The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-02-25
| TRIBUTE TO NON. N. F. HTE
CANDIDATE FOR THE UNITED
STATES S::;;ATE.

IL has 's~n many lay since We~t
Virginia Republicans have had the CD
I'o: tun,ty 10 send tn the United States
senate a man with the background for
appeal to the whole people such ~ 10 in
dicst~d i'm the life and story Of William
=. Hitr Of Huntington, whose announce
mert touched spots i'm the Liver sifis~i
classes Of the Mountain Statr's manhood
not calculated upon when Hite's name
MAS fret flashed on the political screen
In the broad sense Of popular desircs.
iiite turns new face" To- the voters
for support. lie MAS Mayer of Hunting
ton lscause the people. fore~e-ing that
the city had destiny. elected To put a
man at the heal OF municipal affairs
whose business career had fittssi him Ia
administer 20 the needs of the progress
sive citizens of rapidly growing city.
fiites hit,ere-t opponent 10 willing In
c"nre'ie that Huntington. during his adj
ininistration. took on new life. and ~
ceived that lmI~tu- Tor advancement
which has marked il a. "a coming centre
oi American activities. Hut his Office
rlding ceased when other hands took up
the work he had 80 well l~gun.
More intimate strength developed at
once throughout the state i'm elias. oi
intelligent workers who do not often
have the chance to send Ia Washington
one "f Themselves the railroad men.
With her 6.:an miles of railway track
within her h"rier-. West virginia's army
of railroad employees runs into many
thousands. Legislation affecting rail
roads and railroad workers is not only
Statewide. Int National. and the rail
roads OF the state have a natural interest
IN the candidacy of man Who began
his life-~ork on the railroad and worked
hi- way up To a position Of Importance.
There ~ something in the comrade-hip
that IL born of the midnight express. che
l'bg-roling thunder OF the freight, the
roundhonse and the shop. which would
make railroad men firm in the fraternal
spirit even II they had not their brother
hS'd-; AMI this fraternal spirit exter.l-
G. the men in the lone towers at the TEL
-
that guides for safety over switch and
~ and IN this very vigil over life and
heath on the rail, William r. Hite took
cP the toll Of manhood. Today he l.
rated A. man with means, not so rich
AZ many may believe. perhaps, hut his
lie has not been one of luxury and es.s.
aud all sie has he CLEANED along the stony
path of hard work and earnest ensieayor.
Every American admircs succe~s in any
-Itizen AMI when this come. To a brother
" the man at the switch and telegraph
key and throttle. in the person the
former telegraph operator AMI freight
superintendent now the candidate for the
United states Senate in West Virgins,
-ai'ros'lers are not slow TO see in him AN
deal developed out Of the fiber Of their
,wn lives
Jack Nightingale. Commissioner oi
Labor, IN his report for 1914, gives the
'umter Of railroad trainmen in West
Virginia ~ i..Ss; locomotive firemen
and enginemen, =. lVo; locomotive en-
kineer-. 2,.aD; railroad telegraphers.
80; railway carmen. I,OsO; railroad |
onductor-. 2.Ioo-s total Of about
l3.rD railroad workers in the state
and great propo'ti ton Of them are ma
tive We-t NirginiaI- and nearly all of
them are voters
IiIte, the candidate for the United /
stairs senate, ~ not personally 80 we'll |
acquainted IN the Northern end Of tn. |
state - he will ie June 6th, the day Of !
the primaries, but lIite, the star ON TN. |
West Virginia University fos,tbxlI team. \
- known To every University aIumnu- F,
and every young man with the red-blooi
love Of clean athletics i'm his veins from
one end Of the state u the other. The
popular football hslf-back H. the candi-
dates nephew, and " Uncle Bill" had
garnered hasketfulls Of votes among the
young men Of the state the moment Lis
candidacy was snnounce.i eff Uncle
liill can bnck the line anything like that
lad at the Varsity" say tie Varsity
r~ter-, IN every county, he's going
through for a touchdown and a goal"
Then, tn, IN addition u these bids Tor
popularity snvng the people, reaching.
u will To- noticed. t. important brsnrb@-
81 industry and education, the csneiidatr'-
name Terneates like the network Of the
old Indian trsil- that have becorn the
high~sy- "f the state today. every year
81 West Nirgnia's history dating back T.
The first expeditions Of those hearty Pic.
neer- Who crossed the mountains into IA.
frontier oftbe West Without atternpt