The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-17
P||'[|.EN1YOF RUNORS
ABOUT POLITICS.;
NOTHING NEW YET.
Believed Big Bosses Have
Scored Another Failure
Among Candidates. J

III day SATURDAY anu S.tS .,,,,oru
Mr. hereabout was filled with rlmors
that there was going TO be Q punms sr
0ris the Democratic side, but up W 1 Aon !.
today not q thing had happened, anH ~ ~
beean to be suspected along .ae
i,olitical rialto that nothing was golns
j Ia happen. Nevertheless there are s
many little circumstances WnGn
zfrangthen the belief that the D!s
eljoases tried to make sometnlng nap
7 l,s,i only to find out when tney at'
fampted to put 1t across tnat tne can
s sdidSfe who was selected for the Sacrl-
fica could not see 1t that way. Ine
Z mott Interesting part OF tnls unoel.
stalf1ng Hes In the fact that TINS Is tne
Sesond failure of the bosses TO get tns
esSddidates to roll over and play deao
! 'atyWofd of command.
y But although the bosses could not
{ Nef the candidates to fall In with tnelf
0Tn schemes they doubtless will be
s ti;la TO get better results from the
thenehmen who will control the party
smSchinary on primary day, and 1t Is
D 1l6aEty safe to say right now that the
ijsnccratic ticket will include Mapel
5{fp aheriff. Martin for clerk OF the
4 sc6unty court and Musgraye for prose
!. H1tor.
That q one man for each. Of the big
h6sSes. and It was upon that basis that
iilsE ATTEMPTED to scare Hamilton out
"a fke shrieyalty contest and later
ftiai to have one of the candidates
f0fs sprosecutor drop out, with, up 70
lie fine this Is written, no more sue
Hes1s than attended the Hamilton ef'
Vhen It was first no.sed abroad
Saturday that there was prospect
2 fhkf there would be some designations
6Ssfhe Democratic side before the tick
Is for the primary election were made
~ e was assumed quite generally that
he man who would be dropped would
ieS Rose. He was put into the race by
Tusca Morris, and it was known that
"a dealing with Cal Conaway and
7Ghariie Powell for the final make up
6f the ticket Morris would have to
make snp his mind whether he woulu
rather have Martin for clerk or Rose
for PROSECUTOR. Inasmuch as his sphere
6f Influence In the politico.bustness
e6imbination which has been running
ne county for number OF years
4 Sihhk hkes the sclerkship important to him
yhiie control Of the office OF prose.
IIitor IS almost essential to the con
tiniiod polit tical importance Of PoweIl
ID was assumed that they would not bs
|5,Sf III agreeing on Martin ana Mus
I sfaYe.s
Gonaway has already been taken
care OF In the agreement OF all three
Tint Mapel Is to be the candidate for
Z HERTZ Conway has had the sheriff 8
dice under his thumb for quite long
fms and he has managed 1t so sue.
fully that there is not the least
flifgestion on the part Of the other
members of the Triumyirate Of max
) sng q change. Any one for sheriff who
kadGfief Cal is certain to satisfy
.EisSca and Charlie. Everybody knows
that. Also everybody knows that Ca:
I,r6ught Mapel out after the other two
Candidates had announced them
eSeIves
Another thing that made the wise
ones figure that Morris would have 70
& drop Rose was the story, very general
4 ~ Believed In all political camps that
: Miller, the third Democratic candidate
torS the prosecutor nomination, has q
th1nEand dollar mortgage on the noml
6ftion. Under the circumstances he
probably would demand that some one
i've him back his thousand before he
would consider retiring.
Today Rose who has been quite III
&id confined to his home on the East
sti6e, Is about and is pushing his can.
ilfdRcy to the utmost among the Demo.
lrsts he meets. Miller, also, was busy
~ 9 bee today and his friends were
B 5pf the opinion that his stock Is looking
up. The ballots must be made up 10
day and II there Is to be any pulling
viii have to be before the day is