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Head of Steel Trust
Is Roosevelt Guide

expensive, and then pay il back to
thvm IN wages The doctrine OF
the Democratic party has always
been. on the other hand. that the
aim OF government must first be TO
make the masses prosperous. and that
the interests will then prosper as a
natural consequence: that the people
must first be taken care of. and then
the interests will be able to look out
for themselves; that the only right
government is that which robs no
one but protects all"
Partner Of the Interests.
partnership of fifty years stand.
ing cannot easily be broken. The
Republican party has for fifty years
maintained partnership with the in
terests, depends upon them for sup
port and maintenance. and cannot
break with them without going to
pieces. Ii is not free TO choose.
Those within it's ranks who revolt
inevitably create a new party-start
a new party tradition. They fling
out and virtually join the Democrats,
who are free from entangling ALI
ances. The sympathies and conf.
dences of the Democratic party are
with the masses of the people; its
wish is TO choose policies which will
be inthe interest of ALL and is free to
do So
The policy of the Republican party
has made the power of the trusts
what it is. The tariff has become,
not means of protection, but
means of patronage The tariff leg
islation of recent years has been de-
signed, not to effect a general and
y
fair extension and equalization of the
opportunities of the people. but to Sc
cure profits to particular classes and
combinations of producers
Having created trusts, the domi-
nant party has tried to regulate"
them; but its regulation has threat
ened TO transfer the actual control
OF business TO the Government itself,
and may in the long run only cement
The partnership and corrupt the Gov
eminent; only make il the more ne
cessary that the interests should
maintain the party and control the
Government.
What Democrats Stand For.
The Democratic party believes in
such a revision of the tariff as will
lake out of it every feature of pat.
ronase and special favor; as will base
il entirely on the need of revenue for
the Government and the wisest adj
iustment of the taxation involved to
the interests of the people 1t be-
lieves, moreover, not in such "regula-
lion" of the trusts as will put bust
ness in the hands of the Government,
but in such laws as will punish indi
viduals-the individuals in and be-
hind the trusts for every breech of
public policy, for every act hostile to
the common interests and to fair com
petition and a free opportunity for
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TAFT'S MANAGER CHARGES THAT
HIS PREDECESSORS RELIED
UPON (. n. GARY.
ALLEGES HE RECOMMENDED
BILL TO DESTROY ANTI.
TRUST LAW.
ASSERTS T. r. WOULD REVISE
THE GOVERNMENT TO FIT
THE TRUSTS.

The National Taft Bureau, at the
instance OF President Taft's POLITICAL
manager, has given out the following:
During his last term of President.
I Theodore Roosevelt recommended the
amendment of the Sherman anti.
, trust law, ostensibly to relieve farm.
er's oranges and labor unions from
the provisions of the law. There was
however. Joker" in the bill which
permitted the large corporations in
the country to enter into agreements
which would have legalized some OF
their illegal operations and have prac-
ucally destroyed the Sherman anti
trust law. Bills to that end were in
troduced in the House of Represen-
, tatives and in the Senate.
Hearings were held on the House
Dill before the House Committee on
the judiciary and on March 90. 1908.
year before Mr. Roosevelt retired
from the White House. Seth Low
OF New York, testified TO the exact
authorship of the bill as follows:
The Chairman: here Mr..
Low, IL there is no objection. who are
the people that actually participated
in the preparation of the bill? Who
are the men who actually drew il up?
Head of the Steel Trust.
Mr.. Low:-We conferred with Mr.
Gary of the United States Steel Cor
poration
The Chairman:-E. II. Gary. presi-
dent of their board of directors?
Mr. LOWE. II. Gary, who is like
ly to be here this morning. He Is IN
Washington, and / think he came on
purpose for this meeting. The law.
yers actually engaged in the drafting
OF the bill were Mr.. Stetson-
The Chairman: -That is Francis
Lynde Stetson?
Mr. Low:-Francis Lynde Stetson,
and Mr. Morawetz.
"The Victor Morawetz7
Mr.. Low:-Victor Morawetz. Pro.
lessor jerks of the Federation, was
In constant collaboration on the sub.
1ect. We also kept in close touch
with the administrative departments
OF the Government through the Bureau
of Corporations.
The Chairman:-That is, Herbert
Knox Smith?
Mr. Low:-Mr. Herbert Knox
Smith; yes"
Would Revise Government.
In other words, when Theodore
roosevelt made up his mind to amend
the sherman antitrust law in 1908,
ne asked r.. II. Gary, chairman OF the
and its attorneys, Stetson and Nor.
awetz TO tell him how Because of
their support and because of the pro
visions they proposed in it Congress
refused to let the proposed bill get
out of committee.
Today Mr.. Roosevelt favors thu Gary
Perkins bill supplementing the Sher-
man antitrust law, which bill, if en-
acted into law. would revise the gov.
eminent to fit the trusts instead OF
revising the Trusts to fit the Govern
ment. In other words, the same old
combination is at work to Offset Presi-
dent Taft's insistence upon an inn
partial enforcement of the Sherman
antitrust law-under which neither
the Steel Trust nor the Harvester
Trust shall receive favors-togethe
with such supplementary legislation
as may be necessary to enable the
Government to hold its advantage for
all time, once the courts have decid-
ed against any Trust.
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I third term as President"
Roosevelt's Tariff Record.

