The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-22


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eondltiohs3 Are saese not seli'eyi
| dent BLESSINGS icr which We all hopei
Can nm Issue be faised Oh these ques
tiopss 20 yol know Of ~ y Prohibi
|stiopist, q Socialist a Methodist Bhpl
tIst or Presbgtetlafh tramp bi
|capttplls man somap 3 child re
eaFdless Of race or preYiops icpndtttct
II seEsit wbp, NM take issue or
ItthlIs elton the platip While
going Into. the general uplIts business
why did not the Democratic conven
,tioni With afstFote Of the pen purge
the country OF sin and renounse the
devil, so after the party was ushered
into power alive mountaineers would
have 10 do to be saved would be to
fold our wings cowplaeently, cut the
strings Of our kites and be waited on
Ito glory while we are prepared TO- go?
No, gentle reader, this Is only Dem
oetatie dream. The Millennium will
not come. under q Democratic admin,
istration. Their kite. does. NOT fly
that high; they have had the opporf
tunity to- bring all these earthly
blessings to us before sbut, all we get
from them is "depreeations" and u.
lure, promises. Do we tayort health.
education. and preservation Of natural
resources. and would we not all favor
the prevention Of contagion and dis
ease?" We have been educating oui
doctors for this purpose for many
years Sbut did not know that this was
" political issue. And as to health"
we have been looking for that bless.
Ing ever since Ponce de Leon made
his famous trip to our shores a few.
centuries ago in search Of the ,Foun;
tain Of Youth. II there is any poll.
tics in that We want the Republican
convention to reassemble and add
that clause to their platform. We
cannot go upon record as standing
against good health. But why not
go little further when the conyen.
ton reassembles and denounce small;
pox. measles, mpmps and prIckley
heat and declare, In favor Of the
longevity OF Methnselah2 The Repub,
lieans, have, failed as we. believe in
recognizing the. general "uplift move
ment as a, political question. We are
in favor, Of, the uplifting of man.
kind in general and we might go
further and say We are in favor Of 1t
in particular.
About the only thing that was left
out Of the Democratic platform was
the declaration in favor Of good
crops and the general denunciation OF
the potato bug and boil weeyil.
! The platform further says:
THE progressive programme which
the Democracy Of West Virginia
PROMISES the public, embraces ALL
OF THESE and EVERY OTHER SUB:
JECT where the uplift ihSthe morals.
The health. and conditions Of living
are inyol ) andsWe DECLARE that, sub
iects to constitutiolai restraint. the
lives, the happiness, the security. the
health. (very strong on health, and
The education sof, the people. are the
consideration Of the law
making and executive departments"
The only thing missing is Liberty and
The PURSUIT Of happiness. Happi.
hess Is promised but we are not al
lowed under the platform to pursue
It 'lSf
After reading the entire document
we are reminded Of the old deacon's
prayer. He felt that he, was getting
close to the throne and
that he would ask for all blessings in
4 generous sutficiency. He came
down the list Of all his needs not for.
getting a supply for his table and
when> he reached the item Of pepper
he said, 20 Lord. send me barrel
Of pepper, too But suddenly ended
the supplication. by saying, "oh
H, That's too much pepper"
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