The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-10-06
whose Democratle Atlncks.

Those Democratic Attacks.
Save me from my fool friends
might be a very suitable pleading
of Democratic Legislative nominees
in West Virginia at this time, consid-
ering the fact that an inspired east
ern attack on the workingmen of this
state is being made by the Demo-
cratic party and reproduced with
great glee by Democratic newspapers
in this state. These attacks are uu-
der the guise of assailing Senator
Nathan B. Scott for voting for pro
tective tariff on glass pottery, coal
and other West Virginia manufac-
lures. However they have already
begun to rebound with terrific force
and by election day, 1t is safe to pre-
dict but few II any workingmen will
vote to send Democrats to the legis-
lature to defeat Senator Scott he
cause he voted for the interests and
welfare of the workingmen. The
Wheeling Intelligencer has very
good editorial as follows on the at
tacks made on Senator Scott and the
industries Of West Virginia. 1t says:
On the 18th of May, 1909. Nathan
B. Scott, of West Virginia, appeared
in the United States Senate chamber
with large assortment of glass
ware. The glass schedule of the
Payne-Aldrich tariff bill was under
consideration. Mr.. Scott is a manu-
facturer of glass and senator. He
exhibited his products, quoting cost
and prices. He protested tearfullv
against any reduction OF the tarlli
on his own goods. In that amazing
fashion Mr.. Scott gained fourth
place in the Worlds list of senator's
OF privilege.
The performance. probably with
out a precedent, would have entitled
Senator Scott to first rank on the
roll with Aldrich. Guggenheim and
Kean were It not for the fact that
their influence has been much
greater than his. No man is entitled
to an upper seat in the tariff Val
halla who goes about his work
coarsely, openly, extensively. When
Mr.. Scott came into the Senate with
his pack OF glass like an old-ttme
peddler and complained OF the hard
ships that he was suffereing under
a tariff that runs as high as 1O7 per
cent, the spectacle must have been
very painful to those senators IF
privilege who deal tarlf cards from
beneath the table.
We cheerfully assign Mr.. Scott 10
niche No. 4. however, on the ground
of his sincerity in Importantly and
because OF his particular industry
probably employs smaller percent-
age of decently paid workers than
any other in America. protected or
unprotected.-New York World.
The above editorial is taken from
the New York World. 1t is reprint
ed in the Intelligencer in order to
demonstrate 10 the workingmen OF
Wheeling and of West Virginia the
spirit back Of and inspiring Demo-
cratic attacks upon our industries
and upon the policies that have made
their industries prosperous. n. B.
!, Scott did go into the United States
Senate on the 18th day OF May, 1908,
= in defense of the protective duty on
glass ware. He did take some or the
products OF the honest working men
Q. Wheeling, and of other glass man.
uffcturing towns of West Virginia
and by their use physically demon.
strated that the protective duty ha.
! created great industry in IN,
: United States. has saved the Ameri
= can glass market 10 American glas,
; manufacturers, and at the same tim,
8 has operated to bring about N,
! sale Of glass 10 American consumer,
at prices as low as known anywher,
e IN the world. Tie attempt to hea,
y ridicule upon a public man for per
forming a public duty in simpl,
= and straigh forward manner. and 70
IS defending a great Industry witt
: which he hSS9ened to be intimatel
{ acquainted. win not injure Mr.. Scot
'' with thinking people. 1t may opeI