The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-09
Hate strong$an Yigorodus,,SHe
Looks Like Farmer.

Looks8Likea Farrner
This il what local Democratic pa
per says OF ex-senator Henry G. pa
Wis, and it might have added That ne
has The voice of an OK driver.
We did think that we would notzre-
fer 10 it. but it was SO very amusing
that we cannot refrain from doing 50.
We: have reference to a "rite-up ~
the aforesaid local Democratic PAPER
on Wednesday of htr. Davis, passing
Though Fairmont on h previous
eveninr. The thing that amused us
was he writer's ignorance OF the old
man about whom he was willing. ne
smoke of him IS that loved son OF
West Virginia." when the fact IS ne IS
oDIy a recently adopted SON he was
born in Maryland and lived there long
er than he has in this State. He had
q residence there-at Deer Park-
when elected to the United states
Senate, and Democrats who were op-
posed to him at that time that
he was eligible to the s~enatorship
because he was a resident OF Mary
land.
Nftcr saying that "his sncw-wnitc
beard gives him a patrlarchal aspect
he Immediately added that@"tne sena-
tor is approaching his sgd year, put
looks younger than most men CT so.
We do not know where such Go-year-
olds have their abiding place, but we
thin we know that if Senator DAVIS
should be pointed out as a
70 a stranger the latter would not,
question the information. Like an
old oak Of the forest, if his 9 We're
Unknown and was a matter of c%onjec-
tlre he would be taken for 3 man OF
80 or 100 as often as for so or 50.
The writer refers to his brilliant
mental powers and also to his display OF
rem arkable craftsmanship and sa-
gacity when a member of the senate.
It will be remembered that the West
Virsinian gave an account of his SEN
atorial career only recently, therefore
1t is needless to repeat. Suffice it to
say it was a career OF humiliation TO
his constituency in SO far as he at
tenn pied to participate in senatorial
deb bates.
The aged candidate told the scribe
that he would likely make q campaign
tour through the State in October and
might also make a similar tour
through Indiana, but that the latter
is less likely than the former. If he
meant a speech-makins tour he was
right. The Hoosier State nor no 9th
er wants his assistance in that way.
They will not object to some of the
con tents of his bari, but viii draw
the line on his oratorical contribu-
tons, having heard OF his feeble
effort at White Sulphur Springs a
short time ago when accepting the
Vice Presidential nomination.
Senator Fairbanks was probably not
within 1000 miles Of Fairmont on
that evening, yet the paper said "a
next Vice President of the United
Sta tes." There is always a large
crowd at the depot upon the arrival
of every passenger train, but it is
dou if there We're 500 people
there on the occasion in question,
scarcely any OF whom vent to see the
octogenarian from the wilds Of Ran
dol ph, and less than fifty persons
were seen to squeeze through he
press a~round"the train" to grasp his
horny hand. ,
However, he was the Democratic
can didate for Vice President and
something had to be said of his pass
ing While the mention vas intended
to be complimentary, yet in many re-
spects it was ~overdrawn almost to
the point of being ridiculous in the
eyes of all who knew the ex-senator
in the days of his physical strength
and activity and know him now in his
teebleneSS.