The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-05-31
A Statesman for a
StateSman'S Job
CFrom The Princeton Press.)

CfrOm The Princeton Press.)
The people of southern West Virginia
| feel about the entrance Of II. c. Ogden
! into the race for the Republican noml-
! nation for United States senator as tina
I I'arkcrsburg News says the voters feel
| up state: They feel that Mr.. Ogden
would restore some OF the glories or
craftsmanship and accomplishments
J that departed with the death OF Senator
! stephen 3. Elkins and the retirement OF
| Senator Scott from the United States
| senate"
! Judge Goff was an able man. and
| West Virginia had hoped that he would
I hllthe large sphere which Elkins had
vacated in our national councils, but
! due To his advanced age or TO his judi
: Cial mould of mind, or both, he missed
| the mark. He lacked that sympathetic
understanding of our state interests TO
! MI tho bill.
Ogden. az a newspaperman, has been
an immutable force In all the influences
! that have played a part in our Industrial
| development. and as such he has been n
! powerful factor in getting legislation
/ enacted looking to the Improvement OF
| our Industrial conditions and social re-
| lations.
| Many Republicans in every part OF
! West Virginia see In the candidacy or
! II. c. Ogden the star Of real magnitude
| In the political horizon: ability, strength,
vision. clcanness, success and other
! qualities that make for real statesman
ship. compared to mediocrity," says the
| Parkershurg News.
And as the Moundsvillc Journal re-
! marks. as a newspaper man he has
! touched life at all angles" he knows
| the states needs, and he IL big and
! hrainv enough to take his place In chc
I United States senate by the side OF the
| biggest of 'em and command recogni-
! ton. "a Elkins did, when he takes the
, floor"
The little state that II IL. West Vlr-
/ giula stands second and third in its coal.
/ oil and ras trade, and II needs repre-
! Scnta,iun that can take care OF Its mul'
! tipIcity of interests. The United States
! congress is a mighty body OF conflicting
interests. and 1t ia n we'll recognized
] law Of human nature that the only con-
! sideration We may expect Is by the
! sheer force and power Of intellect OF our
representatives in congress to command
! the attention of our law makers.
! or ths four men who are offering
themselves for United States senator
who Is the best qualified to I'll the bill
This is the standard by which the can
| GIdatcs will be- weighed. and, as one
! ncwspapcr remarks. there are hopeful
! signs that In the coming primary the
! ability al qualification OF candidates
/ will he considered above the somewhat
| selfish and personal desires OF the VAR.
! Gus candidates..
Hesitatlng in making their choice OF
! tho three candidates who were already
in tho field "astrlde the fence" 30 "a
speak Mr.. Ogden's candidacy has al
ready had a rcconciling influence among
the voters oft his section Of the state
It has also had the effect OF making
the newspapers sit up and pay atten'
zion" West Virginia newspapermen, As
well rs politicians know that when the
/ Wheeling man gets mixed up In things
/ political business begins to pick up. AL
, though he has never before been ca n
! dIdatc for office. he has been on tht
! firing line" in West Virginia politics
for the past twenty-five years and he
/ has been power in shaping party plat
forms and determining the results OF
. elections When the Ogden hat went
] sailing into the ring the Democrat
took rs much fright at It AS the three
/ Republican senatorial candidates. ard
politics has been humming ever since
! His stand on public measures gives
! him four-square platform to speak
| from He was among The leading tax
! reCormers in 1905 and 1906: was ono or
J the first 10 advocate woman suffrage:
! took n leading part In the passage or
| the workmcns compensation law; sup
, ported the creation Of The public serV-
ice commission: strongly favored the
passage Of the two-ccnt railroad fare
bill: supported good road measures and