The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08
HARMONS QUALITIES.
EBA GOOD. HONEST. ABLE. CLEAN
AND UPRIGHT NAN.

"ESS Olu PolIIlSdl PEoBnuoIlcapor ana
has good Judgment on the trend of
politics, 'if," as the horse-trader
sid of another horse-trader, g you
can get his Judgment"
Inasmuch as General Grosvenor
Is now out of politics, Che lives in
Ohio, and has no job) his public ut
4e1ances are entitled to more weight
than would have been accorded to
hsem when he was part of political
machine. His unelouded judgment
ought to be good, and the chances
are more than even now, one can
get his Judgment" He thinks that
the tariff question is coming to the
front; and SO strong is this convict
ion that he predicts that the gubern-
atorial campaign in Ohio next year
VIII be waged about this question.
There is unusual interest in this pre-
diction at this time because Governor
Harmon viii livery likely be the demo-
cratic nominee for Governor, and, if
elected, will probably be the demo-
cratic national standard-bearer in
1919.
In all such predictions there are
elements of chance, almost as com
picated as a game of chess; and heis
daring prophet, who will predict
that anything is bound to happen in
1919, without hitching to the state
ment several conditions. But Gov
ernor Harmon is doing things in
Ohio. He is pleasing the people by
prOmptness, thoroughness and cour-
age, and is giving the people of Ohio
an administration that commands the
respect and confidence of all classes.
When republican like Grosvenor is
forced to say, "he is good man,
able, clean and upright . it may be
understood that Harmon is indeed
making good" And when General
Grosvenor adds ''but he can play
politics more hours out of twenty
four than any man that Ohio has
ever produced, every democrat in
the country naturally says Lead me
TO him.
Ifohio has a democrat who has
developed the winning habit and who
is able, clean and upright" and
who can play the game of politics
more hours out of twenty-four than
any man Ohio has ever produced, :"
that democrat is the object of the
deepest interest to every member of
his party in this broad land, from
the Philippines to Porto RIGA and
from Panama to the North Pole.
The Democratic party will fight
only for principle and refuse to be
mustered in or to take orders until
they know that the constitution fol-
lows the flag. They also demand
clean, upright men as leaders. But
they are getting ready to bunch
their hits" They have made up
their minds that all honest, able men
are not necessarily unsuccessful in
private life; and the party is also in
state of mind that would welcome
combination of principles that are
democratic, and the leadership of an
upright, able man, who has the win
ming habit.
This state of mind is most favor
able to Harmon's being forced to
lead national campaign. If Cen
eral Grosvenor shall be right and the
Ohio campaign shall be pitched upon
the tariff issue, Harmon will prove
himself the equal of the best that
can be trotted out against him. But
why should his candidacy of the par
ty in 1919 depend upon his success
in 1902 Neither Tilden nor Cleve-
land got the vote of Ohio. The vote
of that state is not expected by the
democrats in national campaign.
If Governor Harmon has the class, y
why should more be expected of him
than of any other man proposed for
Al