The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-11
Republican Achievements and Accomplishments
Reviewed by Temporary Chairman Il. C. Ogden

Juice, and the dove Of peace, the man
who. as Secretary of State, wrote a
rcrcmptory notn to Germany. and then
probably explained to the German am
haSsadur that ii was not |" nc taken
seriously; the author OF American dl-
plomacy. dcsniSed at home and rldlc-
ulouS abroad.
Joscphus Daniels. the official jester
the walking joke book. who has disor-
ranizcd and dcmoralizrd tho splendid
navy which Republican administration
created.
And Woodrow Wilson, the spinner OF
fine phrases. that moan nothinS. the
maker of promises only, 10 pc broken,
he man who has turned his back upon
the most solemn pledges OF his own
platform. the man who in great OFFICE
Swaggers around one day like a pul!
with chip on his shoulder: anu me next
dav pleads that he Is too proud 10
fight" the man Who writes hcllIcose
mote today. modiiics it tomorrow ana
withdraws it next week; the man VINO
semi our American boys un the outlet
swept streets OF Vera Cruz in prepos-
ferrous and childish demand for n salute
IF the American flag, and after having
sacrificed their blood and lives, sncakcol
them out without having obtained me
salute. The man who sent our sf i,,, =
army without adequate preparations INTO
Mexico. with the slogan. liza i!can gu
Alive" and ut the first show 81 Mexican
resistance. stopped our soldiers. HiIItCG
their operations. let them be ambuscad"d
! 10 get out, without Villa dead or allrc.
the man who has in short mace thc
| American name and the American lIaS Il
Missing and Il bywurd in the NOUN "L
,vrrv dirty Mexican grcascr south OF
he Rio Grnndc. the man who mas $1,000
! idly by and seen ""'"oC A!ntEiT ,, ?
| driven from their homes IN Mexico Ine'r
property destroyed. and their lives
threatened and their womanhood suo-
mi,tcd To hidrous outrage: and has never
lifted n finger in their defense. though
! charged with the power and respohsiol-
| lily to do so.
That is what Democratic national 40 40
ministralion is giving US. and II IS ior
| This that West NirCinians are paying
| and will pay Il tax bill over five times
| AS great per capita as they pa! LOT III
| tho services performed hy thc'r sI"'c
government.
Nor is this all Only few days ago
| the Democratic Congress at Washington
! passed another APPROPRIATION nI!i' INV
! that appropriation pill Carried me cloT
! nous total OF nearly Sl.600.0O0,n0o. IT
| nthnr words the Democratic Congress
land Woodrow Wilson propose to TAX the
inhabitants Of West Virginia ana OF
every other state i'll the union, the falS
of sis for every man. woman and ch!ld
| or thai enormous amount Of increased
IN yarinu West NirginianS i'll the next
wear will pay over Sh.U0n.OOn more IMAM
] they ever hilv" before. or. nearly '"lcc
the amount they have paid Z" the m;un-
tcnance Of their entire state govern
| ment.
Let West IirEfnians understand TINS
| lhnr"uGhiy. By inSiduouS taxes IN tI.h,S
Of Iracc. by stamp taxes on practltalis
every activity If business. by th'' cn"r'
nous Increase nf SaIarl"'i "fIic"h"i!srS
Inv va>irf,Il expenditures in every dircr-
! ton. TN" national ll"m"crA;lc ""In :,
| iratinn has fastened upon ia" pc"pi" OIL
! w., VIRGINIA inr tH': aCNt w" years
an ,x,ra ana L nrw tax charge q more
| .lIn' s. "nn ora per year
| Tail. about lhr NirEnlE a"ht. lle p 'u..
! ;;trr NOR" ,han pay III" FirSinia debt
hu; thu will not pay It l." the NlrSlnL!
d"h. ,l:.'mnnt$. Thry viii pay sum
"nuivnIrnt t" the Virginia dent ~ III
| ,r,.,,,Cd fax,s Ia tn: national Demo
cratic administration, and draw there