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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-10-31

Of what they have, but that the work
OF social bettsrment will continue.
There can be no uplift IN a down.
pour.
ITO re-elect President Tart would
be to follow experience and not an
experiment. The government would
continue to be safe in his hands.
The nations arairs would be es.
fieiently and economically managed.
Both capital and labor would be I'M
afraid and safe-guarded against an
inequitable foreign tariff and unjust
conditions at home.
Because love my country, be-
cause I rejoice in the widest and
fullest distribution of earths bless-
ings to my fellow countrymen: be-
cause do definitely remember the
dire results that followed the enact
ment into law only eighteen years
ago of the very economical policies
now advocated by the Democratic
party; because the ninety cent per
day wage for the honest toiler. the
bread line and the soup line, which
alone kept starvation from the home
OF the honest but unsuccessful
stTiyer for opportunity to earn even
the piti:ul wage Of the time, is still
a present nightmare; because love
the music of the moving spindle
and loom, the light of burning fur
mace fires; because prefer the
brightness and cheer and abundance
that accompanies the good wage for
labor, the adequate return for the
product OF field and forest and farm
and factory; l beseech my fellow
countrymen 10 follow the pathway
lighted by experience and cast their
votes for the economic policies which
have always produced prosperity and
against those which have always pre-
ceded disaster and want. Conditions
of labor and production were never
more nearly ideal than now. Their
continuance can be assured only by
the continuation of the Republican
administration o. President Taft"
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-10-31
MR.. BAILEY
Former Resident of Clarks-
burg is Dead in the City
of Parkersburg.

X. S. Bailey, of Parkersburg, a
former resident of Clarksburg. died
in Parkersburg hospital Thursday
morning OF acute Brights disease.
He was i'll two weeks.
Mr.. Bailey was SO years old. He
was son-in-law of Justice ". p.
Camp, of this city. his wife before
her marriage being Miss Anna Camp.
The widow and a son and daughter
survive.
Mr.. Bailey was one of the most
efficient plunbers in this state. He
was engaged in that business
when he resided here.
Many Clarksburg friends are
panied to hear OF his death.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-10-31
Another African rhsodos..

AZ African Theodore came to gTief
lest forty-fye years ago because he
thought he was the whole show. The
'esl q mankind thought they were
some show, too. and Theodore of Abys-
s'nia learned too late that he had made
Z very serious mistake in not taking
mat very natural attitude into account.
Nature has not given to any individual
!, monopoly of the abilities requisite in
The rule Of a people.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-10-31

an ambitious people can be who are
ever seeking TO improve presen;
conditions and to increase con
stantly growing income. The issue
then is whether we shall go forward
or whether as in 1916, 1916, 1857
and in 1894, under low tariffs, we
shall 90 backward?
Eagerly indeed are the manufac-
turers and producers OF Europe and
elsewhere looking for an entrance
into and then possession OF our
maIke.s. Greedily indeed are they
eayying fifteen billions OF bank de-
posts. over four billion dollars OF
which are the savings OF the work
ing classes. A tariff sufficiently low
for sufficient revenue without pro
lection to our labor and industries
means an Importation OF billions of
dollars worth or foreign goods to
take the place OF our home products.
with resultant idleness or a reduc-
tion Of American wages 10 the for
eign level.
This may not be new idea but
1t is truth. 1t is history. Ii IS ex-
perience. Every industrial nation
but one is strengthening its protec-
tive tariffs and Great Britain will
return 10 protection in the not dis
tant future. Shall we then abandon
our policy? shall we open our ports
and give up our markets to the
eager, greedy artisans abroad who
would instantly food us with their
wares?
IAN idle, impoverished, weak peo-
pie can not make progress, either
social or industrial. The United
States has become the foremost ma
ton because our people have done
their own work, have built up and
maintained their own market and
have become TO a large degree indie
pendent of the rest Of the world.
We have made progress because we
have worked for it. We have taken
advantage Of our natural resources
and built up a nation that out-ranks
all others in wealth and mode of
living and in every human endeavor.
We have been the most progressive
people Of all history and this has
come under Republican legislation
and administration. No individual
or band OF individuals, can appro-
pirate the word Progressive" Pre-
tense is not progress; promise is not
progress; only performance brings
real progress and the attachments OF
the Republican party have brought
us a national progress which today
is the envy and admiration of the
civilized world. From its very in
ception the Republican party has
been progressive party. Every
decade, every administration. every
Congress. every year has brought
substantial progress since the in
auguration of Lincoln to the pres
ent time with the exception of the
two years when the Democratic
party had full possession OF the
government-then our Progress was
checked. our influences we're smit-
ten. our industries were crippled.
our agriculture was proftless and
our people we're idle and distressed
"Then came the restoration OF the
Republican party to power and with
It the restoration OF confidence fol-
lowed by a commercial and indus
trial activity eliminating in the IN
paralleled prosperity which We are
now enjoying. Under Mckinley we
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-10-31

