Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-10-26


the Washington end OF the Democratic
State Committees press agency.
Jimmy Weir Is grinding out line OF
putative. argumentative dope almost
as refreshingly unique, but he'll have
to get up and go some If he beats
Georges line
Haven't Any Serious Issues Now.
With the abandonment of these
issues by the Democratic managers
which they had hoped would prove
fetching and seductive this campaign,
the question naturally occurs, What
have they substituted in their stead?
Gentle ones, they have substituted
nothing-that is, nothing that has the
semblance of q serious issue-nor one
that arises to the dignity of such IL
thing. A reading of their press shows
all Of this to be true. What the paper.
and-ink fraternity of that minor party
is doing is mostly along the lines OF
trying to diSgruntle Republicans and
thereby influence many of them to
imagine wrongs that never existed.
and do not now, and prove traitors to
their party. They are harping about
bosses" and are solemnly and sadly
solicitous as to the honesty and moral
ity OF the Republican party. They DC
not say who the bosses are, for they
cannot. Governor william E. Glass.
cock is the head of the Republican
party I'm West Virginia. and what he
says goes" Not only what he has
said. but what he may say now or as
long as he is Governor of West Vir
ginia. The Governor, therefore. must
be the boss of this terribly boss-ridden
party of ours. which Bill Chiffon and
John McGraw are so anxious to see
purified and made clean, and to that
end are asking Republicans to stab
their party in its vital parts this year
that they may. one or the other of
them, go to the United States in the
place Of the loyal Republican and true
blue old soldier who is now there and
who has done so many, many things
for his State and its people If they
can get the Republicans to do this
and they must have help of Repubii.
cans-they will see to it thai lie Re
publican party is further purified by
great change of Congressional Ia
dicial and legislative districts Thai
done, they can rest awhile in snug con
tentment, for the Republican party
will have been purified and chastene6
the next census, which comes along
about the year 1920. 1t Will have nc
need of complaint about bosses then
and those Republicans who nibbled al
the bait showed out to them by Bill
and John and helped them to purlf,
the Republican party and throw of!
the irksome yoke Of bossism will no
doubt be found reciprocating by in
Weighing againstthe bossisms of Chill
ton and McGraw and button-holing
Democrats to rid their party of the
bosses that their traitorous votes
helped into power.
This is by no means impossible.
The picture isn't overdrawn. The
lines are drawn true and the colors
clear. The hope of Democracy in
West Virginia is based on the belief
that a sufficient number of members
OF the Republican party can be Won
over to that side, not by an appeal tC
their intelligence and political mar
hood, but by stirring UP their base
political passions by false statement
misrepresentation and abuse Of r.
publican leaders and distinguished of.
fcials, and by pCrtraying the Reru,
lican party organization in this State
as something to be spurned and TO be.
voted against. They haven't an issue
They have abandoned the very issues
they chose to make the fight on the
year. Finding the public mind unre-
sponsive, they now make an appeal to
the blood
why Democracy's Desperate Fight?
The desperate fight the Democratic
party is making this year is not that
they have any fault founded on pa.
triotism with any line of policy that
the Republican party has pursued i'm
the government of the State. nor of
the nation, for that matter II is he
cause this year offers opportunity TO
the party winning to re.district The
State. If the Democrats can win land
they can only win with the helm of
Republicans gone wrong and astravl
they Will have the right-and Won NAV
be sure. John Henry, that they will
avail themselves of that right - Ia
1uggle up the Congressional. judicial
and Legislative districts I'm such q man.
ner as to pretty well insure them the
whole power, or the majority of mower
In this State for the next ten years
That is what they are fighting Sc
hard for this year. That is why Chill
Ton Is running MS law partner. Mac
Corkle. for the State Senate in this
district. and other henchmen I'm other
sections, which is the same McGraw
Is doing In the northern tier of coun
ties. First. their aim is to catch the
mare before they skin it-get the Leg
islature and the right TO purify" the
Republican party by re-districting H
out OF an active existence for a dec
ade. and then they will lock horns
themselves to see which one of them
shall 90 10 Washington TO sit i'm SCOTS
seat and misrepresent the majority
sentiment OF the people OF West Vir-
ginia on the tariff and such other uues
tions Of national policy I'm which Noun
tain state folk are intimately and
vitality concerned.
This is the whole situation i'm a nut.
shell; IL Is the base Of Democratic
hope and activity; It is the one and