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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-18

~ paid; order supplementing chaos
in the seeding states; a people re-
united under one flag; a deprecated
currency restored; specie payment re-
sumed; the gold standard establish
ed; Cuba liberated; civilization car
rled to the Philippines; a population
almost tripled; national wealth In
creased many fold; our exports In
creased until today we are the great
est export nation on earth and yet
over so per cent. OF our fabulous
production consumed in our own
home market, a market made the
best in the world by the Republican
party's continuous enforcement OF the
protective policy, a policy which,
from Its birth, has been one Of the
party's cardinal principles. With
wealth and population increased, the
volume of business enlarged, the
wage scale advanced, more and better
homes, greater supply of the COM
forts OF life. more ample provision
for education, more OF life's luxur-
les. more of brightness and cheer,
more Of happiness and hope entering
in American life. 1t must indeed be 4
disordered or distorted brain that
scents danger in future Republican
administration. Those OF us who
love our country, glory in It's prog
ress. rejoice in its prosperity, believe
in its ideals, exult in its traditions,
recognize that its fullest attainment
has resulted from the wisdom and
patriotism of Republican leaders, see
hope for its progress to even higher
attainment in continued Republican
dominance and without fear of, hut
with confidence in Republican sue
cess in November. will continue our
labor In Republican ranks"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-18
Modern Uriah Heep.

The GraRt-Scherr faction has an
nounced that they will make no con-
cessIons; they have even refused to
accept the tentative sacrifice that was
offered on the part of Senator Scott.
This proposition finally drew from
the cave of the malcontents at Park
ersburg the refusal that was expect
ed. 1t is said that Scherr was will
ing TO do anything to get of the
ticket headed by himself and pro-
NOTED by his nurse. Grant, of
lMorgantown. The nurse saw to 1t,
however, that his baby hoy" should
still continue TO pull at the breast Of
revolt and rebellion against the regu-
larry constituted authorities OF the
Republican party in the state.
Why?
There are reasons without number
that can be given for the stand of the
arch-hypocrlte of Morgantown. In
the first place ne has always been an
He has been
grouchy spirit even under the most
favorable circumstances. He cannot
bear to see any other man attain sue
cess unless that success has been ac-
compllshed through his aid. He Is
the only and original Tartuffe of poll
tics We have in this state, not native
born, but impor1d, or, rather exiled
from the scenes of his former per-
nicious activity in Pennsylvania and
Ohio. He wants things done his
way, has always had them done HIS
way in the shape Of university con-
tracts, simply conserved through his
position as president of the board OF
regents e,ofS that institution. He
turned senator Elkins because he
helped. RtnF or his company out of
financial hole. He backed water on
seRaset Scott for the reason he could
not work the junior senator for his
own ambition and material prosperity
in this state.
He is now in the game to kill or
burn. He could not AT this stage be
elected to any Office in Monongalia
county, because the people there
know him too well. He is the Uriah
Heep of all this miserable business.
Some day some Micawber vii! rise up
and call meeting OF those who de-
sire 10 know all about his operations.
and that modern Micawber will elo-
quently exclaim, and the name of
this whole rotten mass is Grant. :"
Then the traitor and the sycophant
Will be properly exposed.
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Receding From Their Position.

