The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-19
WASHINGTON NEWS -
GOSSIP . szzzEEs BROOKS sM!zE
sy CHARLES BROOKS SMITH.

adox perplexes you" continued the
Princeton banker, "but let me explain
1t. AS is well known, the precincts
where the hundreds OF miners Cooper
employs vote, go practically as a unit,
and they go as Mr.. Cooper's vote
goes. But they go that way because
the men love and respect Cooper and
he loves and respects them. He Is an
employer who is one Of them, not in
the tgurative, but in the real sense.
He goes into the mines with them and
works by their side, and when he
comes out he Is as black and dirty
as any OF them. He helps them, adj
vises with them, mingles with them,
and they know that his sympathies
with them are real, not affected. They
know his heartis tender, his treatment
OF them generous and, above every.
thing else, fair. They trust him I'M
plicitedly. And at election time they
find out how the boss" stands on this
or that issue or candidate, and how
he stands they consider very generally
is good enough stand for them to
take. That is the secret of Mr.. Coop
er's influence with the men that work
for. him. He stands with his. men in
all things, and they stand with him.
1t is very simple reciperand a very
happy partnership. 1t explains his
popularity and his power. II the rela-
lions between the capitalist and the
laboring man were like this univers.
ally what better world this would be
to live in" concluded the banker from
Princeton philosophically.
"The" original Woodrow Wilson
man in West Virginia has at last been
singled out from the hungry horde and
invited up to the pie counter There
are. or there used to be, quite a mum.
ercial array of original Wilson men
in West Virginia, but the" real one
is William Campbell, the Charles
Town editor, orchardist, and former
state senator. He has the proofs to
prove It. The ancient very honor
able and much respected Virginia
Free Press" OF. which Col. Campbell
is editor and publisher, and sometimes
devil" nailed the name OF Woodrow
Wilson to its editorial masthead very
shortly after. William McCoombs
bought typewriter and began trying
to make a dent in the public press
in behalf OF the then Jersey chief ex-
ecutive, For which quite early adher.
ence to a star barely risen, Editor
Campbell received for long time the
sings and gibes Of the wlsest of West
Virginia Democrats, and for which. at
ter nearly three years OF patient wait
ing, and watching, his virtue and WIS.,
ion are rewarded. Mr.. Campbell has
been appointed a special something.or'
other in the department OF the Federal
Trade Commission. A salary salts
factory to him has been fixed, and he
is, it is said, slated for foreign travel,
his first journeys in pursuit of the
coveted trade statistics, It is said, to
take him into the placid palm coun-
tries Of South America. 1t is, accord.
ing to Mr.. Campbell.s close friends. a
commission quite to his liking. He
has been a great traveller In his time,
and he still likes to CAD about into the
worlds quaint and interesting places.
He is now in Washington eceiving IN
structions, getting together his bag
gage, and what is best OF all, fs on the
salary roll along with Yon Lind, Col
House and all the other array OF spe.
cial and extra-territorial plentpoten'
tiaries.
"Time was, and not so many years
ago, when had political ambitions"
said Mr. Grant Lucas at the Raleigh
today, "but / called a meeting with
myself and put the question whether
/ was 10 stay in the lumber business
or stayEin politics. Well, hate to
heave hyacinths at myself, but con-
gressional life lost mighty good man
when voted unanimously to tie to
the timber game" ii
Mr.. Lucas is superintendent of one
OF the largest saw mills In the north
ern part OF West Virginia. It IS 1oca'
ted at Horton, Randolph county, saws
up 125,000 feet OF lumber day, EN-.
.ploys. 500 men, and operates its own
railroad over forty miles OF right OF
way.
II must say, though" continued the
visitor from Randolph that hnu It
difficult keeping out Of politics at
times. There Is a call In the blood,
and itrequires&a stiff fight with myit
self to keep from succumbing to- the
and jumping In and put.
ting Ii; some good licksS for the boys
who are the Grand Old 8Party's head
above lthe3wateri line In West w rginin:
ItSis O fasinating life, and once Q spolt::
iticianS It 5is not only hard but sad To-
lie down and Just quit. Like the
ibTight :liEht lite-it % OFFENSIVE, but
never 1ll !"