hooseveltS Tariff Record.
MIR. Roosevelt. on tire other hand,
has no tariff record. IIo came into
oiiicc pledged to carry out the poll
cics OF William Mckinley. whose last
public utteranCcs, delivered at Buf.
falo. pledged revision of the tariff
downward and a renewal of re-
ciprocal arrangements with all ma
tions. Theodore Roosevelt DELHI
eTately violated that pledge i'm the
seven years he was President and
has done nothing since but approve
and then repudiate Canadian reci-
procity and criticise President Taft
for signing the Payne bill, after he
himself had said 1T was better than
the last bill CDngley) and vastly bet
ter than the law before that (McKm-
ley law
Roosevelt Coupled With Debs.
Theodore Roosevelt and Eugene "
Debs have Joined hands on the issue
OF the recall of Judges and of judicial
decisions Debs, in the Appeal to
Reason the organ or the radical So
cialists, approves of Roosevelts re-
call Of judges and decisions plank
and wants il applied. as soon as en-
acted into law, to the case of the
Mcnamara brothers. On this sub
ject Mr.. Debs says:
The fight at the polls this fall
will center around the adoption of
the initiative, referendum and recall
amendments 10 the constitution
Under the provision of the recall
amendment the judges of the SUI
preme Court of California can be re-
tired. These are men who will de.
eide the fate OF the kidnapped work.
ers! Don't YOU see what il means,
comrades, TO have in the hands of an
intelligent militant working class the
political power to recall the present
capitalist judges and put on the
bench our own men? Was there
ever such an opportunity for effec-
tive work? No, not since Socialism
first raised its crimson banner on
the shores of Morean's country. The
election for Governor and state Off
Gals OF California does not occur un
I'll 1914. But. with the recall at
our command, we can put our own
man in office without waiting for
regular!"
Reformers for Office Only.
L. A. Lenhart, a merchant of
Kingwood, West Virginia. who was a
member of the electoral college in
1904, in letter to Director Mckinley.
says:
am acquainted with nearly
very leader in this state who is now
looming Colonel Roosevelt. and az
most to a man every one of them
has a personal couch. Every one
Of them either wanted an office and
lid not get it or wanted to control
the offices in this state and failed
to connect with the job. Nine out of
every ten men who are now bowling
about reform are reformers for office
only"
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DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATURE
PASSED LAWS FOR PEOPLE
Tries in Vain to be Like Lincoln.

