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The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-19
Head Of Steel Trust
Is ROOSEVELT Guide

expensive, and then pay 1t back to
them 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 n
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.
a partnership of fifty years stand.
ing cannot easily be broken. The.
Republican party has for fifty years
maintained a partnership with the in
terests, depends upon them for sup
port and maintenance. and cannot
break with them without going to
pieces. 1t is not free to choose.
Those within its ranks who revolt
create a new party-start
new party tradition. They fling
out and virtually join the Democrats,
who are free from entangling alli-
ances. The sympathfes and conf
dences of the Democratic party are
with the masses OF the people; it's
wish is to choose policies which will
sbe inthe interest OF all, and is free to
do so.
The policy of the Republican party
has made the power of the trusts
what il is. The tariff has become,
not means Of protection, but a
means of patronage. The tariff leg.
islation of recent years has been de-
signed, not to effect general and
healthy economic development and a
fair extension and equalization of the
cure profits to particular classes and
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 1t the more ne
cessary that the interests should
maintain the party and control the
Government.
What Democrats Stand For.
The Democratic party DeiieVes IN
such a revision of the tariff as will
take out of 1t every feature OF pat
ronage and special favor; as will base
1t entirely on the need Of revenue for
the Government and the wisest adj
justment of the taxation involved to
the interests Of the people. 1t be-
lieves, moreover, not in such "regula.
ton" of the trusts as will put bust
ness In the hands OF the Government,
but in such laws as will punish indi-
yiduals-the individuals in and be-
hind the trustsfor every breech of
public policy, for every act hostile to
the common interests and to fair COM
petition and free opportunity for
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-19
Endorsement Of Taft
lie Sought by Reactionaries in West
Virginia When They Ask Votes
For State Ticket.

The Republican State ticket is an
anti-Roosevelt ticket and the effort of
the Republicans ifae thd State to get
out a large vote for this ticket indi-
Gates the desire to poll large anti
Roosevelt vote in the State and make
it appear that the State approves the
reactionary policies Of Mr.. Taft.
With every candidate on, the Re
publican State and Congressional
ticket supporting Taft and working
against Roosevelt, the election OF this
State ticket would righffully be con-
sidered Taft victory in West Vir-
ginia.
II the members of the Progressive
party want the State to give strong
Taft endorsemept they can assist in
doing SO by voting fors the reaction
aries on the Republican ticket. Every
vote cast for a candidate on this
ticket means a vote which will be
used as an endorsement Of Taft.
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Party Is. Is Rotten
Says Roosevelt /
tfa3&
THINKS Nop.REPpBLacANs NEED
II HAVE .QuALMS OF CON-
SCIENCE ABOUT QUIT
1870. TING 1t! az
PURPOSE OF RRoeREssIvEs is
TO DEFEATI.,MEN OF POLL. /
aF.ssr 8 qTkGLAsN TYPE.

Il "No former Republican need have
any qualms of conscience about quit
ting party soirotten'
THESE words were spoken by Theo-
,dore Roosevelt at Boise, Idaho, Sep
teIabers12. Speaking Of two Repubs
licans, supporters Jof President Taft.
who were in the state calling him
names for saying the denomination
of President Taft, was a theft, Mr..
Roosevelt said:
+ Any man, knowing the facts of the
Chicago theft al they know it, and
who insists upon misrepresenting
them, is not entitled to be believed.
Any man reiterating the falsehood
that the nomination was not stolen is
himself falsifier.
"Taft's nomination was d clear
theft. Every, man. who has taken
the trouble to, ,acquaint himself with
the facts knows it. / use the word
theft as describing with scientific
precision what was yane at Chicago.
"The Republican Convention by its
wanton robbery ruled! the voters out
OF the party. No former Republi-
can aneed haze any qualms of con-
science about. quitting o. party so rot
ten.' u ~ asNf
\ Speaking lat La Grande, Idaho, the
sans day, and in regardSto the same
Republicans, Mr. ROOSEVELT said:
These prophets without honor in
their own country these discredited
politicians who count for nothing in
their own states, who were beaten
hands down, have come here to ask
you to vote for the bosses. They
want you to forsake the cause of the
people and to put themselves, the pol
itician type, into office.
Now, want to say here that these
beaten men are the very ones we are
fighting to keep from regaining
power II you listen, to them you are
wasting your time. They don't de-
serve to be heard by any decent au-
dience,"
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DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATURE
PASSED LAWS FOR PEOPLE
tries in Vain to Be Like Lincoln.

