Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-07-27

| the crowds, the feehleness az ttss en-
| thusiasm, the newspaper sneers ana
filings at that oratory once hailexs aa
a model Of dignity and eloqEa rsrn--
even he could not accept the srrxsofh
explanations OF his fiattererg AnC
in November came the party's F1sana-
orable overwhelming defeat refusing
our majority In the senate fr0fn 20 to
g. and substituting for ctr ntssor-
lily Of aS in the house an csruasi siosp
majority Of g.
| talked with him early In .FxmH1ry
| and was amazed that while he ssQpre-
ciated the public anger against 4ee
party he still believed himself ysars-
sonally popular There Is Tufg nm
prosperity, said he. Yand the people
are peevish, Soon, however. by q.
sort OF endosmosis to which sAa-
densest vanity is somewhat sun5ecs.
the truth began to seep through ana
to penetrate into him
He became friendIier To mss sss
licitous toward spring but he EfGuag
none the less tightly TO Goodrich Tho
full awakening came in his tfifgs xagaa-
mer when the press and tnss gcstElA
clans of the party began openly 70
discuss the next years nomination
and to speak Of him as II fe ~cre
out OF the running re was sEersiinse
| the hot months on the Jersey Saasf.
the fatterers still swarming xRsont
him. and still assiduous but thnlr
| batteries falling upon ever deafcr @arS
as his mind riyetted upon tifg HAIR
suspended sword In early Sseatem-
Der he invited me to visit nina uy
| first invitation OF that kind i'm tive
years and half We had three in
terviews before he could nerve him
self to brush aside th9 barriers he~
tween him and me.
Il am about TO get together my
| friends with view to next ycsar.
said he through an uneasy <sfniie,
what do You think OF the prospecfssss'
What do your friends say I
asked.
"oh. OF course, i am assured ST a
denomination" lie paused. and HIS
| look AT me made the confident al
| frmation dubious question
| "Yes?" said /
"And--dont sou thiEA my tccasd
has made me sifoag?r he went ON.
ncrvously.
strong with whom" said =
| He was silent Finally he lhfd hrs
hand on my knee-we wane Eassing
the air on the ocean drive Harvey
he said, Il can count on your
| shook my head Il sssIr ;sRe ID
part In the next campaign" said.
n shall resign the chairmanship
"But | have selected you ass ing,
chairman. have insisted aAa gop-
Ii cant trust any one elses IL ased
others, use others. bnt u trvaf asqiy
YOU
shook my head IT shall rossgns
IL repeated What's the natter
won't Goodrich take the place1T.~<~
He looked away. Il hnves noe -
riously thought Of any one hui yosas
he said reproaclfuIsw.
| happened to knew that the place
had been offered 20 Goodrich and chat
he had declined 1t, protesting tazS
a western man. must not ne dfe~
turbed when the west was vital 10 Kne
party's success My resolution n
fixed said l. ~~~s--~-----------
A long silence. tfeus ''sayier. have
you heard anything Of an attempt r.
defeat me for the nomination S--a0
Goodrich Ess decided to NJ lnatc
Gov Ridgeway Of Illinois, sasa |,
lie blanched and had 10 nmaastAm
his dry, wrinklad lips scvcrrli 'tisrs
before lie could speak n Fvg orT or
that nature reached me lasx THURS
day" he went ON Fer some nnc I
have been perploxcd ~ the Ridgcway
talk in many Of our organs fh@ve
questioned Goodrich about fs--snd---
must say--his explanations are nct
mot wholly satisfactory
Il have come to the conclusion that
you were right about Goodrich. Say
Ter. l am glad that ] took your al
vice and never trusted him ] think
you and I together will be too strong
for him"
You are going to seek a renonina-
tion?" ] asked
He looked at me in genuine aston
ishment. 1T is impossible that tina
party should refuse me" he said
] was silent.
BE frank with me, SayIer," ne g.
claimed at last "Te frank. Re my
friend, your own old self"
AS frank and as friendly ms You
have been?" said !. rather to remind
myself than TO rcproach him. For
was afraid of the reviving feeling or
former years--the liking for his per-
sonal charms and virtues, the forbear-
ance toward that weakness which he
could no more change than he could
change the color of his eyes His
moral descent had put no clear mark
ings upon his pose. On the contrary,
he had grown in dignity hhrough tho
| custom Of Difference. The people
passing us looked admiration at him.
had new sense of the elevation u
the presidential Office. Often 1t takes
the trained and searching eye to de-