Tries in Vain to be Like Lincoln.
Mr.. Roosevelt likens himself to
Abraham Lincoln more and resem.
bles him less than any man i'm the
history OF this country.
81 may be puzzle-witted- that is n
question YOU cannot discuss any more
than you can discuss whether YOU
are good-looking or not. but whether
am puzzle-wittcd or not know the
difference between truth and fiction:
know what square deal is: and /
know that he does not resemble Abra-
ham Lincoln in any respect. Pres
ident Taft.
No Bosses Slain by Roosevelt.
i do not recall in the seven years
that Theodore Roosevelt was Presi-
dent that his path was strewn with
the bodies of bosses that he had
killed. | don't recall any of them.
II say il takes the most audacious
courage on his part to charge me
with being under the control of spe-
cial privilege when the evidence is
such that it calls for explanations
from him. president Taft.
Indicted Men Support Roosevelt.
In his speech at Bellevue, Ohio. May
Il, President Taft declared that much
OF the support now being given TO
Colonel Roosevelt, in his fight for n
denomination was coming from men
indicted by the Taft administration.
He said, MIR. Roosevelt does not
differ from me, and to say that be.
cause a man supports you therefore
YOU are bound with him Is to say
something that the mere fact of his
support does not justify. If 1t did.
could say that Mr.. Roosevelt ought
not TO be supported because all the
indicted people are supporting him
as they are. or most of them"
Views Changed to Catch Votes.
Il cannot change my views just to
gain votes. as Mr. Roosevelt has
done. president Taft.
RooseVelt's Testimony Questioned.
Condemn me if YOU will but con.
denim me on other witnesses than
Theodore Roosevelt.
NO man has the right to misrepre.
sent another to get himself up i'm of
lice, no matter how humble that man
is. president Taft.
Some More Pet Phrases.
While President Taft was a candi-
date for denomination, prior to the
Chicago convention of last June, his
campaign was in charge of Congress
man William b. Mckinley, who was
Director of the National Taft Bureau
This bureau was maintained and con.
Quoted under the personal direction
and approval of President Taft. and
everything that was issued from this
Bureau was understood to have been
given out not only with the approval
OF Congressman Mckinley. but of
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Says They Can't
Stand-Pat Paper Explains Why the
ProgressiVes Have Nominated
No County Tickets in West
Virginia.

The Bluefleld Telegraph a Republl-
can paper which has been consistent
~ for the stand-pat candidates of
that party. taunts the Progressivcs
With not being able TO place local
tickets i'm the field or name local
candidates i'm West Virginia 81 says.
"lt was the original intention to
have q full set OF candidates in every
county, but like their illusuious lead
err many of those chosen TO- be cap
tains of counties had by irregularty
IN party matters forfeited influence
and were unable TO carry out the pro
gram. Many of the strongest sup
pOrters of Roosevelt have watched
the facts and noted the past and are
not pleased at the prospect"
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Money or chates are no; the only man. or
people may be robbed
words greatest poet The thefi Il reparabe
The Virginia being roed of the fair nac and
reputation OF its most important
from ITS creation until within sixty
WIRE above Today
uca campaign is allowed be
and management of
political parties long is BOARD
oHpdsah ana tairdeaing body will be blasted
Once let the Virginia or even fifty per cent Of
...' lat uhe sinister influence machine politics
ep INTO the supposedly nonparisan
sons OF the state and neither
ec OF eereIs VIII restore to health the public
board now being robbed OF its
guardians. " 49,
William e Gasscock primarily responsible for
TINS condition
ne lecoghled the Improperly
OF Conoi actively participating political
sence until election
subeuge did not affect either the
The political executive committee il still tho
chairman the Board
ence or no. and contrary to the
alone members Of the state
Board OF Control and to them
Governor William f. Glasscock is one Of seven State Execu
ives VINO less IMAM Tour months undertook
machlhes within his
party government might
illeu OF us purpose but from was cystaized
psr(y whose motto is Thou Shalt
cpe and It's leader Governor Gasscock supporting
me JeWe Oh consistency brilliant lighted
the ways of into immortal
promulgated
win William e. GasscocR OF State of West
virginia and not OF any part faction of
laws of it's good
by applying his OF
to lay down for the
Steal?
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Roosevelt a
Public Menace
CONTINUED from page u