Mr.. Roosevelt likens himself to
Abraham Lincoln more and resem-
bles him less than any man In the
history of this country.
II may be puzzle-witted- that is a
question YOU cannot discuss any more
than you can discuss whether you
are good-looking or not, but whether
] am puzzle-witted or not I 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.
Il 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
killedasgI don't recall any of them.
Il say it 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
1C6ld6AL alt uCCldl Cu that AuCu
of the support now being given to
Colonel Roosevelt, in his fight for a
denomination was coming from men
indicted by the Taft administration.
He said, "Mr. 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 it 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.
Rooseyelt'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 in Of.
flee, 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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Roosevelt a
Public Menace
CONTINUED from page IL


principle Of absolute independence of
the judiciary essential to the main
tenance Of these rights.
THE campaign carried on to sieze
the Republican party and to make it
the instrument Of reckless ambition,
and the unsettling of the fundamental
principles of our government was so
sudden and unexpected that time
was not given clearly to show the
people and the party the dangers
which confronted them" President
Taft.
Again President Taft referred to
Mr.. Roosevelt as that man whose re-
Gently avowed political views would
have committed the party to radical
proposals involving dangerous
changes in our present constitutional
form of representative government
and our independent judiciary"
Demagogue mad Fiatterer.
II hold that that man is a dema-
gogue and flatterer who comes out
and tells the people that they know
1t all. hate a flatterer. Hike q
man to tell the truth straight out and
hate to see a man try to honeyfugle
the people BY telling them something
he doeH not believe. "-President TAFT.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-19
In the language Of Gov.

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.v
The whole atmosphere OF govern
ment under Republican rule has be-
come afr atmosphere of patronage, OF
governmental favor or hostility. Pa.
breeds servilfty. 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 OPP
portunity? What are you free to
choose when you seek an independ-
ent opening in life, except either to
serve a trust or defy IT? And who,
under our present laws, has the
strength to defy it?
This, then, is your choice: VIII
you act with those who have created
this system and who cannot honor
ably extricate themselves from 1t, or
will you act with those who mean
slowly, steadily, persistently to
change 1t and draw the country for
ward to better, freer system, a
system Aof more open opportunity, in
which the Government will accord no
patronage and in which the law will
make men, as individuals, RESPONSE
BILE again?
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a third term as President
Rocseveit's Tariff Record.

