The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-18
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ginia, are not waiting for the In
auguration to MAKE known their
net ambitions to the members OF
Congress and to get busy to lay the
keel of their respective candida.
cies. Some have written In direct,
others have had friends write to
break the news, and others have
been mentioned in that connec-
ton" in the usual manner which is
a forecast OF aspirations to be for
mally announced and confessed in
due course Of time.
First, take the appointment OF a
successor to the late Judge A. G.
Dayton, to the bench OF the North
ern district: Here are the nane
iof some OF the iorerunners. actual
and tentative candidates-William
E. Baker, OF Elklns; Judge Frank
Nesbitt, Of Wheeling; Judge Ira
E, Robinson, OF Barbour county, and
Judge Frank Cox, Of MorgantoWn.
And there will be others.
For district attorney OF that
court. Judge Thomas A. Brown. OF
Parkersburg, and Charles j.
Schuck. Of Wheeling, r already
in the field.
For marshal OF the same court.
Howard Hastings and Harry Weiss,
of Wheeling, and John Deems, dep.
uty sheriff of Harrison county, are
said to be candidates.
A is anticipated in the
Southern district, ocCasioned either
by. the retirement or resignation o.
Judge B. F. Kellar. It is likely that
to create this vacancy, or what VIII
amount to the same thing, a spe'
cial law may have to be passed by
the Senate creating an associate
Judge there, the law to provide thot
the man appointed associate judge
shall receive the regular appoint
ment when Judge Kellar retlres.
Judge Kellar has been In poor
Health for several years. He has
served the requisite number OF
years on the bench to entitle him
TO retire, but has not arrived at the
requisite age when a Judge may re-
tire on full pay-70 years. Judge
Kellar is a poor man. He has given
the best OF his years and his talents
! to the government, and there Is a
} 6isposition to provide for him. This
: can be done by passing n special
, bill such as has been referred to,
and such q law, will be, 1t Is said,
, satisfactory to Judge Kellar, his
} family and his friends. Judge
, Pritchard has been holding his
court for him for some time, Judge
Kellar's health. being such hat he
has not been able to serve.
On the expectation that Judge
Kellar, at his own request, will be
l retired by act Of Congress, more
than likely to be passed at the SEES
4 sion of Congress converting next
/ month, there is much discussion
and considerable activity in con
nection with who may be likely to
succeed him. The names that
have thus far been most frequently
mentioned are Congressman Welt
GoodykoontZ, OF Williamson; Chas.
!, w. Dillon, Of Fayetteville; George
> w, McClintic, OF Charleston; Judge
George P~offenberger and Judge
: Harold Ritz, Of the State Supreme
court; Elliott N~OrthcOtt, OF Hunt
IS ington, and Fred Q. Blue OF Charles
r. ton.
For district attorney of that
s. court, Ira P. Hagar, OF Logan, is
an a~spirant, and for marshal OF
It the am court ]. Temp Akers, o!
t. Bluefield, and Frank II. Tyree, OF
r. Huntington, are spoken OF in such
h a way as to lead to the belief that
st they will file their applications.
D. For collector of Internal revenue,
s there are three formal or tentative
&C 1didates to date. They are, ex
1. Governor Albert 4. White and Sam
r. LOGAN, of Parkersburg, the latter
B. Republican chairman Of Wood
L county, and 2. A. (JacS) Frost, OF
Huntington. The name Of Lyle e.
l. Jones, a we'll known young banker
o and Republican worker of Parkers'
Il burg, who organized the West Vir'
e GINA motor caravan that drove to
g Marion, has been suggested by
r. friends in connection with this
aarne appointment, but it is not be
q lIeved that the idea Of aspiring to
that office has occurred to him,
70 There will undoubtedly be a long
a list of aspirants for this place, as
o It Is one OF the most attractive ap'
:. po;ntments to be given out.
4 John NJ. Crawford, OF Parkers'
y iru-g, a director Of the United
q States Chamber OF Commerce, Is
: here to attend q meeting Of the d.
y rectorate. G. A. Northcott, OF
= Huntington, accompanied by his
father.in.law, Mr.. Wilson, is in the
:. city and will go from here to Phil
=. adelphia where Mr.. Wilson will
consult an occulist. Howard Holt
\. editor and publisher of the Grafton
Sentinel, is another West Virginia
~ visitor. Thos. J.. Garrity, Of Park
n ersburg. is here attending the an
10 nral meeting Of the American Pc
n, troleum Institute.
Arvid o. Siler has been commits
"A stoned postmaster at Marfork, w,
a Va, and Michael F. Gill at Scott
dale, w. Va.
Senator sutherland's office an
nounces the granting Of q pension
d Of $50 month to Edward G. Davis
it OF Huntington, dating from June s,
a 1920; the filing OF a pension appli'
d casion for an increase for John q,
If Logan, OF Sherman, W. Va; and
8. 1.-THE filing of an application for q
pension for Joseph Stevens; q
d Wolf summit.