The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-24
ICORnJWELL SUGGESTED
TO BEAT Mr.. Chiffon

dR.. GILL TON
street absolutely necessary. and this
alienated what may be called the rad
Heal or bomb tossing element of the
party. Mr.. CornwelI's views on public
Questions became less radical and
more sensible, and the contingent
which stoilidly declined to have It's
hair cut until Bryan was elected Pres.
fdent. were insistent with the cruel
charge that he was the compaacene
victim OF the odious Octopus. Never
theless the railroad was built, then !.
was sold to larger syndicate ana
Mr.. Cornwell banked substantial
and deserved profit. Since then nc
has been fearless In going about
amorg the preying animals of finance,
wholly nonchalant of the possible
of man-devouring pre-
Idatory interest Slipping up on him ana
biting him on the calf OF the leg.
Sentiment Changed.
In view of ali this it might be
thought that no name more 1nappro1
pirate than Mr.. CornwelPs could pc
suggested in connection with the SEN
atorship. Not at all-in the light OF
the plausible explanation vouchsafed
by the suggester. Public sentiment
he says. has itself changed. and DEM
ocratfc party sentiment in West VIZ
ginia has changed with It, 10 ls
more conservative and sober sentI-
ment that prevails now, we are told,
and the class-hatred era is thing
of the past. Indeed, to be captain
of industry may soon again pc
ella Justification of honor as in the days
before it droptsd into disrepute. IN
short, we are told that folks gener-
ally are beginning to think as men
of the Cornwell stripe think on
Ipublic 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 performance
Of Mr.. CornwelI was passed on the
gubernatorial track in 1904. He ran
against w. NJ. o. Dawson, he ran
over $4,000 votes ahead of the partys
presidential nominee and lost pX
8 ,033.
White is Mentioned.
Studying past performances is as
much a business of the politician as
it is of the speculative party VINO
hazards his money at the race track.
How horse or candidate has run IN
other races is considered to be pref
ty fair basis on which to estimate
how he (horse or candidate) will
zling over the uncertainties of Re
publican results next year in West
Virginia many students of the dope
sheet profess to find stimulation and
invaluable help in that piece of math-
ematica1 literature. If all who are
mentioned run, and run to form,
allowing the studious optic to roam
through the guide book is by no
means time wasted. There is Albert
Blakeslee Whites performance on
the gubernatorial half-miIe in 1900.
He won in canter with lead O.:
Is, 5S1. 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. boom for the
dictatorship, to see what he did the
last 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 goyernorshfp
in 1896. Atkinson and Glasscock
came through with a little over H.
600, Dawson with 9,O83 and Hat
field with lead of 3,769. Isaac T.
never having raced before and the
form book can give no help in fig-
uring how he may perform under
hard drive. In the case of Howard
Sutherland it is helpful, though.
Sutherland has a couple Of highly
creditable winnings to his credit. In
1912 he finished over 10000 votes
to the good and 1914, with a split
ticket, he romped home ahead over
8, 900. John Sherman Darst is 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
county track. He had two goes there
and broke even. Fred o. Blue had
the same experience on the Barbour
county state senatorial course SEN
ator Hoods races have been local,
too, and what he could do In the gu
bernatorial sweepstakes is baffling
problematical Cousin Abe Lilly is
young to the track, but galloped to
the good three years ago, nodding to
a few friends in thegrand stands.
Ed. 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 well to
the front of the victorious bunch in
every contest. Harry woodward
started five times on the congression-
al track and won four time. 1t took
a political earthquake to beat him
the fifth time-in 1910. Judge Rob-
inson's mild tryout on judicial circuit
may or may not be considered a
criterion of what he could do in a
more strenuous race.
The showings made by the Demo-
cratic runners in past years are
arro11v a q intoreSfinrr In viev of the