The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-10
MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT or HIS
DESIRE TO REPRESENT STATE
!. %y IN SENATE
Principles. Declared
.f1rosreSsives Are Regular Republi-
/. cans in That They Starid for tho
Poicies Enunciated by the
Founders of the Republic, he SAYS,

~ III mdklnS the announcement OF his
I candidacy for the United States Sen
ate before the immense audience 8
~ l1t he3$B BarleW opera house, Wednesda,
, I, might Colonel William Seymour Ed
wards said: ~ a.f .l..,"
IEfa43' ''InNtinies like these, the welfare Of
+ the many Is recognized as paramount
4 ln!diyidualism in terms Of bossisn
must. must SO. The people, not the bosses
SSaTet Ssaa!lT to Gu1e ", In this brief sentence is
Z sslifamed. up the issues of this cam.
jtpai ign. %,t ...,. ,@.t,<. ....-#,
( fuEMen@are1 asking are we, the people
to find in our government the express
sion of our sovereign Wills, or are we
to subservtsntly lick the boot that
kicks us! VIE know how it has been
In Kanawha county. when ballots were
burned and primary and state elections
set up, until manhood sulrage became
jest. And it has been the same in
other colunties Of this state.
Nor are these crimes against the
people altogether banished in West Vir-
gfnia. But, at any rate, political crimes
OF this henions sort are growing less.
Each year they are more difficult to
commit. Mems condolences are begin-
ming to wake up. And, right here, let
ME, declare that no Influence In Amerc.
can politics has done more, is now to-
day doing more, to arouse the con-
science of the American people
against the continued commission of
/ like Epoliticsi crimes, than the
Istraight-Rerward, courageous leader
ship OF Theodore Roosevelt. -
Nor will the people, OF West Vir-
ginia longer tolerate the slick n1anip-
.ulation of the statewide political in-
terests by unscrupulous state and
county committees, who have hereto
fore attempted ito set at naught thu
peoples Will by means of set-up state
and county conventions; to cure these
grave ills we have declared for ami
! demand state and county primary
elections, honestly conducted under
just and efficient laws. We are for
that remedy if it can be obtained.
And consequently, although as yet
imperfect in the working, we, never
theless stand by the primary election
Of June 4th, 1912, and the state and
county tickets we then helped to nom
mate. -...
|! II speak plainly, and I speak of
things at home, for I wish to be
clearly understood that this lis not
season p'of personal ambftions-to-be-
gratified. -. -.... .......
-" Itlfs not a time when you or 7
can ask, or ought to ask, or dare 20
ask, for honors Or rewards, however
nleritedi yc.-4 .,..~. ID. ..,'.
These are times when, one and
all, we must subordinate desires and
mbitions to the welfare. Of the peo-
pie must take upon ourselves what
soever burdens the people shall
| choose to lay upon us. 1t is in this
spirit that we approach the great
campaign Cnat Is now here.
II will not seek the senatorship,
whatsoever Of glory 1t may bring 10
me. No! I Will not accept it only for
what service may be able to render
to you, to you, to you, the people of
this great state!
II will not take upon myself the
burden Of this campaign for what
distinction 1t may bring to me. No!
/ will 1take up the burden along with
you, and you, and you, In order that
we may join hands and stand on the
fighting line together and win togefh-
er and win together, or perish togeth-
er, If the forces Of selfishness, Of
greed, Of money-plunderers shall be
too strong for the moment, for the
/ moment, mark you, and temporariis
set us back. For in the end we art
bound to triumph.
"Nor will we permit, il we can helI
It, that the United States senatorship,
shall be any longer put up at auction
3 10 Tue inquest DkUuST. NOT OOlOT6UC
mines, nor abundance Of bank sec1l
rites, nor railroad bonds and watere.
stocks, shall determine the fitness 0
your candidate for the senatorship G
the United States!
!, mo more orgies Of prcstituted gol;
like two years ago, when the welkil
rang with the roar Of the gilded cha
riots of our modern Attilas, as the,