- VII HeA30 ~
principle of absolute independence of
The judiciary essential TO the main.
tenance OF these rights.
The campaign carried on TO sieze
me Republican party and to make n
the instrument OF reckless ambition
ana the unsettling OF the fundamental
principles of our government was so
sudden and unexpected that time
was not given clearly to show tho
people and the party the dangers
which confronted them President
Taft
Again President Taft referred TO
Mr.. Roosevelt as chat man whose re.
Gently avOwed political views would
nave committed the party to radical
proposals involving dangerous
changes in our present constitutional
FORM OF representative government
and our Independent judiciary"
Demagogue mad Flatterer.
i hold that that man Is a dema.
gogue and flatterer who comes out
and tells the people that they know
~ all ] hate n flatterer ike a
man TO tell the truth straight out and
J hate TO see man try to honeyfugle
tho people by telling them something
he docs not believe. ~ President Taft
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every man. In the language of Gov.
ernor Harmon:
Guilt is always personal. So long
as officials can hide behind their cor
porations no remedy can be effective.
When the Government searches out
the guilty man and makes corporate
wrongdoing mean personal punish
ment and dishonor the laws will be
obeyed"
The whole atmosphere OF govern.
ment under Republican rule has be.
come an atmosphere of patronage. OF
governmental favor or hostility. Pa.
tronage is the mother of graft: favor
breeds servility. The trusts con.
troll Controlling markets, they con
troll supply; controlling supply. they
control price; controlling price. they
control life. They control also EN-.
ployment Who has now the full
traditional American freedom of Cd.
portunity? What are you free to
choose when you seek an independ.
ent opening i'm life. except either TO
serve trust or defy it? And who.
under our present laws. has the
strength to defy it?
This. then, is your choice: Will
you act with those who have created
this system and who cannot honor
ably extricate themselves from TO-. or
will you act with those who mean
slowly steadily. pcrsistcnUy to-
change It and draw the country for
ward TO a better a freer system. a
system of more open opportunity. i'm
which the Government will accord no
patronage and i'm which the law will
make men, as individuals. RESPONSE.
BILE again?
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How Hatfield
wv as Nominated
(Continued from page ID

from page IL
The vote was 1892, or nearly four
thousand greater than the total Re-
publican vote i'm the last general cleo
ton. In every one of the counties.
save Cabell and Kanawha, the vote
in the primary was greater than the
vote in the last gubernatorial cleo
ton.
Forty Per Cent Of Vote Cast.
The total vote for the entire state
for the Republican candidate for gov
ernor in 1908 was 100, 807 The
total vote in the primary was less
han sixty thousand, or but little
more than forty per cent of the totaS
Republican vote of three and a half
years ago. In 1908, the six counties
mentioned cast but twenty-three per
cent OF the total Republican vote. In
the primary the same counties cast
nearly sixty per cent of the total
vote.
There is a reason. In Mcdowell
and Mingo, where the vote last week
was heaviest, the corruption of the
ballot has been practiced in elections
of the past and there is every rea-
son to believe that similar practices
were INDUCED in in the primary.
In Fayette we have the testimany OF
'He DeSJ hepuDIlCdnS ludJ Ine pTlHl-
lry election was rotten throughout
the county. Mercer adjoins Nc
Oowell and the Republican party is
in control of the same bosses that
control Mcdowell In Cabell re
peating was carried on upon a large
scale, and there are few who will
claim that the primary was held fair
~. or that the result was not as
5ured in advance.
The primary Of last week was hard
IL an affair i'm which the honest Re
publicans of West Virginia can take
pride.
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wsARlN o. THE COLLAR.

%. Teddy dear. and did you hear.
The news that's going round2
Postmasters are forbid to- work
I'm every single town
Politics have been cut out
Their cOiors can't be seen.
For there's % bloody rule agin.
Their helping The machine.
] met with Billy Glasscock.
And he took me by the hand.
And ] said. Ilow's West Virginia.
And how does she stand"
shes the most delightful prospect
40 which you ever laughed.
They're hanging dll Republicans
Who say they are for TAFT"
-Poc1hontas Times
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President Taft as well. What Pres
ident Taft, Congressman Mckinley
ana their associates thought OF Theo-
dore Roosevelt and the people who
were supporting him may be seen
from the following extracts from cam
paiSn matter issued by the National
Taft Bureau:
Dictator or Perpetual President.
when eight million Republican
voters bow the neck to the yoke of
a dictator in the guise of a man who
would be perpetual President of a Re.
public, II will be time enough for Mr..
Roosevelt TO issue edicts and execu.
tive orders. His arbitrary acts.
based on a false assumption of infalli.
Dllity on his part, are only a sample
OF what he would do could he be
made President again"
An Attempt at Theft.
"A deliberate attempt on the part
OF the Roosevelt men i'm Michigan to
steal the state convention held IN
that state was thwarted by the Taft
men at the last moment"
Mendacious and Mean.
Former President Theodore Roose.
welt, in his campaign for renomina.
ton for n third term i'm the White
House, is conducting an organized
propaganda to wreck the Republican
party. No word or deed has. up to
this time, been too mendacious or
100 mean, either on his own part or
ON the part of his under-strappers. TO
accomplish the recognized end they
have i'm view"
Against Constitutional Govern
ment.
lie tMr RoosevelO has done moth.
ing i'm this campaign but assail the
Republican party and its leaders and
me has even inveighcd against the
principles for which the party stands.
namely. constitutionalsm i'm govern.
ment
Having determined TO break the
unwritten law of the Republic that
no President shall serve three terms.
and having decided that the form of
government under which the United
States has prospored and progressed
until it stands foremost among the
nations of the world. is unfit for the
further government of men. Theodore
Roosevelt is now insisting" etc.
Why Roosevelt Became a Can.
ddate.
"As "a result (of President Roose.
vclts locking up of official docu.
ments in defiance of the United
states Senator. no steps were taken
TO prosecute the United States Steel
Corporation for violation of the Sher.
man antitrust law until the Taft adj.
ministration. a few weeks ago. iusti.
tuted q suit which first aroused Thoo.
dore Roosevelt into such frenzy of
fury against President Taft that he
announced himself as n candidate for
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UNWORTHY OF PUBLIC CON-
FlDENCE.