The Grant-Seherr bunch are waver.
ing. They have contended all along
that they stood for something, and q
part OF that something was the cen.
sure they heaped on Senator Scott for
HE Republlcanism. They even went
so far as to condemn him not only in
their court house meeting but also tc
berate him frequently after that, and
especially, when he wrote Chairman
Matthews that he was loyal to the
ticket nominated at the Republican
convention and headed by Charles w,
Swisher. They have had no good
word for him or his Rcpublicanism
since the convention.
But, suddenly there has come a
ichange. possibly quite hypocritlcal
with II. C. ogden's Democratic In
telligencer, which has led the fight 10
turn the state over to the Democrats ),
and. thereby, cause Democrat to lie
sent to the United States senae in
stead of Senator Scott or some other
good Republican next time. That
newspaper repudiates IT'S work heret ..
fore in this campaign, its charges, its
accusations, its falsehoods, with the
following few editorial lines:
Senator Scott has been faithful
Republican all his life. and very like
ly he would be willing to make sac
rifices for the sake of harmony. but
1t is not fair to construe his passing
comment into such an emphatic dec
laration. Let the senator retain his
present position"
The Grant-Scherr bunch we're after
SCOTS scalp. They condemned him.
they denounced him, they found fault
with him as a Republican. they reso.
luted against him. Wonder what
they think of ogden's remark now
that Senator Scott has been faith
ful Republican," Wonder what they
think OF his insisting that Senator
Scott retain his present position?
In short, all wonder how ogden ex-
poets Senator Scott TO succeed him
self, in the event the state goes lem
ocrattc, such as Ogden and others OF
the Grant-Scherr mugwumps are
hoping it will go.
Judge A. G. Dayton in brief IN
terview also rebukes the Grant-Scnerr
crowd in this respect, though hereto
fore he has been classed as Scharr
sympathizer. The Wheeling Intel
ligencer says Judge Dayton says:
1T would seem to me that to ask
Senator Scott 10 resign his seat IN tho
senate and become a candidate for
governor would be both unjust to the
senator and 10 the state. 1t takes
years of hard work on the part Of
senator's 10 acquire position and in
fiuence in the senate and when these
are once attained state may well
hesitate in foregoing them"
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the few crumbs that are droppel
him.
Look at his ever changings effort to
please and his succession OF varying
sentiments until he fineaIy finds a
set that seems to satisfy the wise
men Of Wall street.
] have come TO regard Mr.. Bryan
as trickster, a trimmer. traitor.
Do you think that Mr.. Bryan Is
a statesman advocating permanent
policies based on eternal truth and
Justice?
1 say he is a very rag-picker Of
politics, who. with his little forked
stick Of self-interest. picks up this
policy here and that policy there,
without regard to their source or
their use or their ultimate DISPOSE
ton. without regard to their fitness,
or even their cleanliness. and slaps
them into the basket on his back
he calls his platform.
He is political shoplifter who takes
feloniousIy and surreptitiously the
policies that belong to others and
then PUSHES frantically forth shout
ing stop thief after some unconscious
wayfarer who has not stolen aything.
said in Indiana that Mr.. Bryan
was the fearless prestidigator OF
modern politics. who makes his
principles disappear and changes
his policies in full view OF the au-
dience-a Snowman at county fair
executing shell game with his polit-
ical fingers.
But Mr.. Bryan is more than a
Snowman he Is the whole show.
He is the astonishing ventriloquist
who throws his voice there and an
there, and all the time is sitting in a
different place with different natur-
al voice and a different natural char
acter. He has no. moustache with
which To- deceive, but he decelves
You nevertheless.
He Is, the marvellous contortionist
who bends forward and backward
with eaaatI convenience, and walks
e eDoR 9 9bssd1 0 FE}Tp on his hands with
He is the astonishing juggler who
keeps the whole OF the surprising
collection OF conflicting principles in
the air at the, same time, but bal
ances Belmont, the union labor
breaker. in one hand. and Gompers
the union labor leader, in the other
hand.
He Ia the human ostrich, who
swallows his own wrds in regard TO
bosses and who is able to retain up
on his toomach even the Taggarts
and the Roger sullivans OF politics.
He is the world renowned loose-skin
man, who can reverse himself in his
own Integument so that you can not
tell whether he is coming or going.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-18
The Party Of ACCOMPLISHMENT.

James S. Sherman, Republican
nominee for vice-president, in his
speech at Wllkes-Barre, Pa, a day
or so ago. made note of several OF the
accomplishments OF the Republican
party during the time 1t has had
charge OF the national administration
and completely quashed the assertion
made by a Philadelphia newspaper,
which is supporting Bryan. that it is
not Mr.. Taft, hut the Republican per-
IS, which the country has reason ID
fear.
Fear is the dread of evil or harm
to come" said Mr.. Sherman.
Should not past experience be a.
least something of basis for expec-
tation?" mir. Sherman then enum-
Grated the following interesting mis-.
torical facts which have helped to
make the Republican party known
and recognized as{ the party OF ac-
complishment and not party of idle
dreams and vain theories:
What act of the Republican party
has brought harm. has brought dis
tress or disaster to our people? Our
party has been commissioned hy the
people, almost without interruption.
for half a century. TO administer the
affairs of government. Is there in
that record of faithful discharge of
duty aught to excite fear, to arouse
apprehension? In brief. what is that
record of accomplishments under our
pa-ty's leadership? The disgrace
and dishonor of slavery removed /;
sectionaltsm obliterated; a mighty
war for union and liberty successfully
waged; the debt thus entalled large
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-18

