Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-04-29

made temporary chairman and made
magnificent address in assuming
the chair. He dwelt a. length upon
the Republican departure from con.
5 titutional government. He said the
President controls his party and its
leaders to a greater extent than any
aatocrar ofthe old world. He spoke
OF the Presidents usui patton OF the
power OF congress and he asserted
with emphasis that II the Republi-
cans are continued in power aud
Roosevelt is permitted 10 keep on in
his present course the death kneli OF
constitutional government will be
sounded. He brought out the sub
serviency OF congress which Roose-
welt throttled in its determination 10
investigate the post office depart
ment.
The president he said. utterly de-
fies congress and refuses to carry out
it's direct mandates az instanced in his
refusal to consider the Nicaragua cam
al route as required by the enactment
OF congress. He usurps the power OF
congre IS as instanced in the recent
pension order, The United States were
started with revolution against this
tyrannical form Of government and 1t
must again be put down by the liberty
loving citizens and people of consti-
tutional government. We hear the
Republicans say they want us to be
world power When Great Britain ack'
nowledged our indepsnpence. we were
world power when Great Britain
again bowed to our will in 1917. we
were world power, when the Other
nations prevented Great Britain from
recognizing the Confederate States in
the civil war. which certainly had as
much right to rccog nitioa as had the
Republic Of Panama
He said the duty oil Democracy Is TO
sink all differences. to adhere to the
principles OF Thomas Jefferson aad to
welcome all Democrats into the party
Wisdom, he said. ''wiil not die with
those OF us who demanded the free and
unlimited coinage OF silver. He de-
clared that the Democratic party had
nos tried to run counter to he DEGREES
of God Almighty and that when Gsd
made white men and black men and
made them unequal no mccratic
convention will ever try to wipe out
that Divine law.
The essence of wise politics. We
subjain the closing sentences of his
remarks.
For myself followed the party
willingly in both these campaigns,
$500 1900 and supported It's candi-
date. Yet, in the face Of the issues nov
involved as believe in the approach 4
ing campaign can with complete and
entire satisfaction and qualification.
clasp hands and even lock arms with
the democrat who refused to do as
did in those campaigns. For then the
issues upon which we differed were
not, in my epinioJ, oil the essential
inherent principles Of democracy, but
wefe largely questions Of government
tai expediency or policy, and they are
not now live issues for consideration
and action, owing to cha ngcd condi-
tons brought about thr ough the bless-
ings and bounties of a kind Provi-
dence in revealing to the world here
ofore hidden health, and giving to
our great grain producing sections
abundant harvests through number
OF consecutive years, whiie for most
of that time the same Providence per-
mitted other portions Of the globe to
suffer from insufficient harvests. so
that they were driven to the full gran
aries Of our country for the necsssi-
ties CT life in exchange for their mon
ey. With united democracy under |
existing conditions may we not reas-
onably look for SUGGEST 1t seems to
me we may.
While the spirit of the republican |
party exhibited in its spectacular per-
formances under thelead Gifts spec
tacular president, with its cry Of glory
of the republicIand with its teach
ings that might makes right. and |
whatever seems to be needed to pro.
mote the material progress Of this
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