The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-01-19
Predicts That the People VIII
Call Him to the High
Office Again.
WILL CARRY THIS STATE
BY An Overwhelming Major
fly Declares the States
Chief Executive.

I r -4SNASAsS HS0pSbteAI u
the l.sebulican nominee for Presi-
dent; that the laepubIfcaa OF West
Virginia, by a large majority are
for the former President, and that
lif Colonel Roosevelt accepts the
nomination he viii carry west vir-
ginia by more than 10000 major.
tity. m declaring he is in hearty ac-
cord with the sentiment Of his party
in West Virginia for the nomination
Of Colonel Roosevelt, Governor
GEasscock only speaks for himself.
Governor Glasscoek,s statement
Is as follows:
Il believe It is generally under
stood that have a very kindly feel
ing for President Taft, but a care
full canvass Of the situation has
thoroughly convinced me that an
Overwhelming majority OF the Re
publicans of West Virginia are for
Roosevelt. / have been more or less
student OF politics and political
conditions for many years, and 1
have never seen people unite on one
man with such practical unantmlty
as they are now united on Roosevelt.
Everybody believes in his honesty
OF purpose, his fearlessness in the
discharge Of any duty, public or pri-
yate, and his ability to do things for
the public good.
II am certain Roosevelt will not
seek the nomination or work for it
in any way, directly or indirectly,
and / believe he would not accept
.if it Goes to him as the result Of in
.trigue for his personal beneHt. But
if it comes to him as the result of
"a genuine popular movement, be-
cause the people want him to. do a
job for the people as whole, be-
cause he people as a whole believe
that he is the best man to do that
job, then l am sure he will accept.
He could not do otherwise and be-
the patriot that we all believe him
ito be. To decline under such cir
cumstances would be to shirk pub
lie duty, and no man believes Theo-
dore Roosevelt is afraid of respon-
'sibtIity or would show the white
feather under any circumstances.
Roosevelt does not want the office,
but the people want Roosevelt, and
this is bad time to triae with the
honest convictions Of the honest
yeomanry of this country. L have
heard prominent Democrats say that
lit made no difference whom the
Democrats nominated If Roosevelt
was the Republican nominee, be-
cause no Democrat could beat the
Colonel. Il think that feeling is
prevalent in the minds Of the most
astute Democrats Of the country.
'Let me repeat, Roosevelt will not
accept simply for the purpose OF
holding office for his own sake, but
when he is drafted for service by the
free people Of a great and progress
lsive country, he will lay aside his
habiliment Of private citizenship
and once more put on the mantle
of public office, and give to this
country the greatest and best admin
istration of laws that our country
has ever known. No other man SO
well understands the public needs
and no other man is so well equip
| ped to perform the kind Of service
that the people are demanding.
1--WE all remember the wonderful
demonstration at Chicago in 1908
when the magic name Of our then
chief executive was mentioned; we
can not forget that for almost an
hour the great multitude there as
sembled marched and cheered and
shouted until they were almost ex-
hausted. HE was the idol Of his
party and the platform then and
there adopted from which / quote
below, expressed the honest convlc-
tions not only Of the Republicans Of
the country, but of thousands OF
Democrats as well.
in this area Of American ad-
vancement the Republican party has
reached its highest service under the
leadership Of Theodore Roosevelt, ;
so declared the party that destroyed
slavery, preserved the Union, re-
stored credit and gave to the nation
her sent of honor in the councils of
the world; the party Of Lincoln,
Grant and Mckinley. No such trtb-
ute was ever paid to any other
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