The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-02-01

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fathers-to West Virginia, land
of beauty and romance, there to
select from her fair daughters a
queen for his household and from
her picturesquei landscapes a site
upon which to erect his home.
This, my friends. consider a
master stroke in the genius OF
the man / am about to name.
Coming to West Virginia. it was
at once his ambition to identify
himself with those commercial
interests and relations that have
made our State known and hon.
,ored: and our people happy and
prosperous. Into forests whose
deep solitudes had seldom been
disturbed he helped to inject the
tremendous forces and potentiali
ties of civilization and like magic
there sprang up towns, villages.
factories, schools and churches.
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My friends, he will be true to
West Virginia's great interests;
he will be true to these everlast.
ing hills and their carbon fond.
ations; he will be true to our
mountains and their waving for
ests. and the sheep that Craze in
the valleys. It will never be
necessary, it may be a consola-
ton to my friends on the other
side of this chamber to know it,
never be necessary 1 repeat to
send a distinguished citizen of
this Commonwealth to the Sen.
ate of the United States to be-
seech him not to enact laws that
will "paralyize your beautiful
State and render sterile her fair
valleys. (Applause.
The man I shall name, Mr..
President, is man who has been
honored in the national councils
of this country he was held in
high esteem by.that great soldier
and statesman whose arm was
once our strength and whose
heart the temple of our hopes,
Gen. Ulysus S. Grant. He was
the trusted friend of that males.
tic creation. of manhood and in.
tellect whose genius charmed the
diplomatic world-Hon. James G.
Blaine. (Applause.)
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Many years have elapsed since
the party that called West vir.
ginia into being enjoyed such
an occasion as this. but, sir, upon
our affairs the fires of patriotism
and protection have ever been
burning. And to-day, with our
honor untarnished by political
misfortune, our flag still floats
its folds unstained and not a cloud
upon Its glory.
/ do not desire to take the time
of this assembly. In conclusion,
Mr.. President, let me say that
the man / shall name and whom
it will be your pleasure to elect
will faithfully represent West
Virginia's interests and use his
influence to secure laws that will
best promote the development of
her wonderful natural resources.
Under such laws we may hope
soon to see our beautiful State
occupying her rightful place in
the glittering constellation of
American Commonwealth and
participating in that marvellous
prosperity that was not long ago
the wonder of the world.
In this the proudest moment OF
my life, it is a distinguished
honor and a great pleasure to
nominate that eminent American
citizen, that able and eloquent
West yirginian, Hon. Stephen
b. Elkins, for the Senate of the
United States. Great applause. J
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SENATOR SCOTT NAMES CAM
DEN.
Mr.. PRESIDENT AND GENTLE,
MEN or THE JOINT ASSEMBLY
In obedience to the expression
of the caucus of the Democratic
members of the Legislature, II
becomes my duty to place before
1,on rho nama nf a uant1aYnan IN