Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1912-04-09
McGr " for Wilson.
baltimore Sun of Friday. ]

baltimore Sun of Friday.]
Col. John t. McGraw, Democratic ma
tlonal committeeman for West Virginia,
arrived IN the CITY YESTERDAY, to remain
several DAYS i'll connection with the
Democratic National Convention. He
believes the coming convention will BE-
the greatest political gathering in the
history of the country and that Gev
Woodrow Wilson. of New Jersey. will be
nominated and elected. In an interview
Colonel McGraw said:
Il think the Democratic convention
will bring to Baltimore more people than
have been gathered together at one place
at convention of any kind in the his.
tory of the country.
The people of the Atlantic Seaboard
can come here cheaply and COMFORTABLY
by water, and the small expense of COM
ing from the country east of the Missis.
sippi. and particularly the Ohio Valley,
will swell the ordinary convention crowd
to abnormal proportions, while the coun-
try west of the Mississippi river will
send its usual convention quota.
"It is gratifying to know that your
local committee is preparing to take care
OF the crowds. and the arrangements tor
the use of private residences will relieve
the strain upon your hotel capacities"
''What do you think of the Pre- sidential
sitration?" was asked.
II think Governor Wilson will be nom.
mated, elected and will make one of the
very greatest Presidents the country has
had" replied Co'onel McGraw. "He
will give to the American people such an
administrators, fair aud Just to all, as
will perpetrate the party in power for a
quarter of a century"
Ga Upon what doyou base this oprnion?''
The same reasons which made him a
great president of one of the three great
universities of the country, and his brave
and courageous administration of public
affairs in New Jersey. He is, in nv iudg-
ment, the ablest man, Mr. Lincoln alone
excepted, who has appeared above the
political horizon as a candidate for Pres.
ident since the days Of James K Polk
He possesses the rugged honesty of An
drew Jackson, the decision of character
of Grover Cleveland and the scholarly
learning and ability of the late William
l.. Wilson, of our State"
Upon what do you base your predic
ton If his nomination."
Upon the fact that he is the only ma.
tIon-wide candidate for the Presidency,
He is not alone strong in segregated sec
tons of the country, but universally so
throughout all the States. Whoever NAV
be the first choice in any specific State,
you will very generally find that Gov
ernor Wilson is the second choice. This
is shown in the States IN which delegates
have beeh elected, either at the primary
or by convention, and also by the fact
that he is the second choice in Missouri.
the home of Speaker Clark; the second
choice in Ohio. the home of Governor
Harmon; the second choice in Alabama.
the home of Mr.. Underwood, and the
contest in Nebraska is confined in the
primaries to Wilson and
Harmon.
The dignity with which Governor
Wilson has comported himself in the
canvass challenges attention everywhere
and stamps HIM as of Presidential
stature"
"How is West Virginia ?"
West Virginia is debatable ground
While think the sentiment in three and
possibly four, of the five Congressional
districts of the States is fave rable To
Governor Wilson, Speaker Clark was
educated in one end OF the State ana
aught school for years in another. while
our western border. being on the Ohio
liver. gives personal equaintancesh,pl
With and neighborly feeling for Gov.
,rnOr Harmon.
II think it would be unwise to take
speaker Clark or Chairman Underwood
rom their unfinished work upon the
arif III Congress. even to make either
me OF them President. because the
YORK they have SO well done up to the
present time would have to be iutrusted
o new hands with new theories and
conditions.
when the late William L, Wilson was
he chairman of the Wavs and Mean.
committee he declined an appointments
the Cabinet by Mr.. Cleveland. basipg
us deciination upon the statement that
us work on the Ways and Means Com