The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-10-25


business ability and capacity for 1.ro.
affairs is true
Melville Davisson Post. West VI.
ginian and a magazine writer Of no
tional fame by contrast has paid Sen.
ator Watson a magnificent trihufo
and he says in a recent published
statement:
We are before the most unsettled
epoch in the history of the world And
in the face of it we must choose a man
to stand for us in the United Sfatas
Senate. We are forced. driven bv
necessity. to think about the man ,ro
will select. We must make our choice
of two candidates What do We kuaw
about the men? Davis Elkins took
his property interests in this state bv
the accident of birth and his promi.
nence in his party by inheritance from
his father We know what has bqan
done for him but nothing OF what he
could do for us. We know his ability
to receive but not his ability to ae.
complish. This is one Of the men
What about the other? Clarence "
Watson has built up his varied busi.
ness interests by his own individual
efforts. With vision, with a faith in
4 hp rpcniroac of hie, e,+ato tl,o4 So.
failed him, with will to accomplish
something i'll the world that nc ad.
versity could bludgeon in to servility.
the man, true to the best American
traditions has put himself at the head
of our affairs, before us, smoke-sereen.
ed by this war, is a new unknown
world. All men are fearful Of it. Shall
we trust ourselves in its obscurities
to the autocracy of birth or to the de.
mocracy of merit? Shall we select
Davis Elkins or Clarence Watson to
care for this commonwealth in the
greatest economical uncertainty of all
time?
so | might go on and quote IN.
limited testimonials to Senator Wat
sons ability and many more are CON.
ing by word of mouth that are not
found in print.
Taking fair, unbiased view of the
political situation and the war situa.
ton it is evident that Senator Watson
will be elected, and if the sentiment
is as strong for him in other sections
of the state as it is in his own home
county his victory will be recorded a
landslide.
Then there is the question Of local
pride. This should not weigh when
other more vital issues are involved
but Fairmont is now constructing two
government plants secured very large
ly through the influence of Col. Wat
son and it is to the interest of this
community to have a United States
Senator in harmony with the national
administration, if we want to receive
any benefits for our community.
The principle issue between the
great parties has been the tariff ques
ton | am more convinced since the
war than ever before that the principe
of protection is sound and necessary
to the up-building of our great indus
trial institutions and the protection OF
labor. The war has done just precise
Fly what a tariff would have done
stopped the importation of cheap Eu'
|ropean goods made by cheap LABOR 10
compete with American labor, because
all Europe is too busy fighting 10
manufacture goods, hence we are get
ting high prices for American maze
goods and labor is employed at Nigh
wages. The war has done more-lt mas
not only stopped importation but II
has opened up worldwide Market
for American products.
But the tariff is not needed HON
The war is the barrier, the war Is tue
protection, it will not be needed again
until after we have passed throush
the years of the reconstruction periou'
when European factories are reou'i'
and manned by European labor HeH
we will need protection not beiole'
There is only one issue now. liia' 10
Win the War We take no chahce oA
Watson. We know he is WIN Inv
President. We must be unit asalH''
Germany. We must not be democrats
nor Republicans when we are Hsii'i''o
the hated kaiser. We must rise apo'e
craftsmanship and stand by our rie''
dent. in the crisis. We must '.'''''
out militarism from the world anu W
hold the principles of democracs' P's
tect our homes from the Hun anu ap
hold our, sacred liberty, not alols -,
ourselves but for the oppressed PEI =.
Of Europe who are struggling iof 'n,..
lives and existence. We can ali ii'- -.
some sacrifices to accomplish