West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-10-12


can concert action. and the only ones
who will know how to carry Il
through. So that the choice enables
us TO eliminate the active and vocal
parts of this party and realize that we
are in contest with the silent and
secret parts OF II.
Now we know the alliances of
these gentlemen, we know that they
intend nothing but control to their
own advantage. and that the people of
the United States when they inter
vene i'm their affairs are regarded as
guilty OF an impertinence. | have not
been far from these gentlemen. |
have known exactly what they were
going to do every time there was any
thing to do. and | have known that
the purpose. whether they realized IL
or not-for ! am not here to impeach
any mans character-wh whether they
knew IL or not. their purpose was to
control for the maintenance and ag-
grandizement OF certain special in
terests.
THE United States has now to
choose whether it will have govern
ment for the people or government
for the special interests. The mask
is off; IL always was transparent II
never reached below the lips and YOU
could see the cynical smile under
meath. A blaze OF righteous patriot
ism in the eye but synical hardness
about the lip. They want possession
OF the government. They want con-
troll of the treasury OF the United
States. They want direction OF the
business OF the United States. They
want determination OF the foreign
connections and policies OF the Uni
ted States They want possession OF
the Legislation of the United States in
order that the comfortable partner
ships four years ago broken up may
be restored.
1T is one OF the most sinister com
binatlons that American politics ever
saw. And / may add one OF the least
intelligent. For ! would advise these
gentlemen, If they want TO show real
capacity. not to show their hand so
plainly Every time they speak un-
guardedly they speak in the terms OF
reaction; they speak in terms that
carry us back N thought TO those DAYS
when, though the American people
were not awakened to the fact, sub
tie corruption OF the will had crept
all through our body polite,
Corruption in the Grass and gross
sense OF the word has not often
shown itself in our national politics.
fellow citizens. There are various
ways in which TO corrupt mans will
and control his actions One very
interesting way used to be to see to
IL that he did not get any credit II he
did not take orders. I thank God that
the Federal reserve system has made
II impossible to give him orders.
Il am not speaking by way OF gener-
al conjecture. have seen men ruin
ed in this state of New Jersey depriv-
ed OF their livelihood, by being de-
prived OF their credit, when they had
perfectly good assets, when they had
as much right to live and to trade as
any man. suddenly found that their
notes would not be renewed, and
when they applied at other banks
from those in which they had former
ly dealt they found that they would
not take their notes.
II have known Of cases where new
enterprises, If they were rivals OF old
enterprises. because the men who
wanted to start them thought they had
perfectly good plans that any man
with money would be willing TO invest
in, could not get advances OF money
from any quarter sufficient to start the
enterprise upon the scale required.
"The thing was once notorious: the
country has almost forgotten IL in
the last three years and a half; not
because these gentlemen who used to
do those things are prescribed and
tabooed. They include some OF the
ablest and most enterprising minds OF
this country and they ought 10 be at
the service OF the country instead OF
being at the service OF special inter
ests. They have been invited into the
cooperation which has made us a Deo-
pie once more and they have declined
20 come in.
$50 II seems to me that the indie
pendent voter has a perfectly plain
proposition before him Does he want
10 discontinue the liberal and peaceful
policies Of the present administration
and substitute IN their stead toe prep:
ably hostile the probably warlike and
the inevitably reactionsry policies OF
the opposition2 A great deal of in
genuity has been expended In Obsour.
ing the issues OF the campaign. n II
we're an Issue. so far as am concern
ed, whether I am wise and lovable OF
not, I, myself would vote in the mega
tive. don't pretend 10 wisdom, but
I do pretend with the greatest conf
dence In an absolute devotion to the
interests OF my fellow countrymen.
And | do wish to confirm the judg-
ment OF certain gentlemen n Wa1i
street that nsysr c9-operele With
them.
Il wish l could. wish that they
could see their own interest / wish
that they had vision enough to see
that q happy and prosperous pepple
are the only fgundstiops that are &C.
cure tor private wealth and success.
] wish that they could see that IN pro