West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-10-19
CHEERING THOUSANDS
GREET THE PRESIDENT


have again and again attempted to
demonstrate TO the rest OF the union
that they believed that we had come
into a new age; that they believed
that this new age required new ele-
ments OF policy; that they desired
men to lea dthem who would lead
them to the light. and not again drag
them into the subterranean passages
OF private influence. And therefore |
think 1t will be easier to expound this
campaign to Pennsylvanians than to
anybody else. There are great
many things that you will understand
without my putting them Into words
And the same thing is happening
in New Jersey. Six years ago had
the distinguished pleasure OF exhibit
ing the government OF New Jersey 20
the people OF New Jersey. in its true
colors as IL lived. | only wish / had
time to exhibit it now that II has re-
surrected itself
II was privileged TO lead the people
OF New Jersey in the direction i'm
which they had long wanted to go and
i'm which these gentlemen had long
pretended that they were willing TO
lead them. but I'm direction in which
they had never been permitted to ad-
vance an inch. Doesn't that sound
to you like a familiar story?
and exactly the same thing that is
happening in Pennsylvania, the same
thing that they are attempting I'm
New Jersey. is being attempted in the
nation at large. l wonder II they sup
pose that anybody is deceived? You
know that the elements that are now
behind the candidates OF the opposi-
tion party are exceedingly varied. but
they are easy OF analysis.
The most interesting element is
that which is most vocal. The rep
resentatives OF that element are con-
fidently telling us. though none OF
them is candidate for office. what the
party will do IL II is given the power
TO do anything. But those who are
nominated for Office are carefully
avoiding saying whether they will do
what the vocal element promises. In
other words, they are putting up as
their spokesman Of policy those whom
they do not pretend TO trust with
power.
Therefore those OF us who are in
Quoted into he secrets OF the craft
know that the talk is in vain, and
that the real counsels OF the party are
in that other element which is I'm alb
solute control of the organization Of
the party in Congress and out of 1t,
and whose control has never for a mo-
ment heen disturbed, never been
shaken.
"The contest at Chicago four years
ago and the contest at Chicago this
year were for the control of the ma
chinery of the party. l don't mean
on the part of the rank and file OF the
Progressives. for, my fellow citizens,
no more earnest and sincere body of
men were ever assembled than as
sembled in those two Progressive con-
Yentions at Chicago and no sincere
and earnest men were ever more pitt
fully deceived and betrayed.
''For. after all. II turned out that
the object was not to lead the nation
but to control the Republican party,
and any sort of abJect surrender was
offered by those who spoke. though
they spoke without authority for
them, II they might be admitted to
control that machinery. And now, af-
ter the smoke has cleared away, after
the atmosphere has yielded to the in
fuence OF time, we see standing out
before us that familiar Old Guard that
has never for a moment been disturb
ed in its possession Of power or turn
ed aside in its exercise OF the control
which II has used.
"And what want to call your at
tention TO is that this is not merely a
Presidential campaign. There is some
thing quite as important as the choice
of a chief magistrate. | want you to
remember that the real source ef ac-
tion and the real machinery OF OBJ
struotion are in Congress. not in the
Presidency.
do you suppose that anything could
have been accomplished in the last
three and a half years n there had
not been determined and willing ma
jority in the Congress. I have not
led these gentlemen; I have gone for
ward with them. I call your atten-
tion to the fact that there is nowhere
recorded q single WILSON policy Ey-
erything that I have asked that Can
gress to de was written In the pledges
OF the party itself. And the only pow
er I have exercised is the power OF
cooperation, the power that all men
exercise when insisting upon the OBJ
vious duties Of great hour. men
take heart to do a great thing.
ut is very interesting circum-
stance, fellow citizens, that the House
Of Representatives is less docile than
the Senate OF the United States. In
the House Of representatives Il has
again aud sgaih hspRe1sd thai t6s
Republican minority has broken away
from the centrOl Of It's leaders and
voted, sometimes BY = majority OF its
members. sometimes almost unani-
mousiy for the measures which have
distinguished the action Of the pres
ent Democratic Congress. They came