Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-09-24
Republicans VIII Storm Every
West Virginia County.
ALL WILL TALK PROTECTION
National Issue VIII be Forced To The Front
as Much as Possible Mr.. Dawson's
Hard Figh.
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move in West Virginia this week 4
great speaking contest hns begun
with protection as the slogan. The
mountain and valleys have been made
to yield millions from coal and lun.
Der in the last seven years. Naturally
enough, West Virginia is strong
protection state.
State Chairman Elliot Nofthcotf.
of Huntington, explained the compre-
hensiva speaking program. We shall
keep approximately fifty orators in the
field" said he. "and we intend to
lave fifty speeches delivered everv
day from now till election time. W.
shall try to assign these speeches so
that there will be one spe eh daily in
almost eve.y county.
Democrats want to fight this c3m-
pailn." added the chairman, on
local issues We will meet them there,
bat We propose to put national issues,
especially protection, to the fore.
West Virginia is vitality interested in
the protection tariff Tx Senator
Davis has been regarded in our state
as proteetion democrat, bur in his
speech at White Sulphur Springs. be
came ont squarely for the s.. Louis
platform, which denounces protection
as robbery That has hurt him with
West Virgjnians =
What character of literature are
you circulating"
PARAGRAPHS ON PROTECTION.
Chiefly protection cards, replied
Mr.. Northcctt. 1--WE secured from the
national committee an assortment of
cards, bearing on one side extracts
from speeches in the Congressional
Record on protection. We are sending
those out in large numbers to voters.
By these speeches we hope to stir
up enthusiasm in the campaign. Thus
far the interest has not been marked
outside of the workers and politicians.
We shall have some star orators TO
help us, whose every speech will he
an event of importance. Speaker Can.
non for instance, will come into the
state in October. He has date in
every congressional district. "
w. M. .. Dawson, the Candidate for
governor, left yesterday for Clay
Court House, where he and Senator
Scott oliver speeches today. Mr.
Dawson is to make an extensive speak.
ing tour in the southern part CT the
state, and in every town he visits Will
put in hard ticks toward getting the
workers busy on approved lines and
toward smoothing out the raity
quarrels.
A well.informed republican said
today that the tax statutes of the extra
session were for the part like throw
ing man into q millpond with a
stone tied to his neck The next legis-
lature, ii republican, will almost
surely repeal them.
Strenuous efforts are on foot to
counteract the harm these statutes are
dning. The work with the liquor
men, the price of whose licenses was
saised 500, is an example. Sqloon-
Keepers promptly started an aggressive
vement against the entire republ-
can uicket by way of retaliation, but
something has already been accom-
plished toward checking this by
threats for prohibition. Only POLITICAL
reasons, strongly emphasized, have
prevented the- passage of stringent
prohibition measures. The South
Carolina dispensary plan was popular
here at one time, and was not far from
being adopted republicans are now
vigorously reminding the liquor men
of this. and even threatening to put
them out of business at some future
session if the saloon vote is not kept
in line this year.
Practically a like argument, or
threat, is beinZ used with corpor-
ations and other interests that have
to ask fayors of the legislature The
republicans assert that even if they lose
the state election this fall, they canrot
lose more than one branch of the legis-
lature. Tney saw il cannot be many
years before thew will be in full
power, and able to even up all scores.
DAVIS Is ASKING FOR VOTES.
Ex-senator Davis is taking a hand
in county politics. He has asked many
of his fellow countrymen TO aid him
this fall in rolling up good majority
The serious illness of his son john is
unfortunate for the ex-senator poll.
tically, because the son has been his
political manager aud knows the
country very intimately.
Senator Scott, before proceeding tC
Clay Court House and after having
conferred with many republicans from
all parts of the state, said that hi
felt very comfortable about the cleo