The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-02-17
FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
AND CoNCERNINGgWEsT
V1RGIN1ANs.
JUDGE ]. N. SANDERS. OF BLUE.
FIELD, SPEAKS OF THERE
PUBLICAN PARTY. Al,
THINKS IT WILL BE STRONGERIN
1916, WHEN ROOSEVELT
IS NOMINATED.
(By. Charles Brooks Smith,

the erroneous verdict that because Il
man ran for an office three times, or
was three times a candidate for three
different officcs-at different times,
Of course-and failed Of election each
and every andlt.aii'sH8tim he is not
much of a runner and ought to quit
| fnidisgust and go back to the plough,
The mines, or some other plaeee that
lSS lssused to and where he stands a
itasonable chance of obtaining sue
|kpss. That As well enough To cons
Itinde On the face of things. But don't
IpA hasty. and jump atSconclusions.
Study the figures. They may prove
that a chap may run for an office
many time and fail to arrive anu
Yet may be some .hefty little runner
at that, and ought not to. be court
martialed and stood up against wall
and shot just because he didn't get
there. He might have done very
decent job Of running after all. The
side issues called circumstances must
be taken into account.
Which leads us to observe that one
lllal w. Depue, of the county Of Roane
who isainSour midst. has run for Of
sficc three times and failed to get
there any one or all of the three
times, First It was for county clerk,
lthen for circuit court clerk and In
1872 secretary 81; STATE. He finished
!within the distance flag every time
although he did not finish first. Fur
thermore, lie Is Still. stout Of limb,
strong of wind, and ambitious of de-
Sire. Which means. tiat he dsn'ts run
Tout but has few more runs left In
Elm. 'spSfsD s.
Aadwthat probablYnfaccounts for
Fscme considerable iabber in Dcmo.
cratic camps to the effect that Mr..
, nepue%@ould be a likely sort of cha,,
tc pit against the iIIons Howard Sutl-
erland, when the latter Is renominat.
ed unanimously as he will. tbe-to
succeed himself as congressman-at-
large: Morris Mr.. Deput averse. He
likes the talk and doubtless would be
DIS willing us the Hon. Billium Barkis
to grab the nomination and make the
race. About ever SO long" he says,
Iabout every four years. 1 feel the
call of the blood and proceed to break
myself by, running for office. 1t isn't
Ibecause' need an office, not at all,
but Just can't help running for. one.
| have figured it out that l Inherited
II from my father and all the rest Of
my venerated male ancestors. They
were some politicians In their day
and generation. 1t isia costly game,
but it is worth 1t. work like the
.yeryeold nick three Yeas trying to
! get the amber juice from, the bosom
OF. old mother earth and then the
fourth year L proceed to strew tho
usefructrabout the country trying to
get an office that don't particularly
need nor especially want to fill. But
like the sport of chasing it. Some
men like golf, others this and that
thing as recreation on the side, but
Tor myself land it's the gospel TRUTH
like politics above everything else.
| am not saying that / am thinking OF
being candidate for the nomination
for congressman-at7large and am
not saying that ] wouldn't take 1t il
1: were handed around my way.
What I do say is that IL the boys
don't want me .tomake that race they
had better not tempt ME with an Of
fer to do so.'' il.
So saying, the Hon. Hal Depue ex.
cused himself to show an oil map to
! Senator Sorghum. who had come up,
and try to convince him that $4,000
bonus on a 800 acreage in Roanc
county. carrying one-eighth In the
first well drilled-was dead cheap at
The price. I
Judge j.. NJ. Sanders, of Bluefeld,
thinks that the Republican party will
come together again When T. Roose.
welt is nominated in 1915, which
Judge Sanders thinks will surely
happen In tile meantime, he thinks
that the Fifth congressional. district
can be kept safely in the Republican
column II Edward Cooper, OF Bran
well, is nominated to succeed Repre-.
sentative Hughes. The iudgeswhoi Is
here for a few days, accompanied by
l his good wife, delivered himself to
that effect. He also put forth the
statement that II was merely a quess
ton Of time and not d Lengthy pc.
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