Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-10-24


WOODROW WILSON was received with
the most unbounded enthusiasm when
he visited West Virginia last week, enor-
nous crowds greeting him at Grafton,
Clarksburg and other points where he
stopped. His principal speech was de-
livered at Wheeling, where he expressed
the greatest interest in our State affairs,
declaring that in his opinion it is more
important to elect the Democratic State
ticket than 10 give him the electoral vote.
On this point he said:
Nobody is going to take care of West
Virginia except the people who live IN
West Virginia. And if they do not direct
their purposes Immediately 20 the control
OF their own State government, il will
make comparatively little difference how
they vote in national matters, because
although the power OF the federal gov
eminent is bound TO increase from year
TO year, and from decade TO decade, as
the courses Of their life becomes more
and more national, it will, nevertheless,
be also true that State is just as happy
as its own people choose that il shall be
drought their p. litical action"
Here are a few more striking truiSmS
delivered by Governor Wilson in the
course of his West Virginia speeches:
"The most wonderful thing to me about
this country of ours is that If has been
governed tor so long by people who have
never been invited TO govern it. What is
needed even more than the election OF a
progressive Democrat TO the presidency
is the removal OF the great vested inter-
ests from the United States Senate. Vot-
erS OF West Virginia, appeal TO you moi
to send TO the Senate representatives oil
the great corporate interests who can only
become an incubus obStructing the high
way OF progress. Keep the Jim Smith
type of man out OF the United States Sen
ate"
"The difference between the Republi-
can and Democratic parties is that the
former wishes 10 run this government for
the people, while the Democratic party
wishes 10 run the government through
the people,"
The Republican newspapers and
campaign speakers at Wheeling have
been doing their best TO create prejudice
against Governor Wilson in this State
because OF his tariff views, declaring that
his election would bring disaster TO the
iron and steel and pottery industries OF
that section. The Governor saw fit 10
answer this sort of argument and said:
at will be very interesting thing to
see what does happen when the Demo-
Gratis come in, for they are going to come
in. No honest man is going TO be inter-
fered with in any fair thing that he under
takes 10 do. There are not going to be
any such sudden changes in the tariff
schedules as will upset business. There
IS not going to be anything violent done,
unless you postpone it for four years, and
then il is not going to be our doing, out
the mere effect Of postponement."
Isn't that making clear his purposes
aud the Democratic policy "No honest
man is going to be interfered with in any
fair thing that he undertakes TO do"
Governor Wilson put the matter so
plainly that no one need be in doubt. He
is the clearest thinker in the country to-
day, and when he gets in the White
House we believe that he will become
doer as well as thinker.