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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-09-16
USED WRONG NAME.


With falsehood of the lowest and
most contemplate sort the revealed
writer on the News-not the one wno
poses as the edftor-gets the wrong
name when he uses Dawson's in his
fancy tale about one writing to coal
operator, saying: at seems to me it
would be mwise to put any additional
burdens upon the coal industries of the
state at the present time" Cornwell's
name should have been used, since the
big crowd that heard him bitterly OPP
pose tax reform in speech at Charles
Town. September 90, 1908, and many
newspaper readers know what ne said
on that occasion. Here it is. Read it
and then be convinced that it must have
been Cornwell and not Dawson, VINO
wrote that letter to the coal operator.
if any was written at all, which we ser
iously doubt. We say read it. Note
what cornweIl did say, as given below
in his exact words:
4 say to you in laying the tax upon
the producer of coal and not upon the
owner in fee of the mineral lands they
have caught the wrong rat. They are
placing this tax upon people on whom it
should not be placed and exempting the
very people that ought to be taxed.
= contend that the man who owns the
coal lands In fee is the man Brat
should pay the tax. He is,.,thei pian
who owns this wealth. the other i the
man who produces it, Is it rigat to
leave the nndeveloped coal, the richest
of the earth, nntoxed and tax the man
who converts the coal intos money! /
say it is not
i is readily seen BY rsadipg these ut
tefnnces by Cornwcll that it i, ne. ii
any one, who is writing letters to coal
operators. And with such n, record as
that, cornwell aud his friends certainly
have gall in accusing others of doing
likewise.
Every thing goes to show that the
fellow in his rabies over mis- own disap-
pointment in life was so befuddlcd in
mind that he got his numbers mixed
aud used Dawson's name, when ne
should nave used Cornwell's.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-09-16
ANDY WANTED N.

It was understood by ali men in the
circuit for months prior to the Demo
cratic Judicial convention that Andy
Edmiston was candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for judge. There was
no one that doubted it. The Demo-
cratic sheet itself told its readers ne
was On the day OF the convention it
used these words: "fhere were until
recently two aspirants for the honor.
Attorney w. Scott, Of this county, and
Hon. Andrew Edmiston. of Lewis coun.
ty." 1t is noticed here that sheet res
fers to him as an aspirant and by that
it evidently means that he was a can
didate. 1t also says until recently"
and by that it means, If it win own to
the truth, that Scott was a candidate
up to within few minutes of the open.
ing of the convention, for did not w. B.
McGary, of Weston, tell the Telegram
while some of them were trying to as.
semble, that they were trying to get
Scott out Of the racer Furthermore
that sheet ON prior occasions referred to
Andy as a candidate for the nomination.
and under the circumstances it ought
to now, after being TINS shown up, own
to the fact that it is preyaricating,
when it says that ne was given the
nomination without solicitation. It
might also tell US what Republicans
gave him the nomination, since it has
seen fit to say that That was the case.
Examine the list of men who were dele.
gates at the convention and you win
tind That You have again departed from
the truth.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-09-16

SHOW OF EI0fce, nut 1t was soon brought
about. The next step was to educate
and improve tGem We sent Yankee
school teachers over there, we built rail.
roads for them, we cleaned their towns
and taught them how to keep them free
from cholera and small pox; we es,
tablished municipal governments, in
which the capable Filipnos shared; we
gave them advantageous tariff terms, So
that they could find a market for their
products.
We taught them cardinal principles
OF american life. namely, that man
must work, must behave himself. must
improve himself. if he wants to get
along. When they have advanced bfar
enough in these simple principles, which
are as yet an unopened book to most OF
them, we will give them such need of
self-government as their condition war
rants
What does Judge Parker and the
Democrats want to do? 1t is easy to
answer. They want to promise the
Filipinos freedom" and "a soon as they
come into power, to pull up stakes and
let the Filipinos enjoy their freedom.
How long would they have it,
They would have it just long enough
70 permit AGiinaldo and his crowd of
educated Filipinos to seize the govern.
mcnt. seize the ar4enals, guns and stores
enthraii the mass OF the population and
then sell them out to The highest bid,
,i.t. NJ, keen t},nr, ,,,,1,,. !, s .r t,.;t,.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-09-16

