The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-23

president Of the Slate dssoStaS4Uu cav
a pioneer Id the movement for better
highways.
Wheeline's Claim.
When the.Hearne candidacy was an
nounced the partisans of the other can.
didates, state Auditor scherr and Sec.
rotary Of state swisher, affected no
concern, believing Hearne would be
content with receptive or mildly ag.
gressiYe position.
ON the contrary, he proposes to stir
the State from end to end and will
conduct a most vigorous search for
support. In few days he expects to
he foot loose from legal and business
engagements. He proposes to see all
the Influential workers in every county
or see that they are seen. He has an
ample share of worldly goods, is en-
dowed with the energy to go after
things. and being in dead earnest he
is certain to be much more Of a factor
than was at first anticipated
Although Wheeling now has a, Unit
e. States Senator and Congressman
its claim for the governorship is MOI
considered hoggish on account Of the
great part Wheeling and the Northern
Panhandle play in West yirginfa's des-
TIMES. Ohio county, of which Wheel
ing is the county seat, never had a
governor, unless George Wesley Akin
son, now Judge of the Court Of Claims,
al washington. could be SO considered.
but he was Kanawha county pro
duct, born and bred. and made that
county his home again after retiring
from the goyernorship.
1t is an appreciate fact that the
people at large are Indifferent to the
Impending terrific race for the gov
ernorship. only the politicians have
so far manifested much interest and
the majority of them refuse to commi;
themselves because they first want to
have positive assurance Of the band.
wagons direction.
While there are potential circum'
stances which give the chief strength
to the swlsher cause, there is consid-
erzhie hating here and there. The
swisher people expect to start the ball
rolling late in the winter or early in
the spring with county conventions
which will Instruct for swisher one af-
ter he other right OF the bat. s1ch
a development would start the rush
to the swisher wagon and be Of ma
tsriaI sentimental effect among the
plain citizens who so far refuse 10 be
drawn into the arena.
When the Hearne automobile, a rel
devil. a la Tom johnson, gets going,
the popular awakening may be hur.
rfed. His many local admirers firmly
believe that Hearne is a sure winner
in beauty contest, by which is meant
personal address and bearing, a CON
sideration which will count among the
large element who think governor
should look the part. and who are wont
to say that neither swisher no.
scherr has the traditional gubernator-
ial front. The Hearne admirers. there
fore. say there will be nothing to It
ii the three men are placed on exhi,
bitioa at the same time before the
drawing for delegates begin.
Hard Job for Hearne.
Although active In an estImable way
in politics decade or two agone,
Hearne has not been busy in recent
wears. However, he realizes complete
Is the necessity of getting in touch with
the people. Next to the success Of
his effort Interest will be attached 10
his success in climbing the notorious,
ly poor roads in some of the mountain
sections.
The roads at the best are not worth
hallelpjahs and the worst ones DEFY
description. If Candidate Hearne mas,
tiers them all-good, bad and indifer,
snt-with his whizz wagon he will