The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-08-20


ington have been striking at their
every interest since this congress
convened and got down to the bust
ress of reckiessly dealing with the
prosperity of the people. believe
that with an aggressive, high class.
able and popular candidate like Sem
ator Hearne whooping up things for
the party It can wrest the district
away from the Democrats. and send
the Democratic party and whatever
party it may annex"
Mr.. MADDEN announced that he Is
going to hang around here for few
days long enough to see Mulhall, The
monument and the mail
Making public the gubcrna.oriat
activities. plans and prospects of
Congress Junior Brown in this
correspondence, took that aspiring
gentlemen by surprise, but lie doesn',
seem greatly displeascd over tho pre-
mature denouement OF what some
way think premature candidacy. In
truth. Brown appears Us pleased rs
man who had confessed to something
and lifted burden from his troubled
conscience. As TO the prcmatureneSs
Of this candidacy 1t may not be as
premature as one way think. Brown
has got q lot to do, and II will take
lots of time. First thing. while he is
pretty we'll known in the Second dis
trict. yet he is not known personal
ly outside of that congressional
boundary. He has his organization
there. but he will have to expand it
and build 1t up from the other dis
tricts, all of which will take heap
OF campaigning. Browns got to get
acquainted with thousands of strange
Democrats and to impress them IA
vorably. he chances are that the
next Democratic State ticket will be
nominated by a statewide primary.
and in an affair of that sort the men
who are the best known personally
to the most people. are the best ad-
vprtised and all of that sort Of thing.
will be the men whose names will
20 on the party ticket. So, it Is wise
to make an early start. Every argu-
ment favors it. 1t is a big advan-
tagc, Brown Is Preston county
product, and fortune has been kind
and generous to him. He never nas
TO bother how he's to get hold OF his
next meal ticket. He lives we'll up
the block on the street that is called
Easy. The Hon. James S, .Lakih is
also Preston product. Brown and
I.akin have opposed each other for
years in politics. it is now being re-
called. Some may wonder why La
kin is allowed to break into this pan
aGraph. Bless your hearts, whilst
talking Of Brown for governor Lakin
i; most appropos to the subject in
hand. II is this way. If you have
been out in the woods and haven't
heard: A whole lot of people In the
Republican party look on James
Shanklin 1akin as prcttymucn-iIKe-
iO-br the nominee of that party to
succeed Governor Hatfield at Charles
ton. 4 whole lot of folks have their
eyes glued on him to see how he
makes out in the nctX year or two,
and If he continues to make good and
grow In public estimation In the fu-
ture as he has in the past few years,
they are going to put their money
right down on the Lakin coiors as
likely winners. But. of course. there
are other folks who doubtless haze
their eyes on somebody else. There
are lots Of likely candidates and some
ambitious men who are taking
thought of the govcrnorship with
profound and serious br8ws. Other
wise, as we might say, it is no light