The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-23
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ton. Ser there Republican
few and tar between. R1caer Is .
Of the few. but the best of the lo
Ina refuses tossubscribs TO tie "a
trines that history WI In years Is
come class the Union soldier wtis
invaded the rebeliiors Southland
along with the yandals A preacher
brother tried to impress the PROBES
sor with that idea one sunday ANA
the Professor got mp and walked
out. That's another thing thai
"tGey' nave against him. II xour
old dad had been. in Libby prison 4
would be pretty unflIal-like to az
tcept statements IKE that. Seems
to me that the Romney country Is
where McNsal raised his hush
whackers. But that Is nehher here
nor there They have The meanest
one-sided Democratic politics in5that
community that you'll find in sonr
statewide travels. went in there
with Governor White in, 1900 and
ne was insultingiy assatled with
anonymous dodgers. ITO be Repub-
lican oyer there, active. and noisy
for your good old party, means i
sort of martyrdom. The usual thing
Us that a Republican Is brow-beatan
into silence, and gets so tanned that
he iS afraid 10 let his party afiilla-
tionsahe known lest something hap
pen to him, or his family win be
nnehprchad or socially ostraclzed
That thing had been carried IN
with such, fine success that when
Rucker landed in there and refused
to be run by the local Democratic
inquIsltion and fought back with
claw and fang, as Ii were, and made
st. pretty warm for the boys, 1t was
a surprise party to them. They
weren't used to 1t. What there is sof
courage and manhood in the Repub.
lican party over there Rucker and
ia few patriots like him are response
BILE, for, and their work is bearing
fine results, as each succeeding .elec-
ton shows. The Democratic ma
'ority is dwindling. 1t is the last
stronghold left to the Democratic
party in West Virginia. aud when
that falls into the Republican par
tvs hands, as 1t Is sure, to do in the
years to come. it will be all of with
the once proud and arrogant JEFF
fersonian organization In this state.
There is nothing wrong with the
Romney institution nor with Prof.
Fuckers management of It. Both
have been investigated before and
both have come out unscatched.
The report by Mr.. Wetzel, who is
q Democrat from that locality,
Jefferson county,, doesn't. do any
more than reflect on the manage
ment by innuendo ana ambiguity of
statement. Professor Rucker says
that Mr.. Wetzel's reasons are both
personal and political; among the
latter an ambition to be appointed a
minority member of the State Board
of Control. Charles A, swearingen,
in card to the press, defending the
directors OF the Weston insane asy-
lum, says that the Wetzel-McKo wn
collaboration is the best Democratic
campaign document ever published
in the state. If this be true. the
Joke is on the Republican party. and
a pretty serious joke It is at that.
Certain 1t Is that 1T is serious
enough for the taxpayers; 1t has
cost $4,000, with more accounts
against 1t outstanding and unappro-
priated for. And the edition isn't
even de luke. But back to RomneyI
"a biennial investigation of Pros
lessor Rucker and his ably managed
institution instigated by the Demo-
cratic moguls OF Romney has got to
be a habit. If not an established for
NAL custom. So let us respect it and
proceed with the probe to the usual
ending.
The Honorable Albert Schenk, the
pork packer of Wheeling. who has
been more or less candidate for
United States senator since Senator
Spnff facap1a ono {S rrotoo.