The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-07-18
Causes Chills to Run lJp and
Down the Back Of the Dem.
oCratic State Bosses.
DEATH KNELL TO HODGES
Republicans Are IubiIant MhiIe
Democratic Brethren Are
Broken in Spirit.
lBy CharIes Broolxs smith. ]

palpitnting, and its narrative Of the
history aof the Hodges case prSltfnI-
nary to that gentleman's .sp6nt4us
eous" nomination is q valuable heri-
tage for posterity. Too great praise
cannot be accorded Col. Beali for 4 s
straight. story OF an epochal political
Transaction for preservation In the
mperishable archives. Generations
yet to come are entitled to have The
truth about the volcanic outbnrat of
spontaneity which resulted In the
ruin Of q more or less fetent uni
yersity president. So
With our well known, modestyi M
Just hate to promote our perscndI
views to the forefront, and with din.
Guilty shunt our Characteristic shyness
to one side long enough to remark
that in our opinion the most impor-
tent phase OF Col. Beali's fntervieE
was not the double crossing by Chi
ton, nor the offer Of q nomination III
exchange for the purchase OF q lot of
phony stock in bunk gold mine nor
the treason to a long standing frikfid.
ship, nor the fall from the clouds OF
one. Tom Hodges. who. as is now, ar.
parent, had no business being In thu
clouds anyhow-tn our humble ana
contrite judgment these were minor
matters contained In the denouemenf.
me real, great, vital and important
part of Col. Bealrs tobasco creed WIS
none of these, but was. In our shrifit
ing opinion. that part which spoke
Kind word for the Hon. Judas Iscar=
lot. According to Col. Beail, Mr..
lscartot isn't SO rotten bad after Ill.
Indeed, Col. Bea1l says, compared tn
Senator Chiffon. "Pussyfootn Shafef
and q few other eminent second.
story men ahi1iated with the Gold
Dust Twins, Mr. Iscariot was q gem.
ueman, q scholar, and altogether 4 <
most charming ana engaging fellow.
We have always been possessed OF
9 desire to say word in defense fof
Mr.. Iscartot. From all our readinf
II impressed itself on our juvenile
and innocent mind that q lot %
;thines have heen- said bout Judsl thai
were not provable. Every historian
seemed to have but one idea and th6f
WAS to take crack at him and nut
him in as bad 3 light as possible. The
case against him is such a one sided
affair that tender hearted and weak X
minded readers are liable to expert
ence the belief that he hasn,t been
given q square deal, that he has been
outrageously lied about, and that hs
was made the ---- seoat of the admins
istration that was In the sandle IN
his time. Whether this opinion shat
any semblatee OF fact or not, one Just
hates to see a aschap get the worst Of II. y
or at least never get q kind word said
about him, few thousand years. and
consequently when one hears good
word spoken of him at this late date.
one is Inclined to believe that finally
and ct last the uneven scales OF jns-
tice are swinging more evenly, ana,
as beloved DR.. Munyon says. there IS
hope. = ze &
Col. Beall says that Mr.. J. Iscarict
Is quite respectable, much of g gentle
man, and worthy of an invitation tnk
anyone's house, when viewed from q
certain perspective. That he Is al OF
these good things, and more anon.
when compared to Senator Bill OF
Gold Hill and the Hon. Silent Shafet
OF the pussyfoot. Count one, for the
candtdate-Mr. Iscariot. For we an
know that Senator Chiffon and
Brother Shafer are gentlemen. schoi-
ars. and philanthrop opists: They may
have some slight irnperfe ections
does not-but We stand up boldly
and challenge anybody to say TIM h
both or either ever grapped the coin
from blind mans cup or glyceriusd
the door off'n a safe. We defy 26in
to do. 1t. So there! - y n
In the meantime we proffer the
right hand lunch hook Of feIIowhiiinI
to the Hon. Judas Iscariot. At1eaSt.
there Is reasonable doubt Of Ms
guilt since banker hath given him
credit for possessing, gentlemaiiy.
qualities. After the lapse Of canf6f9
les, can it be possible that juStie Il {
at last to be accorded Jude? 81
& Everybody looks forward with
amused interest to the time when n
Hodges viii take the stump. Before
doing that the people of the stat
hope that he will get close enough
again to the properties to resign SaS
head Of the University. From an fe
ports. that institution needs i0ol<ifiR
after. J It has been languishid& y Il q
said, and as president Prof. Hodfes
hasn't set the collegiate world afifs
But when he takes to the hustinfa IL 3
Is the consensus OF opinion Of the
wiseheimers that the Doctor van NIT
have the time nor be given the 6f-
portunity to discuss national or stals
issues to any large extent. It Il
figured that about the time he opens
up to tell the psycholog ogicaily depress-
ed audience what grand things th6
Underwood tarin has done for tie
country. some heartless hiclt with
whiskers to the. belt line win arise h
his seat in the center of the hall, and
asseverate something In this Wise:
''That may be all right, too, Doc.
and It mayn.t. What we'd like k0
know Is, how did you get It ~ mean
ing, Of courze. the nomination
Then the professor win be conineII-
ed to explain that, or beat It from tis
platforr. II will consume .! c0nris
ofiho6rs, at least for him TO- tzli
around this question. ana bx TIE time
he thinks he has got h dashed f5 he
mast, as It were, another Did tli &
inslly Of the soyerelgns sc0mmonN e5il1
viii get up and inquire: And now
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