The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-08
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How IS Feets TO pc Beaten the.
u Presidency Cleveland
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The question has often been asked
How does 3t feel to make a contest FOL
1.-The Presidency and then miss 1t
| sometimes by the slenderest OF mar
sins2E Only one setof candidates now
before the. people can be elected in
November: the OF hers must be defeat.
ed. How Will the vanquished acceps
their defeat?
In many Instances our Presidents
have tasted both the bitter and sweeS
of politics. They laye known whas
it was to go down in defeat, and they
have also experienced the emotion OF
Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren,.
Gen. Benjamin Harrison and Grover
Cleveland. says the New York Sun, :
These men seemed TO accept beth
victory and defeat with philosophy.
In other countries an unsuccessful
dash for a throne is Frequently fol-
lowed by tragic consequences. Here
it is accepted as regular occurrence
once in every four years.
It was Henry Clay who said that
he would rather be right than Prest
dent. His unsuccessful attempts to
achieve his dearest ambition are
known to every American.
After his defeat by Andrew jack
son he felt very bitter and did n>t.
attempt.to conceal his feelings. From
that day until the hour of his death
the possibility of reaching the Presi-
dency at some time never entirely de-
serted him, and even after his defeat
by Polk in 1914, he made a hard fght
against Taylor in 1S4S-his last great
political battle.
Those who follow the fortunes of
Presidential candidates are sometimes
consumed with greater energy and
feeling than their chiefs AT the time
hat Jackson was chosen tor the
Presidency Mr.. Scott, who was then
the sole representative of Missouri in
the lower house of Congress, elected
to cast his vote for John Quincy AID
ans Senator Benton, who was a vio-
lent partisan of .Old Hickory de-
nounced the act of Mr.. Scott as a
grave crime, and in TIE course of a
letter said to the offender:
For ripe years we have been
closely connected in our political
course AT length the connection IS
dissolved, and dissolved under cir
cum stances which must mean our ev.
erlastlng separation. Tomorrow is
the day of your self-immolation. IF
you have an enemy, he may so and
feed his eyes on the scene. Your for
ner friends viii shun the nffectIrGsI
spectacle
z Gen. Winfield Scott Hancoc1. was
one of the defeated Presidential can
who accepted the result with
great calmness. His wife reported /
that at Z o'clock on the evening oftlze
ness. after five months of hard cam
paisning, and went to bed, begging
her not to disturb him. as the news of
the result could wait till the next
morning
AL daylight he awoke and, turning
o his wife, asked for the news Sic
steeled herself up to the ordeal, and
said. as queitly as possible:
at has been a complete Waterlon
or you"
That is ali right" he answered.
i can stand it,
And in another nom ent he was;
.sleer again. The only disappont-
nent he gave expression to was COR
the difference his defeat l.
would make in the future to many Of t.
lis friends. He attended the inaugu
alton Of his competitor, and, writing +!
o a friend on the eve of his depar- Il
ure for the National capital, he said. f.
Yes, am going to Washington on
he Sd of March for few days. Gen
Sherman, my commanding officer, las .
sked ME to be present. have no
light 20 any personal feeling in the
natter. It is clearly my duty as
older to obey"
After some reference to othe', mas
ers, he adds: s
"WhatI can do in Washington with
ignity ] viii do. do not expect to
e in advance OF or follow. the tri
mphal car, either on foot or ~ /
orseback. I only expect TO do my t
evel best. I wonder how they did (
hese things in Rome? When return :
rom Washington l can tell You how /
lie American people do it underline i
ew census. Fifty millions of people. s