The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-09-28
a Great and Wonderful Speech
Logical and Profound Throughout!
nsye Heard Anything to Compare With IT, ordinations
Every Tongue. This Great American Statesman Simply Held
his Audience Spell Bound in Grand Presentation and
able Discussion Of the Issues Of this Campaign
and Enthusiasm Ran Wild

THE greatest political meeting this
,e,r IN this county was held at the
court house Wednesday night and the
oreatest speech Of the campaign was
made that night by United States
senator John NJ. Thurston, Of Nebras-
la The spacious court room was
crowded r to overnowlng with an earn
est enthusiastic audience, and nun
dreds Of people missed this great pollt'
ical and educational treat, because the
hnildinp was too small to admit them.
The neoule bchsld a middle-aged man.
nrenossessing IN appearance and mag
petic in manner, and they listened 70 a
voice clear, strong, and ELOQUENT.
Hon Edwin Maxwell in choice
language introduced Senator Thurston
~ho came forward amid a veritaole
thunderstorm Of applause. The dis
tinouished statesman made hit IN
the very beginning by remarkins IN
an apology for his hoarseness tnae us
voice was as rough and ragged a q
modern democratic platform. But 1t
was not SO many minutes, until 1t peal
al forth in astonishing volume.
MI. Tdurston took up the republican
nlat,orm and discussed all of its most
important phases, explaining theif
strength and beauty in q way not 70
admit Of successful contradiction. de
began by directing attention 70 OUT
sreat commercial era and said we are
the most prosperous nation OF tne
world, and for that reason our respon'
sibilities were greater than any otnes
people. 1nyiew of present splendid
conditions and the future he made a
fervent appeal to the American people
to stop and think, think deeply ana
rightly. Heasked his hearers to STUDY
what happened under thetwo political
parties.
Senator Thurston then said in part;
"The great danger in this pLesi'
Dental campaign IL there be any dan.
ger for the republican party is that
the people are not thinking about
politics. Four years ago our people
didn't have much else to do but think.
Ny countrymen the one great question
5 the prosperity of the people.
Through prosperity we will work out
ii other great problems that wiz
confront US. 1t is through thai
prosperity that this nation is 70
ecome great and is becoming the
reatest nation of the earth, and,
therefore,, in my judgment and not
outstanding what Others may say to-
ay, it is the one great question for
he man at the tireside with his wife
nd children to study; the question OF
he prosperity OF the American people.
1.-THE prosperity of people depends
n the ability of all the people 10
ecure work to do every day in the
ear at fair and just compensation.
"If we were not in Presidential
ampaign there is not one man In u
housand in the whole United States
no would be dissatisfied or discon-
pnted with existing conditions, or
pything that this great administra-
on Of ours has done.
u appeal to those men who were
we'd by the election OF VIM. NC
inley in 1896, / appeal to the men
hose homes we're saved then from
reclosure and sale, i appeal to those
en- whose wives have been fed that
ERE hungry before, not to take any
pre- chances of the kind they took In
BE-.
The republican platform Is made
leRislate on and the democratic
t6cE" TO get into Office on.
tn efork that is to be done by the
pls9 the United States shall be
S1hs people Of the United
tlndG4 the Stars and Stripes.
If there were nothing else to invite
confidence of the American people
this administration 1t ought to be
fact that every promise the Re-
nlican party made, that every pre-
ction 1t witnessed, that every claim
what it could accomplish, for the
pstrial prosperity of this country
come true.
At Is remarkable fact that there
not one sentence that Bryan uttered
" years ago in his prophecy Of what
uid happen II the republican party