The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-08-22
App uses That Did Not
Happen Get E1ima Roast
in the New York Sun
(Neyt YORK Bhn.j

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Tlte Congressional Record OF
August 16 contains one contribution
that makes it llterature, Rising res
freshed after too long silence, the
Hon. Adam Brown J4ittlePage of the
Third West Virginia district sows
eioquenee and reaps tappIause9 :
Irnmitigably modest, he limits his
harvest OF plaudits. If our adding
machine IS not out of order the
count stands: CeAppIause), IA:
cloud applause), i a restrained
Doric reckoning compared with his
earlier Asiatic exuberanee. He de-
serves an audience of a hundred
handed Briareuses, and a thousand
selected human mfllipedes from
Chicago should be his ''stampers.' "
Turn once more to the golden page
OF his autobiography:
y "He is self-made man. has been
a hard student and faithful worker
all his life, consistent Democrat
never wavering in his political con-
yfctions. He has established a very
lucrative law practice at Charleston.
!" Mr.. Littlepage stands very
high as lawyer and citizen
his district and state
He was a candidate for the nomfna-
zion for governor two years ago. but
was defeated in the convention py
the Hon. Lewis Bennett. The sentt-
ment is now prevailing throughout
the state that had Mr.. Littlepage
been nominated he would have been
elected. He bears the reputation OF
being a very grateful man, never
a kindness, and he IS
faithful in his friendships ana
reliable. He stands for
the under man in life. Works hard.
late and early as congressman
and is rejecting credit upon the
country by his manly, conservative
and wise course as a representative
of all the people. He is patriotic
man, of ability and fine qualities OF
mind and heart"
Such is the portrait, painted with
knowledge and authority, of the
Kikero of Kanawha, who is about
to address us. las ever, he pleads /
for the under man:
Twenty ears ago in passing
along the Kanawha and New rivers
you could not observe the happy
women taking in clothes from the
clothesIine apparently as white as pa
per. Now, as the result of this poll
luton, they either have to let the
water stand for days in barrels, to-
dip it out with caution to wash their
clothes, or they are as yellow asl
saffron. Sod Almighty intended that
the poor people OF the country
should be at least kindly treated.
He intended that the strong and thei
should not humiliate them
and impose upon them. Tine funda-
mental principle that is actuatinEj
men to change their political con-
victions in this country is to get re
lief from oppression-op oppression
that is constantly biting at their
financial vitaIs and which turned the
minds OF men in 1910 and will com
pIetely turn them in 1912. CAP
pIause). The humble Christian cit-I
izenship owning property along the
Kanawha and New rivers on wash
days assemble and leave their
homes, go away with their washing
to mountain streams, sometimes at
great distances from their homes,
in order to get clear water in which
to wash clothing, that the children
may have clean clothing to go to
Sunday school and church, there to
grow up under Christian influence.
Think of the imposition upon my
people. so long neglected and so out
rageously treated Think of their
patient suffering. their despair.
applause.
To the Hon. Hiawatha Fowler's
10, 100000 children who got up on
Christmas morning to dismal and
glftless holiday. sore heeled on ac-
count of the stocking forced upon
them by greed and schedule X. add
say 100000 men, women and
children who have to walk miles in
order to wash their Sunday clothes