The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-29

l tf AETdiHUIIlcuC Vi WILSON.
Woodrow Wilson's administration
lis characterized as the greatest
failure in the history OF the presi-
dency." Partisan Democrats and
the party. slaves of Wilson should
not Immediately jump to their feet
and exclaim: That is another black
Republican lie!" The truth is a
prominent Democrat high up in the
councils Of the party and one who
has been highly honored by his party
makes the arrangement He IL none
other than Governor Colquitt OF
Texas. Democratic governor OF a
Democratic state and candidate for
the Democratic nomination to sue.
coed Senator Culberson. In view of
the fact that he is candidate for
nomination at the hands of his
party. it Is hardly probable that he
does not speak the sentiment of his
fellow Democratic Texans generally.
and his words may be properly in
terpreted as conveying the views of
his party in the state as to the Will
son administration. In that event,
Colquitt is not alone in his arraign-
ment OF the administration. History
mentions but few, II any, incidents
in which the severity of arraignment
OF a president by his own party man
is as bitter as that made by Governor
Colquitt. He denounces the present
national administration as respon-
sible for the present deplorable con-
ditions 'of the South. where, he says,
people are starving. He pronounces
the Wilson-Bryan management OF
st
ure." BE declares that the admin
istration's tariff law was pledged to
lower the cost OF living but has had
the contrary effect. He calls the adj
ministration's' antitrust laws "bare-
faced fakes" And. most significant
Of all, he is fully convinced that the
national election Of 1915 will end
the Democratic regime" Here are
some striking extracts of Governor
Colauitt's statement:
| e The South has produced one OF
the biggest and best crops in its his
tory. yet because of the utter incom-
petence of the men in charge OF the
government its business is pros
trated, its credit is impaired and
thousands of its people are starving.
THE administrations foreign
policy has been imbecilic. England
stopped American cotton shipments
until the English spinners bought
their supply at 1-2 cents a pound
and stored 1t in Texas and other
southern warehouses Our govern
ment weakly submitted to England's
dictation, playing into the hands of
the English spinners and betraying
American cotton growers as COM
pletely as II this country we're an
English vassal state.
IF I had been president would
have, served notice on England's pre-
mier that our foreign trade in cot
ton and other non-contraband COM
modities was going forward with or
without England's consent, and II
necessary IRwould have sent Ameri-
enforce that notice.
"The Wilson-Bryan management
of the Mexican affair has been an
Iegreglous failure. They have stood
by encouraging one gang Of bandits
after another. while people were be-
ing butchered all over Mexico and
while the vast American interests in
that country were being confiscated
and shot TO, pieces, and today the
Mexican chaos is worse than at any
time since Madero was assassinated.
Our government has kept England
and Germany from restoring order in
Mexico and has itself done nothing
but contribute to- the disorder and
lawlessness by their watching and
waiting policy.
1.-THE property interests Of Mexico
and the big American exploiters of
Mexican resources have got control
of the situation absolutely, and these
same interests have got the ear of
our government at Washington.
1.-THE administrations tariff law
was pledged to lower the cost of liv-
ling and has had the contrary efftNt.
The American farmer gets less for
his raw materials, the American
workingmman pays more for the fin
ished product and both are robbed
to further enrich the protected man
Iufacturlng trusts and combines.
1.-THE administrations antitrust
laws are bare-faced fakes SO far as
protecting the people from trust OPP
preston is concerned. am fully
convinced that the national election
of 1915 will end the Democratic re-
CINE: The policies Of the Democratic
national administration have wholly
failed either to curb monopolies or
to lower the cost of living for the
people, and have materially con-
tributed to deprive millions OF wage
earners OF employment.
"The administration valorized
$40, 900 900, 900 worth Of corporate
t..
East by treasury department order
to national banks to lend money on
listed securities at not less than the
closing quotations of July 80. 1914.
The same administration. when asked
to allow the people to use quarter
OF million dollars Of their collec-
tive credit for two or three years to
save themselves from losing $780,
900, 900 on their cotton crop re-