The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-04-08
IIS
of C. w. SWisher TO Eminence
in Life Shows the Fine Quail
tiles of a True American.

Il flehQlnB. cdnutudte 1Uf7 tue Republican
nomination for governor. having over
200 delegates pledged to him at this
time, is one of the picturesque and
romantic figures in the politics OF
his state.
His rise in business and politics
has been one of those meteoric af-
fairs which challenges the attention
and admiration of the people. More
particularly Is this true of his sue
cess in the political field. In a COM
paratively few years he has arisen
from obscurity to the most conspicu-
Gus place in public attention. From
councllman in Fairmont to member
ship in the West Virginia House OF
Delegates; then State Senator defeat
ing Congressman George G. Sturgiss
for the nomination in memorable.
battle; then brilliant campaign for
the nomination Of Secretary of state.
distancing all competitors before the
convention, and receiving an en-
thusiastic and unanimous nomination
at the hands, Of that great body OF
representative partymen who as
sembled at Wheeling that, in brief,
Is the political career of Charley,
swisher up to date. But It is potI
completed, if appears. Signs, ac-
cording to many astute politicians,
point to his certain nomination. InI
the general election of four years ago
Mr.. swisher's majority was over
$4,000.
The success of Mr.. swisher is bas-
ed on manly qualities; clean and
useful official record in every Office
that he has held; a genial, sunshlnny
frank nature; and an indefat.gable
energy, which means that he is al
hustler" There is no mahana in
the program OF his life; he does to-
day without putting off till timorrow.
He possesses to a large 6egres those
indefinable elements which comboned
so to make up what IS called "per-
sonal magnetism"
AS a political organizer, there is
none better unless 1t be Governor
William NJ. o. Dawson. Mr.. ,sSisher
runs his own campaigns; he has no
managers. He is the head of his
own organization, AMI the organizing
genius he has demons rated when
himself candidate. he can use as
successfully for others. AS one CON
spicuous example: He took mp SEN
ator ]. H. McDermott and made him
president Of the State Senate after
one of tho sharpest fights that ever
tcoN place at. the organization Of
that body. McDermott was young
member, inexperienced. but Mr..
swisher knew his man. He guaran-
teed that McDermott would make
good, and he did. McDermott is tho
best president the State Senate has
had in many years.
Charles Wesley swisher was born
in Marion county, May &c. 1867.
His father was a farmer and fought
in the Union army. Ills parents
wore poor and humble people, but
respected for their sturdy virtues by
all who knew them. They could
give their son none of the cppor-
tunities, and he. worked on the farm
and in the coal mines IN the neigh
borhood, driving mule car in and
out Of the mines hauling black dia-
monds from the dark clyerns .: the
earth. With advancing years he
took up the pick and became min
er. Then he became mine boss,
and latterly superintendent of the
mine in which he begn work as a
mule boy"
In this connection, and at this
iuncture in this article, 1t may be
mentioned that the 10000 miners in
West Virginia are personally inter
ested in the success of his candidacy
for the gubernatorial nomination.
The state has had governors who
have arisen from humble walks (al-
though most of the governors have
been lawyersl, it has had farmers
and printers, Dawson was cooper;
but this is the first time in its his
tory when it is likely to have a coal
miner in the executive chair. 1t is
appropriate. however, that the state
should have a practical miner for
governor. since its greatest resource
is coal and its greatest industry coal
mining; and the administration Of
the laws OF the state has much to do
with the mining business in all its
varied and important phases.
After rising to the superlntendency
of a mine, Mr.. swisher removed to
Fairmont and became a real estate
dealer. His business had most to do
with optioning and selling coal lands
in the East In this business he was
rernarltafIxy s,,crpssf,,I Then ca,,o