The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-21
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ganizatIuu has dropped It's pilot over
hoard. II you ar" hot SQu"amiSh as !"
mixed metaphors. Judge Th"inHS y.
Brown has. if You Ike, been canned,
sn"wu the gate. given IN" blade H"-
Jar"ut 10 the spinal column. ana ms
partner or partners III running the p"I'-
tics NJ Wood cIunty and a SiZcah'c bit
of Area Within the Fourth rrnEr"SSl"na!
IdIStrict .thutling thereon ana adjar"nt
thereto. hav" undertaken :" c!m'nat"
him ~ a ,uudidnlc Cor app' jutmcnt a.
United States attorney. WH"u "r "n'''
third vr the rest al tn" .tw"-tnirds Of
+ IN. Implicated partn"rsh,p'is involved
IN the undertaking To toss judge Brown
on the ash heap. IN" West Virginia
Delegation viii not hr ahlH to tc.. UnNl
the fog lftS.
Anyway. as Il harmonious tr,Patr;l
unit the Logan Erast- Brown faction .s
no longer for Judge Brown FOR district
atlvrncy The Brown part ur i is
that may he accepted as wholly auth"n-
IT,. Tho Brast end Of II. according :"
report received. - not, hut has
switched of Of the Brown color tn pay
that Of John Marshall The latter
wants to be nominated Judg" "r the
Northern district and, nUtwtthstand nS
that William L. Baker IS, aud has been
LOT StDlC lIIlli, NuIp'F'I ~ ~ '-'''N''
for that plum, MIR. Marshall his friends
say. hope, to re able 10 land IN" ar-
poyntmcnt. Just how H. has II figured
uui. !, sti.l another angir 81 the Wood
p. county mystery, but II - hunted that h,
thinks that l'rcSidCut Harding and A.
'urr'y Genera, Harry DauEhrri! VIII
favor him over Senator Elk'nS con".-
dalr. William l.. Bak"g. l. - fact
well known u ever! body tnol senator
Elkius Is pretty close 10 HnrIns ana
Daughtcrty himself. and il isn't Pu""-
toned hy anybody that n there = one
man whom ElkinS wants appointed
more than any other and expects to
see appointed that man Is iak"r.
While senator SuthCrlarSvS attitude to-
ward the Baker appointment was IN
doubt for some time, the general "pin-
ion among politicians recently IS thnt
he Will join his CUllcaEu" IN asking
Bakers appointment. 4 concession upon
mis- part which he expects 10 s"c r"-
ctprocatcd IN Other appointments where
his interest is greater.
Brown Ha Good Chance.
1t IS figured out here that III" idea
out in Wood county - 10 eliminate
Judge Brown as a benefit /" MIR. Mar
shall Their candidates. conflict, II -
agreed. Still, II IS pointed out. that
leaves Samuel Logan, another Of IN"
trio. still in. the race for collector 81
internal revenue, and former Governor
\. Il. White as well. But White - not
a member Of the ogan-EraSt-bruwn
combination, although he never got
himself in tho attitude Of openly tight
Ing it's control OF tho party machinery.
Whether Logan has turned against
Judge Brown hasn't been satisfactorily
2 -. IN- dor y
eating the case.
I'D till t-is reported breakup, Judge
Brown. appeared TO have clear sailing
for the district attorneyshIp. II was
apparent 10 al! obscrN crS that h. lad
the inside track with both senator's. and
Congressman woodward was standing
BY putting III good NckS '"r MN ever
and anon. brown was 20 (all appear
anccs 4 100 to | shot and hc is still!
favcritc but, on account Of the report
; cd trouble At ParkCrsOurC, odds on him
have necessarily somewhat dw!ndlcd.
An ugly night was started on him about
week ago. but II is said that u has
not affected the loyalty OF either Elkns
ror woodward to him. and that thcy Will
70 the limit for him.
Logan and white.
Former Ciorcrnor White and his
friends - tnc JonCs-t crawford ork-
Nitcshcw faction have never rUnSid-
cred judy" Browns candida! IN the
light If an CmharraSSm cnt 10 Governor
Whites candidacy, as they hay" L'-
gan'N ambition TO be named collector.
Their argument was that IN" dlslri"t}
A,torncvShip concerned only half ui tho
state white the CollcCtorsnlH - u stat"
Office and appointment IN rho FULLEST
sense Mr.. LoGans supporters say
that II their candidate IS defeated they
dun't want him beaten by White. They
are leaning heavily on Senator Suthrr-
! lands reported opposition tu White
being appointed 10 this particular, posi-.
tom although hc"is said to- not hclnS
aversc TO endorsing White for 4 Joh
with the federal government "utSld" Of
the state roster. And whatever har-
pens, tho Joncs-C rawford " DIRK Hlt"-
show faction is getting ready ~ scrap
the Logan Bra Brown faction LOW IN
control Of the county organization. and
tax. over the party works Themselves
for tho good Of the part. they pa
/ tr!otiCally assert.
From which II may be inferred tina
war has broken out among th' 'mIn"nt
| Republican leaders. statesmen. Jur'st<,
I organizers and he"lers in tn" county 81
/ Wood. And II may be inferred, JUDGED
:
I Washington are having ~ " swcats and
nightmares because Of the rUcus.
May All Lose Out.
! There is bare possibility. although
! lust now not considered u probability.
! that wheh rhe patropagc slalcJs finally
! written and held UP TO the pubic gaze,
/ Wood county will not he found TO b"
represented thereon. The powers that
be might possibly decide 10 stay away
from that local battle field and '"' III"
tnreat-cutting and bloVd-lett'mG pro-
! coed TO a logical finish. II such should
be the conclusion Of the complicated.
vague and mysterious conflict that has
started there. this would he tn" nSt OF
also rams on tho memorial tablet that
! some time Wood CountIunS might erect
to tho sacred memory Of party anc"S-
; tors:
Albert Rlakcslce White.
/ Samuel Logan.
Thomas Abraham Brown.