The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-06-24

OF IT. hughes - also known 10 De q man
Of integrity The same may be said Of
Fittro and all other county Republican
officers. The same line OF compliment
is true also as-to the present NOMINEES
for Office There Is not even one man
in the county who can say they are not
honest. honorable. high-minded men
men Of representative citizenship, men
without deception and intrigue.
Again, they harp on the matter Of
| graft, and they know they lie when they
do so. Invitation after invitation has
been extended them to make good Their
charge. but they have failed to name
single instance or single man. They
know they cannot substantiate such
charge. because they know the charge il
false and that the men whom they raise
this cry against are men of integrity
honor and influence, doing far more tnan
their accusers to promote the interests
OF the country and the welfare of the
people. And in this connection the
charge has been made by this paper that
there are certain Democratic politicians
and active workers here, out for deputy.
SHIPS. who made proposals to Republican
sherifFs to enter into the old Democratic
plan of shaving county orders, and the
Telegram has invited them to deny it
They know they cannot and they do not
attempt it, although it Is to be expected
that the organs of the Democratic clique
will enter a general replication or denial
The Democratic sheet goes so far as
to say that the political leader is paid
we suppose it refers to leader or two
in its own party locally, who is EN-.
ployed by corporations by the year and
draws his salary whether he does any
thing or not, thus aiding what that sheet
terms plutocracy.
Legislation Tor corporations may be
against the people, but, when Democracy
takes up men who are known to be cor.
porate fellows, such as Parker and Cor,
man, to say nothing of Others. the argu-
ment it puts up falls as nat as Bryan's
free silver ideas do now on the Demo
cratic ear. which only a campaign ago
was idolatrous on that particular sub
iect. and yet today it mas not fully
shown that it is not yet somewhat Joined
to it, idols. as evidenced by the leaning
toward Hearst. Either Gormanizm OF
Pnrk,-rism means legislation in behalf o.
corporations. l. not Perry Belmont At
the head Of the Parker boom? And Ill
he not known a. the great exponent Of
combined Wealth. l. moi German in the
same class, and yet it is stated that
the Democracy Of West Virginia i bub.
bling over with desire to support Cor
man for president? Also in this re.
spect no man denies that the Henry q.
Davis sentiment in West Virginia is Of
the corporation sort. Democracy knows
him to he of the plutocratic sort and
with the hope that it will be able to de.
ceive the common people and at the same
time command corporation support. ii
brings him forth a the probable nomi-
nee for governor. Also in this connec
tion. ii will b. noticed that the lealin:
spirits among the Democrat. OF this
state today are men affiliated with cor
porate wealth and in sympathy with cor
porate methods. Senator Camden is
among them and of the younger set may
be mentioned John T. McGraw, and some
even younger than he. And it is shown |
that hypocrisy and deception are being
practiced by Democracy in this respect |
for the purpose alone of getting thu
vote Of the common people. We may
give the matter local application, siuca
enough is known to warrant tho stat
mcnt that the Democratic clique here
In, decided on u slate a much Of the
plutocratic sort A. it dures venture tc |
place before the convention and the PEG.
pie. The object Is to push men with
money aud corporate influence. and if
the Telegram is not very badly mistaken
that will be the revelation at the con.
vention, although the deceptive ruSe
may bc played ny not entirely filing the
ticket with such. But the main nomi.
nces viii be of tina; class.
What a contrast there win be. The
Republican ticket is made up Of men
who have paved their way in life by
their individual cfrort
Next we find these assuming purifiers
Of the ballot box distributing booze and |
directing men to places where the Demo.
crot, have ii on tap. such a. happened I
in recent campaign. when fellow from I
Wil-onburg came bounding into our Of
fice and telling us thar one of the men
mentioning him by name, who is loud in
hi> public cries against such a practice
had directed him to come, but when we
made inquiry, he told us that it was
Democratic headquarters which he was
hunting and to which he had been di
rccted The point here is That Demo
cratic headquarters was next door to US
and that is the place he had-been direct
ed to. This was the evening before the
county election. Again. in this connec