Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-10-28
CAMP AIGN COMMENT

I than that he advocate the abolishing
, of all OF the twenty-three state insti-
/ buttons He could easily catch a big
! batch OF votes at Moundsville by beat
ing all others to an advocacy of this
meritous proposal.
If the Republicans of the North
would send their better men to WASH
/ ington rather than their corrupt poli-
/ ticians they would have a little more
! say in determining the affairs of the
/ Republic, - Parkersburg TIM
| (DCm.)
Rising to question of personal
I privilege is this an adroit backhanded
hook for the Hon Bin Chiffon? Or,
/ Is it sarcastic thrust at Congressman
/ Nicely and Littlepage? Or, was that
other pro-purist in politics, co-laborer
/ and colleague at one time of Senator
Bill in his righteous work of reform
/ ing the Democratic Legislature Of 1911,
the Hon. Clarence Wayland Watson,
meant?
An exchange notes that Jesse Pom
eroy who has spent forty years in the
Massachusetts state prison, has never
/ talked through a telephone, heard
/ photograph, or seen an automobile. =
| Clarksburg Exponent
Jesse must have been jagged about
the time the last Democratic State adj
ministration, which Democratic politi-
/ clans are so keen about comparing
succeeding Republican administrations
with was bungling along nnder the
geniuslike guidance of the Hon Bill
! MacCorlue.
The professional claquers of the
Watson ornweH Consolidation are not
deferred in their growing by the
| thought that they will have to eat it
IN November. They are used to it.
The South has the influence at
Washington because it sends there its
brainiest statesmen. Parkersburg
Sentinel fDemD
/ Any visitor to the Capitol who has
| ever glimpsed the redlight counten-
ance of Gum Shoe Bill Stone, head
| Of the Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations; heard Jim Ham Lewis talk
through his pink whiskers; viewed
| the hulk of Ollie James, and listened to
| Old Man MARITIME distill few intoxi-
eating sentences, will be inclined to
request the Parkefsbarg editor to name
his men.
The Democrats always win in West
Virginia in September and during the
first two weeks in October After that
the Republican voters. and the other
intelligent portion of the electorate
turn the hose on their hopes and cool
off their feverish claims.
In that letter of j Cornwell to Re
| publican votersa, sort Of "molasses
| to catch votes" epistle-John J. says:
| Il believe. further, you know that if
| am elected Governor | will strive to
restore the government of the State to
| the people," A fine, high-sounding
| promise, but superfluous. The State gov
| crnment has never been taken from the
! people But for the sake of the argu-
! ment suppose il has been fiIched from
the faithful Would Cornwell, in view
/ of his present political alignments,
! keep a promise of his kind2 Could he
/ if he would? Did anybody ever hear
| of Clarence Watson or any of the clan
! Of Watson, restoring anything to the
people when they got their hands on
/ it?
Every four years the public is re
minded o; something they would like
to forget. to-wit: That William A.
MacCorkle was once Governor of West
/ Virginia. This is made necessary by
/ the fact that ii was the last Democratic
misfit government this State ever had,
and the only thing the Democratic
campaigners have to make COMPARE
! son on. 1t is not much of an asset for
them, but it certainly is fine and
dandy thing for the Republicans.
Robinson Rings Right, The princi-
pies OF simple life. truth, honor and
honesty have been the guide, and can
be found in study of the life OF
T Hon. Ira L. Robinson.
One Of the progressive things accom-.
pished by Republican rule in West Vir-
ginit was the abolition OF the fee sys.
item. Under this system the Secretary
Of State received all fees instead of a
salary, and his fees often amounted
to S5eea0 annually The same thing
Is true OF the auditors Office In
round numbers the Republican party
has already saved the people of West
Virginia 100000 by diverting into the
State Treasury moneys that heretofore
went into the pockets of lucky officials
1t Is very nice of the Democrats to
come to you and ask you to help them
get office. But where do yeu come in?
What VIII il profit you to aid in any
particular the men who are opposing
your party at every point? Ask the
Democrats TO give Won an office.