The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-24


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street absofnteiy necessary, ana this
Ealienated what may be called the rad
Efcal or bonlb-tossfng element of the
party. Mr.. Cornsw chs views on public
questions became less radical and
more sensible, and tie contingent
yVfifeh StoilfdIy declined to have its
s1fafr cue until Bryan was elected Pres
Efdent, we're insistent nth the cruel
charge that he was the complacen1
syictfTa Of the odious Octopus. Never
Ethefess the railroad was Dudlt then =
was sold to larger syndicate ana
mr.. Cornwen banked q substantlas
land deserved profit Since then Nc :
has been fearless in going about
among the preying animals OF finance,
ythoIlv nonchalant of the possible
consequences of man-devourtng pre-
Idatory interest slipping up on him ano
biting him on the calf Of the leg.
Sentiment Changed.
In view of all this 1t might ps
Thought that mo- name more tnapp[o-
/ nrfate than Mr.. CornweIl's could pc
ssurgested in connection with che sen.
atorship. Not at all-in the light OF
the plausible explanation vouchsahs.o
BY the suggestef. Public sentiment
! he says, has itself changed, and Dem
nrratis party sentiment in West Viz
efnia has changed with it. 1t is g
more conseryatfve and sober seae.-
ment that prevails now, we are toid,
and the class-hatred era is tn1ns
of the past. Indeed, to be captain
of industry may soon again be
classification OF honor as in the days
before ft DROPPED into dfsrepnte.a n
short, we are told that folks geneT-
ally are beginning to .think as men
of the CornWen stripe think 81 On
Hublics questions safely and sanely.
That lets Him in and restores him 70
good standing in the benevolent ana
protective order of Democrats.
| The most notable past perform ance
of Mr. Cornwell was passed on the
eubernatoriaI track IN 1904. He ran
against w. NJ. o. Dawson, he ran
over IL, 900 votes ahead of the party 8
presidential nominee and lost by
9,O83.
White is Mentioned. :.
Studying past performances is as
much business of the politician as
1t is of the speculative party VINO
hazards his money at the race track.
How a horse or candidate has run IN
other races is considered to be q pref
ty fair basis on which to estimate
how he (horse or candidatel Will
run when he next starts. In puz-
cling over the uncertainties OF re
publican results next year in West
Virginia many students q the dope, .
sheet Profess to find stimulation and
Invaluable help in that piece of math-
ematical literature. If all who are
mentioned run, and run to form,
allowing the studfous optic to roam
through the guide book is by no
means time wasted. There is Albert
Blakeslee Whites performance on
the gubernatorfaI half-mfle In 1901:
He won in canter with lead Q:
1881. To be sure. that was fifteen
years ago, and Mr. White may not
have the speed and endurance to
make such a record-race as that
again But it is interesting. now
THAT he is having a boom for the
dictatorship. to see what he did the
Hast time he went to- the wire for the
work No one ever came anywhere
near his mark since the Republican
party began to win the governorship
Fin 1896 Atkinson and Glasscock
tcame through with little over H.
| field with a lead of $3.50. Isaac y.
Mann is a newcomer to the track
never having raced before and the
form book can give no help in fig
lurfng how he may perform under
hard drive. In the case OF Howard
Switzerland 1t is helpful, though.
llSutherland has couple Of highly
lcredftab1e winnings to his credit. In
1912 he finished over $4,000 votes
Ito the good and 1914, with split
ticket, he romped home ahead over
10 nnA TnFin Sherman narSf Ia a
proved racer with large series OF
winnings to his credit and not a sin
gle defeat Virgil Highland has never
been tried except on the Harrison
tcounty track. He had two goes there
and broke even. Fred o. Blue had
1.-The same experience on the Barbour
county state senatorial course. Sem
ator Hoods races have been local,
too, and what he could do In the gu
lbernatorial sweepstakes IS bathing
lproblematical. Cousin Abe Lilly Is
young to the track, but galloped to
the good three years ago, nodding TO
ia few friends in thegrand stands:
I'D. Long has done the same thing
twice over showing speed both times
THAT surprised the time-keepers.
stuart Reed has run often and was
never beaten, being always we'll to
1.-THE front of the victorious bunch in
leyery contest. Harry woodward
lstarted five times on the congression-
| al track and won four time. 1t took
a political earthquake to beat him
the fifth time--in1 1910. Judge Rob
linson's mild tryout on judicial circuit
may or may not be considered
criterion of what he could do In g
more strenuous race.
The showings made by the Demo
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