Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-01-25
SENATOR Chiffon
DEFENDS WILSON
IN STRONG TERMS
Says big business Represent
tives Should Shut Up.
FAITH IN PARTY
REMAINS UNSHAKEN

Great Questions Of the Day Are TO Be
Settled BY the Democratic Party
Only. Says the Junior West virgins
senator-Praiscs P~resident-Eiect
Wilson For His Position.
Especial Correspondence
WASHINGTON, III o. Jan. Ell
have seen the published telegram 10
Governor wilson from New York. tell
ing him to keep his mouth Shut said
Senator w. n. Chiffon. OF West Wiz.
ginia yesterday. "It seems To mo that
the representatives OF big business
should do a little less talking them
selves. Confessedly. Governor viii.
son has done less talking since the
election than he did before: and the
tile which he hns said since the
election differs neither In. substance
nor IN manner OF expression from his
anteselection speeches. Those who
supported him have the right to ex.
pect hsm 10 be consistent. and those
who did not support him have no right
to dictate either his policies or his
utterances. however welcome may b.
their calm advice.
THE Democratic party Is not play
Ing the stock market and the people
have taken 90 renewed hope in the
knowledge that their next President
viii try TO run the government Tor
MI the people and in reasonable and
sensible compliance with platform
psedEess and win not watch the stock.
ticker as closely MS ne does the ex-
pense account OF the country's pro-
ducing millions. He Is, indeed, an
oser.uervous business man or a con-
scious recipient OF more than his
share OF governmental favors, who
finds any threat TO legitimate business
In Governor Wilson's ante-clection
promises to deal fairly and sensibly
with business built upon the tariff and
his recent appeal to the business men
OF the country to permit their patrio-
tism to have room. In his whole life
he has v run wild; but the Re-
publicans are out OF power now, be-
cause they failed to keep promises,
nd Wilson was elected, because the
people had confidence that he would
do. after his election. what he said be-
fore. The people will not be cheated
by Wilson nor will they be deceived
by misconstruction OF his language"
Wall Street Talking.
ut seems to the country that what
is known as Wall Street. is doing
most OF the talking. Cow Wilson
might well have answered this vol
untary correspondent in New YORK.
as did the young lawyer whom Judge
Bond kept i~nterrupting while the for
mer was arguing a case before the
latter. The lawyer said; Well.
your honor. | did not intend to dwell
on that question. but ! am willing 10
Hvide time and argue Il with YOU
Wall Street ought to be willing to
divide time and not insist upon do
ing all of the talking.
"The country will 0 see that
Gov. Wilson will be wise in selecting
d Cabinet and considerate of the well
fare of labor and capital in constru-
ing his party's platform. 1t would
be monstrous to conclude that a desire
to correct abuses and an appeal to
the conscience OF business to help
do 1t is any ground for alarm or any
reason for supposlng that he VIII try
to correct these abuses arbitrarily or
wantonly. The country has his prom
ise that the corrective program will
be fair and considerable.
HE will begin his administration
with an overwhelming electoral ma
jority behind him; with nothing Of
sectionalism in his vote; with the
North and South line wiped out. A
Southern man will be President, but
he received more electoral votes In
the North than in the South. A Vir-
gilman, but a New Jersey Governor:
born in the South. trained In the
North-such is the new President
And he finds his party nationialized'
In the true spirit. 1t is united en-
thusiastic, confident.
Up to Democrats.
1.-THE vexing questions which the
Wilson administration must meet will
never be settled by the Republican