The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-16
By CHARLES gsooKs SMITH.


N-NSiiA-rH TN - - otp''
political r"juv"nation VI John /. Nc !
raw al Llr. Democratic state commit
20 meeting a. i'Ar".fSnuE tnc l'ist
r ti' WEEK Is thr prime '"p'c "l''""7
he Nest Virginia politicians mere III
his writing. White ii Was l. neat pa!
Tor party harmony. md th"S" making II )
md n" D"tuU"ratIc Inrty HS"!i; II -
agreed all around. certainty ur'd IL ~ !
Iu@tInt'd dU$yS. quit HSid" from Ia'
rSan boundaries cY"rEh"dE - Pi"AS'"
hat the necessities 81 th" situation re.
luir"d the h":-luwal Of his old "tticc OF
committeeman upon 'iIc IL!
fable aId abb. hrii.Ihul ana rlnq""ht' /
THAT II he hears it for has friends
in all parties and all crerds, who know
the tough luck he has played III IN re- ,
cent yc;us and who's" admir;iloh tor
tntu has been non" the i"sS. and who's"
sympathy has been genuine. They re-
and while tn" party plight :thd
present urgent needs required this flne
OF him. II ~ none the ieSS
tribute To one Of the states brightest
There is II" partisan reStraint i'll the
hope in the hearts Of his Republican
friends that his star Will shine again
as brightly as it ever did. con more ST..
The politicians look upon the retire
nent OF Col. Watson from the national
committee in favor Of his predecessor
on that committees. Co. Mctiraw. as IL
very advantageous trade TOR the Scna-
torial nominee. The place goes Ia Il
fricn1 yhuu,. nrrsonal influence. over Il
very considerable clc,ncut "r the party
no san. party rhad.r. would for a min
ute think of undertakings. TIL" job is
worth little to Watson Il hi loses III
November, and should Il" win Nv could
NOT hold il any way without mourning
here and there IN the party. In = WAY.
too. it was reaching the soft glove 10
Senator Chiffon auG his faction. VIII"
arc still forced to "lI thor meals from
what that imp"riouS leader trims Il
"mlshap." The transaction WAS mao"
to look to them liz" their oitSprInS' IN"
agitation for the resignation ~ "
Watson and the substitution 81 ',nl;
NTcGraw started in th";: camp. duly and
rIrv"riy inspirrIl: Chiffon presented
W'atsurl'S resignation. h" nominated
MEG raw, and Col. WltSun'S committee
it certainly is--unlnlmously accepted
the resignation and unanimously elect
I'D Col. MrGraw. Whoever framed up
the program ami carried it out deserves
I. medal for hiEh-',lass work. Indeed:
take it by and large. III" politicians all
admit the kid is clever
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What the Democratic leaders are sa.ia
figures from tho primary: there IS no
sleeping for them when the ghosts Oh
They can't figure it out III any arr"S
abl" way why il was with the o'jiT
fractional fight they had and tho coolies
of money expended. both oil WhlCh
should have operated 10 bring out IN"
full Democratic PARTY vote. that their
total vote was @l.QOn less than the tola'
vote of the Republicans. who had no
Gi,rh frr nnHNlnnttun
had and made no campaign calculated
TO bring out large vote. Thcn thcFr
is the further depressing mathcmatIcal
fact that III" successful 1trpuollcan as
rirant. Major DAVIS EiklnS: r"mn"l VI
under the wlrc with only l3 votes less
credited to him than Col. Watson re-
ccivod. and Elkins had three opponents
and Watson but one only. This matter
OF the astonishing disparity in the vote
cast ut the primary is something that
no Democratic leader is able TO explain
away to the pcac" Of his mind. They
hay cr't any explanation to lniLke Tor lt
nor excuse to- off"r: IT'S clear hryoho
thrn- and ChillS them like IN ice pack
low themselves to get gay and ardent
and unnecessarily optimistic. The Re-
publican view Of these figures is that.
criSply speaking. they make up the
handwriting on the wall: that they
forecast what Ia going to happen in
November; that the disparity in the
vote Of the two parties then will APP
uroxira;c what il was on August 9th.
Moreover, in addition to the foregoing
figures and fact. tho Democratic lead
ers nj present in the saddle arc by no
means sancuine that the chiffon fac
ton will line up promise or no promise
to do so. That outfit just now Is re-
rardrd with suspicion and viewed with
The well known alarm Surface indica-
,ia,. r,,,. ho brouoh, around 70 look a II
right hut MANY a smooth surface in
rniitics has been known To cover 4
rou,,b underncuth. lust now coaxing
and sucarlnE the defeated faction is. in
m. yyorrls Of our esteemed BunEtown
CORRESPONDENT. The order Of the day
Iriih Inc Watson high command. Still
another troublous matter was vouchcd
for To the correspondent by a leading
Democrat Of statewide prominence wh"
IL here this week 1t has to do with
the state of mind of the conservative"
is a inCst important factor Of the
cIcctnratn and il IS one which has its
own opinions. kceps them to itself for
Tho most part. and votes in accordance
.ritb ,ts stnunch convictions Intelligent
w. Forn,.J PIKE Great danger to our
n,rtr in Iycsr Virriuia rhis year" said
-. 1..Ior NJ his Marry and one that l
harc r,ndcrIokrn 10 irnurrss upon the
,t,;,ds nT our can,paiL1 MANAGERS so
thn; they may undertake. to grapple
v,ith IL Is that the conservative mind 8
~ many .Wrst Virginia business men
40 ~. M ,nrnns in opproval with what
,L.. ',.nnsidnr tho Tendency toward an
,I,',,,rnI ,t.,tc Of Socialism of our
,i 49, ~ Ip,.bir,-to,, For , time,
m.i,i' ~. tbGnrhT thai much of il was
,',,,nesnr,, 10 ,Sin,inr tho war organiZ-
a.. ~. c,,Int-y fnr wor and that IN The
'.S stogcs Of orrannation il could be