The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-19

Session, Qf the Stature and IN
sonnet hing Of d pond ency ON account
OF the long promised and intolerahIy
deferred revival Of business under This
Democrats administration Our atti.
.ttde Is q mingled ones6f anxiety and
'watchful waiting. There is One pleas
Ing fact to Republicans and that Is
that the country Is unquestionably
simply awaiting for the first opportln-
lily 10 throw on the Democratic party.
~. view the business situation, the
difficulty Is two fold. First, the Demo-
cratic tariff bill has discouraged exist
Ing industries and absolutely prevent
cd the inauguration OF any new ones.
4 have no hesitation, however, In say
ing that there is another evil force
at work more deadly to The prosperity
Of the country than the tariff-that is
the everlasting and inexcusabla agtta.
ton against enterprise. ~ d
"Ny notion Of the damaging and
deadly oeftct ofatfe. Democratic tar
IN will not surprise anybody. but /
am prepared to concede that the sense
less governmental hostility towards
enterprise which has been the fash.
Ion In both anton and state, for the
last six or seven years, is worse seten
than the tariff. II the tariff has slain
Its thousands. senseless government
al agitation against enterprise has
slain Its tens OF thousands.
This brings me to your, question
about our Legislature. 1t is trite
remark, and one that you can hear
repeated score Of times every day,
that the legislature now In Ression
is certainly one. at least, of the most
capable legislative bodies ever as
sembled In West Virginia. The mem
bership is clean, capable, loyal and
intelligent. All the forces of unrest
are, however, besieging the legisla-
lure to pass much drastic and hurt
ful legislation. II the legislature can
resist 1t and can be guided by its own
high order Of collective ability and
character. It can be depended upon
TO add TO the statute laws of the state
much that il useful and little that
Is harmful, feel sure, at least, that
properly interpret the temper OF
the people Of West Virginia when I
say that they are looking for the
legislature. TO give US constructive
legislation and to avoid as far as
possible the program OF hate and hos
UNITY to enterprise and success which
mas been the characteristic mark Of
legislation for now nearly decade.
The people Of West Virginia want
peace and prosperity. The general
cry is give us a rest.
Il don't know who will be. the Re-
publican nominee for the presidency,
but ] do know that the next president
VIII be Republican. That is as we'll
settled now as 1t was in 1895. There
is this difference between 1895 and
1913: in ninety-fiye the m.lckrakers
had not destroyed public confidence
IN as many Republican leaders as
now.
But the Republican party now has,
as 1t always has had, an abundance
OF good material. For instance, James
& Mann, Republican leader in the
mouse OF representatives can be elect
ed and he would make a first class
president. John w. Weeks, Of Massa-
chusetts would do and do well. Burton
or Ohio is now known to the country
as he has been for years in Washing
ton as q man OF the very highest abil-
ity and character. Samuel w. Nc
Call Of Massachusetts, as a scholar
and q statesman, has had no SUPERIOR
in the White House, and there are
others, and-take It from me- some
one Of them will be president"