The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1912-03-19
Arguments of President Boomers
(By (has. Il. Edwards J


favorites and the arguments they
are using to convince the people
that their man is the man to NOM
mate.
Among the Democratic candi-
dates, the Wilson boomers are
boosting their man as the schol-
ar in politics; the fact that he re-
deemed the State of New Jersey
and made it a Democratic State
and his record as Governor and
the speeches that he has made
all over the country since his
election to that high office, being
the first political position he ever
filled. They also claim that Will
son is progressive Democrat Of
the progressives and that he will
draw very largely from the pro-
gressive Republican vote in the
coming election if nominated.
The Harmon people are MAX
ing much of the fact that their
candidate has redeemed the
State of Ohio, a rock-ribbed Re
publican State heretofore, having
twice been elected Governor for
that great State. They claim
that he has saved the taxpayers
of Ohio not less than $25, 900, 600
since he has been Governor by
Increasing the tax rate Of corpo-
rations and compelling the rail-
roads and others to pay their
portion of the taxes, which they
have hitherto been lodging.
They claim he is conservative and
will appeal to the conservative
element of the business men of
the country and, therefore, make
the most eligible candidate the
Democrats could name.
The Underwood boomers are
saying the same thing about
their candidate, that ISIS that he
is safe and sane conservative,
and would not run amuck to dis
turb the business interests of the
country; that he has had great
experience as a legislator and
would make an ideal executive.
Furthermore they claim that
coming from the South, he would
cement all sections Of the coun-
try and that Northern Demo
Gratis would vote for him in or
der to show that all sectional
feeling had been abandoned, and
elect him on his merits as a con-
structive statesman, and man
who has been a formidable fac
tor in welding the party togeth-
er In the present Congress.
The Clark boomers are simply
urging their candidate upon his
record in public life and claiming
that that record is simply the
record Of the Democratic party
since 1883 when he first entered
public life. They say that he
has neither swerved to the right
or left, but has been just an old
fashioned Democrat, who has
aided with voice and pen in every
Democratic campaign that has
been fought in the last twenty
five years and has never said nor
done a thing that he or his
friends need ever apologize for
from the standpoint of Democ-
racy; that he has been loyal to
every candidate who has ever
been nominated and to every
plank in every platform that has
ever been adopted by a National
Convention. They claim that he
has no enemies in the Democrat.
ic party and is, therefore, accept
able to every faction of the party
on account Of his clean record
and his methods of paci6cation
which have made the Democratic
party in Congress an army with
banners instead Of a mob. They
claim that he has no past record
to explain and that while in many
States some local candidate is the
first preference on account of
State pride, that he is invariably
the second choice in every sec
ton of this country so far heard
from. They claim that while he
would make a magnificent Prosi-
dent of this country, that he
would make the best candidate
the Democrats could possibly
nominate because they would be