The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-07
WATSoNS DEFEAT.

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the opinion held early last sumner by disnterested
observers that the politicians who persuaded Colone
Watson to become candidate for seat in the United
States senate rendered him pronounced dssece either
becaues they remarkably OF political conditions
IN this state or capable Of using Colonel Watson:
money and name engage upon sheer political gamble
No one disputes Colonel Waesons ability or that he
would make splendid representative OF this state the
senate but this year was not the proper time for hun to
be candidate And the collapse of h:s candidacy may
make it impossible for MIN to be candidate with
ghost of a show of winning
The men who persuaded Colonel Watson to engage
upon this adventure which every one realizes
hopeless from the start assumed grave responsibility.
heir utter failure ought keep them humble for
some time come For late every will realize
tkat no man can be successful state wide campaign
who is weighted down with the support of gang such
surrounded Watson.
Even the Watson money cannot LIT load which begins
with Mr. ChaEleism night her at home and goes night
up the line to Standard Oh in the at large Watson
id not have ghost of show He the victim of a
political confidence game he actually to become
real power IN and national politics he will have
to clean house
Ohio has gone dry. and the remarkable thing about
outcome of the longest and persistent
fights against the saloon which this country has seen
is that 1t follows campaign so quiet that few people
outside Ohio knew the issue this year The
drying up OF Ohio will have beneficial effect upon
wide territory which tine has been normally
dry, which the liquor dealers OF Cincinnati and the
other border cities supplied with vilainocs
AS is usually the in such matters only few
voters took-the trouble to vote upon the proposed
amendment the constitution, but of those few
OF them vot3l the right II the other coun-
ties did well the has been cleared for the enact
ment budget law at the session of the legs-
ature. which, by the way. will be Republican in both
branches and therefore ought function with consid
cradle more ease than the last did.
r.
The influenza emergency hospital which, If the
eth plans are out. viii closed at the end
this week. only of the most important fac
tors in checking the spread of maady made It
possible for many people who otherwise would have
absolutely proper attention get through
the attack with minimum OF suffering. The whole
city owes debt OF gratitude to the women to whose
Initiative opening OF this hospital due ard to
those who nobly stood by it after it opened.
Washington dispatches say an upheaval In national
legislative affairs Is foreshadoved result Of the
elections Of this week Doubtless the little crowd of
states partsans who rode the Democratic chariot
they ditched regert that they did play
the game more the level
The French apparently are not much interested
all this about the abdcatton OF the kaiser They
seem to think that getting rid Of the Hohenzollerns
would work to the advantage OF the German empire.
and the only thing do Is to 1t that
the whole German people put in kind Of lead
ing strings The French ought to know better than
other ueope what TO do with fI1e Ger1nans