The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-05-23
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assured that / would be glad to go
shoulder to shoulder with the cit
izenship OF West Virginia, and do
what is necessary to encourage more
industries in our state; that is what
We need to do, my fellow citizens.
To Aid shippers.
I'm my platform said again that
stood for a public service commits
sion. l thinE the time has come
when the people OF West Virginia
demand a public service corporation
commission. What is your condition
in the state today? How can you
take care OF proposition when you
feel that you are aggrieved, if you
are a shipper, or If you patronize a
public service corporation? There
is only one way, If the corporation
wants to be quarrelsome or trouble
some with you. and that is by a
special act of the legislature or in
junction law suit; but If you had a
public service corporation commits
sion in West Virginia with the power
10 control and to arrange all of
these grievances. the result would be
very simple, and you could present
your claim; you could present your
grievance and the result, or adjust
ment of your grievance. would be
speedily take care of, and l feel that
the public and the corporations
would be benefited. feel that this
lis the thing for the state, and shall
advocate it, should be elected gov
ernor.
Thoroughly in Earnest.
''I have told you what l stood for.
l want to say to you that am in
earnest in all the propositions that I
have made to you. We are, and
represent, as citizens of West vir-
ginia, one of the greatest states in
the union; and we could build a
wall around the state and be a hap
by and prosperous people, If we
would utilize our energies and our
thoughts as we should. There is no
question about it; we have every
thing; we have the oil, we have the
gas and coal, we have the agricul-
tural section, and we have every
thing to make US prosperous peo-
Pile, and as the people OF West Vir-
ginia we should take advantage OF
the great things that he have in the
way of natural resources. You may
] say that l am a Republican, you may
say that some other man is Dem
ocrat; you may say the he repre-.
sents his party, you may say thai
the Republican man represents his
party. Do you want me to tell you
What l think a Republican is, OIL
what Democrat is, or whatever his
principles may be? Do you wan
me to tell you what think and wher
III think man serves his party best
A man who serves the people first
!, is the man who serves his part!
best, (applause). and that shall b,
my motto, fair, square deal, equa
privileges, a majority rule, serv'
} the people first; for. when you serv
: the people first you have serve'
your party best. That should be tn
motto of every public man; and tn
man who does not serve the. peopl
J first does not serve his party well
I he can not possibly do 1t; he mus
be true to the principles the peopl
advocate and what the people stan
! for. He must stand for it, II h
wants to be true TO their trust, an
, true to their confidence, and the ma
J who does not stand for these thing
and who does not stand for thes
: principles will find himself bein
' looked upon with suspicion and dii
regard: and should l occupy the pr
, sition that l aspire to want to a
: sure you sincerely-as sincerely Z
1t is possible for a man to be-thi
:. my first idea will be for the servic
OF the people. and when hav
served the people, L will feel that