The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-17
JUDGE ATKINSON



Cd or that he wanted some one Of his
trends 20 set wko failed 20 win out.
In ether words. put II this way:
Practically ever Republican Of promi-
nence who II to-day opposing Taft's
re-ominaticn. did not get a Job" HIM
seif. CT he failed 10 get one for n
friend o. his that TAFT could not COM
ply with his wishes.
have always been c,assed as
friend OF the common people-the
zone gailows fellows"-so TO speak. II
confess that l have always belonged
20 ths. crowd. But while this Is true.
II must be admitted that have al
wcys been a straight-out Republican.
and not a Populist or Socialist Nor
wes / ever known TO be a kicker" I
have invariably voted the straight Re-
prt'ic.n ticket. have always walked
up 10 the polls and have taken my
medicine" whether II was or was not
10 my liking. But. but. but, am up
eeeirrt II row! What am l 10 doy
Shall throw aside my record OF forty
years OF public life In West Virginia
and join In with q movement to cast
aside constitution. law. order and a
hundred years OF American history
rnd progress? II would be almost
criminal 20 ask me 10 do this, and /
would Glars myself, In a measure.
guilty ~ did Il.
Taft has made a great President:
ore CT the greatest the country has yet
produced. He deserves second term.
l am for him. / am glad you are for
him. EN- retoiced that nearly every
clcse Republican friend OF mine in the
entire state OF West Virginia r. for
hin; but / en- panied 10 learn there
are few exceptions. Don't be scared.
The elections In Illinois and Pennsyl-
vsnia should not frighten us. Those
ccrteets we're on local issues. Gov
crncr Deneen saw At to make II his
fight in Illinois, and in Pennsylvania
the opposition was against bossism.
ard not against Taft. Only about
one-half OF the Republican voters at.
tended the primaries in those two
States. Hence / fail to see serious
discourse cement in these primary cleo
tions.
My advice to all West Virginia Re.
publicans is TO stand by their party:
to stand by Taft; TO stand out against
all OF the heresies OF those who are
hSBihs w inc PCOpiC "
vance their own personal interests;
TO stand by the political party that
has made this the most prosperous
and the leading manufacturing nation
OF the world.
Some OF my West Virginia friends
will remember how earnestly | COM
batted the Free Silver heresy in 1896.
That heresy was a stab at the very
heart of our Nation. but II was moth.
ing as compared with the heresies
that are now being thrust upon us.
and which We as Republicans are now
asked to indorse.
Please do all you can to prevent
West Virginia from falling into the
vortex that is yawning for her de-
struction; and IL will sooner or later
come IL Taft is defeated by the pres
ent populistic issues and heresies
which are being made paramount.
/ never was more sincere in all my
life than ! am now in the statements
] have hastily made TO you. II were
not hampered by a judicial office I
would be heard in every part OF West
Virginia against the awful heresies
that are being thrust upon our peo-
pie In the present campaign by mem
beers OF our own political faith.
Cordially and truly yours.
G. w. ATKINSON