Several merchants of the city are SELL
ing campaign Souvenirs such ms lapel
buttons. watca fobs and charms. canes
and badges, These have thc names or
pictures Of the Democratic and Repub-
lican candidates for the presidency and
ice-presidency inscribed upon them.
From careful observation we find on
an average OF ten of these campai@n son
vcri~a heaEiug thr names If Roosevelt
and Fairbanks where We find one with
Parker and Davis upon, it. being worm
by Ryea ana hoys on The streets. Ye
also a1d that the merchants in sending
in thgir orders ftr them provided f5f-
about thirds more Of the Republi-
en- sonseaifs thar TOR thc Dsmocratie
sones What dos e peanl II thefe
are 50 many lle.sincfafs In tilis s6rtifh
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-09-16

cfrcles are beginning 70 feeI fseer on
accouee Of these signs Of the times and
for that reason money is not 80 tight
ID It could BE II there was possible
show for the election Of Parker and the
Installation Of government 10y the
Democrats. While the Anances, com.
nieree and industries OF the country may
not be Of the same high stage as under
Mckinley and which prevailed until rel
Gently, yet they are steadily growing.
and strengthening and it remains only
now for the election Of Roosevelt and
complete Republican victory for them
ITO assume grand proportions and that
event viii mark the beginning OF re.
.newed prosperity on even larger and
greater scale than under Mckinley. To
the contrary the present stringency, as
far as it goes, IS due to what might
happen, that is the election Of Parker,
but since that is an utter impossibility
now, there is change for the better.
This will not reach the high standard,
however, until the matter mas been
definitely settled. Roosevelts election
will bring renewed activity. Parker's
would mean that same lack Of confidence
aud uncertainty that cleseland's cleo
tion caused aud the results following
would be just as disastrous. There
would be the same stagnation of bust
ness, the same shutting down OF the fac
tories, the same, multitudes of work
men out of employment, the same star
walton, misery and wretcaedness, the
same number of thousands marching
across the continent demanding an OPP
portunity to earn living, the same
sort of Coxey's army, the same large
number of soup houses in the centers of
population, the same low price for farm
products, the same appalling epoch
w1Ah no true American wishes ever to
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-09-16

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men who hesitate AZ nothing 70 carry
their selfish point and who have thwhrt-
Cd the win Of the large majority Of the
Demoeratic party by their treachery,
tricisery. deceit and failure to keep their
promises and pledges. The clique paper
Il appealing TO members of the opposite
political party to come to the cIique's
aid on the grounds that the national
campaign is on and the national Repub-
lican leaders have an interest In the
election in Harrison county. And in
this connection all Republicans should
remember that that sheet indicts the
Republican party Of the nation as
boodlers, and thus includes some Of onr
greatest men. such as Roosevelt, Eflsins
and men of leadership in the party 1t
says these men will send money into
this county for Doodle and booze pur-
poses, but it is. conveniently silent on
the fact that Henry G.. Davis with mis-
forty millions. MS they claim, was nom
mated for the express purpose of she'll
ing out the dough even to the tune Of
millions of dollars in the present cam
paign, and, naturally, the Democratic
clique expects to get goodly remem-
branee along this line. That clique is
fully ready to do all the dirty work at
its command, when the coin comes, and
without it it does as much dirty work
as it knows how any way. Hoping to
head an exposure along this line off that
clique inaugurates system of accusa-
tion against the opposite political party,
but has done so only to have it forcibly
driven back home to II. Little cheap
skates, who look wise and pretend to
be thinkers, may sit at home here all
they please and use every possible eff
fort to convey the impression that the
Republican party, in nation. state and
county, is corrupt, but the record of
the Democratic clique even in this cam
paign is so selfish, dishonest, PREACHER
Gus, loathesome, bigoted, unprincipled
and uuwise that no fair-minded man,
Democrat or Republican. is impressed
with what the mouthing- says other than
to see all the palmer the Implicitly, dou-
Bile dealing and dangerous designs of
the clique.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-09-16
EXPENDITURES coMpArABIE.

In comparison with the leading ma.
tions of the world the expenditures of
the--United States are far less in pro
portion to the population than any of
them and the per capita expense of
conducting this frand Republic is much
below them. The expenditures of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain, with
its forty-one million of inhabitants ae-
cording to the lntest statistics avail
able tl9O2) were Ss97,79O5oo, or s2l.s0
per capita. Not that the population
OF the United Kingdom Is just about
onehalf Of that of the United States.
France with 80 millions of Inhabitants
expended s6oa.25O,OoO. or sl7.s4 per
capita; Austro-Hungary with 45 mil,
lions of people expended sGf7 .9G0. 900.
or Sl4.27 per capita. The United States
with its so millions of inhabitants ex.
pended during 1903. $O4os23.OO0 or s7.07
per capita. The per capita expenditure
of the countries OF Belgium, Portugal,
Spain, Sweden. Germany. the Neither
lands and several other nations far ex-
ceoded the per capita expenditures of
the United States.
Considering the magnitude Of this
mighty nation. its wonderful develop.
mont and rapid progress it is indeed a
glorions credit to the governmental ad-
'ministration 81 the past several years
that the people nave TO pay far less
amount for the eNneG4es 1T running
heir government ilan do the psoplc Of
the leading natious Of the world. With
the smaller nations of>courss the per
capita expenditures would be greater and
FOR thai reason no comparison Is 4nRds,
The Democrats howl about the eHogt
meis Expenditures Of this eenntry but
while they 20 s. they Temporarily for.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-09-16
BLIND WRITING.

