The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-10-24
A REMARKABLE ST0BY !!
signif of the Great Story, ''The
Treason of Democratic Legislature"
In Fdlli n This Issue

In Fdlli n This Issue
Here for the first time is laid before the people of
West Virginia. connected story of the greatest crime
against their rights and liberties that committed
IN the history OF this commonwealth Nor has the magn
tude of this oense ever been surpassed in any other state
1t is shameless story of great states disgrace and
to be able to forget it would be blessing common to all
But that cannot be- for the guilty of betraXng the
Democratic party and the people conspicuous in this
campaign asking the voters to endorse their criminal
ord
To tell this story connectedly of necessity it must be
long Yet its length should not prevent every man who
entertans aproper regard for the rights privileges and
responsibilities of his citizenship from undertaking to
read it.
Certain is that once he gets started in reading this
remarkable history of the Treason of West Virginia Leg
slature he will never until he has gTeedy devoured
it all from the first to the last chapter :
astory of absorbing interest Its statements
based on the official records The whole structure Of
rests upon the statements of men who prominent in
the leadership of the Democratic party does its super
structure for that matter. 4
In the great conspiracy entered into by corrupt
political bossism and crooked corporations to take
the machinery Of the government Of the state taken
from its inception and traced UP step by step through the
corrupt channels through which it was steered to the
present time when it is proposed to complete the govern
ment control only partially effected by the questionable
election Of Watson and Chiffon to the United States Sen
ate.
This conspiracy involved many things The acquisi-
on of two seats in the United States Senate by purchase
while important is by means the most important phase
Of the combination effected between corrupt politics and
crooked business
The program was more comprehensive than that. II
embraced the humiliation Of the present system Of just
and uniform taxation It included Acknowledgement It
aimed to deprive the people of the right to rule by pre-
venting the enactment of primary election law, regis
tration law, and adequate corrupt practices act.
All these things told about in this great article;
their relationship shown their interdependence pointed
OUT and the whole damnabe scheme against the rights
and liberties of all the people, laid bare
While the whole disgraceful story is set out in graph
style that grips and holds the reader it compe convc
ton by the Of facts and statistics given which
taken from the official records.
Every West Vrgnian knows that the Legislature
debauched But everybody does not know the great
significance of the alliance between the political bosses
and the crooked interests And they will know
less they take this article and carefully read it from begin
ming to end Then they will know what they knew
before
After that-"Well, what are you going to do about
t?usng the words of one of the chief consprators and
one the benefciares of the sarnaa of debauchery
as Hon Albert Sidney Johnson leading Democrat char
acterzed the regular session Of the Legislature held las
year.
Every legal voter in West Virginia is compelled to
ask himself that question before he marches up to the
polls enters the sanctity Of the voting BOOTH and before
his God and his conscience prepares his ballot for the
Yale locked box.
No question of partisan politics should be allowed by
the voter to enter into the making Of his decsohe Civ
ing of his to the question: Wel what are you
going to do about ito"
1t is not party matter It is problem that appeals
good citizenship for its answer free from partisan bias
The Democratic party-we are speaking of the rank
and e-are not to be blamed for the crime committed
They were betrayed, along with numerous Republicans
who two years ago voted with them.
They were sold out. The rights of the people were
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