The Washington herald., 1913-11-04
With the Political Procession.
ny r. b. G.

home county Of Harrison. He continues
listed as Senator from old Virginia, bui
was no longer a voter In that State
Wnen he voted In 1854 his ballot was
cast at Ciarksburg and he welcomed
/ Peter q. Van Wrinkle, OF Parkersburg
and Waitman T. Wiley, of Morgantown
the first two Senators of the new State
as colleagues loyal to the cause OF the
Union. Senator Carlisle had four years
IN the Senate, going out In 1865, and lived
unul ls1S, dying at Clarksburg, the home
OF the present Republican Senator, Ma
than Gof. In the troublous days OF war
the new State was very much battle
Held. and Con- was doing his duty as
young soldier. Like his distinguished
fellow-townsman, Carlisle, Senator Con
has unique distinction. He is the only
senator drawing two Federal salaries
and probably the only one who ever had
tnat blessed privilege. The Constitution
prsciudes the drawing of more than one
salary to any official. but the Consti-
tuition makers overlooked something and
there Is no way TO prevent Con from
craving his salary as a retired Federal
judge and as an active Senator He had
served over twenty-one years on the
Federal bench. had reached the age of
seventy, and was entitled to retire on
salary or 1900 a year. Then he came
to the Senate at $500 year, and what
are you going to do about IL? He simply
draws l4,SOO a year from the Federal
treasury and besides is man OF i'm
mense wealth who has profited by the
great development in his State during
the last twenty years.
There is one thing in favor OF Hobson
In his campaign for Senator down Ala
bama way. He does not mention that
little affair OF the Merrimac in his Off
cial biography. Think II a Walter L4af-
ferty or an Adam Littlepage biography
had such happening come their way.
The way IL was handed to several
eminent and esteemed Democrats in the
Ohio Congressional delegation by a select
circle OF self-appointed party managers
at Columbus in making new districts re-
mains a matter Of fervid, even ferocious,
comment in Washington and at home.
In the vernaCular OF the sporting fra
ternity IL was a "coId-hand DEAL and
designed TO aid few blessed with the
favor OF the Gov Cox circle and close
TO the chiefs Of the party organization.
II mattered not that William C. Sharp.
OF Elyria, had carried a strong Repub-
lican district three times in succession.
Sharp, a broad. clean Democrat. might
become too ambitious and get in the way
OF Gov. Cox. Sharp did have the cour-
age to think of being a candidate for
Governor when Cox was nominated. and
hence the punishment was made to fit
the crime when the Cox coterie had the
chance to throw Sharp into a district
twice as hard TO carry as the normally
Republican one he has been carrying for
six years.
Now there is Bathrick, of Akron. who
was the first Democrat 10 ever carry the
old Garfield district and he did II sec
ond time, which was altogether supplying
TO Republicans. also to some Democrats.
The Bathrick reward for such really
great victory was the fixing up of dis
trict along with Sharp with new counties
and as great majority 10 overcome in
new territory as he had in the old Nine
teenth- Sharp and Batnrick are good
friends and dislike the idea of contest
ing fer a nomination which can hardly
result in election anyhow.
The Cox circle at Columbus took pains
to fix up districts for f4vOTites. and ]. J.
Whitacre. of Canton, who Is chiefly known
as the member from the old Mckinley
district. was given several strongly Demo-
cratic counties I'm exchange for Column \
biana and Mahoney which are usually
very muCn RepubllCan. Just what W MT |
acre has done to deserve the making TO |
order of a new district wonderfully Demo- |
cratic is not made clear. He is seldom |
in Washington and visiting constituents |
remark the difference as they recall the |
old days Of William Mckinley, r. W. |
Tayler. and even Jim Kennedy. Not only |
Whitacre, but George White. the mem !
Der from Marietta, was favored by the |
conspiracy.
White has not been in Ohio very many |
years and served term in the Pennsyl- |
Vania Legislature before entering the |
Ohio oil fields and deciding to remain. |
He took up politics as well as oil. and in
two years went TO the Legislature at l
Columbus. Next he came to Congress |
from a close district. but his Columbus
friends kindly handed him the strong |
county of Monroe which
makes the White district almost safe. To
turn this trick for White II was neces-
sary to take Monroe from William L.
Francis. of Belmont, a Democrat who
lad twice carried a Republican district,
hanks altogether to the Monroe County
majority. In exchange Francis
Nas given Columbiana from the old Whit
lCre district, a county normally good for
.OO0 or more Republican majority so that
Francis continues gloomy and resentfut-