The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-16
Perfect Harmony and Rampant
Enthusiasm Mark a Fine
Meeting Of Voters.
ATKINSON ENTHUS ES
Officers Are Elected and Club is
Ready to Do Effective Work
in the Campaign.


in the Campaign.
With Harrison county Republicans.
Progressives and independent voters
assembled in large numbers and a
rafting fine political talk which as
sumed the proportions OF a regular
campaign speech by Judge George
Wesley Atkinson. former governor OF
the state and recently retired from
the United States court of claims at
Washington. ID. c.. the Harrison Coun-
~ Hughes Club with large charter
membership was formed at a meeting
in the court house Friday night with
an enthusiasm that had Republican
triumph in November Enthusiastically
shining forth like the rays of the noon
day sun. There was manifest a get
together spirit such as none could mis-
take and it showed reunited party in
the county so complete that Democrats
need no longer try TO tear it assunder.
Roy L. Parrish. county chairman,
called the big crowd TO order and ex-
planned the object OF the meeting.
]. Wade Coffman made motion that
Mr.. Parrish act as chairman Of the
meeting and that John c. Southern act
as secretary. The motion carried.
Charles c. Scott moved that COM
mittee of seven be appointed to recon-
mend officers for the club and the fol-
lowing committee was named:
c, G. Scott, /. Wade Coffman, DR.. W.
B. Conway, Virgil l.. Highland, C. II.
Harding. Charles L. Lamberd and Guy
II. Burnside.
Charles W Moore moved that COM
mittee of five be named to recommend
precinct vice presidents and the fol-
lowing were appointed as such COM
mittee: ..,..
Charles W. Moore, Ernest A. Rider.
W. G. Osborn, DR.. j. j. Cranwell and
A. D. Fitzhugh.
Virgil L. Highland moved that n
committee Of five be appointed 10 draft
a constitution and bylaws. and the
following were named on that COM
mittee:
w. S. stathers, L. c. Grille. C. d.
Floyd, Charles G. Coffman and B.
Merendino.
S. C. Denham moved that a finace
committee OF FIVE be named and the
following were appointed as that
committee:
S. c. Denham, G. H. Gordon. Harry
B. Curtin, NJ. NJ. Pearlman and S. W.
Bowman.
Judge Atkinson was then intro
duced by Chairman Parrish.
The committee on officers made its
report and MS a result club officers
were elected as follows:
President-Harry c. HOFFMAN.
Secretary-W. S. Stathers.
Treasurer-W. G. Osborn.
Executive committee-Roy E. Par
IRISH, Ernest A. Rider. r. B. Wilson.
Howard NJ. Gore and Charles II.
Harding.
S. C. Denham. Roy +. Parrish, L.
G. Grille and V. l.. Highland were ap-I
pointed TO secure headquarters for
the club.
After reviewing the results of DEM
ocratic tariff tInkering. Judge Atkin-
son declared that the paramount is
sue in this campaign is that of
protectice tariff and clearly explained
the Republican method of protecting
products that can be made in this
country and of importing free OF
duty those articles which cannot be
produced in this country. AS he
warmed up to his subject, the judge
hurled many hot shot into the DEM
ocratic camp respecting that party's
stand on the tariff question and the
ludicrous manner in which 1t has had
to abandon its free trade principles
in order to keep out of hot water.
If any Democrat were present he
would have had to blush with shame
over the miserable record of his par
ty on the tariff.
The position OF disrespect into
which the Wilson administration has
placed the United States respecting
the Mexican muddle and the relations
with European countries, resulting
in an orgy of diplomatic notes which
have virtually bartered away the self
respect OF this country, were also dis
cussed by the speaker. He drove
home his points by showing that 1t
is not so much what Wilson has kept
US out Of that counts as 1t Is what
he has got US into, this being in reply
to the Democratic cry that the pres
ident has kept US out Of war" Judge
Atkinson said the reason Wilson has
kept US out OF war is because no ma
ton has been able to go to war with
us.
Judge Atkinson also pointed out
that the Democratic party could not
be trusted with Its promises, nearly
all of which have been broken. AL
perusal of the Baltimore national
platform. he said, would show any in
telligent person whether the Demo-
cratic party can keep its pledges. One
OF its big promises. the one, perhaps.
on which they harped the most in the
last campaign. was to reduce the high
cost Of living. Everybody knows that
the cost Of living has not been re-
duced after four years OF Democratic