"Mr. Roosevelt. on the other hand,
has no tariff record. He came into
office pledged TO carry out the poll
cies Of William Mckinley, whose last
public utterancss, delivered at Buff
falo, pledged revision of the tariff
downward and al renewal of re-
ciprocal arrangements with all ma
tions. Theodore Roosevelt DELHI
erately violated that pledge in 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 it was better than
the last bill tDingley) and vastly bet
ter than the law before that (NcKin-
ley law
Roosevelt Coupled With Debs.
Theodore Roosevelt and Eugene W
Debs have joined hands on the issue
of the recall of judges and of judicial
decisions. Debs, in the Appeal to
Reason the organ of the radical So.
cialists, approves of Roosevelts re-
call of judges and decisions plank
and wants it applied, as soon as en-
acted into law. to the case of the
Mcnamara brothers. On this sub
ject Mr. Debs says:
I. The fight at the polls this fall
will center around the adoption of
the initiative, referendum and recall
amendments to 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 it 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 Morgan's country. The
election for Governor and state Off
cials of California does not occur un
til 1914. But, with the recall at
our command, we ,can put our own
man in office without waiting for a
regular!'"
Reformers for Office Only. .
II. A. Lenhart, a merchant of
Kingwood, West Virginia, who was a
member of the electoral college in
1904, in letter to Director Mckinley,
says: I'll
81 am acquainted with nearly
every leader in this state who is now
booming Colonel Roosevelt, and a.
most to a man every one of them
has personal couch. Every one
of them either wanted an office and
did not .set It. or wanted to control
the. offices lin 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'n
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TAFT,S MANAGER CHARGES THAT
HIS PREDECESSOR RELIED
UPON e. n. GARY.
ALLEGES HE RECOMMENDED
BILL TO DESTROY ANTI.
TRUST LAW.
ASSERTS r. 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,
Theodore Roosevelt recommended the
amendment of the Sherman anti
trust law, ostensbly 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-
tically destroyed the Sherman anti
trust law. Bills to that end were in
troduced in the House of Represent
ta tives and in the Senate.
Hearings were held on the House
bill before the House Committee on
the Judiciary and on March %, 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:-Ri Right here Mr.
Low, II there is no objection, who are
the people that actually participated
in the preparation Of the bill? Who
are the men who actually drew 1t UP?
Head of the Steel Trust.
"Mr Iow:--We conferred with Mr..
Gary OF the United States Steel Cor
poration.
THE Chairman:--E. f. Gary, presi-
dent of their board Of directors?
Mr.. LOWE. H. 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 We're Mr.. Stetson-
The Chairman That Is Francis
Lynde Stetson?
Mr.. Low:-Francis Lynde Stetson,
and Mr.. Morawetz.
"The Chairman;-Victor Morawetz?
Mr. Low:--Victor Morawetz. Pro-
lessor jerks of the Federation, was
in constant collaboration on the SUBJ
tject. 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.
1 In other words, when Theodore
Roosevelt made up his mind to amend
the Sherman antitrust law In 1908,
he asked =. Fl Gary. chairman, of the
board of directors OF the Steel Trust,
and It's attorneys, Stetson and Nor
awetz to tell him how Because OF
their support and because OF the pro.
visions they proposed in 1t Congress-
refused to let the proposed bill get
out OF committee.
I Today Mr. Roosevelt favors the Gary
Perkins bill experimenting the Sher-
man antitrust law, which bill, IL 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 i'm
partial enforcement OF the Sherman
antitrust law-under which neither
the Steel Trust nor the Harvester
Trust shall receive favors-together
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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President Taft as well. What Pres
ident Taft, Congressman Mckinley
and their associates thought of Theo-
dore Roosevelt and the people who
were supporting him may be seen
from the following extracts from cam.
paign matter issued by the National
Taft Bureau: HA
Dictator or Perpetual President.
When eight million Republican
voters bow the neck to the yoke of
a dictator in the guise Of man who
would be perpetual President of a Re-
public, it will be time enough for Mr..
Rooseveitstto issue edicts and execu-
tive orders. Hisi arbitrary acts,
based on a false assumption of infalli-
bility onithis 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 in 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 third term in the White
House, is conducting an organized
propaganda to wreck the Republican
party. No word oT deed has, up to
this time, been too mendacious or
too mean, either on his own part or
on the part of his under-strappers, to
accomplish the recognized end they
have in view
Against Constitutional Govern
fneft.
He fMr Roosevelt) has done moth
ing in this campaign but assail the
Republican party and its leaders and
he has seven, inveighed against the
principles for which the party stands,
namely, constitutionalism in 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 prospered 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 Can
didate.
"As a result (of President Roose-
yelt's locking up of official docu-
ments in defiance of the United
States Senate) 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. insti-
tuted a suit which first aroused Theo-
dore Roosevelt iffit6 such frenzy of
fury against President Taft that he
announced himself as candidate for
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Says They Cant
Stand-Pat Paper Explains Why the
Progressives Have Nominated
No County Tickets in West
Virginia.

