The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-01
Another Democratic Trick.


Without a foundation of their own
that appeals to the people the mem
bers of the Democratic county ticket
through that party's mouthpiece, are
undertaking to rely upon the county
executive committee of the Republt-
can party, by giving out the impress
sion that that committee is in collu-
sion with the Democratic party and
is lending it's efforts and endeavors
to the election of the Democratic
ticket. They think that If they can
make this sort of an impression that
they will succeed in hoodwinking
many Republican voters into voting
the Democratic ticket. Some of the
Democratic candidates have even re-
sorted to the subterfuge of spreading
confidentially, OF course, that certain
Republicans are going to vote for
them. their only purpose being to re-
tain their own party vote and deceive
some Republicans into voting for
them In other instances, they con-
ceive the idea that certain Republic
cans intend to vote for them and pur-
.posely tell this to other Republicans
with the confidential remark that
they would deprecate any thing of
that kind
A campaign so deceptive and full
of trickery is unworthy of favorable
consideration by any man and most
disgusting to 1lonest-thinking and
fair-minded Democrats. 1t is sub
terfuge that men processing intelli-
gence and a fair degree of the sense
of justice and right should feel deep
,Iy ashamed of. About all any one
need say further about such Is that
they certainly have their Nerve and
most thinking men dismiss 1t with
that.
So far as the Republican county
committee is concerned. it is known
beyond a doubt that 1t is co-operat-
ing with the candidates and the state
committee and is not opposing Re
publican success. but to the contrary
is giving its efforts with view OF
achieving that end.
There is no ground for the state
ment by the Democratic paper that
the committee will not do Its part in
electing the county ticket nominated
at the same time the coun-
ty committee was chosen.
Both the ticket and the
county committee were the choice OF
the people at primary election regu-
larry held. The ticket is constituted
of men fully capable OF discharginG
the duties of the office for which they
were nominated, as every man ac-
quainted with them knows. Some of
them are serving There has been
no flaw found in the official conduct
of the latter and the publication the
News is processing to be so solicttous
for the Republican party in the coun-
lTE,sI 90. 30,
casion for such solicitation as that
paper well knows, and. besides 1t
should readily see the foolishness of
trying to purify the Republican party
or the public service by electing
Democrats.
The wierd discovery is made by
the News. through what it terms a
leaking-out. word that stamps the
story as without foundation in fact.
that there are secret methods en-
ploycd for and against the candidates
and the executive committee, meth
DDS designed to deceive and to defeat
the county ticket, and then 1t brings
in the Corrupt Practices Ac passed
by the last legislature. FRS, its
manner of stating that a doubtful
discovery of this kind had been made
proves conclusively that 1t INDUCED
itself in mere guess work with hope
of playing to the galleries. And,
second. hypocritical is the Democratic
to the Corrupt Practices
Act, since it is wei known that lead
ing candidate on the Democratic
county ticket but n few days ago ex-
pressed desire to wager large sum
Of money as an election bet.
Harpooued by the enthusiastic sup !
port OF the Republican state ticket
and the sure evidences of Republican,
victory in this county, the Democratic |
plan as disclosed in the News of re-
cent date TO put forth efforts
to make the impression that
the Republicans are not going