because OF the fact Una.
he has offered similar bill In beiiaii
of the town Of Lewisburg.
W. Taylor George, lawyer. pro-
moter, perspicacious politicians
visitor. and it Is suspected by his To-
cal friends that there IS some degree
of significance Of political charac-
ter connected with his presence IN
the capital. Mr.. George is going to
be a candidate for the Republican
nomination for Congress In the Sec.
ond district, providing that one GER
tain things happens. and that Is, that
Congressman Sutherland becomes
candidate for the nomination for
United States senator. Under the cir
cumstances. the ex-speaker OF the
House of Delegates would fain point
out TO Mr.. Sutherland and his coterie
of advisers that the water is fine ana
the opportunity as a rainbow. AS
matter of important historical fact,
Mr.. George would not only faln 90
this. but has done so. There are, at
the lowest estimate, it is said, a half
dozen other would-be congressman
from the Second district who feel the
same way about Mr.. sutherland's po-
litical future--au their own con-
spicuous among whom are, besides
Mr.. George. George NJ. Bowers, sena-
tor Foreman. of Grant county; Har-
mon, of Tucker county; Vernon
Johnson, of Morgan.
W. G. Brown, Of the Second con-
gressional district. has passed Up his
glbernatorial ambition and Is get
ting ready to run again for member
of the House of Representatives. Mr..
Brown announced that decision upon
his arrival here from his home at
Kingwood on Friday, where he has
been since the arrival Of his new
daughter, Miss Izetta Jewell Brown.
While he would like to have been the
nominee Of his party, Mr.. Browns at.
titude all along was that he would
not make a contest for it. II the
party wanted him to wage the battle,
he was willing. But, as stated by
Mr.. Brown to close friends, 1T
seemed that few men who at the
time appear to control the destinies
Of the party didn't want him." so he
will offer himself as candidate for
Congress once again. This leayes;two
gubernatorial probabilities on the
Democratic end Of the congressional
delegation-Neely and Ldttlepage.
The former, according to very recent
rumor, has about decided, as Brown
has. that the governorship nomlna-
tion is not for him, and he is fixing
UP his fences to run for the House Of
Representatives once more. This is
given. however, as only rumor. II
is said by Major Neely's friends that
should party sentiment swing to him
in force. he would be glad to lead
the fight at the head of the state
ticket. As to Representative Adam
B. Littlepage. there isn't the least
doubt but he would like nothing
better in the way OF party prefer
ment than the nomination for gov
ernor, unless II should be the nonil-
ntion for senator. Eut he confessed
himself that he is under pledge to
Senator Chiffon. but he is hampered
by no pledge as to the governorship.
However, If Chiffon is to be the sem
atorial nominee Of his party. the pol
iticians fail to he able to figure Lit
tlepage in the governorship race az
all. for the reason that 1t wouldn't
be at all probable that both nomina-
tions would 60 to the same city. Not
withstanding. the embarrassment oc-
casioned by the contact Of the ambi-
tions of these two leading Democrats,
the supporters Of Littlepage believe
that he has elements Of strength
which no other man talked of pos
sesses, in that they claim he would
carry the labor vote with him to
large extent, and that he would be
more likely to land the $1,000 So
cialist votes polled in 1912 for the
Democratic party than any other
man who has yet been mentioned.
Under the law, there will be no So
cialist ticket in West Virginia this
year.