The righteousness and jealous rancor
exhibited by some Democratic news
papers over the election in Vermont not
only bring to mind the old fable about
Reynard and the buncn of luscious
grapes, hut show that some of the cdi
tors OF these Democratio-papers are so
blindly preiudiced and enraged that they
lose all control of themselves and in
dulge in vituperntion without regard to
sane reasoning and sound logic. After
hearing of the way THE honest citizen
of Vermont exercised mis- sacred privi-
lege of selecting those whom he wished
to conduct the administration of affairs
Of the Green Mountain State and chose
men of Republican principles to office,
the Parkersburg Sentinel lilies into
print with this nasty dark green7colored
etfusion:
'sIIhe memory of man runneth not TO
The time wnen there was enough intelli-
genee in the rock crackers of the granite
state to persuade them into voting in
a rational way. They are as much
given to the worship of their idols as the
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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-09-16

The Democratic papers give Stephen
B. Eikins credit for having been able
to meet every complex political PROPOSE
ton in this state, and, on that they
say the nomination OF Henry G. Davis
makes the present complex political
proposition and then want to know what
mas become of ElEins. Since they adj
nit so much for EllSins. it is not to be
wondered at that they feel that he will
meet the situation now, and if they are
not thinking that way, they win know
it after the election. Elkins will be in
the saddle just rs much this campaign
as ever he was, and there is very
strong intimation that he will be there
more than ever before, and, when cleo
tion day rolls around and the votes are
counted, the Democratic party, with
Henry G. Davis included, win see what
a power Elleins is in the state and will
be impressed with his ability to meet
complex political propositions AS they
call them.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-09-16
DAVIS SHOWS HIS porAeE.

A Wheeling Register dispatch from
Washington says Henry G. Davis was
asked what he thought of President
Roosevelt's letter and he replied: 81
read about column of it and got
tired" Here is another testimonial of
the inability of Davis to serve even as
vice president owing 70 old age. He
eonfesses that he is not able to do want
he undertakes to do. He started tic
read letter of acceptance but he wear
led before he got to the second column,
thus conveying the idea that he has
not enough interest in public matters
and questions, and not enough strength
to really make casuaT perusal of dis
cussions Of those questions. This in
stance is certainly all that is needed IL
convince the voting. public that an old
man ready for tie grave is not one that
should be elected to the vice presidency.
with the possibility of having to 90 to
the presidential chair.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-09-16

4 { Z go
pins and strings were not IS cheap then
as now. The man WHO would % about
picking up pins Of collecting burnt
matches for kindiing would possibly
earn i've cents day and and II very
unproatable emp oyment.
Economy i Is not 70 s. despised, but
there always has been two kinds Of
econonys one of misery saving and tne
other OF economic and wise expenditures
OF ones talents. The Sculptures con.
demned tfe servant who saved his tall
ent without putting it to use and com.
mended the servant who invested bis
and multiplied it -ten-fold
1lne criticisms OF Republican extrava.
gance by the z5emocsauic orators are on
par with those of the man who leetur-
ed the people on not saving burnt
matches Economy is watch word
with the Democratic party, and for
forty years it has been promising .tc
economic in expenditures if entrusted
with power. They tried it twelve year,.
ago and the result was not q happy one
They expended less but. it was more
than their income. Their economies
compelled the people to pick up matches
or any other old thing and patronize
the public soup Kitchens. The Cleveland
administration expended more than Its
income every year and sold bonds tc
secure money to pay the ordinary ex.
penses.
The Republican party has not followed
that economic policy. It has not de.
spised burnt matcnes, but 1t has moi
had the people to pick them up because
it has given them more profitable EN-.
ployment. 1t has followed business
principles and encouraged the earning Of
more money that more might be spent
for the comforts and even the lux1lries
of life. The Republican party has not
looked upon tae worlsiugman as one who
should be compelled to drudge and slave
and save by picking up pins and collect
ing burnt matches. It has tried to SO
conduct the business of the government
as TO encourage enterprise MS well as
economy and create work and kages
that would enable the people to live
in comfort. 1t has been successful
enough to keep wages on the increase
and ever gaining on the cost of living
The policy of protection has smut out
the pin picking and burnt match col.
Letting labor Of Europe and enabled ON
workingmen to give their attention to
better things 1t is the better kind of
economy The last Cleveland admins
tration was good example of Demo,
cratic economy and in four years in.
creased the interest bearing debt from
$685. 100000 where Harrison left it to
$s47 900, 600. or more than $685., 100000
This was in four years Of space. The
Mckinley administration mas to deal
with foreign war and the insular
questions which followed that war, but
it only increased the interest bearing
debt $l0s.OOO00o and the Roosevelt ad.
ministration has made reduction Of
$l3l 100000 even with the increased
cost OF the army and navy. This 10
the Kind Of economy which is in har-
nlony with business methods.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-09-16
WEE rE1L y1ouR euarantsea Bs.t.
VEN Attractine Rnoms

