The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-11-11
IaRpUBIIcANs vIEDIcATED.

campaign against the Republican party
and boosted that 1t woulI be the bitter
est ever fought They trumpet up
every possible and M; rutnful cnarge
and searched tae Dict nary from lid
to lid in the application Of epiShets TO.
ward those of the otli party. The
columns Of the Democratic newspapers
in the county rocked for nearly a yeaH
vita viIcness and expire, ions Of hatred
toward wat have proven to be their
successful antagonists Envy and hate
were SHOWN all the way through. They
had no good word for any man WAC
they even suspected Of having an in.
tention to be loyal to the Republican
party. They resortcd II the same line
of campaign in state matters and all
things else. They did this to prejudice
the people. But they saon found they
mad struck a buzz saw and they got
better than they sent. when it came
down to the real facts in the case as
the Telegram hewed straight and
close to the line and won and held the
complete confidence of the people. We
said nothing that VIC had TO take back.
The facts wore facts and they were
given in forcible manner.
AS the campaign progressed so pow
erful did the Telegram become that
the opposition tried hard to reflect upon
the ability of those in charge that they
actually undertook to say that others
were writing our editorials. They went
so far as to make the charge that
lawyers and others were doing It, and
yet it is a fact that not one Of them
even contributed an article of any sort.
the policy of the Telegram was so Wig
orous in exposing the false assertions
of the opposing papers that they soon
found themselves IN quandary and
greatly frightened.
In former campaign they had TAX
en- full latitude and filed their columns
with MI sorts of Misrepresentation.
These were allowed to go mostly un-
challenged, because of the fact that
one Ct the leading candidates was close
" identified with the Telegram and it
was not the desire to make personal
matter out of it. Thinking they could
indulge themselves unrcstrictedly in
similar campaign this time, they began
TRADE of abuse, misrepresentation
and falsehood, but no sooner had they
begun until they were unncrveG to find
that different policy was TO be pur-
sued this year by the Telegram, and
after several months they trembled
even at their own shadows and finally
ceased that sort of campaign temporar
lily so far as county matters were con
cerned, only to resume it again on the
eve of election. But they did not cal
culate right. They gave the oppor-
tunity early in the campaign by plow-
ing the ground and the Telegram came
along and sowed the seed. All they
said and did after that could not change
the people, whose eyes had been opened
to the fact that they were secretly
plotting solely for Democratic benefit
and not for any improvement along any
line.
The election approached and it was
necessary for the Democratic politicians
to have barrel, notwithstanding the
fact that the burden OF their hue and
cry through their newspapers aad been
against Doodle and booze and notwith-
standing the fact that they had moo
dooed the Prohibition party into hitch
ing onto their ticket with the assur-
ance that they were going to reform
every thing. This fellow, that fellow
and the other fellow dumped into that
barrel until it was bulging over. The
candidates had TO cough up, and others
who expected to get into Office by up
poirftment dumped in loemore. This
was kept up until there was fully fif-
teen thousand dollars in the barrel, and,
if necessary, we can prove it. Taen
came the desire to have a great dem
onstration by use of the big slush fund,
and the booze blowout came OF at
Shinnston according to schedule. 1t
was then the people began TO get their
eyes oprn on tnut score. The closing
week OF the campaign followed and to-
ward tine latter part OF the week the
Telegram openly charged the Democrats
with having 4 hig and full barrel.
There was ample time TO deny the as
scrtion but they NEWER did. Then on
Saturday before the election booze and
booile both were handed out Mt tne in
stance Of those at Democratic mead
quarters aud some Of The committee
men were even seen in saloons writing
orders for boozs. It was or common
report th,t the Democrats hal plenty
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