The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1910-09-20
Hon. John vi. Hamilton Accepts Nomination.
The Democrats Have Man who
tory in November
The First Opportunity in Decade for the Fourth
CongreLetter of Acceptance Article Defining His Position

reflection upon the responsible
ties pertaining to his position,
and to cause the elected Repre-
sentative to view with grave con
Germ the situation in which ne
would be placed.
1t is true, as indicated by your
letter. that during the last few
years large aggregations of cap
ital, sometimes in the hands of
individuals, but more often under
the control of gigantic corpora
tons, have gained such power
and assumed such control that
| the ordinary business interests of
the country are at their mercy.
To such an extent is this the
truth that 4 President of the
United States in messages to
Congress has condemned them
and referred to their ill-gained
accumulations by the appellation
of predatory wealth" thereby
meaning that such wealth has
been gained by rapine and plum
der in a manner similar to that
by which the beasts of the forest
gather in their prey, and that
the victims of such plumber are
the free born people of the ma
ton.
These corporations banded to-
gether under the name of trusts,
and variously designated as the
| System" the Interests and
the 'Allied Money Power" have
grown so bold that upon more
than one occasion it has been
their boast that they control the
business Of the nation and its
politics, dictate it's rulers and
write its laws. 1t is said that in
the halls OF legislation, as we'll
as in other departments Of the
government, there are many men
who seem to give their allegiance
to these combinations rather
than to the nation or its people.
So pronounced has been this
evil in recent years that from it
there has resulted a division of
sentiment and of action in the
dominant political party of the
country extending from the eX-
IRENE east to the farthest west.
Men who have for years been the
bone and sinew of this party, it's
credited representatives, in both
branches of Congress, who have
given studious attention to the
evils now existing, and to the
greater ones which are impend-
ing, have in obedience to their
consciences, and for what they
declare to be the redemption Of
their party, been compelled to
openly oppose in Congress and
elsewhere the demands of the
syndicates, made, and indeed to
a large extent enacted and en-
forced, by others of their party,
who i'm their arrogance have
claimed to be the true party Of
Lincoln, Garfield, Mckinley, and
Roosevelt; and who often during
the administration Of the last
named President. by their oppo-
sition to his views and by their
allegiance to the money power.
rendered it incumbent upon him
to call upon the Democratic party
for support, in situations critical
alike to his administration and to
the countrv's good
So intense has become the
strain between these two oppo-
sing factors Of the party i'm pow
er that two of the most promi-
nent Senators from New Eng
land, who have been known for
years to be the advocates Of the
: Interests i'm the Senate. have
, with belated Difference Co. public
opinion, been constrained to de.
| clare chat they would not stand
/ for reelection. At the present
| writing the declaration to ON,
Iof them may seem To have beer
Isuperfluous
This same condition of re-
straint and dissatisfaction, with
i'm party lines, has been the oc