The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-09-21

them sees any encouragement
whatever in the judges recent utter
lances on the question.
The Wheeling Intelligencer does
not see anything dlscouraging in the
judges recent expression relative to
the United States senatorship.
Speaking editorially of the inter
view accorded by the judge in New
York the other day, the lntelligencer
has this to say:
in spite OF the guarded words
in which Judge Nathan Gof dis
courages the movement to bring
about his nomination and election
to the United States Senate, the In
telligencer believes that It has abso-
lutte authority to say that Judge
Cor will not resist the call of his
party and the call of his state. The
position which he occupies is a dis
tinguished one. 1t is not to be ex-
pected and none of his friends have
expected that he would enter into
scramble for the United States
dictatorship, or for any other office.
Fortunately that is not necessary.
The people of West Virginia will at
tend to all the details Of the work
preliminary to his acceptance of a
seat in the United States Senate.
Judge Cor will be the choice OF the
Republican party for the United
States Senate next year. A lRepubli-
can majority in the legislature will
nominate and elect him, and he will
respond to the call, as the highest
honor which It is possible for his
state to confer upon its favorite
son."
The Huntington Herald-Dispatch
declares that Judge Goff has such
hold upon the hearts of his fellow
West Virginians that he could COM
mand the united support of the Re-
publicans for any old office for
which he may run:
West Virginia can boast no
ADLER, purer or truer man than
Judge Nathan Goff. The Republican
party in the whole nation can pro-
duce few ADLER men, and certainly
none whose Republicanism outshin><
that of Judge Goff. His private life
has been as pure as his public acts
have been virtuous and commend
able That he could command the
full and hearty support of the Re-
publicans of West Virginia for any
Office he might desire, is a conclu-
sion too positive to be questioned.
That there is very large element
tof the Republican party which hon
estiy desires his re-entry into the
arena of active politics is conceded
by all. That he could be elected to
any office within the gift of the
people of West Virginia is admitted
by Republicans and Democrats
alike. That the Democrats fear him
of all men is made evident by the
troubled counteances OF Demo.
cratic politicians whenever his name
is mentioned, and by the tone Of the
Democratic papers when they refer
to his probable candidacy for
United States senator"
The Herald-Dispatch also points
out that the party has not reached
the point where 1t can win with no
other man, but the Parkersburg
! Dispatch-News, while admitting the
tenablllty of that position, says It
sees no present necessity for spring
ing any argument of that kind
Says the Parkersburg newspaper:
1T cannot be foretold what the
future will bring forth with refer,
ence to this matter OF party import,
ance, nor what Nathan Golf will dc
when the time comes for him tic
make known his final decision. The
demand for his services now serves
two good purposes one is that, af.
ter taking careful stock of patky
conditions, his return to Leadership
Is more unanimously desired than
that OF any other individual; and
the other, it serves to show him that
this demand is deep-rooted, earnest
and sincere.
Unity of party as our esteemed
contemporary points out, is the
heighth of desire. but It can be bet,
ter obtained upon concrete than
an abstract proposition. Its accom-.
plishment via the former is, We
think, more to be desired. If the
magnetism of a personality and the
greatness of character, can in.
duce unity, why not make use OF the
Individual possessing these sought.
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