The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-02
BAKER WAY Be
Us. JUDGE Of
NORTHERN DIST.
CHARLES BROOKS snurH

Wash!n-tor. y. &, -. In the
event that the SNi passed cE me SCI"
ate providing for an associate D
3udSe in the southern West virginia
district. becomes - law. several m'H
have gotten themselves n line for "P
,po,ntmcnt. The most active az
.n-c-n.n NON, In The Geld are E.Iot
,S,rtbrntt Of Nuat.aCtou. George Nc
CHatc Of Charleston, and John r Dr.
.larS OF SlurN-,d. As she a.tuat'on' IS
NJ present. he concCn&uS Of opinion
bcrs - that when the appointment IS
rrane :; will 80 20 either Northcott or
acC,trtic Senator Howard Sutherland
IL 10 expected. VIII name ~" lucky
mar. an ais colleague. senator iaviS
E7hius will agree. This W.. be n the
aAtur~ - reciprocal transaction pc
,:wr>a nc two sen2 OTIS, 2S Senator NIX
IN whao .hs tine -onne for doing I.
- expected 70 me william +. S'1Ncr
~ Erkias :or tTdKc n The oorchern
district 20 rroeect ;hc late Judge Il G
,caySon in vhSch nomination Sena:"r
Sutherland ~ eIp>sc. sd 70 acdufcecc. NO
west YrEtptau m @aAhinGton who IS
in PoStttou 10 Sc informed CT he plum
distributing xttuatton has any doubt
CT Nj Raks~s appointment
RruTn &c Se Named
DeA1 fbtnE the patronage situation
Iux OF thA Utmost confidence .hac such
a thing win happen in duo course Of
time, .hR: Judge Thomas a. Brown
wtp Kot cxo cs the federal appoint
.psutR He IS candidate for district
a-ro=nAy IN the northern district. That
s. tina position hS wNnsS most and he
wifi probably receive t. But there -
also a :rosnb.lty that ae might be
switched TO another Job
Tho contest over the collectorship or
Internal revenue has gotten into such
spaoe that neither OF rhe TWO main con-
teraers. form~r Governor \. Z. White
,.ad Sarnpel Logan both OF PHrkors-
cs:rS, b likely to win. rs matter o. !
iSct. ~ Il st~nds At this hour he
r,roSaSSitSss are strongest that neither
w1ll land. Senators Sutherland and
pakEns, not being fcr the same man.
cannot asrce. 80 they may. so they
may AID - Z looks now. probably VIII !
agree on 4 third man. who may De
Judge Brown.
Senator Sutherland. 4 IL pretty wen
understood here. Is willing and anxious
TO Join ais colleague IN asking PresI-
dent Harding 10 appoint Governor
White United States commissioner 9t
internal revenue or any other desirable
Berth not on the list OF those federal
appointments which are IN the state
proper.
Anxious TO Agree. .,
70 For some time many OF the states
politicians have been predicting that,
on several II not ali OF these appoint
ments, Senators Sutherland ana s:ikins
would fail 70 agree. and that finally
President Harding would hav" to wasn
out the party linen from West Virginia
at the White House. There is slight
chance OF such predictions being real
ICED Both senators say that. in the
end. they will agree 20 the STATE, and
that President Harding VII, nor be en-
barrasscd nor harrasscd ny any party
differences from their state. They both
seem determined on this and ar" work
ing in closer harmony along these lines
-Eht now than ever before. The hope
that they wouldn't has been cherished
BY some OF the party leaders. who have
an axe TO grind or an iron in their
own particular fire. and these look 70
',r IN Ccr a painful disappointment.