4 vote for the Democratic ticket this
~ = vote for free trade and all that
40 trade stands for. A vote for the
", moose ticket is vote for some
U'af which no one, not even its pro
Motors, can give any light upon. A
aole Tor the Republican ticket Is q
W, ioT protection to honest American
"'' and protection is a synonym for
.I,osperity,-Newport IN. H. Cham
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-10-31

put 10 sleep the fallacy OF free sill
yer. We established the gold stand
ard and with it nailed the banner OF
protection to the masthead. Under
the Dingley and Payne tariffs, we
have had no Dallas night-caps on
smokeless factory chimneys; We
have had no free soup houses.
There have been no Coxeys and KEEL
leys with their idle armies, demand
ing chance TO work. we have had
no strikes against wage reductions.
Every labor movement has been for
increased pay, and the payrolls to-
day are greater by billions than
during the days of Democracy and
free trade in 1896. Only one in
dustry fourlshed in those dlreful
years-the pawn while today
We reckon our transactions by bill
lions and hundreds OF millions, and
after We have been better housed
and clothed and fed than ever be-
fore. and far better than any other
people on earth. we have enough
left to spend a billion more annual
~ on recreation and luxuries and
then lay away a billion more In
savings banks, building and loan as
sociations, insurance and other
forms of providing for the future.
Under Democracy and free trade we
lived from hand 10 mouth-both
often being empty.
To-day We measure our blessings
by the armful, with a surplus for
tomorrow.
Shall we again destroy conf
dence? Shall We open our ports
and present our splendid home
markets to Europe and China and
Japan? Shall we take from our
people all industrial opportunity,
driving them TO idlenes9 and depict
ing our capital and savings? The
tariff-for-revenue only promised by
our opponents viii do it quickly
and it would take years to recover.
As Mr.. Roosevelt once truly said;
\ The abolition of the protective
tariff or the substitution for IT of a
tariff for revenue only, as proposed
\ BY the Democratic platform. would
plunge this country into the most
widespread industrial depression
We have yet seen. and this depres
sion would continue for an Indefinite
period
This is the main issue in the
closing days OF the campaign, and
the danger that threatens our indus
trial life can not be made too en-
phatic
I'VE must remember that Mr..
Taft was renominated because he has
given the people safe and success
full administration. Under his ex-
ecutiye guidance we have made long
strides in progressive attainment.
We have made many advances in the
way of public welfare, and especial
ly have the interests of the working
people been most materially FUR
thered.
Mr.. Taft was elected in 1908 be-
cause it was believed that his admin
istration would check the commerce.
al panic OF 1907. which came near
resulting in a thorough indGSHal
panic This work has been accom-
plished under his benignant guild
ance, SO that now. If he Is reelected.
there is every reason TO believe
that with business and Industrial
success assured, not only will our
people be secure in the possession
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-10-31
new ORDER
Lengthens Enlistment Period
of Army Recruits to
Seven Years.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 2l.-Adjutant
General George Andrews today or
dered army recruiting officers that
after November / enlistments must
be for seven years instead of four.
three years of that period being in
reserve where the recruit is not paid
but subject to call.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-10-31
FLEMING is DEAD.

Professor Ulysses s. Fleming,
highly respected citizen and a prom
inent educator of West virginia, ia
dead at his home at Fairmont, az
Ter an illness extending over pc
Rod of several years OF perintious
senemia.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-10-31

Earl n. Petit returned home
Thursday morning from Aurora.
whore he attended the MAXWELL
Lautz wedding Wednesday night.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-10-31
TAFT WOULD IN
AID FARMERS.
Wants United States to ADOPT
Cooperative Credit System.
RESULT Of INvEsTlaGTloN

state Department, at thu Presidents
Direction, Has Looked Into the syS-
TEN In Vogue In Europe-It Would
Mean Low Rates and Easy Terms
For Repayment.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-10-31
HOME FROM WEST.

Claude H. Gawthrop, of Lost
Creek. who spent several months in
the West, has returned to his home.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-10-31

"7sn Wilson WIN &c. Worse LEI.
Woodrow Wilson complained that
~ private car was left several hours
O'a'ad by the Chicago express. That's
~. aiug to the way he and his free
10, crew will be left behi.d by the
'''' Republican express on Nov. 5.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-10-31
DEEDS FILED

Vance L. HornOr to the Horaoe
Hardware Company. 90 OF 10
acres. Eagle district.
oMFy Lambert to zefie 7. Fox,
lot. wallace.
Phillips Sheet and Tin Plate com.
pany 70 the Weir Improvement Com
pany, lots, near city.
James NJ. Taylor to John Smith,
! lot, near city.
Anna J. 1owther TO Anderson L.
Wilcox, lot, West Milford.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-10-31

Thomas J. oillooly Is here from
Weston.
$. @. Pyle of Mlddlebourne. is
visitor here
Newell j. Hayman returned home
Thursday morning from Aurora.
where he spent "wednesday looking
after business matters.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-10-31

!. Berry is here from Buckhan-
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-10-31

]. T. Bremen is here from Fair
mont,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-11
The Small-Coin Plan.

