The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-21
REPUBLICANS WILL TURN DOWN
OVERTURES FROM THE DEMOCRATS

Special Dispatch In The 1ntclligcnccr.
WASHINGTON. ID. c., May 10
The sentiment OF Republicans here OF
West Virginia citizenship and party &C
tiviIy is that no attention will be taken
of the Democratic committee resolu'
tons in regard 10 an agreement he
tween the two parties on CongreSSlon-
al candidates b. their party organlZa-
tons. because of the fact that the
resolutions do not mean what they
purpor1 on their face 10 mean, and d
report of their discussion and Tho
statements of some Of the members Of
the subcommittee that they would
agree to nothing as TO Congressman
Bowers, of the Second, ana woodward.
of rho Fourth.
Stale Chairman Joseph H. Gaines
may dismiss the whole inSincrre and
deceitful matter with one Of his char
acteristic letters" said we'll known
Republican State leader to-day. but
if he doesn't. think il will be treated
with the silent contempt it deserves
The opinion appears 10 pretty large
~ prevail here that il would be use
less 10 call meeting OF the RepubI1-
can State Committee, and if that were
the only business 10 b" considered. It
would be doubtful if the members
would 20 10 the expense and trouble
Of responding 20 the call. The Park
ersburg fiaSco furnished all the proof
required TO the Republican leaders.
most. of whom believed all along the
Democratic talk of non-partisaniSm'
was anything else bur an expression OF
truthful feelings and intention. that
the Democratic leaders are not big,
broad and patriotic enough to put thei:
lofty preachment into practice. They
are OF the firm belief that tho move
ment, which began with the Democrats
themselves. ended with them AT their
State committee meeting al Parkers-
burg The general frame Of mind Of
the Republican leaders as to that meet
ing is that it was as good as a farce
comedy. They are laughing over it
| and poking fun at il.
Two Returned Disappointed.
Franklin Disappointed w"r" Congress
man Nicely and !.Ittl"pagr when they ar
rived hack from IN" meeting and thu pri-
Vatcly :uld their friends that they were.
More than that even. they were dis
EuStcd. Tn" only two Democrats in tho
delegation. tho only TWO who have proved
! that they could win. WIRE honestly in
favor of making a SINGER and nprn-and-
above hoard proposition ln the Rcpuhli-
can organization 10 return the present
house delegation unopHnscd. They
worked anu used their influence 10 have
, thai done. not So much that il would per
sonATly relieve them from tho necessity
Of making n costly campaign and a hard
tight against an adverse Republican ma
jority. hut because they wer" by no
means $angunr that they can win again.
As a matter Of fact they are very fear
ful that they can't. Neither had much
ON lead when he wont out in the last
campaign. Only factinnal chaos result
ing in five Republican tickets in Faycttr
county In 1915 nabIcd Littlcragc I"
pull through. MI Li,tlepasc knows II
others outside his district do not. hut
who were very active in making the
ParknrshurE meeting a farce. that there
arr no Republican factional troubles in
Fayettc county now. The lighting fac
tons have buried the tomahawk and got
ten together, declaring in nm outSpokcn
way. that they propose 10 put Fayette
. county over tho top next November with
an old time Republican majority. That
means that Fay"tte will give from $500
To $500 majority against LittlepaEc. and
that means. if It means anything. that
LittlepaSe will not succeed himself.
Similar unfavorablc conditions for
Nicely. but not so pronounced. perhaps.
rs the citation Of Farcttc conditions,
prevail in the First district. Nenly was
elected the last time by only few
/ hundred votes. having a smaller ma
| jor,ty even than Littlcpagc. Other
Democrats may be fooled by their optim-
ism as To the situation in the First dis
trict hut Mansfield NJ. Nicely isn't. n"
! knows that, AT heart. his district is
strongly Republican and that with such