H. C. Ogden, controlling factor in
the Wheeling newspaper trust, ~hJ
in the Intelligencer ISLANDERS Repub-
licans and advises the defeat of the
Republican ticket and the election of
Bennett and his ticket; who In his
Evening Telegraph openly espouses
the election of Bryan and Bennett
and the support OF the principles
enunciated In the national and state
Democratic platforms; and who in
the Evening News tries to stee" an
Independent coarse so as to get /:
coming and going from both parties,
is now trying to prove that he is a
Republican. In this attempt he is
not making much Roadway. Ogden
is about as much OF Republican as
Bryan is. and about as reliable lead
er of Republicans as John McGraw
would be. While he may not be
able to prove his case, he will not
find 1t any harder work than old
migrate Arnold scherr wonld, 4 he
were to try.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-18
Moro Misrenrcsentntion.

The tactics Of that alleged Repub
lican newspaper, the Wheeling In
telligencer. is one of bald misrepre-
sentation when 1t ventures on state
ments regarding the strength Of the
regular Republican state ticket and
the support it has among the daily
papers. 1t names only five that are
doing their best for the Swisher
ticket, while the truth is that eleven
daily straight out Republican papers
are flying the Republican emblem at
the head of their editorial columns
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-18

Good roads are essential to the
further progress and comfort of the
farming class. If the farmer can not
get his products to the nearest mar
kets without inconvenience and some
times danger he is loser. The
Republican party has already insti-
tuted scheme for better roads, and
through its state platform promises
to carry out that scheme to perfec-
ticn If possible. The Democratic
platform is morosely silent on this
subject.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-18

Many of the acquaintance of
Arnold c. Scherr are wondering why
he does not refute the charge that he
is not a naturalized citizen of the
United States by producing and ex-
hibiting his naturalization papers. 1t
is the opinion of many that Nj.
Scherr should first try to break into
the United States before irving TO
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-18
An Evening Echo.

1t is as much our imperative duty
to protect capital and labor in the
free and proper exercise OF their func-
lions as It is to restrain and forbid
the encFoachments of wrong.-C. w.
Fairbanks.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-18
So Silkoline Comforts $1.49
"Unfortunately, however, all hone

"Unfortunately, however, all hope
of a compromise is gone" says the
Wheeling Intelligencer. The two
candidates are slated to fight 1t out
at the polls. and Republicans may as
well make the best of the situation.
Quito an accurate statement and
quite good advice. Making the best
OF it" does not mean casting a vote
for Bennett or for Scherr. Making
the best of it" means voting the
straight Republican ticket from top
to bottom.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-18

form is pronounced for the preserya-
ton and perfection o. the tax reform
laws. scherr. who has always been
opposed to these laws. stands on \,
platform that is negative on this sun
ject. .... -
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over the national and the- regularly

nominated state ticket
The other side OF the picture re-
veals the fact that only four import
ant daily journals in the state are
contending for the Grant-Scherr bolt
ers. 1t is these petty attempts to de-
ceIve the people OF the stat that sug-
gest that II they are deceptive in one
thing they are unreliable and unbe-
lievable in all other things.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-18

If the negro vote was to be cast Cor
the Grant-Scherr ticket the pseudo
Republican organ. the Wheeling In
telligencer, would welcome it with
open arms. As the negro vote is not
for that ticket but for the swisher
ticket. then the Intelligencer thinks
it is all wrong.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-18

The conference of the Grant,scherr
party at Parkersburg was about as
cheerful as a well-conducted lodge OF
sorrow.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-18
GARRIsoN oouNvY TIoKET.