It is very doubtful whether there is
any need of a change in the coinage sys-
TEN which will give three-cent and half
cent pieces. From few places come de-
mands for such coins. but IL the mat
ter were left TO a popular vote prob
ably a great majority would be cast
against the manufacture of coins other
than those now produced by the minis
The three-cent piece has been asked for
by the residents Of cities where three
cent street railway fares are in vogue
but il would seem to be rather an i'm
position on the public at large to revive
this long-abandoned bit of metal, which
Is so easily confused with the silver
dime. As for the half-penny. IL is only
justified by the present practice Of re-
tailers of certain classes of goods of Of
fering double quantities at a certain rate
which SO divides that the single order ap-
parently gives half a cent more profit to
the seller. Over a large part of this
country the penny has no currency what
ever, the fiye-cent nickel piece being the
smallest coin. II the half-penny is
lninted the east will be still further dis
tinguished from the west and the differ
ence between the standards OF values
that now exists will be increased. In
that case it will be necessary TO change
the size of the penny unless the half
cent coin is made very small indeed 1t
is doubtful whether the public would be
pleased with return to the old cop
per" of an earlier period in order to
leave room below it SO to speak for a
coin of the value of half a cent There
is no practical dificulty with the coinage
OF today, and il Is TO be hoped that Con-
Sress will proceed cautiously in this
matter. especially as there Is no pro-
nounced demand for a departure from
the existing system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-11

such eminent players sprang the states
sobriquet OF 1.-The Modern Mother q
Presidents" Ohio had succeeded to Vir-
ginia's old distinction. Grant and Ben
jamin Harrison were Ohio born. while
Hayes. Garfield. Mckinley and Taft were.
when chosen President, Buckeyes by both
birth and residence.
Again there is fighting royal in the
state. and both parties are engaged. AS
yet. however. they have not squared on
against each other. One stake is the
republican nomination at Chicago. and
the other the democratic nomination at
Baltimore.
Mr.. Taft will head his procession OF
stumpers, and Mr.. Roosevelt his, and in
the train of each will be men of national
fame and influence. There will be a hot
time in the old state all next week on
the republican side of the fence.
On the democratic side quite as lively
time will be experienced. Gov. Harmon
wants to lead his party. and Mr.. Bryan
objects. The latter's course is not only
aggressive, but decidedly out of the ordi-
nary. He is declaring face to face to a
constituency which has twice put its APP
proval on Gov. Harmon, that its favorite
is not worthy of presidential honors, and
that Ohio should not recommend that
they be bestowed upon him. And large
crowds are listening to the visiting ora
tor and accuser.
1t has been a long time since the Buck
eyes had so much politics to the square
inch: and the experience may do them
good The younger men in particular
will be able to understand better after
the fighting Is over the story of the days
when the former giants were abroad in
the commonwealth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-11
Deepening Troubles of Mexico.
,e Springfield Republican.

From the Springfield Republican.
All over Mexico men Of business and all
those whose interests are served by stable
conditions are in their hearts mourning
the overthrow Of the Diaz regime. Abuses
there were under the iron rule of the
stern old president, whose Indian blood
made him quick to understand the ma
jority of his people, but history will re-
cord that Gen. Diaz sought the progress
and betterment of his country. Francesca
l. Madero is Of q gentler nature. more
of a dreamer than a ruler. and the
troubles that beset his administration are
many Worst of all, these difficulties APP
pear to be growing, and. the mastership
necessary to handling them does not
keep pace with the country's needs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-11

for many of his figures OF speech, and
appropriately. He is by nature a slugger.
and the lingo of fisticuffs suits his tenn
permanent and purposes.
All things considered. MIR. Taft Is let
ting his man of mighty light" He
might. and probably should. draw pic
ture of a politician consumed with am
bition. and willing In furtherance OF his
schemes to violate pledges, outrage per-
sonal friendship, and trample upon the
institutions of the country. He has I'M
dertaken an unpleasant duty with reluc-
tance. but now that he has 1T in hand he
should discharge 1t with thoroughness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-11
Not So Bad, After ALI.
no Cleveland plain Dealer

