The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-12-02
e Ia tile senat9rship..

FOsS ana the Senntorship.
50 Tar as it is possible to Judge
lrona the newspapers of Massa-
chusetts ye1nOr-elect Fosss bois-
ferrous entrance into the senatorial
estion has improved Senator
Lodges chances of succeeding him
SELF. The sentiment OF the state is
distinctly against Mr.. Foss and
there is general approval of Mr
Lodges refusal to plunge into a de-
hate with him. Republican newspa-
pers which are critics OF Mr.. Lodge
resent Mr. Foss's Interference in a
party question. The Lowell Cour-
Citizen, for example remarks
that ttere remain good many
people who entertain no abiding love
Tor Henry cabot Lodge who likewise
revolt from the notion that it is the
peciaIly appointed mission OF
Eugene N. Foss to bullyrag him.
And 1t advises the governor-elect
10 sing small Instead of presuming
to he the whole thing in Massachu-
sets BOSSES. The New Bedford
Standard also, which would prefer
another than Mr.. Lodge as senator.
tells the goxernor-elect that the
enatorship IS no business" of his.
Mr.. Foss evidently percefves that
f1e state regards coldly the ''shindy
he bumP1ously proposed and feels
that he has behaved like political
qbounder,'' says the New York Crib
une. he. ia already defending him
self and apo1ogtztng for his action.
he says:
Now want to call their attention
TO IKE case; it is OF Governor
elect woodrow Wilson, of New Jer-
sey. q see by the New York papers
he is beginning quite a fight down
there. wish all my critics could
read about that and understand that
DIR. woodrow Wilson, as well as my
self, is active n a senatorship fight.
Then there will at least be par
aIlel case
without regard to the difference
in methods of the two men Mr..
rFloss,s action is not in the remotest
degree parallel with that of DR.. Will
son. DR.. Wilson has quietly assum-
ed the position that as governor he
is his party's leader in New Jersey
with that position no one will quar-
rel violently, except perhaps the
New Jersey Democratic bosses, and
their opposition will be to DR.. VIII
sons advantage with the public. DR..
Wilson'S party controls the New
Jersey legislature, which will elect
a Democrat as United States sena-
tor. DR.. Wilson proposes to take
hand in this selection not because,
he Is governor of New Jersey. but
because he is leader of his party.
with Mr.. Foss the situation is
very diRerent. 1t is not his party.
nut the Republican party which
VIII choose the, Massachusetts, SEN
ator. He has no duty as the leader
OF his party in the premises. The
seIectfon OF a senator is not his al
.Sair In any way. AS governor he
Mil not De esponsfble for what the
legislature does. AS a Democrat he.
Will not be respons ible for what the
Republican party does. He Is an
outsider with respect to the situa-
tion. Now 1t is one thing to assume
that when you have been elected
governor your party desires you to
act as its leader. during your term
OF ONCE. That has been assumed
betore, with more or less success,
~ various state executives, and we
think the position a popular one
hut It is quite a different thing to
assume that. an election to the gov
sFnorship confers a charter to act as
public mouthpiece. Mr.. Foss APP
pears t6 think, not with DR.. Wilson
that the public would welcome his