The Washington herald., 1914-01-25
POLITICAL Ro(fSi iolt
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GOV. HatnslA Of West vlrui.se. :
pnyncian tn private NE. and h poo1tics
.nsnneo ns,, to cause nervous pscgeratton and
politicians OF his State. = herS conferrins
win senators Borah and cummins. also
win C. b Warren, OF Nichienn. on; the
oest method OF restoring the @. q. r.
% health. II 10 the dFst venture % Hat
neao N national politics and the chaylce
came to him by the defsction oe william
seymour Edwards, chosen . .memhsr d
tne Republican committee for West vir-
sinie In lel2 Edwards made . quick
lump Tor the Prcsressive wagon, but In
sisted he was still member, OF the Re-
tuofcan National COMMITTEES. The Taft
managers promptly scratched his name
on the list, but no successor was ,chossn.
hence the delegation OF Hatneld ~ prac-
ucaly committee member. He wac q
loyal enough Republican in the lSls cam
paisn. possibly for the reason that the
frogressives nominated only electors and
stood with the Republicans for State and
Congressional candidates.
The result was one Of the few Repub-
ican Victories In the whole country and q
severe attack cf heart failure for Senator
watson and his really remarkable Demo-
cfatic organization. which many Repub-
licans thought could not be beaten. and
for that matter many Republican personal
admirers of Watson did not want II
Desien. There is some complaint that the
setung together plans. and literary put
put OF the Republican national organixz-
non should be handled by some members
VINO were not quite In line with the true
Iaith In the Taft campaign, and while
Hatfield did not defer to the Progressive
sehtiment In his campaign for governor.
ne Is credited with Senatorial aspirations
wnicn may tncite to q spirit OF compro-
mise between now and 1916.
A memory for dates and q touch Of
sentiment did more to gain Presidential
appointment for an ambitious correspond
ent few years back than all his political
backing. In January following AcKin-
iey's selection the correspondent hap
pened to recall that January q would
De the thirtieth anniversary OF the Presi-
dents marriage.
Some time before. at Canton, I'm quest
OF pictorial material during the 1900 cam
paisn the correspondent had looked up
the marriage license records OF 1s1 and
photographed the application of William
mckinley. tr., for q license to marry Ida
Saxton.
The young major had subscribed his
signature as required. giving ages Of both
The correspondent had kept the photo
graph OF the license application and re-
calling the date thought IL q happy
souvenir to send the President on the
anniversary. He wrapped 1t carefully
and asked Secretary Cortelyou to give
1t personally to the President.
That night several ap,ipepf rnliffrar
managers were at the White House for a
social session and the President showed
the marriage license picture with much
pleasure. remarking that no one else on
earth, not even members Of the family,
had recalled that IL was the thirtieth
anniversary and commented with COM
pliment on the correspondents thought
fulness
That gave political manager the
chance to remark that the correspondent
would like a modIst foreign appointment
and change OF scene. Mckinley at once
approved and told his secretary TO look
up some post that would be satisfactory
and with Senatorial approval make out
the commission without delay A few
weeks later the consul was on the ocean
en- route To his post In Europe and the
little sentiment of the marriage license
picture had more to do with the signing
OF his commission than all the Senatorial
Endorsements or political influence In his
home State. While Mckinley was mar
ried on January = his birthday was two
days later and III living today he would
be concluding his seventy first year and
De much younger than several Senators
now active In Congress. Had he sur
vived his second term he would have
been but sixty-two and his one ambition
was to live quietly at Canton and be a
trustee OF the State University at Column
bus with meetings once a month.
The country editor Is doing business
again in Ohio Republican politics. Only
two weeks ago the editor Of the La Rue
News, published in a village of I,cnO peo-
pie, set forth in plain words that the
Progressive cause was waning in his sec
ton and that Republicans were returning
TO the true faith. The La Rue editor
was startled to find his modest editorial
taken up as text by big papers outside
OF Ohio as indicating the trend of things
and he swelled up some as he added a
few more forcible lines. insisting with
increased fervor that the G. o. p. was
getting back to old leaders. old methods
and victory.
Now comes a country editor report from
Lake County. the old home of Garfield.
with these words of import and cheer
from the Lake Erie region:
"One hundred men representing every
township in Lake County. with more Pro-
gressives present than Republicans, held
a love feast in Powerville yesterday and
demonstrated that harmony can be
brought out OF the present situation in
this county. s. ID. Shankland. former
Representative. and DR.. Winans Of Mad
ison. present Representative. were the
speakers. Both urged amalgamation.
All the Progressives at the meeting IA
vored unity of action in the future"
This paragraph with much comment at
tached Is now going the rounds OF the
real Republican papers in Ohio and is
discouraging the Progressives who are
anxious to make James r. Garfield their
candidate for governor. Lake is in the
old district that sent James A. Garfield
to Congress for nine terms and had bur
three Congressman in over fifty years,
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