FROM the Cleveland Pain Dealer
Twenty-eight years ago sedate citizens
marched in street parades, carrying kero-
sene torches-all to the glory Of their re-
spective presidential nominees. But we
had no rival aspirants for the White
House branding each other liars and
thieves. In those days stolid freemen
donned outlandish uniforms. tramped
through dust or mud for miles and never
even suspected they might be perpetrating
an absurdity. But no President of the
United States was accused by an eminent
member of his own party with being
guilty of the 'crookedest kind of a
crooked deal" That was an era when
obscure villages boosted their party flag
poles with banners waving aloft and their
mighty marching clubs-when men were
urged to believe that the fate of the re-
public depended on some certain result
on election day. But the category of abu-
siye epithets was not exhausted by can
didates for each others characterize ton.
Somehow, one feels new respect for the
partisan patriots of the years ago. Their
ardor SENS mild. now that the country
sees what real fighting is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-11
Proposed New Coins.

From the Chicago News.
This nation has had much experience In
the past with coins of the token value OF
3 cents. Whether made Of silver or of
nickel they were alike unmitigated nui-
sances. They disappeared from the COIN
age not only because there was no need
for them, but because they were a sort OF
pest. The attempt of the national House
of Representatives to bring back the
body has passed a bill not only creating
a coin of the value mentioned, but also
creating a one-half-cent coin. There Is
absolutely no popular demand for either.
1t is we'll recognized by the intelligent
public that an unnecessary kind OF coin
is merely an amending source of annoy
once and error and consequent loss. The
countrys simple and sensible coinage OF
the present time answers every need. II
is a good deal worse than useless to put
into circulation new kinds Of coins that
nobody wants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-11
The Guileless Rustic.

Said Sheriff Jones to Farmer Brown,
Here come some auto folks from towr
From which l argue business should
Quite soon be getting purity good.
Take down the sign where they might
read
The limit of the lawful speed.
When 1 have fined 'em fur their spin
You drive your pigs an cattle in
The middle of the highway, where
They may git hit if grouped with care.
Some damages we'll make 'em pay
Before they travel on their way,
And further down the road We'll go,
And with assistance from a hoe
And water from a nearby ditch
Well have a mud-hole deep an rich
With sticky clay. Beyond a doubt
They'll need a team to haul EN- out"
Then as they travelled on their way
We heard the farmer sadly say:
Its terrible to read what jokes
Town people play on country folks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-11

In his latest statement Of the case Mr..
Roosevelt takes the ground that he Is
the sole hope OF good government in this
country. He does not appeal to progress
sive republicans alone. Every man who
believes in decency and honesty in poll
tics can achieve his purpose only by sup
porting my candidacy.
This is very comprehens!ve-takes in all
parties and all the states. As Mr.. Roose-
vet sees things, an unusual responsibility
rests on the Chicago convention. If that
body picks the right man. the country's
affairs will then be safe. What Is done
later at Baltimore and elsewhere will
amount to nothing. Decent men of re-
Election will soon come to see where their
interests lie forsake other connections
and cleave to him.
This is the one-man proposition. On
the one side the Taft people may delude
themselves for the moment with the no
ton that reforms may come through him.
On the other side, the same feeling may
possess the Clark. the Wilson. the In
derwood and the Harmon people as they
consider their respective favorites. All
are mistaken. Only one candidacy holds
out hope of the correction OF our gov
ernmental evils, and that is my can
didacy'
This is going some" but there is more
ground that should be covered. Let Mr..
Roosevelt now give his age. his physical
condition. the opinion of his medical ad
wiser as to how many more years are
coming to him, and then pledge himself
as to prudence in the matter OF living.
II he is the sole hope of the country.
how long may that hope be expected to
last?
The point is of the highest Importance,
for the reason that Mr.. Rooseyelts pro-
gram Is large. If he is returned TO the
White House he will have his hands full
of business, and time will be necessary
for its transaction. Eight years will
hardly suffice. Reshaping our govern
mental structure from the ground up.
which is his aim. cannot be accomplished
while you wait. Even as rapid a thinker
and worker as Mr.. Roosevelt could not
have built Rome in day.
And the job. IL undertaken, must be
completed by the undertaken. 1t would
be risky for a substitute to be called in.
Mr.. Roosevelt does not calm TO be in
fallible. Even he can be mistaken. He
confesses 10 a mistake in the case Of Mr..
Taft. whom he considered and recon-
mended, as admirably qualified for the
presidency.
4 factor i'm the campaign, then, if Mr..
Roosevelt is nominated. will be the
amount and length of service the country
may still expect from him. How sound
of wind and limb is he. and how long
can he still go under pressure? One-man
power may mean life tenure, and the
probable length of the DYNASTY will inter-
est the people.