The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-10-03
GRAND QLD' PARTY WORKS
now AS TRQIAlIs OF old

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|lgnate the party Of one mans selfish
ambition, who had grown up with
the Grand Old Party. felt "a lance
thrust through the heart when
asked to excise and thrust out the
word Republican. II was like sell
ing q birthright and they they
baked with patriotic fervor renewed
In the souls.
They might have retained their
sel;respect to some extent by styling
themselves Progressive Republicans
and even in following the Mad Null
lab OF American politics because OF
his one time apparent decency, but
TO sever attachment to the Republi-
can part of it all was too much.
Besides, the dropping OF the word
gave many. the excuse they wanted
for getting back. After the Chica-
go convention thousands OF them
seeing the, folly of the third term
movement wanted to line up again
with the Republicans, yet hated a
swift display of their desires. The
Roosevelt section in cutting loose
from the Republican ship gave the
excuse and here in West Virginia
as in Ohio. the scores of men who
voted for Lincoln and stood four
square in support OF every Republic
can candidate for president since
Lincoln's day. have simply settled
back into the old procession that will
be lined up for Taft in November.
The southern counties Of the state
simply had to pass through a season
Of political hysteria that comes
along every four years without ex-
cuse and has to be stamped out like
any other distemper.
Some more than homeopathic
remedies were needed in the Ka-
nawha and Guyandotte regions and
in fact the craze needed the atten-
ton OF alienists both political and
medical. Bless YOU, a year hence
or sooner what plteous pleading
will be upon US of those who want
to come back into the real Republi-
can reservation"
After ALL" continued Mr.. Cess
ner, there is but one national is
sue in West Virginia next to the de-
ssrsed Endorsement OF President
Taft, and that is the tarin. IN West
Virginia of all states on the map,
the Republican tariff for protection
counts for more than all else. There
must be some awkward shrinking
and linking by even the widest eyed
Roosevelt progressives when they
ponder over his recent tariff utter
ances. They recall that Roosevelt
was twice on the Republican ticket
a candidate on platforms which de-
clared for the good old protective
taritf doctrine. Yet during his years
in the White House he uttered no
word for or against or about the
tariff that his party demanded and
upheld. Now when he seeks to de-
stroy the party that honored him.
he ventures a slight squeak in his
speeches that the Republican tariff
lis one OF privilege to the few, where
the Democratic idea is tariff for
destruction. So with confused
tumble OF words meaning nothing,
RooseVelt's uttersnces are for a pro-
Eective tariff solely to help labor.
This is gun OF gangrenous sort. rs
every West Virginia voter interested
in the upbuilding of the states in
dustries we'll knows. Roosevelt is
simply bridging over something he
knows little about, even if he was
once proud OF his membership in a
New York free, trade club. West
Virginia can not forget that her
era OF greatest prosperity began
when the Republicans OF the state
took hold of things after the viii,
son bills trail of disaster in 1898,
and led the way to McKinley's vic.
tory in 1895. The tariff continues
the one great issue in West Virginia
this year as in 1894 when Wilson's
defeat for Congress was a national
victory for Republicans and fol
American industries.
q note that all the congressional
candidates. Judge Moss in the
Fourth, Laughlin in this district
IConley in the Wilson district
Hughes and Avis in the lower dis
tricts are putting the tariff forward
and there are indications Of soliS
Republican delegation in Congress
with Howard Sutherland, membe
at large and ranking almost as a Re