The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-31
MARTYRED PRESIDENT
IS HONORED AT WEIGH

the future he could be depended upoi
to continue to assist in fighting thu
battles Of the Republican party.
The governors address, In which
he dwelt upon the record Of his ad
ministration, Is looked upon as beinl
one Of the Issues OF the coming cam
paign, in which ne expects to defent
the record OF his administration an
to go before the people upon the plei
that instead OF extravaganza Yves
Virginia and Its institutions have
been the victims Of parsimoniou:
treatment.
Governors Address.
The governors address is as fol
lows:
Fellow members:
We have met here to pay a tribute
Of respect on this, the natal day OIL
our martyred president, William Nc
Kinley, whose name our organization
bears.
He was a true, patriotic American
In every drop OF his blood and every
element OF his makeup. He wat
on the field Of battle protecting the
purity Of the flag and the guarantee
OF the constitution when many OF US
here assembled were yet unborn or in
swaddling clothes in our mothers
arms. He was at the helm guiding
the destiny Of our nations future
when many OF us we're school boys,
where the cares Of great problems
concerned us but little.
He was a citizen in times Of peace;
a soldier when his country needed
him. He was a poor man in material
wealth; he wal rich in honor and In
tegrity. In intellect, he was sur
passed by no man of the past or
since his day. 1t was he who pointed
out the way to the American people
that would bring them out of indus
trial chaos, lethargy and retrogres-
sion. 1t was he who said, LET us
open the mills and mines Of 1.-THE United
States and close minis to the
world" He placed his hand on the
troubled conditions of the nation $
prosperity and held the breach be-
tween labor and capital by putting
up the bars Of protection, and gave
a new force of. energy to the American
industry owner, as well as a higher
standard Of wages to the American
wage Garner that he had ever reached
before, which reclaimed him from
vagrancy and want and turned his
face towards the rising sun, giving
to him a new Inspiration to battle for
the hope that fortune might come
and abide with him.
He was a true disciple Of our i'm
mortal Lincoln. He was the apostle
Of protection. He knew the road to
prosperity and, like magic almost, he
gave 1t to the American people when
he was made president Of this re-
public. The fires were rekindled in
the furnaces of the Industries
throughout the nation at a time when
men who had tolled for years to ac-
cumulate something for the inevita-
BILE rainy day Of life were In despair,
swelterlng in a period Of free trade,
which had been brought about by a
new generation coming into posses
sion of the ballot who had not had
actual experience with these funda-
mentals. Impressed by the smooth
ness of these theories as conveyed
to them by reading, they were accept
cd rs sound doctrine, but the same
disastrous results ensued that at
tended Its former application, as was
found to have been the case in the
days Of President Buchanan and re-
peated during the Cleveland admins
tration.
This, however, was not the cause
of the disaster which befell the party
of protection in the contest Of 1912.
which gave to us the Democratic
president we now have. A different
story is told by the records of that
campaign and is shows that the
American people were by q large
plurality opposed to the fundamental
principles Of the Democratic party,
The division among those who be-
lieved in protection made possible
tlt clcCllOi vi tHc Va
a party that does not represent the
sentiment OF the majority Of the peo-
pie in the nation upon that question
which is paramount to IL national
prosperity.
End Is Near.
But, gentlemen, the end OF such
an administration of governmental
affairs will soon come. A party will
come into power whose axiom will be
my country's best interests; may
she ever be right, but my country's
welfare, be she right or wrong" And
with that will come full restoration
Of that most sacred guarantee given
at home or abroad, on land or sea
with the same guarantee carried out
as respects their prosperity. Wher'
ever the American citizen goes, thc
flag should protect him. Wherever
injustice and insult is offered to oul
citizens, the proper amends should be
made, even IL it Is necessary to resori
to force instead OF well selected