The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-09-02
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The Democrats clique has formulated
plans, according to what occurred here
within the past day or 50, to abandon
national issues. It has It IN mind not
to present to the people IN certain dss-
tricts of the county the Issues as they
are affecting the welfare of the country
and people, but to trump up charges
about this man. that one and the other
on the Republican t5clSet- As an IL
l,lstration of this they are known to
have agreed that national matters must
not be discussed in certain sections OF
che county. especially the sections that
are Republican strongnolds. This is
not because that clique does not want
Henry C. Davis and the Sphinx in New
York state elected, but as a matter OF
promoting the weirarc or the cirque and
its ticket and at the same time helping
to elect the national ticket on the Demo
cruic side. They are afraid to come be-
fore the people on the Democratic nat
ional platform. because they know that
the people know that platform does not
represent what Democracy is said to
be. They know the people approve OF
the strong and aggressive policies Of the
Republican party, policies that foster
industry and development OF the couu-
try and not measures that tend to ret
repression and the tearing down of
things that have been built up the past
few years under Republican administra-
tions. For these and other reasons they
realize that a discussion of national rs
sues would leave them humiliated and
routed for men of little faith have been
few works and it Ia utterly impossible
for them to explain to the voters the
change fhat In. come over the party
in SO short a time. 1t is a task That
can not be accomplished to convince the
people that a political party can hold
50 earnestly to certain views and poll
cies for eight long years and then at
the dictation of man or two repndiate
itself and 20 before the world and say
that it was in error NJ THOSE years aud
that it wants now to try something
else. The honest thinking man knows
that a party that will thus say there
was nothing in what it promised and
preacher, j. not party that will keep
any promises it MAKES for the future.
He knows that parity without works
of an honest nature is moi a party that
could be honest in its pledges. He
knows the party that has kept its prom
ise and pledges and has the courage to
stand on its record is the party that has
proven itself worthy of the peoples con-
fdence and is one that will not betay
the people and their best interests. For
these and other reasons, which show its
cowardice. the clique advises the Demo-
Gratis Of the county not to discuss nat
ional issues in certain sections of the
county. especially in the agricultural and
industrial parts. That clique labors al
50 under the belief that it's existence IS
not known in those sections and that
the people of those communities have
not been apprised of the clique's de-
signs on the welfare of the people, but
there ia where they are mistaken. They
think they cnn go over the county and
appeal to the prejudice of the people
They think that by circulating untrutn
they can arn,ign the people against the.
Republican county ticket. They be-
lieve by playing on their imaginations
and saying aH manner of slanderous
things about tiie county candidates they
can get the people to desert the Re
publican ticket. but they nave not
counted their chickens right in that
they have nothing nearly so good to of
fer in the shape of candidates and they
have not considered the fact that their
own party is growing every day in the
knowledge that the clique has forced
nominees on it that are not acceptable
to that party, nor are they agreeable
to Republicans. Under the circumstan-
ces it will do the clique no good to shirk
the responsibilities tine national platform
brings on it. nor can 1T hide it's own
eNistcuce and the vicious designs it has
on the public welfare by hiding them
behind appeals 10 prejudice. Let every
community demand OF srcn full ex
PLANTATION OF why their pa;ty repuiintcI
itself in such ignoriuious Ir1nucf and
then insist That they come from under
cover and make q full confession Of the
plot they have entered into not only 10
rob the Democratic party OF its rights
in Harrison county, but also to inflict
upon The people sort of government
that will be detrimental to the interests
of the county and beneficial to none ex-
cept the members of the Democratic
clique and its hirelings.
The News now comedies that Harrison
county is largely Republican. 1t said
so Thursday in its le-,dit,., editorial II