The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-10-21
IEsr VI FORcEr

The Democratic campaign for faisifls
cation extends 10 every feature 81 the
tax laws and they are attempting 70
work their wilcs on every class Of eli.
zsnship- They are appealing to me
farmer on grounds that he win be un-
justly taxed They are begging the
bankers for their votes ON the plea that
their interests are assailed. They arc
going after the corporation ana claim,
hing their business il unfairly treated
wolfe they boast on the stump that the
Republicans have lot them 90 scot free
and are afraid 10 levy any tax on them,
They are on the trail OF the storelSscp-
er and the business man with represen.
tations that they are to be taxed out of
existence. All there are assailed vita
leaflets and pamphlets in which then ew
legislation is viliicd and misreprcsentci
and these paper weapons are backed up
with bogus agents of all kinds, dummy
drummers, fake psddiers and other hire
lings wao are talking against tax re-
vision with all the strength of their
lungs and telling people who will lis
ten to them how it is going to aurt
them.
We advise the citizenship of West
Virginia TO beware of there hired men
for they are not telling the trutn, This
style OF campaign was conducted in
1902 and as it won that time the Demo,
Gratis think they can fool the people
again. But in the language of Abraham
Lincoln. You may fool all the people
part of the time, part of the people all
the time, but you cannot fool all the
people all the time" In 1892 the Dem
ocrats worked the voters with horrible
stories OF the effect of the Mckinley
blu. They told the people that the
cost of living would be doubled They
declared that every necessity of life
would be raised TO pronibitive price
They got out tons of literature full of
free trade sophistries to Prov their
assertions. They sent it broad.cas
over the land. They covered the coun-
try with clever orators VINO prophesied
disaster if the Mckinley law remained
on our statute books. They sent out
fake peddlers to sell tinware at exhor.
bitant prices and these Aniniases told
the people that the advance in cost was
due to the tart ffon tin. They sent out
slick takers to talk Cleveland and tar.
iff reform on the trains, in motel Hobbies
and at tine country stores and TO de-
nonnce Harrison and the Mckinley bill
~ monstrous. Tine people evidently
listened to these gold brick men for
they elected Cleveland by a tremendous
majority.
You remember what happened. There
is little use to rehearse 1t here Cleve.
land came into power. The Wilson.
German tariff monstrosity was enacted.
Industry was paralyzed. Banks failed.
Millions of men were idle. Soup houses
were opened in every city of the coun.
try. Organized charity was all that
saved many people from starvation. The
deplorable state of affairs continued un.
til the Republican party was again re-
stored to power in 1896 by tremend-
ous majority and at once put a protec.
tive tariff on the statute books.
Experience is the best teacher" and
the people had terrible experience with
Democratic bInndering and misgovern-
ment that ought TO last a life time.
And now when our citizenship is as
sailed with Democratic Islander and mis-,
representation concerning the new tax
laws remember the days of 1892 when
the electorate OF this country was mis-.
led and betrayed by Democratic pro.
phets who attacked the Mckinley bill
and predicted dire disaster a. result
Of its passage.
Inc new tax legislation is the best
ever pur on the statute books of the
state and it will be just as triumpnantly
vindicated as the Mckinley bill was.
History shows and figures prove that
you can trust the Republican party.
! Tho records and the facts produce over
whelming evidences that the Democratic
party is a party of fnl-e promises and
failure, obstruction and negation.