The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-16
Events Of Washington. D. c.,
Arc Reported ny TeIegrarl's
Correspondent There.
tsPreIAI 70 T4E TELEoRAh1
fRY EI1arIcS Rrnnl;S Smith,

have been an unusually large number
OF politician visitors in the capitol
from West Virginia this week. Demo-
Gratis prcdnmianting and ranging all
Hle way in party Importance from
State Chairman Snayer to that nre-
cinct dynamic force who would well
come a 5000 a year elevator running
Job rs q mighty good thing, In con-
"a sequence. there is many q rumor atioat
AMI much interesting pOliticaI gossip.
going the rounds. "A foundation for
truth for some of 1t can be unearthed.
In this class goes the oft-heard dec
Iarattcn that James w. Weir, the Ran
Gnlph legislator ard editor, is to he
the next speaker Of the House Of Dele
tsiiIes. That seems now 60 be def.
Ititely settled matter. and that Weir
has been decided on by National Com
mitteerian Clarence E. Watson as the
man to WELD the gavc1 over the lover
branch of the legislature which con-
venes in January Is questioned here
ahouts. On the slate with Weir is Rob-
ert L. Hamilton. He is to succeed John
Guy Pritchard as clerk of the House.
Weir was secretary to Watson in his
brief tenure as a United States sona-
tnr md Hamilton served in virtually
that capacity for State Chairman Shaw
er in the recent campaign. Tt is the
common report here that Shaver an
nounced that Hamilton would be clerk
during his visit here this week.
Several weeks ago it was pr1nten
as a rurnor in this newspaper thai
Hamilton would be offered the private
secTctaryshfp by John ]. Cornwe11. It
now develops thar either Weir or Ham
iltnn Will get that place with Weir
holding the first option on it. 1t is
said that he is undecided about 1T. and
that should he decline to give up his.
business at I[ll1ins and move to.
Charleston, Hamilton will be decidedly
willing to swap Grantsville for
Charleston as place Of residence.
Both Of these young men own news
papers in their home towns.
Who is to pound the block in the
state senate is question TO which
interest is locally lent by the presence
in The city of Senator Ben A. Rosen-
bloom, Of Wheeling. He is. tai candidate
and il is in the interest Of that which
brings him to Washington at this
tiine. He is not overlooking the fact
that the Republican members of Con-
gress have an influence which will
count il they apply it to the politics Of
the forthcoming legislature session,
especially might some or all Of them
tale a hand in the organization. Con-
gressnan- Edward Cooper. for one, is
known to have been a very potentias
factor in corraling the votes which
made Governor Hatfield's last special
session a. success from the Republican
standpoint Senator Rnsenbloona, long
an opponent of the Hatfield programs,
supported the last one. His candidacy,
he told friends here, is based on two
points of strategy: % He is candi-
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desire to forget the past and dwell in
sweet harmony in the future; and t2)
a fusion" candidate, who Will stay
out Of the Republican caucus, hoping
to keep his Republican supporters ont
also. and win the support OF the Demo
Gratis. OF. enough of tn EN- to enable him.
to realize his ambition. The fact that.
he was an out-and-out worker for
CornNrell in the recent campaign, he
says. should not be held against him.
as there were many more just like.
him. Butif it won't be forgotten, 1t
oughn't to hurt him any with the
Democrats as a fusion candidate. Be-
yond this Immediate program. Senator
Rosenbloom says that he will again
BE a candidate for the Republican nom
ination for United States senator in
1918 on a"wef platform. He declares.
that he he expects to start into that
ceived in the primary last June and
pick up that many more, which. he
claims. should nominate him In a field
of three, and if there are more than
that nunber in the running his nomi-
nation will be q dead sure thing.
While Senator Chilton's talk OF con
testing the election of Sutherland has
all the politicians here guessing, it
hasn't got them worrying. They do
not think lie means it. Plainly put,
bluff1nE But " by, is another story.
Nobody knows why. Contrary to fr-#
responsible publications. Senator Chill
ton has given no formal notice Of con-
test He has thirty days in which to
do that after certi1cation of Suther-
lands eleetionais made. and that hasn't
been done. Senator Chiffon is telling
friends here that his opponent has
only $500 more votes on the face Of
the returns than he (Chtlton) re-
cefyed. MIR. Sutherland figures his ma
iority in the neighborhood Of $500.
Fardaman. Of Mississippi. is the chair
man Of the committee which would
handle the contest should Chiffon fn-
stitute one. The two have held many
conferences, but what is doing is more
than the average West Virginia poll
$Ltclan mere mas bcen4 apleS 10 inquire out.
Senator Chiffon denies that any of#hfs
friends have advised him not to con-
test, but comedies that some Demo-
Gratis In the northern end OF the state.
the returns from whose counties prove
to him that they are not what rear
friends should be. have gone onsrccord
against him contrasting Sutherland's.
election.
which makes5a reference to an eylst-
1ngisoreness between the Chi1tonese on
one side and the Watsonites on the.
other appropriate. There is bad.
feeling between the factions, the rorl
mer feeling TINT something was done
TO Senator Chiffon In the northern
counties controlled by Watson which
directly caused his defeat. That was
hesreason-a fact which has Just be-
come known-that Senator Chiffon
personally lohbted at Charleston In
favor of the Hatfield olution to in
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