The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-13
OF
WEST w. s FOUR
HAS CREATED ALARM OF MANY
AND THE SELF-APPorNTED
e. o. P. RULERS.
woodward, Reed. Cooper and Bowers
Determined to Secure States's'
Recognition.
Special nIsnairh to tho ln,el!::nncer.
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WASHINGTON. j. T.. Feb. 1.-THE
Republican members Of the West Fir-
g!nia delcgati"" in the house branch are
insurEinE. They started lIt,lr rcvolu-
ton on their own hook last wrck which
has grown 10 IL larger size than the one
which Augustus Peabody Gardner, OF
massachusetts, inuuguratcd several
weeks ago. and which was short lived
hcCaMSo OF cAmprcmIsr Effected With
the Bay State congressman. The West
Virginia insurgency. Il ls sntd. now has
fourteen recruits and the party organ
i2atinn scared and reaching for the olive
branch.
The trouble broke out when com
mlttec Of twcniy-Scvcn members ~ tho
party In The house waS appointed In
party CAUCUS TO consider oil matters per
tanning Ia the organization OF the next
house and 10 the members thereof.
There VAS no representation given 10
the Republican party In West Virginia.
from that state showed signs of hctaE-
ing themselves off the purity reservation.
Thor feeling against The Mann organic
alton and leadership had been growing
more and more 7"srntful long prior 70
n" act which caused the open. break.
Grievances against the treatment of the
party i'll West Virginia. whose repre-
Scntatir"S they consider themselves %
hc in tn" house. had trnrn TGcunuiatinG
from week to week, aud when they were
tho next nous" i found them in temper
20 break OF diplomatic rotations, rs il
w"rr. wlth the Hon. Jim Mann nnd his
cohorts.
II is Il sure enough break. and the
Guartrtt" Of ronGrrSsmrn have served
notice that they arc off the party rcser-
Walton. and that they arc going 10 STAY
OF. Thcy have told their colleagues thai
they are not going 10 support Mann for
speaker or bind themselves To uphold
any program. in whole or in part. which
Is suggested by tho combination which
has Sol ont tn organize III" next mouse.
They are very outspnkCn about ,it. and
arc about IA indcuendcn; an outf%ot in
surCrnts shat have Insurg"d in the
house for som" time What has alarmed
tho Mann organization NOR" than any
thing else is that tho West NirGiniAnS
have received number Of volunteers
such rs Langley. of Kentucky: Cooper.
Of Ohio, md Powers. Of Kentucky. until
the numerical strength Of The. rcvolu-
tionary movement has reached fourteen
or moro members.
The trouble has been taken cncnizancc
Of by Loader Mann and his colleagues.
Mann has suddenly become very friend
ly. arablc and ohlicing in his manner
toward tho West Nirginians and their
allies but they hay" received this
changed drmnanor on his part with cold
ness. II has been admitted hE members
on the organization committee that tho
Republican party in West Virginia. ms
hcrn unfairly treated. lIut IncTn nave
been no ovcrturnS made for peace up
til this time And Just nj this time tho
WcSl NirEninns ar" in no franc o!
mind To listen 10 any. They arc mad
clean through.
1t is freely admitted that III" West
Virginians have il jnSt cause for COM
plant West Virginia Ia the nnly stat"
which was carried by hughes that isn't
represented on the organization COM
mittre. States which didn't 80 for the
Republican Ticket ar" represented on
the committee. several az such states
having two members on the committee.
Tn" other members who have lined up
with the West Nirglnians have first onc
grievance and then another against the
powers running, or trying To. the Re-
publican membership H. nc house.
Bowers. woodward and Cooper. who
will he members Of tho next house have
pledged themselves. 10 stand together.
Like the allies agreement. their pact
provides that there shall be no separate
peace n"Gotintd. II Is one for all and
all for one. they say. They count on
Stuart +. Reed Joining them when no
takes his seat in the next house. They
''claIm to haze the sympathy and ap-
prevail nf Congressman Sutherland, vino
cca Sos to b. = member of thr lower
branch nf congress on March 4.
The revolt OF the West Nircinians.
and the rupidity with which volunteers
have lined mp with them. Inns caused q
stir in the hnUs" ana almost cOnstcrna-
ton on tho party o. Minority Leader
Mann and the members. OF his exclusive
On hinpt