The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-10-02
Wilson Wrong about ep1olis
cans BUT Il IS Tine atts
Vetoes Save Them.


Vetoes Save / mem.
LABOR! Governor Wilson recently
said that neither the WoEkmen nor
the farmers we're heard at Washington
when taEiR legislation was being con-
idered. The governor never made
greater mistake. The Representatives
Of labor and Of the grangers are con-
stantIy on hand az Washington 70 pro-
tect their interests. Tie strongest
to tie Panama Canal BILL
with its provision. for free ships, was
found IN the rep esentatives OF organ
lied labor They did not hesitate to
say that free trade in ships would
ruin the American shipbui1ding plants
and throw thousands OF workingmen
out Of labor. We suggest that these
Of the labor organtza-
lions mall a duplicate OF their protest
TO Governor Wilson. who seems TO be
fair-minded and eager to secure in
formation and who seeks to be adj
vfsed BY all the people.-LESIlE2S-
Employers OF labor and the work.
ingmen Of West Virginia through
their Organizations protested most
vigorously at washington against any
-tsmperfng with the tariff schedules
vwllSSSeR aRected them. These protests
Ws1e made by letter and in person
to every congressman from this state.
The iron, steel and tin plate workers
in the First district-that great army
OF. esn1Eaigent 4meEncan :workingmen
which IS such a large and desirable
class Of the states citizenship, pro-
tested to Congressman Davis. They
protested IN. vain. It is charged that
they did not receive the courtesy Of
having arrangements made for them
so that they could appear before the
committee having the tariff bills in
charge. They complain bitterly OF
their treatment. An excuse given to-
them by Mr.. Davis for voting against
their interests against the great
manufacturing industries OF the Firss
district-was that he had bound him
self to a caucus agreement, formu-
lated before the actual tariff tinker
ing began, to stand with the foes, OF
the protective policy In the Demo
cratic party, and vote to approve any.
thing they did. This means, that Mr.
Davis agreed in advance OF anything
being done to support It. What was
lone everybody knows. ManpfactpE-
ers and their employees; in the First
district, si,weII as the farmers. apd
the stock and sheep men, were dealt
a blow which their own representa-
tive not only did not attempt at any
time to ward on but actually helped
to be struck This is true Of Hanil-
ton in the Fourth, LIttIepage in the
Third. and Brown in the. Second.
These tire have similar industries
and interests In their respective dis
tricts. They bound themselves up to
a caucus agreement which virtually
said to the enemies .of protection:
Go ahead and do anything you like
to the business interests of West Vir-
ginia and our laboring men and farm
ers, and we will stand by you and
vote to sustain you" And that is ex-
actly what they did.
The people of West Virginia charge
these men with willful neglect, wan !
ton ineficiency and woeful lack OF !
caution in signing away their voices
and their votes to congressman from
other states, who had no knowledge
of the condition of this state and no
interest in promoting its great bust
ness interests and its army Of sturdy, |
toilers.
Vote Against the People. I
Every vote on the tariff cast by |
Davis was a vote against the prosper
ity of the men in the mills of Wheel
ing. CIarksburg, and Fairmont, and |
consequently against the welfare of ,
their families. On tariR subjects. his
every vote was against the farmers.
and stock-gra5ers in
the counties that compose the district |
Every vote cast by Brown on the
tariff was against the factory people |
Of Morgantown, the railroad men at |
Grafton, the men in the mines and |
against the great farming population |
which makes up such large part of
his constituency over million and
a half dollars worth of sheep-not
counting wool-was ruined in his
district last year.
In the Third district Littlepage
stands charged with the same inten-
tiona1 or untntentIonal treason to the
best interests of the people who voted
TO send him to Washington