The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-17
DEMOCRATIC BOSSES NOT SHOWING
THEIR HANDS REGARDING CANDIDATES
Convention Saturday Night Will Not Be Embarrassed
From Any Lack of Perfectly Willing
Candidates >.
some OF THE NAMES THAT ARE mentioned
Believed That j. Walter Barnes Has Been Slated for
Gang Plank Because of the Nomination
of Zack Davis.

willing to serve their native city on
, the boa-d but just whether or not their
candidacy would meet with the fayof
Of the big building" Is not generally
! known. a Z.
Others whom street corner gcssips
are crediting with having ambiti lions.
looking toward the directorship are.
Carl Riggs, Attorney II. H. Rose, AT.
! torney A. H. Toothman Just how
much ground there is for the reports
has not been clearly shown. Rose
was assistant State Fuel administrt-
tor under City Commissioner Waiter
Barnes and Toothman has O Job a. tnss
come tax collector.
A rather funny circumstances, con-.
nected with the candidates mentioned
as desiring to serve their Constituents
on the board is that with few excep-
tions they are already officeholders Of
town, county, state or nation, and these
offices must be resigned II they are
to become members Of the board Of
directors. s
For instance Clyde Morris 10 Q mem
Der Of the Board of Education OF Fair
mont Independent school district ~,
w. Conway is serving the T!airmant
district as Justice Of the Peace: W..
d. Straight is state sealer Of weights
and measures: 8. B. Miller is road en-.
tgineer for. Grant district; Albert Kern
is a member OF the West vir4iniR state
legislature; A. II. Toothman has an
income tax job.
While the Jobs Of city clerk and city
commissioner automatically expire
with the election yet Kern and Barnes
are holders OF these Jobs also. Those
who are not tied up with OFFICES ere
Simon, Rose, Watson and Nusum.
Tusca Morris stated today that.
while he was not in position ~ az
vulge the names Of candidates which
would be put before the convention on
Saturday owing to the fact that he
had none at this time he went ssos Earl
as to state that the party he represent~
ed intended selecting big, progressiveI
men to fill the places on the Board Of
Directors Of the city. When asked
which Jobs they would attempt to nom
mate men to fill he said he did not
know. The matter was then brought
to his attention that before the Re
publican primary was held, party lead
ers Of the Democrats had said TINT
IuSy wore slttu6 UhCk Vk1Q M&1tlWH'
until the Republicans selected theirs
and then they would endeavor to ~
in "the gaps" with men who would fiji
acceptably to the city the Jobs tho Re
lpublicans were not fitted TO fill. 10
this he replied that they intended sO-
lecting men that were big enough and
brainy enough to fill with honor d,
themselves and the city as well any
position on the board Of directors.
Democratic party leaders also I'd.
mitted that there was likely to Be i
hot time" at the convention Saturday
but perhaps not more than usually de-.
veloped in a political ccnyentior
Street corner gossip is however 70 the
eIect that there are likely to CONS Stip
factional differences which win prob
ably considerably disturb the eu,il.
librium OF the convention and which
will be rather difficult to- quell. Al
any rate interest wakes keen In the
convention and its outcome and the
Democratic political pot may be said
to be right now at the boiling point and
is more than likely to boil over fsther
suddenly even before the mcrninK of
the convention dawns.