Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-06-29

come from Senator Goodrich.
Let him in" said /
AS the door-man disappeared Doc
glanced at his watch. then said with
smile: You've been here seven
minutes and a half-just time for
lookout downstairs 10 telephone to the
Auditorium and for the messenger to
drive from there here. Goodrich is on
the anxious seat, all right"
The messenger was Goodrich's
handyman. Judge Dufour. I myself
have always frowned on these public
exhibitions Of the intimacy Of judges
in practical politics.. but Goodrich had
many small vanities-he liked his
judges to hold his coat and his gov
errors TO carry his satchel One
would say that such petty weaknesses
would be the undoing of man For.
fuH9tely. we are not as weak as our
weaknesses but as strong as our
strength; and while the universal
weaknesses are shared by the strong,
their strength is peculiar and rare
After Dufour had introduced himself
and we had exchanged commonplace
he said Senator, there's a little con
ference Of some of the leaders at head
quarters. and il isn't complete without
you So, Senator Goodrich has sent
ue over to escort you.
ney general was to enforce upon him
the laws | had put on the statute
books against just such emergencies
And Il had never entered their sWol-
Leave just now Please ask him IL
he won't come over-any time within
the next four hours, This bandly
and without a sign that l was con-
sci0us of Dufour's stupefaction-for
his vanity made him believe that the
god the great Dufour knelt to must
be the god of gods
There is no more important branch
of the art of successful dealing with
men than the etiquette of who shall
call upon whom. Many man has in
his very hour of triumph ruined his
Cause with a blunder thereby going
to see some one whom he should have
compelled to come to him, or by COM
peliing some one to come to him when
be should have made the concession
of @ofng. ] had two reasons for thus
humiliating Goodrich neither of them
lie reasons he doubtless attributed
TO me, the desire to feed my vanity.
NY first reason was his temperament;
] knew his having to come to me
would ma xa him haGnrn in
spirit, as he was tyrant, and tyrants
are always cringers. My second rea-
son was that | thought myself near
enough to control of the convention
10 be able to win control by creating
the atmosphere of impending success.
There is always lot of fellows who
wait to see who is likely to win, so
that they may be on the side of the
man in the plum tree; often there are
enough of these to gain the victory
for him who can lure them over at
Just the right moment
AS soon as Dufour had taken his
huge body away | said to Woodruff:
Go out with your men and gather in
the Office downstairs as many men,
bers of the doubtful delegations as
you can. Keep them where they'll be
bound to see Goodrich come in and
90 out"
He rushed away, and waited
working with the leaders of three far
western states At the end of two
hours | won them by the spectacle of
the arriving Goodrich. He came in.
serene. smiling, giving me the joyous
ly shining eyes and ioyously firm
hand-clasp OF the politicians greeting;
not an outward sign that he would
like to see me tortured to death by
some slow process then and there
Hypocritical preliminaries were not
merely unnecessary but even highly
ridiculous; yet, so great was his an
ger and confusion that he began
with the prospects Of an old-time
convention, with old-time enthusiasm.
and that generous rivalry which is the
sign of party health"
Il hope not. senator" said |, pleas
antly. Here we think the fight is
overland won"
Alt lilifu MS EYEBROWS. put | saw
his maXillary muscles twitching. we
don't figure it out just that way at
headquarters he replied oilily But.
there's no doubt about it, your man
has developed strength in the
west"
And south said I, with deliberate
intent to infame, for l knew how he
must feel about those delegates we
had bought away from him.
There were teeth enough In his
smile-but little else. Il think Bur
bank and Cromwell will be about even
on the frs, ballot said he. May
the best man win We're all work
ing for the good OF the party and the
country. But came. rather, to get
your ideas about platform"
| opened a drawer in the table at
which ! was sitting and took out a pa.
per We've embodied our Ideas in
this" said l. holding the paper toward
him There's a complete platform,
but we only insist on the five par
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