The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-04-03
HAzLETT-HUBB ARD CONTEST.

HAZLETT-HUBB r CONTEST.
The Republican party Of Harrison county IS for Robert Halett for
uOnabIy prefer Mr. Hazlett over his opponent
county. 1t always attempts to voice the wishes and desires OF its con
situents. This paper has but one object and tat is. to serve and
ubund the city and county and state in which it exists. and from which
Fit draws its support 1t believes that these interests are best sGserved
BY the policies and principles Of the republican party It labon at all
times and on all occasions for the interests Of the Republican party,
believing in doing 50 that 1t is working for the interests OF the people
Of It's city, county and state. With this faith and belief. the umTeFving
fidelity Of The Telegram to the Republican party is understood and
In this work this Republican paper.i IS in touch with the Republican
party Of the city and county. It is read by a vast majority Q al the
Republican voters of Harrison county, and It. voices the will and wishes
and fights for the policies Of these individual voters who make up \
great political organization; being for the Republican party and Of the
Republican party, and voicing the wish OF the Republican party The
OF the Republicans OF Harrison county favor the selection OF Mr.. Hazett
asa member Of Congress from the First Congressional District
The Republicans OF Harrison county. and of the district generally,
have good reasons in making their choice of a man to lead them In
the coming campaign. In making this choice they arc actuated by the.
motives that ordinarily influence men who serve their country and their
party They have reason for the faith that IS in them.
l. The Republicans OF this county and OF the First Congressional
District prefer Mr. HazEett over Nj. Hubbard because Of the personality
OF the two men. Mt. Hazlett is a man OF modern means, and possibly
able to live without further exertOns in the way o. manual labor But
by nature and by habit and by choice he is a mar of the plain common
people He mikes with them, is one Of them: feels as they feel thinks
as they think speaks IS they speak ne Is haOie couF'eous KIM
and generous. He is unpretentious. unassumng and entirely without
he's ms Of the common people he does Q seerese mmseil ron mem
retire within himself and assume an air Of superiority. because such acts
~ r. - " 80 nor btn Who 5oes not NE him and mo-
man who Is thrown in contact with him does not know him, because
them. to sympathie with them and work with them. Without regard
to political policies the men who know Mr. Hazlett and Mr.. Hubbard
are for Mr. Hazlett
without the slightest desire to injure Mr. Hubbard, and speaking
of things as they are. and not a We would have them be, The Telegram
but voices a fact known to all his acquaintance, that Mr. Hubbard is
proud. dominating. domineering. retmnt, and, perhaps. selfish. He doesn't
mix with his fenowmen. he doesn't want TO know them, and he dOesnt
understand them This is, perhaps not his fault, but his misfortune
IS a politician. But t is unqueseonaby lis makeup n Is a moderate
picture of himself If he is courteous it is in a cold manner. rs he
is generous. it is when he is not SEEN He does not meet his felovmen
on a level because he does not feel that he belongs to that leVe-at
least IL you can judge his feelings by his acts. His nearest neighbors
do not know him unless they get acquainted with him during campaign
time They might meet him day ater~day for years, and they would
never attract his attention. He may be a great man. and, a asserted
br h- friends n hr man Ind AGAIN his size pnd nDorfanca may
largely arise from the fact that he makes a mystery of himself Kings
seldom show themselves to the common herd, for the reason that If
the people see them often they form a correct estimate OF their real
dimensions. They an remain great in the minds Of their subjects only
king of politicians" Perhaps they had in view this peculiar principle
of kngcruft
H. On political matters Mr.. Hazlett stands with the President oil
the United States. and with his party on all subjects of legislation. He
is in full accord with the spirit of righteousness which now pervades the
national legislation. He stands for III Of the advanced theories OF our
great President. and of the Republican party, whose voice President
Roosevelt merely makes known.
Mr.. Hubbard does not represent a different policy. at least no superior
policy from a political standpoint As a member of the present Congress
Mr.. Hubbard has not made any great record; in fact. the average Con-
gresham has 6ared fully a we'll as the member from the First District
1t is. urged by the friends of Mr. Hubbard that he should be sent back
to Congress a second time. THOUSANDS of Republicans do not believe in
this particular doctrine. They feel that the fact that they have made
one mistake is n o reason why they should be compelled to make another
This doctrine of sending a man to Congress twice, in order to find Quit
II he 5 a suitable Congressman: has been raised for the first time in
the present campaign, and is met with a smile of rihcule by all inteni-
gent Republicans. There is no more excuse for sending a man to
Congress twice than there would be three, four, II fifty times. If he live
long enough 10 serve out the terms.
While Mr.. Hazlet stands a one Of the common people. Mr.. Hubbard
stands as a corporation lawyer. grown wealthy in the service of corpora
tons. He has amassed a fortune at the practice OF law. This IS to his
credit IS an individual and as a lawyer but it is not a strong reason whyI
the common people. the plain, every day working men, farmers and mw-I
chants should desire to have him represent them in Congress rather
than to send there. on OF themselves-a man whose interests are their
Interests.