The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-21

Never before In the history OF the
Republican party of West Virginia
has candidate for office achieved
what the Hon. William q. GlasscocS
has achieved In the short time he
has had TO advance his candidacy for
the Governorshfp. Handicapped as
he was by but brief period between
the time OF his nomination and the
election, he has nevertheless entered
upon a campaign of the entire state
which lays deeply in the shade all
previous attempts at whirIwind cam
/ three weeks time. Mr.. Glasscock has
visited and addressed the voters of
more than one-half OF the counties
Of the tatSe, and by the evening of
November second he will have COM
pleted tour OF every county OF the
State Everywhere he has gone he
has been greeted by large and en-
thusIastic crowds, and In several in
stances there have been Overflow
meetings that rival in proportions
anything the opposing party can get
up by hard advertising, numerous
the faithful through the streets
and rural communities. This In
terest that is being taken in Mr..
Glasscock's candidacy is of the earn
est kind. It is not simply the result
of any morbid curiosity on the part
of the voters. If this were the case,
Mr.. Glasscock would not be accord
ed the careful, patient, insistent hear
ing that greets his every effort from
the public rostrum. The public is
a tickle quantity, yet 1t rarely ever
deceives. An unpopular man, or al
popular man representing an unpop-
ular cause, cannot grasp the public
favor and hold it through a long adj
dress. The speaker must be popu-
lar and he must represent popular
cause. All of this Mr.. GIasscock rep
resents. and the vast audiences that
nightly hang upon his words. from
the very beginning to the ending of
his speeches. illustrates more forci- |
bly, than can the mere descriptions
from the newspaper mans point of |
view. the real respect and the high |
popularity in which the candidate is |
being held by the voters everywhere. |
Everywhere he has addressed meet
ings the crowds have been large
whether in our larger cities, our
smaller towns. at railroad stations or
crossroads, the interest has been the
same, while the very liberal ap- |
plause that Is rendered him by all |
gatherings further illustrates the in
terest the voter Is taking In his cam
paign. There is no part of the state
that has yet been discovered in which
Mr.. Glnsscocl's candidacy IS not the
popular candidacy. His aggressive
issues earnestly expounded, have
their immediate effect. and at the
close of his meetings there is invarf-
ably large crowd gathers about HIM /
to shake him by the hand, congratu-
late him and wish him well. He has
seldom been interrupted in his meet
ings-a1thouEh that method of cam
patgninS has become popular with
the Democracy IN many sections OF
the state-and when an interruption
comes in the nature of a question
asked or a thought implied. he has
answered the same intelligently and
satisfactorily. Mr.. Glasscock Is the
ideal candidate for the Governorship.
A man of the people, he is recognized
as being with the people; self-made.
he meets his fellowmen on n common
plane of citizenship, and becomes at
once n favorite. It is the strong be-
lief OF many leading men of the par
ty that Mr.. Glasscock will be elected
to the Governorship by a larger ma
1ority than has ever before been given
a Republican candidate for that high
office. In witness of this prediction
they point to the great crowds that
nightly gather to hear him speak.
to the ovations that attend his ap-
pearance everywhere, to the heart
interest taken in him and in his can
didacy by the voters of every section
of the State. Vigorously, yet unos-
tentatiously, he marches onward to
success. Triumphantly he Will cross
the rubicon on November third