The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-10-01
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William Wilson
Ira6 Is ssat
COZ Sc ~ e9N 2Ess
eonfstic to District and
Policies Snppo rtsd Would
Have Been RuIHous

Wish TO retire to private lie 3 man
with such a brilliant past record 8;
injuries tsonyreasnan Davis through
his own ne9saper here We can
answer you. M ressmlans IS to
the views OF de people Of the whole
state. but there seems to be q mar
velonsly mighty sentiment IN the
sffrst coingressIona1 district which
s f.togzi1lg ny leaps and bounds. IN
favor Of shelving you and; sslbsti-
tTting business man Who win bs
less Of. a national representative
ana more alert faithful and con
siderate OF the welfare Of the people
whose votes placed you in the seats
Of the mighty.
This state and this district have
had ..briIiant'' men representing
them before. They were called ..tn-
tellectual giants in their political
beyday. where are they now!
they have been retired They were
900 great, for their district, per-
haps. they had the larger view,
and shey talked and voted as Il
their constituents did not know what
was good for them. They soon passed
ron, the scene to retirement where
tbeir voice and their votes could no
7.-s.- harm. where their brilliant
intellectual theories" would annoy
nobody except themselves and tlaell
iD+imate associates The people eE-
a,ygtbe-e know what Is good Tor
t5em what they want, and they
,sver fail to get what they wish N
time. ..b-,I-
William [. Wilson was as Drli-
Tept,, as Mr.: Davis is There IS No
so,,b+ Of that. william l. Wilson 5
5rilliancy shed a light that was ma
tion-wiee. But it was, not the kino
~ night that suited the people %
~ Soma district. Neither d M
Tsvis's. Mr.. Wilson voted leS
+r.de-votes. He was the author q
: nh, which plunged this eounsls
- manic without parallel. re-
~ lie : that Wilson panic OF 1888 .
rIe made Just the same kind OF eeLln
. - mat Mr.. Davis is makl lllr
DsTtieuiarly on the wool=sro"1 ne
- sbeep-raisfng business and tne
z ~, ~ the tarin on that indus
-. Ne treated it airily. with z
i re-, disdain and an altitudinous
~ Nc knew more about II
than the thousands Of farmers IN ene
second district. But he dla MOI - -
,.;1ce the farmers. in the ere@e
| TI a-,s counties of 9eherson'
! $3.50 49,. and hampshire, they turned
~, - his meetings carrying buneees
- ~ ana sheep-hides on poles
o s,,orvvbere this brilliant" VIII
son looked, these Reminders greeeeu
he vision. When the votes we[S
connted the great brilliant scnoe
So4-4ss me fariff had been elected 70
- ont O congress and no longer
go $500 position where he could
misrepresent his own eonstltuen .6.o
rims passed William L. wilson nv
the quiet, peaceful shadows Oh pr
80. life. and thus viii pass otnel
. s5.vg students, dreamers ana
.,I-.cticable nnisrepresentatiyes
~ ~ are not in accord with the eolo-
1looded. practicable business sense
6f : majority Of the electors IN tnelF
districts. or
no matter the superabundaAee o.
wisdom, nor the high-geared inter
1ectnals. nor his penetrating vision.
bic illimitable statesmanship' nor
+ ,,i. boundless scholarship. nor al
the crushing mental force with wnlcn
The Ernonent endows Mr.. Davis, the
bsrd- -indisputable, permanent fact
-ersins-it viii not down nor be
Exclaimed away-that he has voted.
not only once, but every time he mad
the chance. directly against the
Sreat manufacturing industries q
Iis district-against the men VINO
oy-n them and the men who work IN
tbem and the families who are de-
t,on for continuous prosperity
He has voted. not only once Out
every time he has had the chance
seaingt the farmers OF Harrison
and every other county in this dis
trict he voted to destroy the high
prices they are getting foz products
as his 'briIiant'' predecessor rom
West virginia, WIIliam T. wilson
fCC1ti1Wf0 on 1age ten