The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-30
GOFFANDMlAS0VARENIAINllED
AS WINNING Combination
NEITHER OF sTAEs sIURlsTs ARE
CANDIDATES BUT issTHoueHF
THAT They CHIT BE INDUCED.
TotMAkEs RACE r Il SENATOR
AND GOVERNOR y q:
Charles Brooks Smith.
. y" = q t1I' AZ
For Y. s. senator-Nath .Goff.

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For Y. 8. senator-,N Nathan Goii.
For Governor-John Mason. !.
PARKERsBuRG w Va, Sept. 1901.
How would the Republicans OF sthiq
State so into the campaign next yeaf
II they knew that Judge Nathnn Cor
would be willing % quit the bench
and accept the United States senator
ship II their party won out at tho
polls, and that Judge John ~. ssfasons
would accept the nomlnation tor gov
ernor II 1t came to him by unanimous
choice? The question doesn't admit
of but one answer worthy 9ofs accept
ance and consideration, and that 10
that they would, every 'mpther,s son
of them, go Into that campaign with
an energy and an enthusiasm that
hasn't thrilled them since Goff led.
them to q glorious victory IN the year
1883. 81; ;il
why elevate our hopes?, my re-i
spected readers no doubt inquire hi
their minds as they read Z the first
paragraph. It is said-or thought
with sigh OF regret as u such q
happy condition as this is not % he
dreamed OF. Not so: On the con,
trary. 1T is much to be thought OF.
talked and boosted. ills not an itns
possibility. but a very strong probasi
bllity. 1t can be brought about II II
is gone about In the trightsway. Il 81
The success or the failure Of this
suggestion rests entirely with the
rank and file OF the Republican party
in West Virginia. They don't want of
dccs, they want men-rnen WHOSE
heads reach up into the p,ifer4 and
more rerilled atmosphere Iof political
liie; men whose names are an inspiras
ton and magnetism. whose charactefs
are above the reach Of the vicious and
Iyenomous. Such men are these TWO
lfdlstingulshed West YlrginIaBs and
fjurists. rfat. the rank aud liI5 have
Iset their hearts On forcing, i'm q kind
tiy and conslderatlve way Judge Con 70
say when the proper time comes Tor
saying 1t: Twill; accent election TO
the United States senate gif my party
wins. thankful for! the high honor and
pleased beyond my ability TO express!
over the unanimous way in which ~ u
| to- come to me In the event OF our
party's yictory"-that the rank and
file have set their hearts on bringing
such a thing about is plainly evident
from a reading OF the Republican
newspapers. They sensitiyely and sac:
| curately record the party feeling. "
| is Judge Goff first. They do not ex..
pect him to get down Into the muck
| Of practical politics, not b bit Of II:
There has been too much Of that. All
that they as Is that in the beginning of
the campaign next year he will say
words similar to those flctl tltlously AZ;
tributed to him, ,.and every convention
Twill endorse his candidacy and every
legislative nominee Of the party VIII "
De luStTuCleu loE ulil.E ~ ithS ASttt.s-Atfts
for this continues there will be moth,
ling else to it-no other name uttered
| in connection with that exalted flcel
Furthermore, II 1t continues Judge
Goff will formally express his willing,
ness. or that there isn't the faintest
doubt in the minds Of; the men who ll
are intimate with him and who havs;
talked with him about 1T. Judge Gofrl on
however, is not a ndidate, but hs
will ct it be known that he VIII ac.
cept II the party wins out, Sifs the party
unanimously WHAT'S him. That is tha
exact situation with regard ito Juass
GoH, so far as 1 am able TO state ",
Mind, he is not atcandidate. There 4
a difference, and the party ppearssto g
I have grasped It. AT any rate. " :goess
rlgh. along booming Gof and has Ic a,
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