The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-09-27

che climax Btl0se. Since tnles A'eli ~
icates SD slump and the 49ee
It followed the 5Q3ooseyeit
ssSecelsfon from the Republfean party.
Thousands Of Repulfcanss. only
Ia west Virginia, but al over the
country, held back when sthe word 4
Rep4blcap Was dropped snd thef
lone EB56.5 ro1stye ussd 70 dea-
ignafe EiSSs sOne mans seit1sn
ambitiol W6o lad grown up with
the Gran 6siTty, felt lancej
thrust -tilr61e6 tie heart when /
asked tQse1cise ana thrust out the
word Can ~ was ike sett-I
'inG 4 bifthTig6f and they they
baked With patriotic fervor renewed
in the souls.
They might have retained their
selfrespect to some extent by styling
themselves Progressive Republicans
and even in following the Mad Null
lah of American politics because OF
his one time apparent decency' butt
to sever attachment to the Republic !
can part OF It all was too much
Besides. the dropping Of the word
gave many the excuse they wanted
Tor getting back. After Che Chica-
go coaEendon thousandss5of them
seeing the. folly of the third term
movement wanted to ling mp again
with the Republicans, yet hated Al
swift display of their de1res- Thel
roosevelt section in cutting loose
from the Republican shi8 gave thel
IS excuse Gus ana here in West Virginia
as in. Ohio. the scores oE men who
voted for Lincoln and stood four
square in support Of every RepubIi-
can candidate for president since
Lincoln's day, have simply settled
back into the old procession that will
be lined up for Taft in November
The southern counties OF the state
simply had to pass through season
Of political hysteria that comes
along every four years without ex-
cnse and has to be stamped out like
any other distemper.
Some more than homeopathic
remedies were needed in: the Ka-i
-nawha and Guyandotte regions and
in faeesthe craze neededS the atten-
ton at both political and
medisss Is you. a year hence
or sooner Wat a piteotfs pleading
wiz be apongps of thoseswho want
to come bSe into the re1 Republi-I
can reser 8
s IS fer Ontinued 2dr- Cess
ir5e4ss.fi but one national is
she in We4 arginia nextto the de-
sserved Easement OF 5 President
Taft, and that is the tariGs In West
Virginia. OF all states o15 the map,
the Republican tariff for{protection
counts for more than all else. There
must be some awkward shrinkingi
and linking by even. the widest eyed
Roosevelt progressives when they
ponder over his recent tariff. utter-i
anccs. They recall that Roosevelt
was twice on the Republican ticket /
candidate ON platforms which de-
cIared for the good old protective
tariff doctrine. yet during his years
in the White House he uttered no
word for or against or about thet
Itarif that his party demanded and
upheld. Now when he seeks to de-
stroy the party that honored him.
he ventures a slight squeak in his
speeches. that the Republican tariH
SIS one OF privilege to the few, where
the Democratic idea. is 4 tariff fort
|deshuctIens So Rith a confused
E5AmbIe 81 words meaning nothing.
RooseveIt's utterances are for pro-
tective tarfm solely to help labor
This is gun of gangrenous sort. as
Fs7ery west virginia voter interested
I'm the g1pbuilding of the states in
tdustries well knows. Roosevelt is
simply bridging over something heI
knows little about, even if he was
once proud of his membership in a
New York free trade club. West
Virginia can not forget that her
era Of greatest prosperity began
when the Republicans Of the state
took hold OF things after the Will
son biIPs trail of disaster in 1898
and led the way to McKinley's vic
tory IN 1896. The tariff continues
the one great issue in West Virginia
this year as in 1894 when Wilson's
defeat for Congress was national
victory for Republicans and for
American industries.
Il note that all the congressional
candidates. Judge Moss in theil
tbiG district. III