The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-06
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Ing through the ether toward the home
Splate, and Senator Clarence w. Wat
son scheduled for the bat and with
4 Democrats holding down bases. It Ger.
Iftainly looked as though the Republi-
cans would be retired to the field for
the first time since the subsidy game
4 came to be irregular sport OF thelup.
4 per house. II the stripping senator
from the mining state had only been
4 glued to; the bat, as he should have
been, instead Of being on the grand.
stand eating sandwiches with group
5ofSadmirers Of the points he has yet to
make in the senate plays. he would
surely have biffed the ball in a way
that would have doubled up the
friends of subsidy in agonies OF dis
SStress overltheir disastrous defeat But
4 he was not there, and Vice President
J. Sherman caught the ball in passage
and the Democrats were promptly de.
clared out. Thirtynine to thirty.nine
4 was the score, until the deciding clutch
8 on the subsidy measure by the presid-
ling officer gave the Republicans the
lead and the Sship subsidy team the
victory. Now Mr. Watson instead Of
sscayorting about the senate diamond
with the pennant aloft, amid the huz.
I gahs ofthe grandstand, with hailing as
gthe man Of destiny, the most fortunate
y u young senator the country has seen
for a long time. Is sitting on the bench
with his teammates pouring out upon
him rounds Of language. Baseball par.
lance would be- feeble to express the
anger of the Democrats over the fall.
sstnre Of Senator Watson upon the first
day OF his entrance upon his duties, to
RESPOND to the call. PLAY ball." The
y electric bell sounded the move in the
/ game. rbut the West Virginia junior
4 senator was too new at the business to
understand the signals that became
I, more and more imperative MS the sub.
gsidyg bilIr progressed toward the final
9Syote.
Senator John Walter Smith. whose
guest the young senator was at the
gtime, should have prompted him-at
least he might have found out whether
/. or not he had paired. Yet anyone who
knows this urbane Marylander can IN.
derstand how reluctant he would be TO
make q seeming breech Of hospitality
! by,remindlng guest at luncheon with
him that hey@as mot attending to his
business andinstead OF being engaged
with delectable repast and in the com
y pany Of a charming group Of ladies'.
and their companions, his place was on
the Senate floor and his duty was to
defeat the pending measure by his de.
& Gliding vote. So there is no use in put.
Il ting blame upon Senator Smith fol
" the misadventure by which the Demo
y Gratis, who We're within an nee Of de
a subsidy bill In the Senate, foI
H the first time. in the history of such a
measure, lost the opportunity ant
were filled with modification.
,Gsa.S 1t Is now in order for some one to
present a marked copy Of the satires
i:of Horace to Mr.. Watson that he may
reflect upon the passage that tells of
s3athe. rusticSwho stands by the river for
1.-The tide to run, by while the tide runs
II on forever. He should be gently ad,
tjured to tbearFin mind that he who
4 stems. the tide wins victory. He should
have pointed out to him that a mas.
I siye opportunity presented itself for a
moment and then passed beyond re-
Tgcall. IT. would be cruel, however. to
n have him; take too closely to heart the
$gadage that opportunity knocks but
slsonce at any door, for Mr.. Watson is
young yet and he may have many op.
ssportunities senatorial distinction.
But this opportunity is indeed gone.
He has miased one Of the most envia.
" Bile chances TO rise by single vote to
u place Of command among his fel.
lows that has ever been given a raw
recruit IN the. senate ranks. Instead
fof being the Mr.. Watson who defeated
the ship subsidy bill. he is simply Mr..
Watson, the new senator, from West
Virginia.
There Is no use crying over spilled
milk and the Santi-subsidy Democrats
can only tote their burden Of disap
lpointment caused by the unintention
al remissness Of tlieir young colleagu.
and reflect; that under, similar circum
stances almost any man would have
II lost his count upon the dry procedure
6Sgofi q Senate mensure In course OF pain
" Ss'4frl passage: Me Joke Is rather on thu
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