The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-25
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In the Items which go to make
up the several billion dollars more
: that the American people they say
will, have TO pay as tribute TO the
Republican party's latest pr6teG-
tive tariff law, the Democrats
candidates have unwittilgly conf
mitted ono glaring oversight. They
haven't US yOt thought 70 mention
the hundreds Of millions We have
had to pay to the bootleggers.
While they are rarin' and chargIn'
they should charge the party ii,
power with that. too.
Mr.. Neely's Industrious and I'M
agtaauve p ress agent travelling
companion calls his chief THE
Billy Sunday OF Politics" We
nominate THE Tom Haflin OF
West Virginia" as better can
dtdate for sloganIc laurels.
The altitude that Senator How
ard Sutherland assumes toward
his office is in striking dIssim!lari-
~ from that taken by his recEleJ.-
~ laxative Democratic opponent
1t is a high official position, the
highest that West Hirglnians have
to bestoW on any man. They eA-
pect the man SO honored by them
to maintain its high standard o!
dignity and respect, and see to It
carefully that nothing he may say
or do serves to lower It from Its
high level and cheaper 1t In public
opinion. Senator Sutherland's at
tltude in this respect Is most
commendable, but nothing other
than what was expected off him.
After carefully and lmpartially
comparing the personalities that
make up the Republican and
Democratic congressional repre-
sentative ticket in this state this
year. the apology due to an intel
ligent electorate lie not due from
the Republican party.
Imagine party making an ap-
peal for the election Of its candI-
! dates by advancing the argument
which is q fact-that should Ifs
candidates be elected. they could
do nothing, because a Republican
President and a Republican Sen
ate, even II the House should be
nemocraticnlly controlled, would
; prevent them "inltiating or carry.
ing through their Desires" This
! much q Democratic House cOuld
and would do. 1t would deadlock
the wheels Of government and
F! they would cease entirely to re,
I! volve for the next three years, nj
I, '\lst. Think what that would dc
the private pursuits OF It's people
the privatet pursuits Of It's people
! Stagn&tlon, inertness, ldleness
/ reaction. dull times. lack OF pr:.
gress. Oh! It would do a plent;
to it-and all bad.
Candidate .Neely Is reported t,
have. complained that in the farm
ing sections he could not draw
large audiences nor arouse and
hold the interest Of the farmer;
and their wives In his harranGut
on the subject OF the awful things
that the protective tariff law il
going to do to them. Tho reason
for this is very plain. The Ford
, ney- McCumbar Dill was dominat,
/ ed by the legislative agents Of the
farmers organizations. They or.
ganized the congressional agricul
tural bloc" Everything tina:
these farming gentlemen wanted
they got. II It we're not so, why "a
| the law so often called "a farmers
TARIFF" Tho truth Is that 1t is, 90
far that part OF It is concerned. a
| tariff for the benefit OF the
American farmer. He knows 1t.
He probably knows a whole lot
more about that than does Fair
mont's Famous Forensic Flash.
He has been reading about Il ;ot
twenty months 10 his weekly