The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-08-08
0LD'TIIE REPUBLICAN
Turns His Back Upon Decadent
Party and ESpOuses
Democracy.
HON. M. G. c. CHURCH THEMAN
He Gives His Reasons for His
Change of EaItIl.

He Gives His Reasons for His
Change OF Faith.
PARKERsBURG, IVA, July 90
Hon. M. @. o. Church, of this city,
who was one of the founders of the
Republican party, who established
and edited for many years the
State Journal, and then presented
it to the Republican party, who has
been one of the most liberal CON
tributors to the campaign funds of
his party, and life long Republi-
can, has announced in an open let
ter that be will support Mr.. Bryan
and the Democratic ticket this year.
In his letter Mr.. Church says:
THE beginning and history of
the Republican, partypresent many
interesting features for study. IL
is the first party ever organized in
America which embodied the two
principles which are represented
in the American Republic: Cen
tralization and State Rights.
"When the old parties came to
an end by the conflict of the Civil
War tho law of evolution unified
these two principles in the Repub-
.lican party, led by Mr.. Lincoln. In
the formation of his cabinet he
emphasized this new feature by
his selection of persons as follows:
Seward, Bates, Dayton, (Lincoln) j,
Judd, Chase, Blair, Welles.
"The first four names were
Wings, the last four wore Demo
orats with the exception of Mr..
Chase. He had never identified
himself with the Democratic party
but he accepted the principle of
strict construction in the interpre.
tation of the Constitution. Hewas
the leader of the anti.slavery move
ment in Ohio, and, as Governor of
that State, WIS strong in the main
flamenco of State Rights. Thus
was the Republican party equipped
for it's great work of saving the
Union, finally freeing four million
of slaves and the re- birthing of the
nation. "This nation, under God,
shall have new birth of freedom .
eff 1 have made my thought clear
in the brief form above. the reader
will see that the Republican party
in the beginning, embodied the
principles - Capitalization and
State Rights which, before that
event, had divided the political SEN
timent of the people into political
parties. We have had enough
Centralization-now taking form
as imperialism.
"Let us return to States Rights
and strict construction of the
Constitutions Let us restore Lin
coin Republicans by electing Mr..
Bryan. The old Democratic party
came to its end in 1860 81. Mr..
Bryan does not represent that party.
He is the representative of Demo
cratic Republication, the same as
MIR. Lincoln. ] know, because l
was a member of the Republican
party in the beginning. Although
Southerner by birth, 1 was, at
that time, an abolitioniet-a sym
pathizer with those who supported
Fremont When the party was
fully organized under the reign of
Mr.. Lincoln, 1 gave to the party my
time, money and soul-energy.
With two exceptions L have always
voted the Republican ticket when
the opportunity was presented.
These exceptions we're Grant and
Harrison-the first because lie was
an imperialist, and the second be-
cause he approved the Mckinley
tariff imposition.
81 have remained member of
the party because there was none
better to claim attention. Now all
is changed. There is no Republi-
can party in the old sense, in the
sense when 1 Joined it, in the be-
ginning. Its cycle of use closed
with the ruling power back of the
throne, the modern master of ma
terialism, imperialism, Mckinley
ism, Mark Hanna.
"There is no reason why true Re-
publicans, who know the origin of
the party and it's principles, should
not vote for Mr.. Bryant the chosen
leader of the people-in this crisis
-I-.s l:atz NJ oolI..