The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-16


pledges and loyalty assisted his ad.
ministratlon in accomplishing pro
gressiYe reforms, while Others sought
to prevent the fnlfllment Of the
party's pledges and to retard and
embarrass the administration. GOV.
ernor Dawson knows whereof he
speaks, and it viii be useless fol
what opponents swisher has to deny
the Governors words.
GoYernor Dawson's reference "a
the party and public record of Mr.
swisher and what he now stands fol-
impressiyely sizes up that record be.
cause Of the fact that the Governor
speaks the plain truth. And Cover.
nor Dawsonin perfect accord with the
assertion made some weeks ego by
the Telegram does not hesitate to de.
clare that Mr.. swisher has made per.
sonal sacrifices for the success of the
Republican party and the reforms Il
has accomplished.
Absolute confidence in Mr.. Swisher
is expressed by the Governor, when
he states earnestly that he wants to
see the work that the party has
done under the present admtnistra.
ton continuer, nda reform of an
urgent character beneficial to all the
people carried on.
AS Governor Dawson says this good
work must be entrusted to its friends
and not to those who have tried to
block and prevent it, and, who doubt
less, had they the chance, destroy it
at the earliest opportunity. Pro.
gressive reform, such as the new tax
laws, must be in the hands of its
friends and not its enemies.
Mr.. Swisher's nomination is re-
garded by Governor Dawson as in
every way desirable and his election
as a guarantee that the course the
party has taken as sure to be steadily
and wisely adhered to. Governor
Dawson Is in position to know what
Mr.. Swisher is and what he stands
for, and his words in this respect
give weight to what Mr.. Swisher's
friends have said repeatedly already
in the campaign.
Besides, Mr.. Swisher's statement
of his position on the question now
uppermost in the public mind, which
was recently published, receives Gov,
ernor Dawson's earnest approval
and, as the Governor says, the cor
dial appreciation of the majority Of
the thinking people of the State.
DWELLING on the question of iustel
taxation, Governor Dawson is conf,
dent Mr.. Swisher's best endeavors a.
governor will be to push forward Thu,
work so we'll begun and developed
under the Dawson administration
and thus fully agrees with all tn,
many, who feel satisfied that that will
be Mr.. swisher's course.
Governor Dawson's endorsement
of the swisher cndidacy, as stated
is already adding materially to tn,
success of that candidacy, and, Will
there has been no doubt for the las
several weeks that Mr.. Swisher would
be the choice of his party for cover
nor, yet Mr.. Dawson's declaration
confirms and emphasizes that belief
Indeed, it makes 1t certainty from
this time on.
The Telegram is more than please,
with what Mr.. Dawson has to say il
Mr.. swisher's favor. Some time age
this paper in leading editoria
pointed out in an incontrovertibl,
logical manner that the State ad
ministration headed by Governo
Dawson would be for Swisher, for tn,
reason that he represents in belief
official acts and party principle,
eXactiy what the administration anC
Governor Dawson have stood AMI
fought for the last several years ant
are fighting for today.
The Telegram together with thu
people who know and believe in Mr.
Swisher do most heartily congratu.
late Governor Dawson for giving ex.
preston of his choice for governor
1t rebounds to the glory of a CHIEF
executive who is not afraid to stand
out brave and strong for party prin.
ctplesSand to show his gratitude tc
men who make personal sacrifice fol-
the good of the party and are loyal
to its principles under all circum.
stances and conditions.
Sweet Scented MN