Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-09-04
HON. GEO WHITE, DEMOCRAT
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR

In this brief document nothinS
shall be written concerning cam
paign issues. Those matters shall De
left to the discussions of the plat
form and the press Nor will any
thing be set down herein concerning
principles of government. For issues
and principles are given force and
vitality by the hand Of man.
The history of government is the
record of the success or the 1allure
OF men. Too often are the purposes
of laws neglected, or even violated
by men temporarily entrusted with
authority. one administration Is
good and another bad, under eX'
actly the same set OF laws and prln-
ciples. The most important thing TO
know about your government IS the
character OF the man who is at the
head Of it. And so this is the story OF
IA man the story Of George Whlte,
Democratic nominee for governor OF
OHIO
Suppose We start this story in the
year that gold was discovered in the
Klondike. that land of snow and lee
and barren waste in the frozen
II. ~
picture the excitement that then pre-
vailed 1t was as though q rainbow
had appeared in every town and
hamlet in America. pointing to tht
I<londike and Illuminating with
rosy glow OF romance the pot o.
gold there 10 be found Men were tt
learn that il was not to be had JUS
Tor the asking.
George White, stalwart youth
was worltin4 in oil fields in Penn
sylvania He had been graduated
from Princeton University where h'
studied under some of the best ed
ucators in America. including Wood
row Wilson. then professor OF Jurls
prudence and political science. TO
a while he had taught school by da,
and studied law by night. Then h'
went to work in the oil fields.
Like most young men from col
lege, he wanted a job in the office
Listen to me, young man, sad TIT
manager I'll give YOU an office Jol
If you want it. But let me tell yo'
this There are thousands OF men II
nearby towns who can fill that Office
Job Not so many can work IN tn
oil fields or are willing to do so. IT.
hard work. and it's dirty work. Bu
if YOU tackle it. you will learn al
about the oil business and some da.
Won may GET a chance to take charge
of the office and the rest of the
works What do YOU say,
White took the outdoor job.
And then came news Of the klon
l;f4, Itn7sa ,,-oc onnortuuity SnOckins
at his door, he thought.
George White does not agree Will
all Of the maXms that are INSCRIBED
in the copy book He does not thlnt
that every man who works hard ah(
1houghtfully will make big sue
cess Of life He can point TO thon
sands Of men who worked long anc
faithfully. who have given real IN
teIligence TO their work, but who
have not forged ahead very far IN
financial way.
In life. he says. there is an ele.
ment Of luck Men need 70 get the
breaks" il they are 10 free them
selves from the grind Of depending
upon this weeks salary Tor mex
weeks expenses. The line between
eomparatiTe success and compare
tive failure is oftGmes very thih
aud frequently it is in the control oi
circumstances. Few successful mel
like to say this but il is true
The main difference between the
1aborer ia am oil field and the own
sr of that oil feld is a small amount
of money" White says, Before
went to the Klondikc ] worked III on