Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-10-30

This will be the last issue of the
Statesman Democrat before the great
battle of ballots is fought and won or
lost. We solemnly adjure our reader
to consider carefully how they vote on
next tuesday. Make NO mistake. The
republican party has had undisputed
and absolute control Of the State and
National for the past twelve years.
They have been toastlng Of the great
prosperity which "they" have given
the people. They have told you how
you have fiourished and are still -four
ishing under the high tariff and how
you suffered under law tariff. They
lay claim on the credit for the sun
shine and the rain which have given
good crops and when crops are short
an d the prices 60 up as this year they
claim credit for the high prices.
They refuse to tell you before you
vote who have contributed to their
campaign because as Mr.. Roosevelt
and his understudy whom he forced IN
his party as its candidate as his sue
cessor, Mr.. Taft, say they are afraid to
trust you with that knowledge fearing
that il you know how much the trusts
have given you may not vote for faft,
willie the democratic party publishes
a complete list before the election of
all donations for campaign purposes.
Thus the republican party wishes to
hide this partnership with the trusts
in which they accept campaign
money from the trusts and in return
permit the trusts to dictate tho laws
affecting their interests, laws which
permit the trusts to sell their reapers,
mowers, plows, watches, clocks and
in fact nearly every article Of necessity,
to the people Of Europe, South Ameri-
ca and even to far of China, Japan
and Australia at from one-half to one
third less than to you. We ask you to
consider that this party, placed in
power by the sovereign people
have changed the White Houe into a
republican campaign headquarters
and that the President has descended
from the high position 10 which the
people ELECTED him to a campaign nan
ager and is using the whole govern
men; Of The country as campaign
asset. We ask you to consider the
wholesale graft and official rottenness
which has been exposed in the depart
mental service aud that by merely
scratching the SUFFICE.
We ask you to consider the arbitra :
ry and tyrannieal rrle Of Speaker Can
on in which no legislation can pass
without his personal sanction. We ask
you to consider the bold that the pred
tory wealth, the trusts and rich cor
porations, have on the United States
Senate, the exposures during the past
few veGrs from which some OF these
high and mighty men have been de-
posed and even sent to prison and the
rottenness and dishonesty Of others
who still retain their seats, notably the
tw senators from the great state of
New York, by the grace of tae repub-
.ican party. We ask you TO cor slider
the extravagance which this party has
been reveling in, that the cost of adj
minislering your government has
| grown to billion dollars year and
scme years back The people turned
them out of Office where the expenses
had reached what we all thought at
that time was enormous, billion dol
lars in two years.
We ask the christian people to con-
slider before they vote for Taft il they
are willing to vote man to the head Of
our great nation who denies the divin-
| ty of eur Saviour, aud thus denying
and rejecting the very foundation Of the
christian religion. Are you willing,
while you give of your money to con-
vert the heather to christianity with
one hand to cast vote with the other
to make your own county pagan?
On the other hand we ask you to
consider the honest, christian charac-
ter of the man who has gone up and
down the land preaching the gospel Of
the "Prince of Peace in that world
wide famous lecture, w. J. Bryan.
We ask ysu to consider the distress
and suffering throughout the length
and breath of the land among the
working people brought about by the
policies which Roosevelt is pleased to
call ssmy pelicies' and which Mr..
Taft pledges himself to carry out.