Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-15

WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT

."The sudden and very fierce claims Of
the democratic leaders of Bryan carrying
my state" said Representative A. G. Day.
ton of-the second congressional district Of
West Virginia to Star reporter, need oc-
seasion no alarm.
: mr.. Bryans zheart-to-heart. talk to the
people in hts Eecent meteOrfc vtumptng tour
fell nat. He eent7eaverets to make them be-
heves they were suffering from hard times,
when, as a matter Of fact, capital to the
amount of S60, zoe, OO0 has been invested in
West Virginia within year or so, and
western Maryland shares in the prosperity
and commercial and agricultural activity we
are at present enjoying. don't believe his
presence changed a single republican or
doubtful voter
Cut Lose From the South.
1.-The prosperity of West Virginia is I'M
paralleled. The invested capital have re-
feTred to has gone principally In the de-
velopment of It's coal and timber industries
and the condition Is such a thriving one
that it is hardly possible for us to secure
labor enough to keep up with the stride of
advance and progress.
II attribute this to the fact that the state
has allied itself firmly and permanently to
the republican party and cut itself loose
1.-THE reception accorded Bryan and his
Notwithstanding harangues by really
prosperous people must have had its effect,
as 1t is now announced that he will en-
deavor to shift the paramount issue to
trusts and appeal to the labor vote. Mr.
Bryan is as shifty tn his political argu-
ments as Corbett is with his feet.
1T is my opinion that his progress on
the trust issue will be even slower that his
military tramp on the imperiaistic highway
If conditions obtaining IN West Virginia
hold good in other states, for the trust issue
cuts no figure there except in the memory
Of the common people, who have a vivid
recollection of the democratic trust from
1892 to 1885, when the sheriff had to trust
the farmer for his taxes, tt groceryman
had to trust us all for his bill. while the
banks and manufacturing establishments
and industries all over the land had to
trust to luck to keep out Of bankruptcy.
Large Republican Majority.
will the republicans hold their own in
the congressional delegation?'
II am confident that we will send a solid
delegation of four members. a gain Of
one, and that the House will be republi-
can. -
81 fully expect a republican majority In
my state of over 1900 The republican
party has fulfilled in the most creditable
manner all of it's pledges, and it's course
fronted 1t has been such as most highly
commends itself to the people, This is one
reason why I name this majority and 1
consider 1t conservative. West Virginians
are keenly alive to the policies of the par
ty which is making their state progressive
and prosperous. -- So =
And, further, our people generally COM
mend, and 1 am delighted with, the posi-
ton the President has taken on the Chi
nese question. Its wisdom conservatism
and humanity, 1t seems to me, will COM
mand universal appreciation. and it is the
best answer to the miserable cry of i'm
perialism that could be made.
I'm fact, l am fully persuaded that the
people are tired of the imperialism issue,
and that it has little, and will have daily
lessenlng influence. 1t Is met so easily and
is so thoroughly and completely refuted
that the people do not care to further con-
slider It, The sentiment in my state and
my own personal opinion touching expan-
sion Is that we have already expanded,
have properly done so and that nobody but
democrats and cranks can find any reason
able objection.
Developed Into Republicans.
There are many gold democrats in West
Virginia. In MY district they have devel-
oped into Mckinley republicans and will
stay with us, and so far as I know the Ger
mans are not disaffected
THE reaffirmation of Is to in our state
state simply furnishes a club to the repub-
hcans, puts the democrats on the defensive
ana they are seeking, as far as possible, to
prevent any consideration of it,
In my opinion the democratic party this
year has got back to it's normal position.
ina! ina! or being party of opposition mega
uon and complaint. In 1892 it did present
an issue In favor of free trade and in 1896
the issue of free silver This year IT is
simply against anything that is republican
Everybody Busy in West Virginia.
we are all busy In West Virginia, and
lay particular stress upon our general ac-
tivity. The issue Of the full dinner pail as
illustrated by comparison between 1892
1856 and 1900, will, 1 believe, be the domi-
nant one, and the working men in nv state
are carrying their pals full. Capital and
population are coming to us in NEST fiat.
tering manner and our splendid natural re-
sources are receiving the development and
encouragement BETTING the natural wealth
or the state Against such magnificent pro-
gress the threadbare issues Of the demo-
Gratis make slight impression. Our people
must perforce and actually do note the
gratifying change and the contrast from
democratic predictions.
Another issue of the democrats which
cuts little Inquire with US is the efforts to in
nuence the public mind by the assertion
that the guarantees of the Declaration of
Independence are at stake.
When remember Senator Tillman's
speech In the Senate, In which he admitted
before Cod that they had prevented the
negro from voting, had bulldozed him. shot
him and then disfranchised him. and then
remember that on the Fourth of July, they
called upon the same senator In their ma
uonal convention to read the Declaration
OF independence, l have nothing to say
about the consistency of the democratic
doctrine Of government by consent of the
governed. Nothing need be said.
10 arntl ,,t,~
markable percentages tSincee the vote in
Maine. If they can ebany consolation out
OF the big republican majority in the pine
tree state, they are welcome ITO 1t, but they
should leave West Virginia out of their cal
culations for the reason that sthe state is in
the republican column teF stay
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