The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-09-30
A Ercning Echo.

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Ideals are like stars; you will nat
succeed in touching them with your
hands But, like thc seaiaring man
on deserts OF water, you choose them
as your guides, aEc following them
reach your destiny. CARL scHURR
sorricst spectacle.
..My personal views are not Of i'm
nortance,' says Boss .Watson,s can
didate, Thompson. AIr. Thompson
Il wrong there. His personal
vteTt,, are of the. greatest import
ancelto the state should he be
elected, especially. There never was
time in political affairs in this
state when a candidates personal
views were more sought after by thei
peotp7ey IOr considered Of more. inter
EtaRoe--by. them --@-.-.
HowSd serenity this question is
2 .5 ~ ~ The two mem who are
contesting for the highest office
within the power of the people OF
West Virginia to give. Dr. Hatfield
considers that his personal views
are OF the greatest Importance to-
the people, and from the very first
day of the announcement of his can
didaey for the nomination up to,
this day, he has gone about among
the people, up and down and across
the state, expressing his personal
views on all subjects. Nobody asks
him a question, but receives
prompt, clear and openly frank re-
bly,. On April 9, 1912. he told the
Deople of the state his position on
The amendment question, and that
declaration stands now, and will
continue to stand, as not only his
political but personal view of this
matter. Nearly six months after
wards, there comes a belated word
on this subject from the man who
confesses that his personal views
are Of no Importance to be exact,
September %, 1912. Day after day,
previous to his nomination at the,
direction OF the machine and after
ward, the press. and pulpit and pub
lie called On him to tell where he
stood on this issue When it didI
come, it was a weak; evasiVe, apoEo-
getic- declaration, altogether lacking
the life, energy and determined pur=I
pose contained in the two strong,
convincing and aIl-satisfying para
graphs covering this subject con-
tanned in the personal platform
signed and issued to the people by
Dr. Hatfield.
Personal views" as well as per-
sonal habits and personal assoc
lions figure in this campaign with
the voters in this and every other
state to a greater extent than they
do in party platforms, and. than
4tgY have evefsdone many campaign
= Is The scol1ectioR of the pres
= Il Boss Eatsoa,s candidate for SOW
ernor co4teSses. it IN a formal public
.statemehnt i6sued TO the. press my
personal views. are not Of -impor-ts-.t
ance" He was speaking of~the Pro-1
hfbition amendment. but his words
are equally applicable to any sub
iect he might discuss while he is
making the race for governor for the
-Chilton-MacCorkle triumvi-
rate of bosses. The mean Hght III
which this man appears before the
public would be cause for feeling
sympathy for him if it were not for
the fact that he chose to stand in
1t.
Mr.. Thompson is quite correct. his
''views are of no Importance" at
this time. They would carry no
weight because of the peculiarly
pitiable and pathetic position he has
placed himself in before the public
He can not be true to himself. if he
has views which are contrawise to
those OF the party bosses who con
troll him. and any views he might eX-
press at all would carry no weight.
Whatever he says win be accepted
as that which the political powers
that own him instruct HIM to say.
This man is the sorriest spectacle s
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