The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-09

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HIS Sleep and gltIer Was
Still Be!ltgerent.

4 s#&IEee question has Often been as EE>+f
How does 1T feel 10 make q contest 10
A the Presidency and then miss H.
Y sometimes by the, sIenderest OF mar
gins? Only one set If candidates now
I.hefore the people can be electcd II
November; the Others must lie defeat
ed. How viii the vanquished accep;
their defeat?
IN many instances our Presidents
j have tasted both The bitter and swee;
4 Of politics. They have known wta:
it was to so down in defeat. and they
1 .tave also experienced the emotion OF
victory This was the case with JOHN
! Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren,
/ Gen. Benjamin Harrison and Grover
Cleveland. says the New York Sun
These men seemed TO accept bcti,
| victory and defeat with. philosophy.
| In other countries an unsuccessful
dash for 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 PresI.
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 MT
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
IL. =, =, Exr1,
against Taylor in 1S4S-his last great
political battle.
Those who follow the fortunes Of
Presidential candidates are somen -es
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 Ad
ans. Senator Benton, who was a VIC
lent partisan of ..Old Hickory" de-
nounced the act of Mr.. Scott as a
grave crime. and in the course of a
letter said 10 the offender:
For rIne years we have been
closely connected in our political
course. At length the connection is
dissolved, and dissolved under cir
cumstances which must mean our cv-
erlastlng separation. Tomorrow IS
the day of your self-fnmolation. VII
you have an enemy, he may go and |
feed his eyes on the scene. Your for
rner friends Will shun the affecting
spectacle
Ger. Winfield Scott Hancocl. was
one of the defeated Presidential can
who accepted The result with
great calnness. His wife reported |
that at I O'Clock on the evening oftte
he Welded to extreme wear!-
ness after five months of hard ca,a-
oaisning, and went to bed, beGgn s
ler not to disturb him, as the news of
he result could wait till the next
morning.
AT daylight he awoke and, turning
o his wife, asked for the news. SIZE
,teeled herself up to the ordeal, and
aid. as quietly as possible:
1T has been a complete Waterloo
or yoU."
That is all right" he answered.
! can stand it
AnG il another moment he VIZ
sleep again The only disaPpomt /
1ent be gave expression TO was COB
ernins the difference his defeat l
fouid make in the future TO many Of !
is friends. He attended the ina1gu
alton OF his competitor, and, writing s
) friend on the eve of his depal' I
ire for the National capital, he said g
Yes. | am going to Washington on q
ne Sd OF March for a few days. Gen /
herman, my commanding officer, las L
sked me to be present. I have no :
ght to any personal feeling in the d
latter. It is clearly my duty as g, I
oldier to obey o
After some reference to ot!:e~ mat
rs. he adds: s
What can do in Washington with e
gritty I Will do. l do not expect 70 c,
; in advance of. or follow, the tr' i
nphal car either on foot or On Ii
orseback. only expect to do ny II
vel best I wonder how they did CT
csc things in Rome? When I return \
ON Washington l can tell yon how if
e American people do it under the It
w census. Fifty millions of people 81
We way of their own. you know" ST
Very few men came nearer the be