The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-25
THE PRESIDENT

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the old Bryan guard, was the Hon.
Hoke Smith, Of Georgia. The Hon.
Hoke is now in Europe. He Ia COVER
nor.etect and is recuperating after !
lively campaign for the nominatio.
his State. He will soon be at homt
and even now be knows that the peer
less one has made suggestion that the
name Of Smith would look well on Q
campaign poster. It seems that SONS
time ago the peerless one had a long
talk with the Hon. J.. X. Jones, erst'
while chairman OF the Democratic M,
tional committee and. later an attor.
ney for the Standard OIL Company.
To the amazement Of Jones, the peer,
less one declared that Hoke was the
chlefcst hope Of the Democratic party,
OF course provided the peerless one
kept out Of the running next year.
Jones is q very practical man and he
gasped for breath a bit after the sug'
gestlon OF the Hon. Hoke as a leader
Of the party against Roosevelt or any
other eminent Republican who ma.
get the nomination next year. First
Of all It is likely that the Hon. J. X.
Jones was staggered by the intimatlon
that the
Peerless One Did Not Hanker
for the honor. II aroused suspicion
in the Arkansaw cerebrum that per.
haps the peerless one had not hope of
victory. But Jones has n good bump
Of caution and he listened to the ar.
euments In favor Of a southern man
and no doubt Jones regretted that his
Standard oil association left him out
Of the calculation.
I am told by one who had q way OF
finding out that Jones' aurfcniar ap.
paratus was assalled for two hours
by the sweet and dulcet tones of the
Nebraska farmer, and when the music
ceased Joneo had to admit that he
was almost convinced that the peer.
less one really had a good idea. Hoke
Smith is a southerpGr and 1t has no,
been the habit otfSospcrats 10 nomi'
nate out and out southern Democrats
with .tinge of the cenfederacy cling
Ing to them. for any high political
place like the job Of being President.
The Hon. lIoke was not a confederate
Soldier, probably for the reason that
he was not old enough, hut his antcce'
dents. are purely southern. He has
high claih to fame among the Bryan
followers! # was Hoke who left the
Cleveland cabinet because Of the
Cleveland views on silver and a few
other things. This appeals to Bryan,
and 10 man can. have IBIS, support who
remained an adnalSr of the last Demo.
cratic President. 1t lmight be added
that the mmd Of this Georgia man
might help wonderfully in a national
campaign. I'VE have never had a
President named Smith and there are
several millions OF Smiths in this land
Of the free. We have had few sena'
tors of the name and there was much
comment on that fact when the Hon.
VIM. Alden Smith, Of Michigan, was
promoted from House to Senate last
winter. following the death Of Alger.
With 4 candidate named Smith, the
campaign would be a lively one and
Smith clubs would spring into exist
cnce all over the country, made ur
of men bearing the name.
Seriously the Bryan suggestion Of
Hoke Smith arouses n fear among
restless Democrats that the peerless
one Is not going 10 arouse much en-
thusiasm among his admirers and
that the Bryan idea is to let Roosevelt
have another term.
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