The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-12
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.CharIie. Swisher, bubbling over
with confidence, and apparently rel
fishing the light in which he is now.
engaged as candidate for Secretary
Iof state on#the Republican ticket, was
t the McLure last night. says The
Wheeling Sunday Register He has
just%8retIIrne from the lower part of
the State, nj says he. IS certain the
ticket VIII go through. lie admitted
$that&the situation is not SO bright in
Kanawha and the Third district, but
b affected a confidence in the patch
ing@up abilities OF the party managers,
said he Believed that at any rate
the local differences would not affect
the State ticket.
within a day or two everything
will be lovely in Kanawha county
b said, .and= then | understand it is
the%pIan to AXE Edwards out of he
race Congress. If he does not ac-
cept8the programme mapped out, it
will be necessary to get his name on
the ticket by the petition method, and
gsinMsomesof the counties it will fail.
.sThe Republicans have a large ma
jority in the district, and indications
for party harmony are becoming
brighter, SO that IL is reasonably GER
tain hi Joe Gaines will be returned
from theaThird district.
Swisher says he did not authorize
b prediction of $4,000 majority in
West Virginia, which he was credited
with claiming in an interview in New
York recently. He may have used he
figures in Jest, but he o not expect
any such majority. But it is only a
question Of size he always adds.
John "A. Howard and Others were in
IA group Of gentlemen of whom Mr..
Swisher4was one in the lobby OF the
Mcclure, and Mr.. Howard told Jake
Kemple's story of the first speech he
made In New York hen he was hired
IS spellbinder by the Republican
committee Q hat State. The inim-
liable Jake was somewhat elated, as
he a confidence to peddle, and ne
saw visions of cheering and laughing
thousands in Madison Square Gar
den, and a background of Wall Street
on the platform from which
llesspoke
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of his speech. which was to be the
effort OF his life. It was to be rich in
high-sounding epigrams, and it a to
contain. the best stories he had III
stock. Possibly it would secure for
him government s~inecure, and estab-
lish his residence on the sunny side OF
Easy street for four years. He Sc
cured modest quarters in a hotel, and
waited word from headquarters.
The eventful day finally came. He
was notified by phone to be in readi-
ness to make a speech that night. n
TO await a call from the committee,
who would escort him TO the place OF
meeting. Jake attired himself IN
Prince Albert and plug hat, and sat
ina chair in the hotel lobby to await
the arrival of the brass band. While
he was there two tough looking specl-
mems of humanity brushed by, and
Jake instinctively drew back from
their soiled garments. They walked to
the desk and Jake heard his name
mentioned. Then the clerk pointed to
him.
nAre you Mr.. Kemple?n asked one Of
the men
Eyes, sir"
Well, we're the committee. and
were after you. Come on
They took Jake to a street car. and
then transferred him to another and
another line; continuing this Jake got
a better idea than he ever before had
of the magnitude of the Manhattan
street railway systems. They finally
reached a point beyond which the cars
did not run. Then they took him
down to the waters edge, and they
walked some distance along the shore,
until they came to a large building sur
ronnded by store boxes They entered
and proceeded up a dimly lighted
stairway to the left Here was a Dom
with sawdust covered floor, and huge
contrivances of wood for the reception
Of nicotinc-saturated saliva.
Jake discovered that his audience
was composed of loneshoremen.
Jake only had the one speech. He
started. 81 come from the green val
legs of Virginia, that proud old com
morwealthE tina is the mother of pres
idents,'' he began, "to bring a message