The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-26
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GHILTONVVATSON
FIGHT LOOMS IN
PRIMARY F|RAC !
Charleston Gazette Shells
Watson Ranks Heavy
in Editorial.
sy THE WATcHMAN

A suggestion made in this CO.
Iumn a few days ago that possibly
the Watson organization was be-
hind the announcement of Mrs.
5Izetta Jewell Brown of Kingmont
for the Democratic nomination for
United States senator seems to
have come close to hitting the nail
on the head, according to an edt-
torial in the Charleston Gazette of
last Friday, which says that the an
nouncement of Mrs. Brown has all
the coloring of Glen Shower poll
tics At first blush l took it that
the Gazette had made Topographic
cal. error in making Shaver appear
Shower, but as the mistake" was
made consistently throughout, it
gives the impression it was used
for effect
The Gazette declares sit looks as
IL C.. W. Watson and Glen Shower
want to boss the Democratic party.
II that be the play, Nicely ought to
be nominated by a decisive major
ity.''
Further the Gazette declares
that Mrs. Browns candidacy has
, the appearance of desperate fac
t.onal move" The Gazette also in
quires if there is monitor in New
York or Fafrmont who passes upon
the candidates of the party Of
! Woodrow Wilson?
1.-THE Fairmont Times" says the
Gazette. complains that he (Neely)
failed to consulttthe Watson or
| gan cation All the more honor to
/ him that he refused to be the can
didate of any organization. but
went directly to the people"
This at least should show what
! the Chiffon organization thinks OF
! the respective candidates. OF Major
| Nicely and Mrs. Brown, and in my
! humble opinion constitutes an op-
| en- challenge to the Watson faction
in zreg~d to how they stand and
| what they intend to do in the pri-
| mary scrap.
s While the talk was going the
| rounds that either Cornwell or Chill
! ton might. be a candidate at the
] primary, 1t was generally known
THAT a move by either man would
! bring about a factiona1 fight be-
| tween the Watson and Chiffon
i forces When Nicely announced
! there was a chance to bury the
-hatchet; but now that the Watson
! bunch has received Nicely in a cold
manner and possibly has gone a
! step more in bringing 1zetta Jewell
| Brown into the race, 1t looks as If
/ the Demmies were going to have
! another one of those little intra-
| party wars the same as would have
1 been the case had Cornwell or Chill
| ton or both of them announced
Following is the complete edi-
| toria1 publishd in Fridays Gazette:
Democrats and Senate
/! Mrs. fIzetta Browns announce
ment for the senate was made after
| a visit to F'airmont and has all the
colorinp of Glen Shower politics.
j Maj. M. M. Nicely had waited for
/ weeks and months before deciding
/ whether to run for Congress or the
4 Senate He waited. till within less
than month of the: time limit.
\ Former Governor Cornwe1 was
known to be out Of the fight His
;letters to that effect are extant.
i AS early as last December, in a
/ speech made at Wheeling, former
4 Senator Chiffon announced that he
l was not a candidate, and aga al
4 Lewisburg4 he announced that he
was running for no office an would
i consider being candidate only IN
4 the event of a demand made by the
Wilson forces to preserve the Int
gritty of the principles of the party
which had given prosperity to the
! country. Nothing more could nave
been asked of these two much-dls
& cussed prospective candidates:
with this situation Major Nicely
waited till June 8, or within three
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