The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-14
JUDGE ROBINSON
AHEAD OF LILLY

ceivtng the country. Now II is sue
cesstully deceiving itself. In its
platform 1t offers pulchritudinous
promise-but with vacuous intent.
II promises the country in the main.
what the Democratic party has al
ready done or is in the process of do
ing; saving always, the bogus God
protection" 1t has cloaked its in
iquity with n judicial robe but the
cloVen hoof of special interest still
protrudes.
The board OF directors has sat in
Chicago and again resolved that they
are the country. They have adopted
the doctrine OF fore ordination and
predestination. but have made 1t ap-
plicable only to themselves,
The rest Of the people are their
wards-fOr profit.
Ambition Is n noble attribute but
when It is adulterated with greed. n
cataclysm is inevitable. We have re-
Gently witnessed the painful spec,a-
Gle OF two great American parties In
Chicago, putting self In place OF
ideals; self glorification in place OF
national honor; Republicansm and
ProGressivism so-called. In place OF
our only ism m'-Americanism
We have witnessed the drab spec-
tacle OF two groups Of men. trading
principles like competitors in FISH
market, in the hope that some com
promise would win public support.
Ihey have not come togcther-they
have fallen out over the sway" For
the sake OF victory. many of these
men, essentially opposite in princl-
pie. have been willing TO become
friends with false masks. The result
Is inevitable. divided they faIl.' We
are proud in the thought that unit
ed we stand. We welcome the pent
up Americanism Of the real Progress
sives Individually to our ranks: Of
iering them haven in principle.
Their leader has abandoned them
with Grass cruelty.
The gentleman from Oyster Bay
in a recent letter to Chicago quotes
Abraham Lincoln as saying May not
all, having common interest, reunitc
in a common effort to save our COM
mon country Ladies' and gentlemen,
beg TO call your attention TO the
word reunite. The words Save the
Country have been the disguise Of
the opposition for years. There may
be political war today in this coun-
try, but that war only exists between
factions Why did the gentleman
quote the words Of Lincoln in the hope
Of reuniting Americans? No. Ameri-
cans are reunited as never before. He
meant by runiting that two factions OF
his party should runitc These two
factions or parts OF them hoped TO
join for self-aggrandizement Lead
ers OF these two factions-iactions
powerlcss as entities~-hoped to Join
hands. however. strained and however
on irrcconcilable principles: for the
insidous purpose Of overthrowing n
third entity. which for the past four
years stood united in common cause;
whose shiboleth is one for all and all
for one: equal rights and special
privileges to none; whose chief tenet
Of faith is that America is American
and Americans arc America.
This is crucial hour in the his
tory Of the world. II Is an hour when
every man should take stock Of him
self and his principles. This Is an
hour when every one should see
whether in his inner consciousness he
squares with the Ideals Of 1875. and
the later periods Of dramatic episode:
when this country resolutely main
tanned peace with honor.
THE Democratic party in the face
Of scandalous and vicious attacks. has
maintained this great American ideal.
While for peace II has steadily and
surely worked for sound and powerful
preparedness. II has maintained Al
solmn. calm dignity in the face OF cir
cumstances which might have drawn
Il into the vortex Of a world destruc-
tlon. Though vilIlhed by self-Seekers.
Il has maintained friendly relations
thrOuEhOut the world; Il has been
true to the spirit Of America; Il has