The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-21

conclnslon that Hearst would stand
slim chance Of winning ia any such
contest. there being in most commun-
tiles % predominanee of sober and
moderate citizens One might argue
that With 4 Democrats candida less
iical imam Hearst The State wasl
carried ID the fast election by Eiig7
gins Republican. by more han 81
900 plurality shosi that IT is 4. sa e
~ Republican
There Il, howeye some ON doubt as %
whether Higgins plurality would have
bean 50 large and the election not socs
CURED in presidential year. The-
governor failed tosreceiye about 150S-
900 votes that were cast for Rooses
l.veit. Bird s. Cpler, now q Hearst fols
lower came within about 5000 votes
of defeating Benjamin b odeIl. While
| the State has not chosen Democratic
governor in the last IA years, 1t show
ed in the odell-c oler CAMPAIGN that
| in a State election 1t is not always
strongly Republican, and 1t showed
In the Higgins campaign of
1904 that there is a tremendous army
Of voters that splits It's notes.-the
men who voted for Roosevelt for
President and Herrich for governor.
rs! this the time for Jerome, aside
issue candidate?
Why Hughes lie Brought Forward.
The last mayorality campaign in
this city emphasized the looseness
with which party ties now hold the
voters Of New York city and there is
an evidence willingness upon the part
of party managers in this State to
concede more and more to the indie
pendent voters.
Mr.. Hughes has always been Re-
publican, even before coming down to
the city from an upstate county to
establish himself as lawyer here.
His services to the state in his able
and most successful conduct of the
Insurance investigation must neces-
sarily commend his candidacy to a
large element Of the Independents.
The people remember the fearless
manner in which he went at the ex-
animation of odell, how he wrung
from odeil's friend e. H. Hartman the
details Of the decker between. Harrf-
man and Thos. F. Ryan for control Of
the stock of the Equitable Life, and
how he ELECTED from Senator Platt
defense of campaign contributions
by corporations. There was no sug
gestton OF parttsanshfp in the work
of Lawyer Hughes. and those whom
he put on the rack are now seeking
to bring about his nomination for the
goyernorship.
AS the regular Republican candi-
date Mr.. Hughes will not only poll
the full party vote, that which fol
lows the party emblem, but ne will
also have the benefit of large sup
port of the independents. His candi-
dacy will leave the Democrats moth
ing in the candidate himself to at
tack unless some piodding muckraker
digs up something before the cam
paign ends.
But even with these additions to the
usual Republican vote, the campaign
will not be a walkover, even if Mr..
Jerome is not a candidate. The eIe-
ments OF strength possessed by
Hearst are being strengthened by
daily occurrences with which he has
no connection whatever. 1t is the
men who are actually oppressed by
the corporations and those who. at
tribute their own failure to the inefi-
cheney of the government that vitalize
the Hearst movement. Dlscontent
which reaches out to Hearst for a
helping hand is famed by the acts
of the corporations living upon public
franchises,
Antieorporatlon CRY.
The citizens on l,sw York are de-
fed by the gas monopoly when it ex-
torts $1.OO for 1000 feet of gas after
the legislature has passed and the
governor has signed law that the
legal rate Is 80 cents. Hearst, of
course, proceeds at once to make cap
ital out Of this corporation abuse,
and convinces thousands that If he
comes into power things will be diff
ferent. 1t is the same with the Ice
Trust and the Street Railway Trust
in Brooklyn. The clash between the
public and the street car lines run
ming to Coney Island provides Hearst
with an opportunity to keep at white
heat the feeling that there is in ex-
listing conditions an invisible conspir-
acy to cheat the toiIer out Of the
fruits. of his toll. 1t might be said
that many fish would not be caught
with that sort of bait, but the fact is
that great many have been caught,
not only in the thickly populated cit