The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-01

The only thing slow about TIE
contest yesterday was the voting. An
the hustlcrs are bringing Or senGing
In new subscriptions every day, but
nre holding back their special ballots,
From the small numbr Of votes regis.
tried each day 1t would appear that
the contest Is dragging" but It Ia
not and there will be some surprising
changes In the standing In Few
lays. r
The vote was light Thursday. bu.
the number of new subscriptions re-
cleved was mp to the average.
There is however. going to be a
terrific storm of ballots loon, Or e
contest manager will miss his guess
| and the candidate who Is resting will
be sorry she did so when tho final
count Is made.
The warning has been given lilne
and again by the contest manager,
and 1t Is up to the candidates to
heed tiiis warning. Only the hardest
| kind OF work will return winucr.
THIS Is an extraordinary contest. and
the rewards are not to be won with.
out an extraordinary effort. The candi.
date who Is not making this efror.
Will be among those who will wish the
winners merry trip" this month |
when the fortunate -four sai for
Europe.
Get Extremely Rusyh
The interest of the people In 4 pre-.
s:dential campaign Is always intcrsn
! but it certainly cannot be any
greater than shown by those In Fair.
| mont and surrounding tcrrnory ~
the Toun of-Europe contest of the
| West Virginian 1t is safe to say there
Is scarcely person in the whole terri
| tory covered by the contest WI" l..
not greatly interested In the suc: -ss
of some particular, contestant. 'rhi?
interest is either passive or active tho
active interest being shown by tn;
one who gives his own subscription
Or gets another subscription-or both
for his favorite contestant al,
helps her to- get her other friends
Interested. The passive Is shown b,
the one who hopes some particnlrl
candidate will win. but does not osrc
to help her in any way.
| Of course II Is rather pleasant 70,
candidate TO know OF this plssiv.
interest. but the active interest Isl
the only one which GccompliSles an,
thing for her. and the only one which
she appreciates. II You are not alrend,
in the active class get into 1t =,
once by sending a subscription to y3u
favorlte contestant.
An Even Chance.
Indeed there's an equal chanc,
for MI So far there are no Winners
no dead certain:ies." In all districts
the race Is so much every body
race that even the contest man could
not with any degree OF safety wager
n penny on the final results.
Nor does he make this Statement,
to mislead, but because the infornlo
| tlon he has rs regards the Standinp
CT candidates Is so unusual an,l puZ
zlihg< Never in his experience wer.
contestants ut this time so near TO
getller, or so much ,lepeided upAn
what won't and will happen oa mi
closing day.
The Final Clash.
In fine It's not so much what can
didatcS have accomplished IN for
mcr periods rs what they and theft
trlends VIII between now and July Q
We want to impress this.
For 1t would be n lasting regret I,
the candidate to find at the close sht
had lost because of one or tws snort |
longtime subscriptions she cuu:.'
have secured, had she gone afr tlcw
or because she took for granted JUS
ut the wrong time that her chance:
were not rs good rs her competi
tors.
In al battles It's the Snail measLuy /
ing of reserve force and effort hi;
brings victory to one and defeat tr
the other. At least. it is mt the
preliminary skirmish that always fore
shadows the final desired climax i:'s
the last hour that writes history.
tho last extreme effort that counts.
A Warning.
And. by the way. If history repeats
itself, there will be number If Ions.
time subscriptions secured between
now and the. close.
How many? There's the .rub--or
ratEcr the question.
However the opportunity is equal
to all, and likely there are few hut
Will take advantage OF it.
Or at least that's our opini:-
based on experience.
And we give it 70. what ito worth
All we desire Is 10 put cand,.
dates on their guard. so that when
the judges hand down their dcc;s.
ions the near-winner can't say-"Why
Didn't you tell us?"
Through an inadvertance in y.:stei.
days issue Miss, Gypsy Davis WIS
shown as n leader il district n,lnbs.:
two Wien in fact Miss lisa Iuckson
was the leader.