The Bluefield Telegraph, Republi-
can paper which has been consistent
ly for the stand-pat candidates OF
that party, taunts the Progressiycs
with not being able to place local
tickets in the field or name local
candidates In West Virginia. 1t says:
1T was the original intention to
have full set of candidates in every
county, but like their illustrious lead
err, many sof those chosen to be cap
tains of counties had by irregularity
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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MEazsElRzl


Money only thing . which man.
worlds greacst poet The theft Of good name is eparabe
reputation IT'S body the
sixty Board although
sided political has like
Today condition changing,
ical campaign this
months with the chairman the State Board Control charge
and committee the
political parties before this
nopartan and fairdealng body will be blasted and
people Of Virginia fifty per Of
thsm believe machine politics
into the supposedly nonpartisan public
fetme regrets. will health the public this
being Of n
William hi Glasscock governor primarily
this condition Of affairs According published
recognized the chairman of the
actively participating political
avoid this by granting the chairman soaed leave of
subuge did not affect either the legal moral of the
slightest degree
and the spirit and letter Of the And
alone Governor has the State
Board Control and them office for derelcon
of duty, other
E. s Of
nationwide in for overthrow of oicehodng
politicians political machines within
might hands
1.-The failed Of its paose but from
which political
whose motto Thou shaN Steal This party its prins
cples and its leader Governor Gassco - today supporting
The jewel brilliant lighted
.
promulgated standard Judgment that left the judge
side the aefof its prohibitions.
Will William Gasscock, Governor of the West
faction 1t,
theft of its
his of law attempts
s e lay d9s H gf5 q the whole unonrhou Shalt Nee
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How Hatfield
W. as N Nominated
(Contmued from page IL

(C0uLHlu6u ITOm page l.J
the vote was 1892, or nearly four
thousand greater than the totalo Re-
publican vote in the last generabtelec-
stion. In every one Of the counties,
save GabeH and tKanawha. the vote
in the primary. was. greater than the.
vote I'M the. last gubernatorial cleo
lion.
t Forty Per Cent nf, Vote Cast -
The total vote for the entire state
for the Republican candidate for gov
ernor in 1908 was 130,807. t,efHhe
total vote ssin the primary wasy less
than sixty. Thousand, or but little
more than forty per cent of the, total
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 reason. In Mcdowell
and Mingo,s 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
the best; Republicans that the prim-
airy election was rotten throughout
the county. Mercer adjoins Nc
DoWell 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
sured in advance.
The primary of last week was hard
ly an affair in which the honest Re
publicans OF West Virginia can take
pride.
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UNWORTHY OF PUBLIC CON
ais IL FlDENCE.

I'll Would you vote to put into
|. an important office any man Of
|swhom apformer President of
|.Sthe United States would say
/. that he Is unworthy Of public
2 confidence? }n
!. "Any man who fails to con-
|. demnAit 1.-THE Stolen goods con-
q vention's at Chicago) is I'M
!. worthy Of public confidence."--
|. Theodore Roosevelt.
!. Every candidate on the Re-
|. publican Congressional and
!. State ticket in West Virginia
|. has failed to condemn what Mr..
2 Roosevelt calls the stolen ,
: goods convention" which re-
!. nominated President Taft, and
!. by Mr.. Rooseyelts declaration
!. every one OF them is therefore
/. unworthy of public conf
I. dence,"
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wEARln, O. THE COLLAR.

%. Teddy dear, and did you hear,
The news that's going round?
Postmasters are forbid to work
In every single town.
Politics have been cut out,
Their colors can't be seen,
For there's a bloody rule agin,
Their helping the machine.
] met with Billy Glasscock,
And he took me by the hand,
And ]. said, 'How's West Virginia,
And how does she stand?
She's the most delightful prospect
at which you ever laughed,
They're hanging all Republicans
Who say they are for Taft"
--Pocahontas Times.