= Would you vote to put into /.
!. an important office any man of .
I. whom a former President of /.
7 the United States would say /.
]. that he is unworthy of public /.
7 confidence? .
I. ANY man who fails to con- I.
I. denim it (the stolen goods con- /.
J. Vention" at Chicago) is un- /.
I worthy Of public confidence."- /.
J. Theodore Roosevelt. (.
7 Every candidate on the Re- (.
: publican Congressional and /.
]. State ticket in West Virginia /.
+ has failed to condemn what Mr.. /.
! Roosevelt calls the stolen I.
7 goods convention" which re- /.
7 nominated President Taft. and /.
Z by Mr.. Roosevelts declaration (.
!. every one of them is therefore I.
! unworthy of public conf I.
!. dence." /.
+ ~ + Observation-Disclosures.
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Valuable Advice
for First Voters
lconlInued from 80 b

Continued from page ~
then the interests will take care OF
the common people; first make big
business prosperous, and then big bus.
mess Will make the masses pros.
porous; first take vast sums on
money out OF the pockets OF the PEG.
pie IN the shape OF tariff exactions
and make everything they buy more
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TRYING TO INITIATE JANUS.

Now won't IL be little
straiaiu' ON ones straddlers 20
be q loyal Republican and a
loyal member OF an opposition
party at the same time? May
be not, but Janus was the only
chap ON record who ever made
a real success facing both ways
at once. No man can serve
two masters; for either he will
hate the one, and love the
other; or else he will hold TO
the one, and desDise the other"
weston Independent (Repub-
lican)
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ARE you A MAN-oF HONOR?

't' If you are, Theodore Roose- .
i welt says you cannot counte- .
i nance the denomination of Pres .
!. ident Taft. .
i Every man knows Mr. Taft's .
i nomination was handed him by .
'ts deceit. No man of honor could .
y countenance it," - Theodore .
!. Roosevelt. .
! Every candidate for Con- .
Il gressional or State office on .
= the Republican ticket not only .
= countenances the denomination .
\ OF Mr.. Taft, but is actively .
i supporting him for reelection. .
SI' Under Mr.. Roosevelts defini- .
= ton, there is not a man of .
= honor" on the Republican State .
+ or Congressional ticket. .
i''I''''''''s''t'.t. -. !. .!..f..i....s.,i..
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"soLTERs" NOT WANTED.

. a man cannot be In the Re-. .
. publican party and In third .
3 party ~ the same time, and .
b should be compelled to make .
b hi9 selection. II is essential .
= that we make the cleavage as .
3 clear as % can be made, so that .
b those who are Republicans .
3 shall be Republicans, and those .
> who are boilers shall bear their .
. nameg and title and not be re .
, publicans and bolters.-Wllliam .
= ~. Taft.
, You can't support me and vote .
, the Republican State ticket .
, Theodore Roosevelt. ,
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Thou Shalt Not Steal"
(HY J. CARL VANcE.)

WHO steals my purse steals trash
liut he Thar fiiches from me my GOOD name.
l;obs me OF HAT which not enrchos him
and makes me poor indeed"