The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-05
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on the eve OF his depa Re for
europe on an e9<tei i've bus ess trip u
Honorable Harry II. Curtin. o. This.
city chairman OF the ltept ID mean
State Cominittee. maze sign can't
statement eoncs1ning the pol ical.
situagion genera ~ and esp eciaAly N
West Va rgfl1ias Mr., tirt ia one of
the most txfe1 sfve III RI = urers of
and dealers In Inm er FL the states
and prom zen N ma pa ness ems
Iterprises.
II am not a poll icIau said Mt.
curtin but; on the Oh ef hand am
q business man consider Il one Of
the es senfi IL dut Hes OF q good & zen
10 Keen u t0uct n Il y cur ilt5.
and To give some time 30 the con iei'-
alton 81 pEb lic questions order
10 intellI GENTLY: part iTate N public
government e Is the duty ct every
man 10 do fhfsS and I try TO keep.
abreast Of the timex
II do now, am for q long tfE1le have.
greatly admired Colonel 1heQdorel
RooseVelts T. look upon him as one
ofz.tbe great tateslifen or the present
time and an unsllrp Bile pol ttical
leader 7 supported him to the best
of my ability for the nonina ttoa or
the presidency in the year 10 z ana
Il hope that matters VIII SOC shape.
themselves as to make his npuina ton
by the Republican par tn for the pres
fiency in 1875 4 certainty. I believe
that ne, is the gical. can a idate. OF our
party and expect to see shim nontnat-
ed
~ am e proeress1ye IN me sense
that / believe Ia mai king profsress IN
everything that promises better con-
ditions for the people Of the nation:
K do not believe hat peopl e dtffer
greatly In that pa en- lar, but prae-
tieallE all of the mem beEs q the slte-l
publican and Frpgr essige parties are
together on those az pms
II think the dft the proGres-
sive voters in West " fIs m Y, 81 iyyia len
4 am one, is enti1eI q clear pros
gressfYe voters In the Progressive
party and In the Eepub liean party
should act IN concord and bring
about the prinoiple for which they
stand The great majority q these
voters believe instl1e same things as 1
has been forcefuIly denaoustrateds
They want the same Tnea sure aHaeted
into law and the state gOyernment
conducted on the same broad lines. !
II we divide we must necessarily faltt. |
Especially do I think that 1t is /
Important for US to stand together Tor
the election of members Of Congress,
the legislature and the county tick (
cts. If we fail to stand together this
year 1t may besmanJF years before we
shall have such a. chance agains
.sGovernor aatffe1c is sincerely and Y
honestly with us I'm HIS desire to see
that the pledges made In the Hunt
fnRton convention IN May, 1912, are +
fulfilled. He wants and asks our
help. We ought to give him that aid I
II we are sincere. Indeed. It seems
to me nothing less than q betrayal 70 /
refuse It,
ssThere Is not single good reason
why any one should deny the gov
ernor that support and there Is eve
cry obligation to give It Governor
Hatfield cannot carry out the plat
form, the one upon which he was
elected, IL we do not give him 3 leg1s-i
lature composed of men who favor
the things for which that platform
declared.
After he has shown his full SYM
pathy with the pledges made and has
gone so far In redeeming a goodly (
number of them, even in the face OF /
many handicaps,I do not think III
would show honesty or sincerity 81
purpose upon our part to make 1t inn
possible for him to do the very things
we declared for and advocated.
"a, for one, am ready aud 7 be-
lieVe the great mass of West Virgin
fans are ready to AM will in .NoveFn-
Der put their shoulder TO the wheel
to give the chief executive a&1egtsla-
ture that VIII cooperate fully with
him aud make camp gu from Use Il
lied by the people more certain of
realization than they have ever before
BEEN
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