For House OF Delegates
CHARLES N. HART
MARCUS l.. RIBLETT,
For Clerk of County Court
HOWARD NJ. GORE,
For Clerk or Circuit Court
]. WADE COLEMAN.
For Prosecuting Attorney
WILL f. NORRIS,
For Sheriff
]. Z. BARTLETT,
For County Commissioner
JOHN B. STROTHER
For Assessor
ERNEST l.. PIGOTT,
For County Surveyor
CHARLES c. FIT"RO
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-18

crawl into the governors chair at
Charleston.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-18

Register before it is too late.
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REPUBLICAN TICKET
CONGRESSIONAL TICKET.

For Congress-
WILLIAM 2. HUBBARD
Ohio County.
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sENAToR1A1 TIcKEr.

For State Senate
CHARLES G. COLEMAN
Harrison County.
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The regular Republican state plat
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-06
Next"

Il was counsel for railway compa-
ny in the west says a prominent New
York LAWYER. in whose employ a sec
ton hand had been killed by an ex-
press train. His widow. of course. sued
for damages. The principal witness
swore positively that the locomotive
whistle had not sounded until after the
entire train had passed over his depart
ed friend.
You admit that the whistle blew 2
l sternly demanded OF the witness.
"'Oh, yes; it blew
Now added impressively. if that
whistle sounded in time to give Nor
gan warning the fact would be in favor
of the company, wouldn't it:'
Il suppose So said the witness.
Very well Now, for what earthly
purpose would the engineer blow his
whistle after the man had been struck ::
II presume replied the witness.
with great elaboration. that the wills
tie was for the next man Oh the
track. - Harpers Weekly
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-06
COURTING DEATH.
The Work Of the Mounted Police of
Canada In the Northwest

The Northwest poiceman's first duty
is to die if that should be necessary.
He is not allowed to shoot a desper-
ado. go up. sit on his carcass, roll a
cigarette and then read the warrant.
He must not shoot. At all events he
must not shoot first, which Is often
fatal. for If there is a time when delay
is dangerous it is when you are cover
ing an outlaw. writes Cy Warman in
the Sunday Magazine.
Numbers of the force have been
known to ride or walk into the very
mouth of a cooked 40 Colt and never
finch. In about ninety eight cases out
of every hundred the man behind the
gun weakened. In the other two ca SEES
he extended his lease OF life, but made
his going doubly sure. When a mount,
ed policeman falls. the open space he
leaves is immediately closed. for back
of him stands the Dominion govern
ment and back of that the British EN-.
pire. SO the desperate who thinks he
can kill and get away has hard time
If the police chase him out of the DO.
minion back TO the islands. he is likely
to fetch up at Scotland Yard. If his
native village lies south of the forty
ninth. the Pinkertons take up his trail
aud when all these forces are after q
man his days are gliding swiftly by.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-06
"HOBOES" WANT
ONLY S25,OOO,OOO
National Committee of Unem-
pIoyed Demand Aid.

st. Louis, Mo, Feb. Gas a means
of providing for men and women of
the country who are out of employ
ment the national committee of the
unemployed, appointed at yesterdays
session Of the national convention of
the self-styled "HobOes,' today drew
up a set of resolutions demanding of
the United States government that it
appropriate the 2J.OuO,OoO loaned to
banks during the recent financial
furry for that purpose. 1t will also
be asked to provide national insur-
ance for citizens against enforced idle
ness or involuntary unemployment
Other items include free transporta-
ton for workers from one place to an
other and the abolition of the vag-
>rancy law. The resolutions will come
before the convention Friday night.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-06
Summary Conversion.

HawaiianS all became Christ ians
through the simple process of an edict
-~kapoo-of one of the sturdy old
kamehamehas. The worthy king. OBJ
serving that it was easier to Kill an
enemy with rifle than with Il club
and that the rifle was the invention OF
the Christians. took Il short cut through
the theological mazes of the mission
aries who were trying to convert his
subjects aud announced that all Fla
waiians were from that moment Chris
tians. AS he added that he would
knock on the head any who objected
the thing was done as fast as his cou
ricrs could deliver his message TO his
loving subjects. York World.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-06
NJ GOWAN TALKS
OF |NTERURBANS
Says Greatest System in the
World Is in Indiana, Ohio
And Illinois.
lNDIANA'S VARIOUS LINES.
ESTIMATED THAT SIX MILLION
PEOPLE WILL BE CARRIED IN
TO INDIANAPOLIS BY ELECTRIC
ITY DURING YEAR OF 1907.

