The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-11-06
o1ARKsBURG, W. VA, NOV. 0, 100
JoHNsoN's EXPLANATION.

Tom Johnson admits in an after-elec.
ton interview that his election, or rather
Senator Hanna's defeat, would resulted
in disturbed business conditions. Tom
shows he has the ability to size up the
situation in that respect. And since he
so keenly realizes, or should realize, THE
awful effects disturbed business condi.
tons have on the welfare and prosper.
ity of the country, he should welcome
the fate that has overtakcn him. 1t is
better that he should be fallen leader
than the foundations of the country
should crumble.
Again, Tom tries to make the impress.
sion that the issues were local in the
Ohio campaign, and yet he was one Of
the first to attempt to inject national
ISSUES. He made his fight to a large cx
tent on Senator Hanna's return to the
United States senate. That alone made
it OF national nature, and it is not at
all strange that the friends of Senator
Hanna, and the Republican party gen.
orally, should use effective argument to
meet that situation. 1t did not take the
people of Ohio long to see through the
Democratic trick Of getting hold of the
legislature for the purpose of influencing
national matters. Since this is So why
should johnson object to the thwarting Of
his designs2
The charge that the mills were closed
and thousands of men discharged. TO-
gether with bank and business failures
throughout the country, were forced for
the purpose of impressing upon the PEG.
pie the urgent necessity of Senator Han.
mas reelection is anything else but ra-
tional and is characteristic of the des
perate mentality man must be in after
having been repudiated in the manner
johnson was, In rebuttal of this claim.
features just described would not
strengthen the appeal made to uphold
the prosperity Of the country, but, tc
the contrary, they would stamp that ap
peal as suspicious and to some extent
false. Such conditions tended rather t.
weaken the claim of the Republican party
and certainly they did not aid Hanna in
the Ohio fight. If such had not occurred
the avalanche which buried johnson
might have been still greater. So, it is
plain to see that Johnson's insinuations
in this respect are groundless and en-.
tirely without foundation. AS a matter
OF safety to himself and the party it is
certain that Hanna would have done all
in his power to avert those failures and
to keep the mills running, because upon
the existence and continuance of stable
business conditions of the country thu
success of the campaign largely depended
The truth of the matter is Hanna's sue
cess depended largely on the good bust.
ness conditions of the country, and not
SO much as johnson would have one be-
lieve did good business conditions de-
pend on Hanna's success, although there
is no doubt that his success guarantees
safety along this line.
Again, he comes before the public with
that thread-bare cry, Doodle which,
for time immcmorial, the defeated can.
didate has INDUCED in. johnson, it was
understood during the campaign had
barrel, and that it was well depleted in
the campaign on one doubts and johnson
himself is without question more deeply
impressed with that fact that any one
else, if he has taken time enough since
oblivion overlook him TO examine his
finances. Then, why should he have
enough of his old.time audacty to make
a howl of that sort? Take it for grant.
ed that the Republicans did have big
campaign fund, why should he howl on
account of the belief that it was larger
than his?
The statement he makes, that Demo
cratic principles there this year were
not new to any extent is probably true,