Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-09-11

when the Denver convention adjourn
ed, an has pow assumed the j opoy-
tons Of a stampede . said Mr. - ].
Kelly, well known member Of the
potiers' union at East Liverpool, o.
s'My father was one Of the original
movers and a charter member, aud an
executive officer of the Potters' Union
Of America, when IT was first erganiz-
ed, y continued Mr.. Kelly ssHe and
my brothers and / have always been
staunch republicans and would have
supported Roosevelt had he been Mons
mated; but like II other union work
ing men whom | know, we cannot re-
of Judge Taft What per cent of work
ing meE who voted for Roosevelt liz
1904 do think will support Bryan?
estimate that 80 out of every leo IN
ION working men who voted the Re-
publican ticket in 1904, 80 will vote for
Bryan this year; 8 may possibly vote
for Debbs, and the lone l out of 100 |
will concede to be neutral-until cleo
ton day. That estimate is the result
of my best and most delibe rate judge
ment,n said Mr.. Kelly.
A Register representative who has
been up and down the Panhandle on
both sides of the river the past week
has gone among the army of unem-
ployed men in the mill and mining
towns. With view of ascertaining
the drift of sentiment among all class
es, the Register representative took the
following polls among men he accost-
ed and talked to:
Fifty white coal miners in Ohio and
West Virginia; 81 American born OF
these, Z have attained the age OF q
since 1904; out of the "A who were
voters in 1904, % voted for Roosevelt,
for Debbs, and did not vote at all
The poll taken disclosed 10 for Bryan,
for Debbs, Ga Swede), whose enig-
matte answer was to the effect that he
was opposed to "kingly rule and "a
Dance whose opposition to prohibition
and sumptuary laws, engrossed hi
mind to the ex clusion of other issues.
The 10 foreign born citizens were TO
man for Bryan, although Germans
and Scandinavians evinced leaning
toward Mr.. Debbs and Socialism. Their
reason for not supporting Debbs
this year was aptly expressed in the
statement that they did not propose to
"throw their votes away
Taft's record on inJunctions in labor
disputes, his party's platform anent
the same, AMI Bryan's attitude contra,
and the latter's advocacy of the guar
ranty bank deposit law were advadc-
ed as controlling arguments BY some
or all of them. The tariff que-tion'cut
no ice," was the terse answer to all in
lquiries on that issue. 1t (the tarif1
and the s'full dinner pail have, it
see s, ceased to be the ignus fatus and
bug bear they were Of old.
"Times are bad, money is hiding,
capital is timid,' said Carl j. Claussen
a representative ola large lime and paw
ling material concern of Chicago.
Bryan's advocacy of the bank deposit
proposition appeals to the conserva-
tive business man of anti-communis-
tic and anti-Sooalistic views His de-
laration for gradual revision of the
Dingley tariff schedule has killed the
free trade spook, and hundreds of
former Republicans, like myself, are
going to vote the Democratic ticket
this fall said he.
Mr. Claussen stated that he had just
returned from a trip through Iowa
and that he found the disaffection
among the Cummings Republicans so
marked in that state that he verify be-
lieved Iowa would east her electoral
vote for Bryan and Kern. Governor
Cummins (Republiean) has carried
the state three times on the tariff re
vision issue, against the bitter opposi--
ton Of the tariff standpatters of his
own party.
| was among the first to congratu-
late Major Mckinley on his nomina-
ton in 1886. l voted for him then and
in 1900. In 1904 / voted fer Roosevelt
but this year | intend to support Bry-
an, said Mr.. Albert l.. Moore, the
we'll known druggist Of Elm Grove.
A poll among steel workers in and
around Wheeling disclosed a pronounce
ed tendency toward Bryan. The pro-
tective tariff argument appears to have
lost its charm with them.
"We're not afraid OF Democratic
tariff revision; even areduction in the
tariff on steel cannot nurt us,V is their
answer.
But the most remarkable disclosure
among poll Of more than 100 voters,
was that not one solitary case of disaf-