The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-26
SENATOR BORAl4 SEES
REPUBLICAN TRIUMPH
In the State Of West Virginia as
Return Of PrOgreSSiyeS is
ComBiete.
tny Chnrlce nrnnks smItI. J

WASHINGTON. Sept. 2C.-Tho
return OF Senator william T.. BoraA,
Of Idaho. from West Virginia, whore
lac has boon Gmpaigning, wIs
mnrkea by most optimistic inter
Wow as 10 conditions politically in
the state.
senntor Borah's standing in the
capita! uakep Ills word one to be
considered III mukIng estimates on
the November results. In my iudg
tucnt," said Senator Borah," there
Is absolutely no doubt of the fact
that Hughes viii yet the electoral
vote of West Virginia and that Suth-
erland VIII be elected United States
senator Tn" party was nevor IN
better ghapc than II IL today. No
where has there been Il more COM
nlete return Of former Progresalves
TO the Republican party than in West
Virginia"
Tho spllt in tho state four years
ago was . bad one. but practically
TO man they are all now flghting
under the banner OF the @. D, p.
Such former Progrossivcs MS
Governor Glasscock md his licuten-
enis arc all out working shoulder 10
shoulder with the regulars for the
success Of the Republican ticket.
The people Of West Virginia ARE
doing some thinking on their own
account, and they ura thinking along
lines that are common to the great
rank aud file Of the American peo-
pie. West Virginia has become one
Of the great Industrial states OF the
union. Its glassware. pottery and
steel Industries are very large and
growing greater each year-thut Is.
they were, up to the advent or the
Democratic administration.
workers In these fields are try
Ing, but without success, to md
what legislation the Democrats have
enacted or have in view TO meet the
economic conditions that will con-
front capital and labor Of this coun-
try nj the close or the European war.
They realize that conditions OF q
most unusual character will then ex-
list; that legislation OF the proper
kind must be enacted to meet these,
If American trade and commerce is
TO thrive, and American Industries
are not TO be throttled by the fierce
competition Of foreign manuIactur-
ers and the cheap labor that will
food European countries when mil
lions Of men now under arms return
to European workshops and factor
les.
The only thing that has been
done 50 far Is to write into the reve-
nue. bill an antl-dumpinR clause that
Will not provide remedy for inn
pending business Ills. That anti
dumping clause Is the only thing the
Democrats have offered: # ia the sum
total Of their suggestions to meet a
commercial warfare that will affect
this country more than has the
actual warfare on the battlefield.
"Skllled and unskllled labor in the
factories OF West Virginia and other
states have tasted the fruits Of Dem
ocratic IRcfFlciency. They know the
pitfalls that follow the Democratic
policy or a tariff for revenue only,
which Is hut another name for prac-
teal free trade, and which does not
even provide sufficient revenue.
That fact more than all else, IN
my Judgment. IL causing thinking
men Of M classes. and particularly
lahorIRr men, to support the Repub-
llcan ticket md give their approval
TO Republican policies"