The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-25
News Views En-
New York

9By Genn GuernseY

Gem Guernseys
ssEWa YORK April 25:-Reat news
are sesTce In our midst this week
Therefore. i will write about poll;
tics. THAT subject IS source Of
neyeriaillnE interest to the New
Yorker. The average citizen of the
metropolis talks more and knows
less about politics than any other
man in this: orr great country. Com
pared with him. the bucolic argufier
OF de country store becomes a mod
est. unassumins and uncommunica-
tive Sphinx.
This ignorance OF the New Yorker
not due to lack OF opportunity.
No sooner does a prospective candi-
date feel the of%lce-seeking afintus
than he hires a hall and proceeds to
~unloosen great gobs OF wisdom. And
We enjoy It. SO long as New York
remains on the map. the art Of su-
perherted oratory and ferrent stump
speaking will not be forgotten.
II Is during the presidential year
that our enjoyment reaches Its height.
No candidate dnres shirk his sacred
duty OF teaching the metropolitan yot-
or how to cast his ballot. Already
Bryan. TAFT. Knox and Hughes have
volunteered to Instruct us and Sec
Rotary Taft will give another lesson
next week. Fairbanks. Cannon. John
son and Tom Watson are expected
shortly. and our own Hearst will
teach us the ways OF Independent
political action at a banquet on Mon.
day night. Even "BiTl" Haywood.
the l~usty-roiced miner from Colorado.
sas taught lis the way of salvation
by voting for Socialism.
Candidly. taking them by and
large. up one side and down the 9th
er. I am not impressed with the avail
able presidential timber. New York
alone could produce n better lot.
While 1t is n little lnte in the senson
to spring presidential Blooms. I ven
ture to predict that Jul distinguished
fellow citizen. Mark Twain, could.
romp under the wire a dozen lengths
ahead Of any Splinter now in the
presidential race. Finley Peter
Dunno. 1 suspect. could give a COOL
account of himself in n competition
with the present contestants. on n
laugh and grow fat platform. Ella.
Wheeler Wilcox. as the presidential
candidate of the New Thought party,
standing firmly on a platform which
guarantees health and happiness to
every citizen, would. I predict. make
any mere man who had the temerity
TO run against her look like a snail.
And there are others.
But It Is too much to expect the
politicians to jump into the river Of
oblivion. merely because such an nc-
ton has been suggested rs desirable.
Therefore. 1 am inclined to look with
favor mon The plnn of n New York
newspaper nan George E.. Mcdonald.
who has advanced the proposition
that the citizen should be allowed to
vote against all candidates for any
Office. II he desires. 1r n majority
thus expressed their dfspleasure with
the asnirants for any Office. n new
shuttle and another deal would he.
come necessary. But that is only an
other method of inviting our profess
s;onal statesmen to commit political
suicide, and 1t Is not likely to meet
/ NTH b a g1,sr~a HI. rnonp4i,r "F....
DemoIish Old Hotel.
Next week will probably mark the
beginning OF the destruction of an.
other OF New York's ancient hotels.
the old Sinclair House, MT Broadway
and Eighth street. The old ediffce,
in which many of the great of past
generations have ilnel and slept. win
make way for n modern commercial
structure. 1t was opened us n road
house in 1910. and was largely fire.
QuenteL by the gay young blades and
beautiful danes OF that time, who
visited the hosiery In order to par
take OF the cnnrashncks. terrapin anil
turtle soup for which Its chef was
famous.
Among the distinguished men
whose anne were often to be found
on the register OF the Sinclair House
In later years were Grover Cleveland.
William Cullen Bryant. F. Marion
Crawford and Horace Greeley. The
latter was exceedingly fond OF the
appetizing dishes served ut the hotel
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