The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-04
PA RIlEIR
tn RUsTS

Il ,craLlCS neWSpapSE5.ol OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
announces that It Will not support the
democratic candidate for President
liz indorses the Republican candidate
/ and platform In the following edito
rial: s'The Bee can say of Theodore
Roosevelt that the Trusts do not want
| him, While they do want Parker. And
| it can say of the Republican platform
that whenever there was anything to
be said on any public issue It
said it. 1t did not hesitate and
stammer and stutter and finally put
out long farraso of words, saying
much and meaning nothing; nor did
it smother the question altogether, on
the ground that there were no votes to
be got by injuring auybody's feelings
on either side The Republican plat
form stands out In the open and says:
Here am You can either take me.
or leave me The Democratic plat
form darts out snealsingly like a
Chatham street secondhand clothing
dealer. appealing to each voter: My
opinions are just the same as yours.
.Vot are yours? Come in and III show
you coat that will perfectly fit you.
L can fiji any man of any size In
this world men cannot get all they
want, nor half they desire. They must
make a choice between what is set
before them. And the Bee chooses
Theodore Roosevelt in preference to
Alton Brooks Parker, 1t chooses
Roosevelt because. with all his
faults, he stands self-reliant in his
American manhood. independent,
courageous. plucky, conscientious. I'M
trammeled and unpurchaseable;;
shackled to no syndicate corporations;
the thrall of no criminal coterie wax
ing fat upon illegal profits: the auto
matte mouthpiece of no predatory
combination evading just
laws now on the statute books and
honest measures in the
womb of legislation. 1t opposes AL
ton Brooks Parker because he is not
clay in the hands OF the potter, Au-
gust Belmont: because he is merely
the graphophone of Wall street, and
what little the people have heard
through the machine has unmis-
revealed the voice of his mas
ter; because he is today but the in
strument which the Trusts hope to
Use in disciplining Theodore Roose-
yelt for daring to place the slightest
barrier in their way. 1t chooses
Theodore Roosevelt because it con-
siders the President should be man (
who can be dealt with directly. It |
opposes Alton Brooks Parker because
t does not believe the people of this
oh &C praci- L
lent man Friday to any Robinson
yelt because one great issue this
ime is the man. and Roosevelt repre-
ents that in all its courage and all
is Americanism. It opposes Alton
Brooks Parker because he is merely
he automatic representative of the
machine. It chooses Theodore Roose- +
.elt because he stands for the right
# the colored race. for justice to the i
own-trodden, the oppressed. the dis /
1t opposes Alton Brooks
Parker because he is put forth on a /
Iatform which, cowardly eVadfng the s
ital issue in the South, not only ST
emily approves the rankest injustice {
0 the negro-an injustice that has the /,
dditional demerit of unconstitution-
lity-but adds insult to injury by !
enominating an effort to do justice L
. the black man as IAN attempt to I
indie anew radical and factionaI |
trife.' 1t chooses Theodore Roosevelt 5
ecause the one great and overshad- t
wing issue in the coming campaign 8
ill be whether the Trusts shall DOM Z
late this country, snap their fingers /
the laws Of the present, and stran-
lie further needed legislation at its
firth, or whether the people shall \
old these syndicated infamies in 5
heck. 1t was on that issue the
rusts would have defeated the nom I
lation of Theodore Roosevelt if they '
ould. 1t is on that basis they will y
ut money in the fight for Alton i
rocks Parker whom they nominated s
i'd whom they control. Finally, En-
lie Bee chooses Theodore Roosevelt i,
ecause he is a free man. 1t opposes h
lton Brooks Parker because he is a T
hand and foot to Wall "
rect and the Trusts" s,
The First Henehman.
Skeat derives the word henchman i
s.