The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-05
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nomination which it looked for a
long while az if Congressman
Echols would secure without a
struggle: This is one of the
choicest and most persistent bits
of political gossip of the day.
This is by way Of preparing
readers of this correspondence
for something about to occur
which will give. them the shock of
their. lives. In fact, it is going to
give the whole United States such
shock that twill be long, long
time in forgetting, if it ever does.
The demand Of President Har-
ding that the Chemical Founda-
ton, which grabbed the German
rights, patents, copyrights, pro-
perty. ETC.. of the dye industry in
the United States, worth $25,000,-
900. for s25O,00O, return the loot,
is the. prelude to the shock: The
shock is due when the special
Srand-jury, which has been hard
at. it for nearly three months in
this city, Investigating. this and
other alleged. huge war crafts,
files its report, which. according
to current rumor, will not be Ion g
delayed I'M, In: fact it is. said to be
ready with a long list of indict-
ments now but the report Is be-
ing held up by the administration
for strategic reasons.
The national shock that is
about due will be caused by the
names that are expected to be con-
tanned in the list of the indicted
There will be- names in 1t OF men
who have held the highest Offices
in the government. some of them
still so employed under the dome
Of the Capitol. There will be
names@of men high in industrial
and financial life. but the political
group is the one that is most
likely. to cause the greatest sur
prise and establishment on the
part of the people of the United
States.
According to first-rate authority
the secret service of the Depart
nlent of Justice has done one Of
the finest pieces of work in its his
tory. It presented to the grand
Jury a mass of evidence which
when pulled on witnesses caused
more than one to break down and
tell the whole of his story finding
himself; trapped and in hopeless
situation.
In inside official circles, gossip
on the matter, is the big sensation.
The gossip has not seeped through
to the general public as yet, but it
will before much. time elapses.
When, the explosion comes.
which will be when the special
grand jury makes its first export,
it will be heard not in the United
States alone, but around the civil
lized world, according to the fore
casts made by those who are"in ;"
on what has been happening in
secret behind the closed doors be-
hind which the special war-graft
grand Jury has been working.
Senator Howard Sutherland
against whom the high waves of
opposition stirred up by three ag-
gressive opponents are beating
with fury, remains confident and
serene in the Capitol. He could
hardly get away if he wished it.,
the Senate being in daily session,
slowly grinding away at the tar
lift schedules. In the meantime,
Editor Ogden and cousin Abe
Lilly are hustling on making
speeches. and Charles Frederick
Edwards, who doesn't go in for
that sort of thing, is gaining sup
porters with his winning smile
and hearty handshake, not to say
his breezy optimism. Ogden and
Edwards are putting on an adver-
Using campaign the like of which
West Virginians have .never5seen
before in a primary. Sutherland
has, so far, made no speeches and
sent out no advertisements to the
newspapers, the bill posters or the
screen men,, If he has a banner
tanning in the breeze anywhere in
West Virginia, that fact hasn't
been reported here by any arrival
from the%state. Yet, he Is cock
sure, visitors to his Offices report.
and he is put down by all the stu
dents of the situation as the man
whom Ogden or Edwards or Lilly
has to beat tofwin,the nomination.
This situation the politicians here
from the State regard as most I'M
usual, and 1t Internationally has
each and every: one Of them deeply
perplexed and mystff1ed.
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Some OF the observers OF the
Republican senatorial contest are
predicting the big shift soon. In
fact, aafew of them claim to per-
ceive that 1t. has started already:
The movement is SO 81 ow, they
say, that it is almost impercept-
able to- the UNFRAMED eye. but to
the trained eye, like theirs-ah!
that's different. 81
The candidates and their mana
gers have talked a. great$deal
about the big shift since they got
in 4; and Is warmed up. and have
prognosticated it from week to
week as due to get. under way in