The Washington herald., 1914-05-19
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out OF the Kentucky Genstortai contest
was much regretted IN Washington. ana
hie excuse Of M health no less depiored-
No other Republican name In Kentucky
appeals at once to the Republican lead
ers in Washington. who had = faint hope
that q Republican vote In the Senate
might be continued with Democratic
Commonwealth. like Kentucky, doing the
unexpected. Other Republican leaders In
the State have been discouraged In re-
cent years. and have lost touch with
conditions. especially as they fully ex-
pected Bradley to continue the chief
igpre In his own party organixation-
The Democrats are jubilant, claiming
that Gov Beckham will now come across
In q sailop and take hold March next
here in Washington. Senator Bradley,
while In had health, win endeavor to add
his eloquence to the campaign, and the
Bradley eloQuence Ia the kind you read
about and the kind indigenous to old
Kentucky While he remains compare
lively young--several years under three
score and tent was recalled that thirty :
four years ago. when he was the young
est Republican leader In his State. he
jumped to national fame with his speech
seconding the Inclination OF Grant In
Conkling.
In the matter Of metaphors and gyra-
tions In the clouds with oratorical flashes
the Bradley speech surpassed that OF
ConkIng Some one UP Senate way, re-
GREETING the Bradley dropping out. took
pains to look up that speech the other
afternoon and regaled some feilow-Sena-
tors with It's splendid flights. This was
the first one:
1f,aa trF. ~
that man who, through the goodness of
God during the darkest hour of our ma
ton, became the leader OF the noblest
army whose banners ever dsrkened the
sky. Swept on My the waters Of the
lordly Mississippi from victory to victory.
he at length wound his grand army like a
serpent around the embattled hosts of
treason and crushed them within Its am
ple folds"
After one eminent statesman had read
this over twice to other Senators he re-
marked with interrcgative infection:
Can you beat itT' and they replied they
couldn't think of beating II. or coming
anywhere near It. Then he read this
poetical peroration with like result:
''The Islander of lying tongues. the
malice OF envious hearts have not been
able to tear a single leaf from his crown.
His fame Is as broad as the universe. as
deep as the ocean which with pride SO
recently bore him on her bosom, and will
live as long as the heavens bend above
us or the stars are reflected in the sea"
Alas, that such eloquence did not avail
to nominate Grant; but ii did much to
keep 30s delegates voting for him when
Garfield had a majority. 1t is not gen.
orally recalled that Senator Bradley and
his feilow-delegates remained loyal to
Grant, though knowing they were beaten.
The final ballot stood: Garfield. 3ss:
Grant, 306: Blaine. q; washburne. 5; Sher-
man. 3. and some day the survivors Of
the Grant phalanx are going to have
reunion
What wonder Ohio Republicans are
yearning for another big man in the
Senate? 1t Is that yearning to see
Senator's name prominent in headlines OF
newspapers and to find the Senator
eminent In national affairs, also almost
too busy for conferences with visitors
from home. that causes a reaction m
favor Of Foraker's return to the Sen
atorial arena. Foraker was not always
the most gracious or easiest to reach
when home folks come to Washington.
and no one ever accused him of being
a real politician, gifted with the arts
of saying much and doing little. Hence
the thinking g-it-over stage has came upon
the Ohio Republicans in big cities and
back townships, with a tendency to for
get Foraker faults in admiration for
Foraker achievements and Foraker lead
ership among statesmen when he has Of
ficial connection with the affairs OF
state.
This is the view of Col. n. Gregory
Wright. an lronton steel magnate never
credited with actual political ambition,
and politically active only by reason of
faith in the Republican and the Foraker
way OF doing things for the good of the
country.
That long stretch of Ohio counties be-
ginning beyond the merging OF the
Allegheny and Monongahela into the
Ohio River. and reaching to the tomb of
William Henry Harrison at North Bend
on the Indiana line. has long been proud
of adherence to the Republican faith and
Ironton. the home of Col. Wright, is in
the center Of the stretch comprising the
Of Columbiana, Jefferson. Harris.
Athens, Meigs. Gallia,
Lawrence, and Scioto. all Gibraltars in
the Republican faith. Hence Col. Wright.
with intimate business and political ac-
quaintance in each county. feels entitled
TO talk in behalf of Foraker, who has
ever been strong in the counties named.
1t seems odd. too, that with all the
utNplioH VI thtrc "
the Republican cause since Lincoln's time.
they have had little political recognition
when high honors were handed out. No
Senator of either party has come from
any one Of the counties. Edwin NJ. Stan
ton once lived in jefferson County, but
his Cabinet appointment under Lincoln
came when he was a resident of Pitts
burgh. John \. Bingham, of Harrison,
was sixteen years great figure in Con-
sress and twelve years Minister to Japan, |
but he never hoped for higher honors.
Able and prominent members of Con-
gress have represented the several dis
tricts comprised in the river stretch OF !
but there was no inclination 10 |
make any of them governor or Senator. |
Grosvenor was big in Congress, with |
twenty years service. but got no higher. |
Valentine B. Horton, of Gallia, was |
eminent away back, even to the extent |
Of giving John Sherman something TO
think about in the Senatorial running. |
but achieved little beyond Congressional |
honor. The drift has been away from the |
Ohio River counties in giving out things, |
and they look towards them with hope |
and anxiety every election night since |
ls60. Possibly they may get a governor |
some glad day in the future, but not |
this year, and so Col. Wright and his |
loyal friends continue hopeful of Foraker |
1t the farther end of the river.
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