The Y. NJ. C>A. have increased the
attractivencss of their rooms this week
by the addition of wall racks for their
large list of magazines and papers. TINS
plan of Secretary Maylott's has relieved
the reading tables OF their overburdened
capacity in the reading room. In the
place of the magazines and books on the
tables has been placed palm. watch
adds to innch to the attractiveness Of
the rooms. The men of ClarlSsburg are
beginning to find that in this, the only
reading room open to the public there
is cordial welcome III these coming
cool nights and days.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-09-16
VIM TELL FLOUR ena4antesa Best.
.WorI. 81 ! cn,,nli.,ru no,.tn,. !

Nearly two years ago Mr.. and Mrs
Clinton Stewart, whose home is three Or
four miles from clarlSsburs, Utmost
forced their old family physician to
treat their blind child, who was cropping
in midnight darkness Ut midday Their
family physician urged them to have a.
specialist without effect.l Last Mon.
day this old country doctor saw his
patient take her seat at her home scliooI
taught by Miss Ogden. where She daa
been found every day since WITH eyes
that see.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-09-16

The Democratic clique, through it's
nomdepInme Spokesman in the Demo-
cratic sheet, is greatly concerned that
candidates do not cut loose from all
other candidates and run Independently
ana apart from their -party's nominees
but it is all right and proper with it
for another party to come along and
pick out one or two of its candidates
and put them on that party's ticket at
the expense of other clique candidates,
who were pointe1 o,l5 by the clique to
he publicly Inundated and that too
against the expressed wishes of those
candidates. 1T all goes to show plainly
that there is one or two Democratic
eandidates that the clique intends TO
Knife this time after the manner of two
years ago, and we might also say four
years ago. Some stories the clique are
circulating over the county about Repub-
lican candidates, basely false that these
stories are in every particular, will in.
lure these clique candidates just as
much so as they are designed to do the
Republican candidates an injustice, but
that is in keeping with the elique's
record. All clique candidates will be
led 10 the slaughter, and one or two OF
them will be by the clique itself.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-09-16

get that they ne living In 4 mighty MI
ton The days when hundred thOus.
ands were used in calculating expenyes
have gone owing 70 the growth and ess-
pansion q the nation and millions are
used instead just d Thousands Of dollars
are ealenIatesi in Hie Eirli1ribe esspeises.
Of a large department store where cents
are figured IN the running expenses OF a
small corner grocery.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-09-16
UIeCE RICH
DIES DOB
shiPley Lost Quarter MiIli6t =
oneFoil Venture and Dis
Poor House
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. 10 Napoleon
Shipley, former postmaster al Wasaine
ton, and later a, wealthy citizen. died 81
the City poor farm today, aged S. ti
son claimed the body. He lost a,r
ter million dollars in one Oh ve
He was leader Of the national e1if
Paign during the Civil war.
BE leaves weIl-tosdo relatives in Bal
timore, Parlsersburg, Pittsburg, cleve
land and New Orleans.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-09-16
WIN. TELL rIoUR eaaTaatssa Bss..
Two Reieetions. ave Aecepted.

Two RejectiOns, Two Accepted.
Harry v. Gilmore. because Of deaf
ness, and aIartin C. Candle, sbecause 81
impaired oversight, have been reiected
at thei local recruiting station Of the
United States army. Alexander B Yea
ger and Lloyd shnyer have been aceept
ed and win be sent Friday 10 me eoast
artillery at Fort slocum, New Rochelle
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-09-16
TWO KINDS OF EcoNoMY.

u was Dsmocre.. 40 douat. VII.
wrote 70 tic New York World. suggest
ing that the collection Of al the bura;
inatehe- 1or kindling would prove Il VIE
economy ib this wastefnl age Their
once was an old ndase about se-inr
pin aia 2icsdre II NJ ard r." ~
half y century agu .wtre n.gss.3 &
s5ye IN ilir p'eep2. es'saiTnF /. ~
1850 9a4 stons 81 "a. & al s,.sia3