The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-11

In Who's Who. i and siiat he made
his inftiaI appeataree In Giens Fails:
y, Oh April ~. 1852. as The Son Of
the Rev David and ,hlIa IN III Hughes.
lGlens Fails folk weEe only midi ins
feresteds I'M tie eyent. and shook their
heads sadly ats the PROV efbiait fate 81
ia i,rsacher s. sol. IN his youth the
governmental; be- displ aged none OH those
precocions traits of which is We like; to
read In the biograph les OF the truly
great. He graduated from Brown Uni.
yersity in 1851. but side-stepped his
fathers profession for that OF a peda-
'gogue. Later he decided to embrace
the ancient and honorable profession
Of the law, and graduated from Col
umbia Law School and was admitted
to the bar in New York in 1884, Mean
while. he had manifested his good taste
by marrying a Brooklyn young woman,
Miss Antoinette Carter. He first be-
came nationally prominent as attor.
ney for the Armstrong Commission.
which probed the large life Insurance
companies. Elected governor of New
York after a whirlwind campaign, in
which he was opposed by no less a
parsonage that William Ramrod
Hearst, he Is now hailed by his adj.
mirers rs another logical choice, for
the highest office in the gift OF the
American pee-pul.
Such, gentlemen and voters. is the
veracious life story OF Charles Evans
Hughes. whom New York now takes
pleasure in present to your respect
full consideration as tho successor In
the presidential chair OF those other
mighty men who nlso held down the
job OF governor OF New York-Theo-
dore Roosevelt and Grover Cleveland.
| wish him luck. But II I were the
seventh son Of seventh son, and Gov
ernor Hughes should nsk me to read
his destiny in the stars. would adj
wise him to beware of "a stout. fat man
who is likely to cross his path on the
road to Washington, and-to shed his
whiskers.
The Muzzling of Bryan.
VIII he or will he not? This is the
question. In other words. William
Jennings Bryan has been invited to at
tend the Jefferson banquet OF the Ma
tional Democratic Club on Monday
right. and to eat his fill. but certain of
the members have denied the right or
privilege of the Nebraskan to address
them on that occasion. VIII the peer
less leader submit to such n denial OF
OF the inulienable right of free speech !?
That Is the problem. and New York
brenthlcssly awaits the answer.
But MIR. Bryan will have one conso-
lation. He will know, II he attends the
cinner and the conspiracy of silence is
carried out. that the diners will lister
with bored Indifference to the college
president and the United States sena.
tors who have been invited to supply
the feast of reason and flow OF soul.
lie will know that they will long. even
rs bashful youth for the nectar on
the lips of his first love, for the silvery
words that flow only from his mouth.
A New Mayor--Ferhaps.
Has New York n mayor? We who
live here are not quite certain. al
though the doubt hasn't given rise to
any visible worry Mayor" Mcclellan
Quotations copyrighted by American
'1ournal-Examiner claims to be on the
job, but this is denied by William r.
Hearst. and the courts viii be called
upon next week to decide the little
matter. On the face of the returns.
the monarch of yellow journalism was
declared defeated and Mcclellan has
since been occupying the mayoralty
chair. After n long legal battle. Hearst
has gained the right to open the boxes
In the disputed districts. A special
panel of 100 tnlesmen has been ordered
by the appellate court, from which
Jury will be selected on Monday to
probe the matter. The mnyoralty con-
test has been dragging In the courts of
justice for two years, and final de-
cision is hardly to be expected much
before the expiration of McCIcllan's
term OF Office.