Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-21

purpose seems to be to waste the
peoples money and thwart the peo-
pies will.-taklng unto itself every
emolument and every office and
every honor that otherwise all
should have fun and equal oppor-
tunity to aspire to and attain. Tell
me my good Republican friends.
and IL is TO you | would speak, and
hope | speak without offence even
If | speaf frankly what chance has
honesty and ahl ity and clean.y
methods against he power OF sush
combination? Wherein lies the
reward of fidelity and loyalty TO
party principles? Wherein the
hopes OF personal ambition?
THE PEOPLES CHOICE
il has always been the policy OF
the people OF this land 10 hold as
contrary to the fundamental prin-
ciples OF our government that any
head of it's affairs should have
continuous lease upon his office.
Great as was the popularity and
| power OF President Grant. IL was
not sufficient to give him third
term. Nor do | believe that Roos =
welt could have been so nominated,
or If nominated. elected. But can
see only httle din renee in ones
succeed,ro himself and in his beit \
able u rare HIS successor in rffice
The successor OF Roosevelt has been
named through the immense power
| and influence OF the national gov
eminent. II remains to be seen IL
the people VIII endorse the method
or the principles have nothing
to say against Judge Taft PERSONAL
ly. But were to pay MIN the
highest personal compliments. the
fact would still remain that H. is
the nominee OF the administration
! and not OF the people In marked
contrast to this is the man whom
Democracy names for your endorse
ment. No man ever came before
you more clearly the nominee OF
the people of his party than has
William Jennings Bryan. They
trust him and honor him and be-
lieve that every interest OF this
country will be safe in his hands
And halng so nominated. | believe
that the people OF this land will see
TO it that he is the next President
of the United States.
ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE
refer to the nomination OF
Judge Taft. not from the slightest
personal disrespect to him, but to
draw a parallel with conditions in
our own State. White was the al
ministration candidate to succeed
Governor Atkinson. and was nomi-
mated and elected. Dawson was
Secretary Of State under Governor
White, and by administration sup
port and administration methods
still fresh in the memory of the
voters OF West Virginia, was nomi-
mated and elected. Swlsher was
Secretary of State under Governor
anu W Nht lihC ouIDOlN
and methods has been nominated
aa,nst the will of the masses OF the
Republican party II is now up to
the people, especially the Republic
will stand for this condition of po-
litical affairs. Revolt has brought
forward a second man. And the
| nomination of still a third man s
talked of in the place OF the other
two. But even a third man can not
remedy conditions now. 1t is be-
yond the power OF international
remedy. 1t would still be the same
old extravagant, wasteful and
crushing methods, with the same
old political pilots at the helm. NJ
party ever brought about reform
within itself When Pennsylvania
or Ohio or other states can stand
mismanagement and political meth
DDS no longer, they remedy the stu
alton by turning affairs over to the
Democratic party, and then after
| Democrats have made for them n
thorough house cleaning. their large
majorities have enabled them to
take 1t back thoroughly cleansed.
fumigated and purified, with Their
servants and not their masters in
charge
PEOPLE VS.. MACHINE
1t IS in this state now not alto
gether a matter Of Swisherism, or
Scherrism, or Bennettism. or any
| other manism, but IL IS also mat
! ter OF economy against extrava-
gance,-of the people against the
machine principle and reform
of Shall the people ruler" And
IL ! mistake not the temper Of the
people. they have made up their
minds that they are the lord and
master and will govern their own
hous mold.
That they will have 90 vote the
Democratic ticket in order to attain
the end is far greater that any party
Germ to them so they attain It. for
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