The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-07-14
WHITE HOUSE. DICTATOR
sea ATHINGLY DENOUNCED
By Governor Hatfield Who Fines
Opening Gun Of Campaign
v in This State. q 4
coMMERCIAL TRIEA son
IS Wilson'S .tCheap livinu
Tariff and Effect is Cloud Of
Stagnation andldlenesS:

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Tariff and Effect is Cloud Of
Stagnation and ldlenesSs
tsrxe,AL TO tAt rrlrasAN,s
CHARLESTON, July with q
scathing denunciation OF the lack
of preponderance and stabilit or
the White House Dictator wh0sss
policies Stand between the people
and their prosperity, 2 branding tlisS
Underwood-Si Simmons sscheapsliyihe.
tarim bill as an "act OF commercinls
treason" and its effect as q y.blaGk
cloud Of stagnation, idleness and fes
Sultant depression" and characte
izing the canal tolls policy or Presis
dent Wilson as an ..un-Amerinaiii
proceeding Of humiliating ourselYes
In the esteem OF the world. y Govern.
OF Henry d. Hatfield yesterday fired
the opening gun Of the campai isn Ia
West Virginia at the county conven.
tion Of the Logan county Repubi biicans
at Logan. y
With bitter sarcasm the governor
referred to the psychological busi-
ness depression" as explained by the
president, threw grape and canister
into the camp Of the weak. spineiess
and indefinite dealing with the Mexs
lean situation" and declared that
the Democratic party has failed
Its promise to reduce the high cost
of living, but instead has reduced the
earning capacity Of the American
workman. x \.
He pointed out that all this coul.
try contains Of Expansion. netters
Iment and progress is due to the last
fifteen years administration OF the
Republican party policy, and as
serted that the Democratic party: siA
rapidly going back to the only spitts
pose for which 1t was created d.-cp.
posing the Republican party. = !
No Quarrel with Progressives.
Governor Hatfield declared he shaa
no quarrel with the Progressiy9
party and Its advocates who had
reasons for their action in proteafiIg
against the arbitrary methods adopt.
ed at the Chicago conyention
1912" which was dominated by the
Selfish and arbitrary bosses of che
Penrose- Barnes type" He, believes
their protest was Just and their
Icause deserving but. that the .BFogTss-
sive party has served its. pnrnosk I'm
that 1t has taught good but Costly
lesson to the Republ blican party, for
which the latter party has Z. ..at6n1d
in the blood of humiliation = :: but ii
stronger inethe faith Of the wisdom
of Its principles and greater in the.
number Of its staunch ladherents.ssl ssl II
He said 1t was the methods of the
bosses and not the principles OF the
Republican party which were re- Z
ibuked.
Governor Hatfield paid a compIi-
ment to Col. Theodore Roosevelt ana
said he thoroughly recognizes the
motives that prompted more than
4,000.0 900 voters to join that illustris
GUS American" whom he credited
with being responsible for the
awakening Of sentiment for the e1-
ercise of political indepen dence. = Tho
governor states that while not out
OF sympathy FOR the success Of Colo
mel Roosevelt's fight for the Clint
nation of party bosses = he was one
of that number who deemed it best
to finish the battle within the Re-
publican party where the evil existed
and where results could be3 Obtained
more quickly, !" and that he has .snn
apologies to offer" for taking that
stand.
Worn-Out Tocsin OF Deceit.
Turning his attention to state isss
sues Governor Hatfield denounced
that charge Of extravaganza made In
the Democratic state platform as UNI !
true. branding 1t as the Same grim
vtsaged. worn-out tocsin OF political
deceit that the Democratic party al Z
ways puts forth to try to pull I'M q &
few votes and bolster up LOSE
cause, and def1ed the authors or the
platform, or any. other citizen, to
point out single extravagant exs !
penditure during the present admin
istration. &
He referred to the Republican tar
laws as among the best. IL not the
best, in the union. !" compared the re-
duction Of the rate Of tax levy. for
state purposes from IS centssin / s95 4
under Democratic rule, to one cent
In 1912, and explained the increase
to six cents in 1913 as being duo Ia,
the expenditure of half a million dol
lars in quelling the industrial war
fare In the Kanawha strike 4 zone
Figures were given showing the per 2
capita Of cost Of the state govern
ment to be lower in West VirRinia
than in any other state OF nearly the
same size.
Governor Hatfield gave no quarter
TO the Democratic party as at present
administered from Washington
History has been repeating itself In I
the last several months, = he said In i
opening, mot to the surprise but
to the expectation generally OF the
American people. Again It has been
brought to Aus in manner similar to
the past and in signs unmistt tkable as
to their significance that thA EoiicIea
and principles OF the Deknocratio
party are ruinous to the welfare and
Of the American people
and are destructive to the IrOgres
Of our nation"
Wilson an Accident.
Through the unfortunate eircun,
stances that led up to the division 81
the forces Of the Republican &arty at
the Chicago convention, :, ssal the
governor. unfortunate for e ps6=