The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-19
REPUBLICANS ARE
CERTAIN V|CTOR5.
fCharles Brooks smith,


i (Charles Brooks smith,
| WASH NGTON. II. G., sep; ,S -
| striking development If the niScuSS!n"
! uf the political situation IN west w
r,nin is tie talk that Their" mr." many
Sirns and porrrnts in the First ana
/ sixth districts indicatir' ~ inc u''e
/ lion Of TN. PICTURESQUE" Phtr"tlE 'ftl,s ~
| A. Mansfield Nicely aad Adahi p''Mn
I li,tlcpagr from The payroll thtl tnc
| observation-disclosures "t the House ~ ~
! ,,.srntutiyrs will compose for the SlN-
,y-sixih congress. With tuclicSs'
| firclrss winter coming On this Will nc
! sad and Shiv"ry news /" IN" Ecn1lcn'en
! m"nti"nd.
! From reports filtrrIns through INC
lines uf their RESPECTIVE" SallcnlS' u ~
/ ,.nrs that that Rcpul;i,can faction that
: LnrnI,trrr wandered off the rcS"rTa-
. non and hclrcd them IL stick III me
! House. IS Ilnins for tho old FANNY
! hrurthstnn". the singing tea kettlE anu
! IN fattcd cali . 1T is not only wanoer
! ing back h"rn". hut iS sHch; Eau ,i ,o
| ,hr homecoming feast and the pr"nlEal
| snus' celebration. Without their hrlp
Inns year il is the nature Of things lhat
| nrc cold and practical in politics 10 en-
| IcrI MrSSrs. Nicely ana ltIttlcpasc W
! Join. in dli" season next N"tsillu'I anu
! Inn hny.. t,aSS..d into tho night. on their
WAY down To the Sc;l.
from the evidence that is coming IN
! the prnla.uriat and sans culIotte IN mo
! l. lrsi and Sixth ar" unrcSponSive I" inc
modest :trgdIn"nl "f this paid of palri-
uIs that their Projection is Il nccrSSlta-
tiuuS preliminary /" winning the war.
To That weird philosophy of the early
rnmrHign thuS" who DO the voting. II
SOS, mr.. prone To- give the CEnic smile
and fririd. incrrdulouS stare. M nuch
MS To say: Tell that 10 the Marines
! or "I:rnthcr takcth thou Inc TOT
! simp
TIL" National Security Leagues war
! vui. literature. which las been widely
! circulated may H.. anil probably ~
! largely responsible" for the cold r"c"p-
! ton OF the argument. ON thr r'gh; NIL
! ilnry preparation and war hiliS pcl"F"
! the SiXIy-fourth and slNty-liith con-
: crosses which thr league selects as OF
! paramount Importance Ia constitute lis
! test, MrssrS Ncr,y and l.ittlcpase MAKE
! n record that is a sorry one in the llSht
! Of their claims. Nicely voted wrong
the League says four times out OF the
/ eight and right the other four times.
! That is 10 say. his batting average IN
; the Patriots Twilight League was "V-do.
! Littl"pagrs record was "a shade better
! Il very delicate. faint shade he man
| uged To :rt right on four VI IN" nra7-
, urcs. wrong three lines and dcftiy SIDE
: stepped a vote on another. The Leagues
! Roll ri HuIu. on which are the names
! in gilt letters of thuS" representatives
/ who were right AL eight times. con
! lanS the maine "f forty-Scren and. marx
| W.. fnrty-twn Of them are k"ruhII"ars.
| ihh lis; being beaded hy our own "rEc
! Meade Towers and Edward Cooper. trr
! own Stuart FrlX Reed. not having ar
| rived in the House until the present
| Congress. hHd Az opportunity tn vote
| on only TWO Of tho eight measures par
| tiCulariZrd. hut he voted -:Sht on both.
! our own Harry Chapman woodward
| slipped up twice. according 10 til" I."a-
/ Gu"'s votc-chart As having the best
, poorest record on the eight measures.
! that honor goes To Mr.. Nicely. with Mr..
! l.ittlcragr so close behind him. that he
can feel the hot patriotic breath of his
painting colleaEu" from III" Sixth.
Tina, is probably one Of the things
gone uInin0uSly wrong in the Third and
sixth. where Republican leaders with
such Il unaulmit: of opinion as tn COM
p"l thG states politicians in the Capital
tn stop. look. listen and take II III all
seriousness. are predicting with Il tnrri
! that will brock doubt, that th"S"
! two districts are going "a swing BACK
| int" the Republican column with hang
! and Il thud this year. Hut there ar"
STIFF other things. John Guy Pritchard.
! If til" town Of fHIrmunt, whose judy
mon; un Il subject al this kind II" one
! who knows "f ar about him hut has
great respect for. is here {" say that lii"
First dsiric: Is GOING Ecpuhliranwar'
! under I'll" leadership uf III" eloquent.
rcsourr-rul and ,nd"falirabl" Charles !.
Schuck. MIR. Schurli has his campaign
we'll under way said .rri1Chard. lie
! has fired the Republicans with high
| hopes. He is 4 whirlwind of Il c1lh-
! paiEncr. and Z most "ffc"tlV" nnr. The
! party has rallied To HIM as il hasn't raj
/ lied 10 Il candidat" sine" the days OF
, Cant. Duvrncr and col. William t. Huh .
bard. The First district is At heart Re
! publican Every Republican on the state
/ ticket tw" years AZ" carried ii Ivy large
! maturity. "" ar" confident even thus
carly that Mr.. SChuck will carry il this
year. He is L magnificent rampnigncr.
! our party hasn't enjoyed such fine
: prnscrptS fmr success in IN" First dis
| urict in ten years as il i confronted
! with now"