The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-08-29
'1DAN LTTTLEPAGE
ATTEMPTING A RUSE
Democratic Politician Seeks to Stir
Up Trouble to Further His
Own Ends.
IS MIsTAKEN ABOUT CONDITIONS
Record He Has Does Not Show Him
the Friend of Either Labor or
Capital in Any Sense.


State Senator Adam B. Littlepage,
of Charleston. is in this section OF
the state. presumably to adjust DIFF
ferences that he says exist between
the miners ami operators in the
Monongahela valley, according to
the following interview accredited
to him:
st is my object to do all the good
/ can in the way of bringing the en-
ployers and employees closer together
no matter in what walk of life and
have them meet on footing where
there win be better understanding
and less friction and / believe It viii
be possible to do this. All this strife
and trouble is holding back the de-
velopment OF the great State of West
Virginia and every effort should be
made by both sides I'd get together,
stop their pickering and quarreling
and assist in making this the great
est State in the Union. We believe
1t will be possible to do this, and
that is our. object" .
Senator Littlepage has aspirations
to be governor of West Virginia and
it is apparently revealed from his
statements as given above that his
real motive is to further his candi-
dacy by creating dissatisfaction and
Sstrife between operators and en-
.ployes, though in fact, not at heart.
as his part record shows, in sympa-
thy with the welfare of either. Lit
tlepage is opposed to the great
economic national principles and
policies that develop the resources
of the State and Nation, as shown
by the fact that he has been ram
pant free-silyerite, free-trader and a
disciple of the Populistic theory and
tendency prevailing largely in the
present Democratic party. The dom
nation of such ideas would have
been. ruinous to both capital and
labor, and, so far as the free-trade
effort is concerned, that part OF
what he stands for did actually close
the mines, shops and factories,
which in turn caused thousands upon
thousands of men to be thrown out
of employment and brought them to
actual starvation. Men who earn a
fair living have not forgotten that
terrible period in their lives and will
not be trapped by such a ruse as
Littlepage Is now attempting for his
personal interest and his elevation
to power,
Y Representing such obstructive and
destructive principles as brought
lcalamity upon the country under
the Cleveland administration, his ele-
walton to the governorship OF this
State would certainly plunge West
Virginia into Industrial stagnation
as his policies would discourage and
destroy the splendid development
the State has enjoyed under Repub-
llcan rule and Republican policies.
Mr.. Littlepage's attention is called
to,jthe report Of the United States
Geological Survey recently issued, in
which It is shown that West Virginia
rs moving rapidly to the front in the
production of coal, having passed
Ohio and Illinois and now holding
second place, and was first in strike
year. The Pittsburg Post. Demo-
cratic paper, says: THE greatest
benefit to the coal mining industry
in West Virginia resulted from the
suspension in the competitive States,
and the time lost by strike or sus-
pensions in West Virginia is inslg-
nifcant."
At this time the Telegram sees
no occasion for trying to precipitate
any fight between operators and en-
ployes, as the facts shown by the
geological survey report, backed by
the apparent prevailing peaceful
conditions in the valley, go to show
that Mr.. Littlepage is unfamiliar
with the situation in this region. or
else the Telegram itself has been I'M
able to obtain true insight into it.
Apparently there is no such state OF
dissatisfaction - chickering's and
quarreling"-as he claims, and
therefore, If 1t be true there is no
such dissatisfied condition, his prem.
ises that "all this strife and trouble
is holding back the development Of
the great State of West Virginia.
are in error and untrue.
There is great State develop.
ment andEthis is certainly based or
cooperative relations between oper.