The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-10
STATE ag REH9s
All Should Read This.

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OF course the uyershadowing Issue
will be the tarif question. Expert
ence has demonstrated that good times
follow a Republican framed tartf5l law
and that hard times keep company
with a Democratic tariff The Demo
Gratis tneorize the Republican look for.
practical results. The Democrats are
for low tariH ON such things as the.
other fellow makes and for a highd duty
on the things they make themselves
The inevitable result is q crazy quilt
tariH like the Wilson biIt17a compro-
mise that satisfies no one.
On the other hand the Republicans
are unselfah advocates ofsa high tar
if. They believe in it and look fur
.ther than their own individual inter
ests when they go to framing a bill.
The result is always, a broad symmetl
rfcal, statesmanlIke law. constructed
along broad national lines. It gives.
satisfaction and carrys with 1t that
confidence that is necessary to ma
ional growth.
tIona1 prosperity and national growth.
we started out to say that in this
campaign whether a man is for tar.
liz revision or for a maintenance of.
present schedules it behooyes him to.
vote the Republican ticket this fan,
The tariff revislonist a no more Ell
fectiYely postpone action on the tarin
or more EFFECTIVELY prevent such &c
ton than by electing Democratic
House. Every man who has enuogh
reasoning power to understand why
two and two make four can readily
see that there. IS no chance under
Heaven that a Republican Senate.
would pass q tariff bill framed By
Democratic House. And at the same
time It is perfectly plain that Thee:
dore Roosevelt would never sign a.
Democratic tarir measure. Therefore
1t Is evident beyond all question that
the best way for tariff revtsionists to
prevent a revision of the tariff would
be to elect a Democratic house.
On the other hand the man who
.helieyes in a perpetuatton of u pres
ent good times and of the great tariff
policy of the Republican party cannot
ra1ord tovote the Democratic ticket. He
is too well acquainted with the unset
tied conditions that would result from
the election Of a Democratic House.
The country would construe 1t as a
drift OF sentiment toward free trade
and the result could be nothing less
than a waning of confidence and a
gradual IL not sudden return to pan.
icky days like those the country exps
rienced in 1892. Theodore the stand
patter must stick to his wise battle
cry, 'let well enough alone"
The Democrats sometimes say that
the hard times under the Wilson bill,
came before the bill went into effect.
That is true in a measure, but 1t came
from the fact that the country had
lost confidence in It. Confidence in
our national policies Is absolutely es-
sential to our commercial welfare and
the moment a Democratic House is
elected confidence is sure to be shat
tered,
It is up to every voter to ASH MIN
self the question: edo want 2 reyl-
sion of the days Of 1882"
And while it is highly desirable that
West Virginia send SIX Republicans %
the House of Representatives OF even
more Importance IS st that Senator
Elkins be returned. The tariff on luin-
ber. the tariff onscoal, and many other
schedules have done much toward
making West Virginia the great State
she is. The time may come in the
next six years when the vote Of the
Senator elected by West Virginia IN
directly as a result Of this falls cleo
ton viii determine whether Q
schedules sha1lsb be maintained or not
1t is a foregone conclusion that Sem
ator Elkins viii be the man Il the Leg
islature goes Republican. Likewise
Inc is q foregone conclusion that joan
T. McGraw will be the man Il the
Democrats carry the Legislature.
Whose vote would you want In the
Senate under those conditions? II
Elkins vote, vote for the Republican
nombinees; If McGraw's vote for the
democratic. nominees, Morgantown
Chronicle.
Convincing Figures
The tight Is on between the people
of west vlrginia and tie Fire lnsllE
anraTrnst Every newspaper
Iconseauence mas talen ~ me endget
in bshaif Of the people In ah me
! mass OF argument being punished