Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-08

| employment in a glass manufacturing es-
| Establishment near his home.
Il was always determined he said ''to
| do my hest in anything that I undertook.
L wanted to do a little better than any
| body else
Success in Business.
This determination, with the remembrance
of the good advice the old Quaker had given
| him, caused him to learn the glass indus
| try thoroughly. With the knowledge that
| he had gained in Ohio he went to Wheel
| ing and obtained a place in glass works
there. He was advanced to be foreman,
| and then to be president of the company,
| which he now owns He takes pride In the
| fact that during the thirty years that he
| has been in control of the company he has
never had a strike.
He was elected member of the republic
can national committee from West Nir-
ginia in 1896, when Senator Hanna took
control of the republican party machinery.
Senator Hanna recognized his abilities as
an organizer, and selected him as one of
the members of the republican national ex-
ecutive committee He has been in charge
of the management of the campaign speak
ers in the last three national campaigns.
A strong affection grew up between him
and Senator Hanna. After the assassina-
ton of President Mckinley he favored the
nomination of the Ohio senator for Pres
dent, and, as usual, he did not hesitate 10
| say So
war with Spain cost him n fortune He
was appointed United States internal rev.
enue commissioner by President Mckinley
after the campaign of 1896 and at the out
break of the war he and some of his bust
ness associates We're considering the pur-
chase of western gold mine They were
well satisfied with their Investigations. and
were about to conclude the purchase when
the deputy commissioner fell ILL., 1t was
at the time when the new internal revenue
| stamp laws were going into effect and tho
loo yFDc I,
ator Scott was forced to give eighteen hours
a day to his official duties and the plans
Tor the purchase of the mine fell through
me STOCK Is now worth ten times what it
could have been bought for then If the
purchase had been made Senator Scott
would undoubtedly have been a much richer
man than he is.
The Democrats Leader.
MI. McGraw's personality forms COM
plete contrast with that of his opponent
BY profession he is a lawyer, and his
legal training is apparent in his habits OF
thought and in all that he says. While
Senator Scott is impulsive. Mr.. McGraw is
clear. concise and deliberate He is n
younger man than Senator Scott and he
has every detail of the politics of his state
at his fingers ends. He has proved himself
resourceful and determined fighter in a
community where there are few amenities
IN politics, and where victory is the only
thing that counts
During President Cleveland's first term
he was collector of internal revenue I'm
West Virginia, and when Mr. Cleveland
was reelected in 1892 he made Mr. Nc
Graw the government disbursing agent for
the state, giving him the distribution of
the funds appropriated for public PURPOSES
Mr.. McGraw born in Grafton W.
va, ana Is graduate of the Yale Law
School. He is always fauItlessly dressed
ana always affable. His smooth-shaven
face is under perfect control, and 1t is i'm
possible to infer from his expression what
Is passing in his mind. The fact that his
political opponents in the state hate him
with cordial hatred that they do not at
tempt to conceal, accusing him of all the
crimes in the political calendar is an indi-
cation of their fear of his abilities as a
manager
Active and Alert.
After holding his party organization to-
gether for eight years when defeat was in
evitable, Mr.. McGraw believes that the
time has come to turn the tables. He has
rare faculty for marshaling campaign
arguments successfully, and for making the 8
best of difficult situations. He is active.
alert and quick to grasp opportunities from
which advantage may be drawn.
1T is true he said recently in discuss
ing the situation in West Virginia that
there has been a great increase in our
population, most of 1t from republican
stateJ. Before this influx most of the
men who worked in the mines were negroes,
and as we have no registration law we
never could tell how many times they
voted, because we could not tell them
apart. Many of the men who have moved
into the state are of foreign birth. Before
they can vote they will have to show their
naturalization papers. and unless the pa
pers are correct they will not be permitted
to deposit their ballots"
This is one of many expedients that Mr..
McGraw has in mind for overcoming the
advantage that has been given to his OPP
ponents since they came into control of the
state.
The battle for West Virginia will be stub
bornly fought on both sides and in region
where practical politics has been brought
as nearly to perfection possible. The
political leaders of both the two great par
ties anticipate some extremely interesting
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