The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-07
DEMOCRATS
ATLAsT TAKE ONE OF TIL
WAGERs THAT HAVE GONG
BEEN ADVERTISED in THE
WEST VIRGINIAN.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
WEST VIRGlNIAN.
Last evening after six o,c1ocksT. a.
Deveny,o 81 tile Marietta Hotel, called
in and said he would take onesof the
five bets that a gentleman has been
trying to get for weeks from our
friends, the enemy" making bis wish
es known in bold type in the columns
of the West Virginian. Mr.. Deveny
staked his none against the first
proposition. namely-"$1,00O that
Harry Shaw will be elected Prose
cutting Attorney and the whole Repub-
lican county ticket with him" A for
felt was put up for the carrying out
of the conditions Of the bet this
morning at min o'clock, and prompt
~ at that hour the $4,000 were placed
in the hands of ]. NJ. Brownfeld,o of tie
Peoples Bank. Mr.. Deveny was in
formed at the outset that he could be
accommodated with $1,000 or $4,000
more on the same terms, but he said
he. only wished to stake the $1,000.
We were disappointed and surprised
that he did not cover the whole
mount offered-s5,o Oo.oo-as we
were told during the day that a syn
dictate was being organized for that
purpose-that Mr.. Deveny, w. b
Cornwell and Scott Lowe had the
matter under consideration in the
Marietta parlor. Their consultation,
W are informed, was long drawn
out.
AS we 1ook at it the wager con
firms the report of several days ago
that the Democrats have abandoned
the idea or all hope of e~Iecting their
county ticket and have decided to
concentrate their efforts on Mr..
Lowe, believing that his competitor,
Mr.. Shaw, is the weakest raan on tbs
Republican ticket. In this belief they
will find, We think. that they were
badly mistaken. They argue that
Mr.. Shaw has made enemies and
enough to defeat him. In the practice
of law all lawyers make enemies, but
it is very probable that in such bust
ness, there being two sides to legal
questions, they gain as man. friends
as they lose. 1t is an old and pretty
true maxim that a man is not of
much account in this world unless he
has enemies. 1t would be strange If
a fearless and. aggressive man like
Mr.. Shaw had not incurred the dis
pleasure OF some people and espec-
tally most Marion county Democrats.
They really nave cause to hate him,
for under his leadership for the past
six il eight years their party has
dwindled away until it is no longer
anything more than a circumstance.
We have thought. all along and be-
lieve now that Mr.. Shaw is as strong
as any one else on his ticket. It has
been our prediction that owing to his
energy and industry in campaigning
he will lead his ticket. 1t wouldn't
be at all unsafe TO wager that he will
do SO. No man is better acquainted
with the people of the county than
he, besides no mar can run down
Democratic rascality more success
fully than Mr. Shaw. For several
elections past it was through his
watchfulness and fearlessness that
the Republicans gained possession of
that which they won at the polls. It
was he Who lad the courage to place
guards over the vaults in the Court
house until the ballots We're canvass
ed. If the Republicans appreciate
what Mr.. Shaw has don for them
the time he has spent in their behalf,
and of ourse time means money-they
will show their appreciation by not
only electing kim Prosecuting Attor-
ney but by giving him a majority Of
at least 1000 votes, a thing they are
~abHndantly able to 10. 1t is but due t
him to add that the thorough organ
ization that exists in the party to-day
is due largely TO his untiring energy
and splendid sagactty.