The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-11
SUTHERLAND s
BOOM GAINS
CAN HAVE THE STATE
If HE SAYS WORD
Senator Declines to Commit
HimselfAs anAvowcdPresi-
dental Candidate

Special To Inc lntCil.pt lCrE.
WASHINGrON. -. G.. Dec lO.-The
large dclcgat.un of R"puhiican party
leaders from West Virginia who came
here incidentally ~ attend the national
committee meeting uf their party. Dut
principally 10 talk about the make up OF
the nCyt stat ticket and tn cuntcr with
one another on the nomination for gov
crUor. are heading for their homes on
all outgoing trains tonight. They are
carrying home with them some hiEh
hHpcS and fnc cnihusiasms for Il great
Republican victory next year. They
anticipated IN an affair in ercrywaF
calculated IL INSPIRE them W tn such
feelings. They are also carrying homo
with them rwo other fairly sounG con-
victions. They are ~ thai the noih!-
nation for the EuvcrnShip lies between
Judge T.. f. Morgan of Fairmont, ana
Tul. Fred Paul GrnsScup Of Charleston
and CO thai the boom "f senator How
ard Sutherland for tho presidential
nomination Is If such serious charaC-
tor as TO DO ClasScd IN Washington IN
the group Of "f4yorilc sons. which en-
braces all cardidatrs--N Wood. Hard:hs
Watson. Luwd"n. Coolidge, Sproul. Pom
dexter ard Johnson.
They came INTO personal contact for
the first time with the Sui hcriand Doom,
and found II lrmly established, nat!on-
ally advertised. and very real. indeed.
They saw his picture in The newspapers
of Washington and other Eastern cities.
and read Of his boom in the press dls,
patches 10 these papers. Thcy found
literature booming him in the hotels,
and We're made to realize that the little
group Of s"if-appont"d Sutherland
boomers NJ Wheeling had gone irrth"r
with their scheme and acCompl: shcu
more than ujnc out of ten of the West
VirrinIans had any idea of. and Suthe.-
land himself IN this connection. had ap,
nrcciativc words for the loyalty and
energy and his Wheeling friends.
He did not ask for the state delega-
tion but leaders said that he would get
il If he wanted il or If ii were need.
cd. He did not attend the meetings OF
the national committee but remained at
the capitol. spending most OF his time
at committee work.
publication. he declined. He did say
that nc had pa id no attention 10 lhe
boom that was launched for him, ana OF
hy the Sutherland Alliance at Wheeling:
He said that he had never encouraged
It. nor had he paid any attention 10 II,
nor had he been consulted ABOUT ~.
hut he had no fault 20 tind win ms
friends for what they 5ad done und were
The following statement was issued
tonight by tho Sutherland Alliance or
West Virginia and the Sutherland Al
lance of Pennsylvania:
'Tbo sutherland Alliance Of Penn
sylvania and West Virginia is at pres
cnt represented in Washington by a
delegation whose purpose Is TO QucS-
ton people from various states as ~
sentiment tCward SuCh man as S"n-
ator Howard Sutherland. oil west VIZ
Einia. for president.
After Intervening n great many OF
the delegates and visitors, tho members
Of tho Sutherland Alliance tind that Inc
senator is 'all wool and "a yard wide
US the MissouriNus cXprcssit
"It is generally conceded that the
oT a.. RcpnblI IcnD marty in 1870
will depend upon. tn" nomination or a
man of tho Sutherland standard AS a
hCadl;nCr for tho G.. O. p. ticket.
"rThe candidacy Of Senator SuthGr-
land. should IL become n fact. Will he
upon call from the people, and he
iS not Inclined to Seek the nomination
upon the advice Of a few friends. but
will at tn" proper time yield To tht
growing sentiment that the Sutherland
alliances and his best Of friends ara
creating in his favor.
The senator has. in all his career IN
congress. taken his cundidncy straiGh.
to the people. and the Suuthrrlnnd Al
lance is determined To shape It's course
according TO this precedent in bringing
him out az "A candidate for the month";
alton.
Tho Sutherland for President club or
tho United States. VIII h., formed with IL
a few days to take up the work through
ont the nation and the dir"ct-to- thc-prr- =
pie route will be- followed. The cam
paign will h" based on merit alone.
The prevailing sentiment in the ma
ton towards a business man--a man Of
the pcopl". who possesses the Qualifica-
lions OC Senator Sutherland and has
Legislative and financial experience. to-
grth"r with his CXpcricnc" as n bust.
moss man. would make hm strong
randidatc for tn" g.. O. Z. nomination
for president. and if nominated il is
hn, Ia, ,-ill ht, i