The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-21
Fairbrother's Fanciies.
Being Denial Of An Old Proposition

shining galaxy of statesmen. soldiers
poets, rovelists artists-the whole list
of the great ones dcad--and how long
were they missed and how surely were
there those to take their placs.
And yet because some fellow meets up
with friend-one from the North and
the other from the far Extraordinarily
run into each other, and the first thing
you hear IS: WELL this isn't very big
world after ALL
Not long ago, and the United States
sorrowed because OF the untmely death of
William Mckinley. The President OF the
United States, with a policy well defined
and policy that had been hailed with
delight and accepted in faith and conf
dence by the entire country. I saw great
cities in mourning; every man and wo-
man. almost, in the land felt the weight
OF the nations sorrow. Editorial writers
filed their columns with suggestions OF
how he would be missed; suggested that
1t was great blow to the nation; that
the South had lost a most valued friend
and many people seriously wondered what
the outcome would be.
1t wasn't thirty days until the last bit
OF mourning came down; President Roose-
Welt assumed the duties of President; the
country ran along in the same groove.
The wave OF prosperity which dreamers
imagined Mckinley had brought remained
and still remains, and will remain for
just so long n time, no matter under
what administration we live-and after
six months had elapsed you hardly ever
heard the name Of Mckinley. He had
passed out of the big world. and another
had taken his place.
The great sorrow was sentiment. It
was a friend expressing sympathy and
regretting. That was all. Let every
prominent man before the footlights to-
day dfop from the scene Of action and
filled and the world Will roll forever
down the changing grooves Of time
So 1t must be seen that the fellow
who thinks 1t isn't very big world.
after all. is laboring under a great de-
lcsion. 1t is a big world-a great world
the biggest I have ever seen. and bless
You we haven't seen one thousandth part
of it-and never will.
The world is just now paying some at
tention to prize fighters and 1t SENS that
the sporting columns of the metropolitan
press are most eagerly read. am
going to outline little plot that prop
erly belongs to the sporting department
or the news department-but 1t Is worth
while right here and In this place. Those
in Virginia and North Carolina who are
Interested in politics sometimes get up
as much excitement over that game as
the football enthusiast or the prize
fighter gets up over his game hear
1t repeatedlyt uttered. that the mex
Legislature OF North Carolina will pre-
sent to the world as pretty a political
contest as has ever been given out. The
Martin Montague race viii not be In 1t,
compared to what is booked for the Leg
islature. which is to be elected this
fall.
It is related by the seers that read the
stars In the political heavens that SEN
ator Simmons will have to fight. and
fight hard, for all that he carries away
with him. His successor is to be elected,
and they say that no matter what he
thinks Just now, that Ex-Governor
Charles 3. Aycock. Of Goldsboro will be
In the fight, and that he has many
friends who will announce for him. Then
they say that the friends of Chief Jus
rce Walter Clark, OF the Supreme Court
OF North Carolina, say that they will
have him make the race. and If they
do and 1t is generally understood that
MT. Clark has long time had his eye
on the Senate, there will be a three
cornered fight-as pretty as was ever
put up on a political chess board.
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OF course. 1t is understood that In the
whole State of North Carolina there is
not q better politician when It comes to
the real game of politics than Senator
+, M, Simmons. He Is not only an or
ganizer, but he Is worker from the
headwaters, Governor Aycock has ability
and he has following. Senator Clark
mas friends IN every county. and no
school OF politics. If Aycock runs, and
there be those of his friends who de-
clare he must, that part will be against
the organization, and thus a three-cor-
nered fight will be put up that will chal-
lenge the admiration OF all the politicians
IN the county. It will be fight worth
coming miles to see, and 1t will be
clean fight-but n determined one. Judge
Walter Clark has not yet announced but
the fact that his friends here and there
throughoutith State are doing some talk
Ing; making soma intmations. 1t doesn't
require a mind reader of much skill to
understand that there will be "something
diddingn' in that direction. talked some
time ago with Ex-Governor Aycock. and
he said that. of course. any man would
but It took money to make ea-asrnigns,
and that ha yVanted now 70 aeff1x. n ovn