Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-07-28
political Advcrtising.D

MIKE +. MATTHEW, Republican
candidate for Congress, in his final
swing of the District in his Spccta-
cuiar campaign for nomination,
left the following for publication:
congressman EcholS seeing his
lines wavcring under the onslaught
Of Republican forces. begins mud
Singing campaign, and attempts to
stir up past party differences and
keep alive past party fcuds. Thi.; is
an of year. Republicans should pull
together and stay together. Rcpub-
licanS know that stumped the dis
trict for Echols in 1913 They also
know that | Stumped the district
for Echols in 1920 and by untirins
efforts contributed to the election
of the entire Republican ticket, no
cry of party irregularity was then
raised against me by EcholS or any
one else. have championed the
cause of Republicanism in this State
for the past quarter Of century.
Republicans have heard me from
the summit Of the Flat Top moun-
tain to Kenova. and from the Pan
handle to North Fork in Mcdowell
and they know me as one of their
number battle ScaTed in the service
Of the Grand Old Party. | now want
to go to Congress to help in the re-
conSt:'uctin Of the industry OF this
country. The party of Lincoln has
always been equal to any emergency
and | believe it is still the inStru-
mentality through which the great
est progress may be made. | want
to help put West Virginia on the
map, redeem its fair name and de-
fcnd It's citizenship. | want to be
of real service in relation to its in
duStTial life. We have had four
years Of EcholS. if his record is sal
isfactory. then we should vote for
him i'll the primary, but call at
tcntion to the people that our State
has been maligncd and no voice
raised in its defense, liberty bonds
bought in good faith were forced
below par and bought up by war
prOiitccrS, farmers have suffered BY
forcing down the price Of cattle and
farm products, industry has been
crippled and our people been
thrown out of employment through
failure Of Congress to pass Il pro-
tectivc tariff law. foreign goods are
now being shipped into our ports
and crOwding out our own manu-
featured products forcing unem-
ploEmcnt and unrest among our
people. The groceryman on the
corner, the workman in the shop,
and the farmer in the field all share
the burdens Of business depression.
The time has come when we would
have more business and less politics
more attention to business and less
attention TO securing political Jobs
Tor relatives, the business man
should be given Il chance to expand
his trade. the farmer should have
better prices for his cattle and farm
products, highways should be i'm
povcd and e%tendcd. Iaboring men
should be given chance to earn q
decent living and hungry women
and children should be fed. This
lSa land of opportunity by the adop
ton Of an aggressive policy of inter
nal development we can make of il
the richest, happicSt and most con-
teTtch people in the world. With
the rising tide of public sentiment
throughout the district in INV favor,
not outstanding the fact that have
only been in the race for three
weeks, the people still have an op-
portunity to nominate me for Con
grcsS and | believe they are going
TO DO it in the Primary on August
the first.
NJ. +. MATTHEW.
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