A paper by Hugh J. MCGOWAN, the
head of the greatest system OF inter
urban railways in America appears in
the current number of Municipal En-
gincernC in which the author shows
the many advantages OF this method
of transportation. .
The growth and success of il
urban railways. says Mr.. MCGOWAN, is
not confined to any particular section
of the country. They flourish in New
England and the Middle Atlantic
states as they do in the Western and
Pacific states. They were early
known i'll the South and welcomed in
the North. But | may be pardoned in
stating that it is believed by many
that they have reached their highest
efficiency in the states OF Illinois, In
diana and Ohio, which may be charac-
terized as The Big Three" The total
interurban railway mileage in this
trio of states apprOXimateS 5000
IlIlltS, tStiliIUS an INV tSllueIl Vi
many millions of dollars. AS an in
dicatiOn of the possibilities of through
travel it may be mentioned that upon
the completion of a gap of fifty miles,
one may journey in interurban cars
from East St. Louis to Chicago. and
upon the building of short connect
ing link between Danville. Illinois and
Crawfordsville. Indiana, it will be pos
SiDle to so from ST. Louis to Buffalo
by electric traction. At present the
interests which l represent. own a
through line in full operation between
Paris, ILL.,, and GAINESVILLE, O.. Il dis
lance of over 500 miles. and will in
the near future install n through ser,
vice between Indianapolis and Toledo
as we'll as between Cincinnati and To,
| ledo. thence to Cleveland and Buffalo
! Indianapolis is located in the center
! of this great network of electric
! lines and occupies unique position in
! the traction world. From the middle
of a large block owned by the traction
company, situated in the heart of the
! city, on one side Of which is the state
! house and on the other, the most beau
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-06
LETTERS FORGER|ES
Lydia Scott Says That She
Never Signed the Doyle
Letters.
CHARACTER OF MISSlVES.

Anderson, Ind. Feb. G.-Braving the
Indictment weather. Miss Lydia Scott
arose from sick bed at her home.
five miles northwest of this city and
accompanied her father and mother 10
the office of Attorney kittinger X
Diven in this city. where she denounc-
ed as forgerieS the two letters bearing
her name and received by Mr. c. X.
Gagot yesterday through the mails.
The letters purported TO be a con-
fession that she cut her own throat on
the night of March 10 1905. for which
act Shirley Doyle was convicted Tues
day. January =. after one Of the most
sensational trials that has ever been
held in this county. One letter init.
mated that she had testified falsely
through fear of her father. The other
letter was addressed TO Shirle- Doyle,
In which she confessed cutting her
throat and asserted that he was the
innocent sufferer
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-06

tiful and lofty soldiers and sailors
monument in the United States. rises
the now famous traction building err
eCted three years ago at a cost exceed
ing one million dollars, with its spac-
iOus and handsome terminal station
adjoining, conceded to be the finest
in the world. Nine tracks enter this
station, accommodating twelve inter
urban lines and divisions which run
in all directions. Four hundred cars
on an average arrive and depart daily.
which on a steam railroad would be
equal to one hundred trains of four
cars each. In 1906, more than five
million passengers were carried to and
from this terminal station and it is es-
timated that in 1907 the number will
reach six million. These figures do
not include passengers carried be
tween points outside of the city limits
The benefits resulting to the peo-
pie of Indiana with its 800 miles OF
interurban roads controlled by various
companies, are duplicated in every
other state of the union enjoying a
like means of transportation. Employ
ment has been created for thousands
Social conditions have wonderfully i'm.
proved. Crowded cities, thriving towns
and villages, hamlets and rural dis
tricts are all happily united and share
alike the advantages Of interurban
lines. There is au awakening and
l. brill of life in every town and vii
Hlge through which an interurban line
runs, never felt before Commercial
opportunities which lay dormant are
made possible and become profitable
realities. New markets are opened