Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-06-16
A RINGER.


busy. If Medley is nominated he
will make one of the most if not the
most vigorous campaigns the State
Of West Virginia has ever had. 1t
is us follows:
After long and careful consider
alton | have determined to be Il
candidate for the Democratic nom
ination for United States Senator
from West Virginia, in the primary
election to be held on the first day
of next August.
III nominated and elected, l shall
aid, to the limit Of my capacity.
in restoring to the pcolpe the pro-
greSSive Democratic Government of
Woodrow Wilson type and vigor,
which a rcaotionary, selfish and in
competent Republican administra-
ton has unblushingly banished
from the land.
The Democratic Party'S progress
Sivc Legislation its brilliant achieve
,mcnts and its exalted public policy
under President Wilson'S admins
tration, which were unqualificdly
endorsed by the party>> National
Convention in 1916 and 1920, shall
be my constant guide throughout
the campaign.
The Federal Reserve Act. the
Clayton Act, the various Eight
Hour Laws, the Federal Trade Com
mission Law, the Shipping Act, to-
Sether with the many other great
constructive measures of the Will
son administration, constitute the
richest heritage Of bcnc(icicnt leg
lSlatlon the American people have
ever received from any administra-
ton since party government began
All of the laws above specified
were supported by me as a mem
Der of the House of Representatives
all Of them | have since defended
and shall continue TO defend upon
the stump. These laws brought to
the masses Of the people the high
est degree Of prosperity and the
fullest measure Of participation in
the affairs of their government that
Of these ever enjoyed. Not one of
these important Democratic laws
has IAN overwhelmingly Republican
Congress dared TO repeal.
BY defeating the covenant for a
League of Nations the Republican
. Senate not only committed Il crime
against humanity. but it excluded
untold millions of dollars worth of
Orr commerce from foreign markets
thus producing on Of the efficient
causes Of the ruinous decreases in
the price of farm products, the clos
ing down of innumerablc factories
and the throwing out Of employment
OF army of wage carncrS as numer-
Gus as the sands of the sea.
Next by reactionary and pluto
cratic administration of the FEEDER
al Reserve Law Republican officials
brought further disaster upon the
country. The policy Of "deNation
deliberately promised in the Repub-
lican platform of 1920, and draSti-
cally and mercilessly enforced by
the Harding administration in 1921
and 1922 has las was clearly point
cd out in the recent Dcmocrtic meet
ing in Huntingdon resulted in one
year of Republican peace costing
the American people more than two
years of Democratic war.
While the Republican National
administration has been rapidly and
radically debating the wages of lab
or. the salaries of employees. and
the incomes Of the people, Rcpub-
liCan State Administration has been
just as busy and effective i'm increas-
property values in order TO form a
basis upon which to levy more tax
cS TO meet the ever increasing cost
OF St|.c Government. Relief from
the staggering burden Of taxation
canncithcr be realized nor hoped for
until the present Republican re-
dictionaries have been retired from
office and real Democratic servants
OF the people returned TO power.
If elected, it shall be my unrcmit-
Ting care TO aid in bringing about
real economic, efficient Democrat
ic administration of the law i'm har-
mony with the Wilson ideals and in
the interest Of every citizen of the
the republic. shall instantly and
earnestly advocate he adIninistra-
ton of the Federal Reserve System
in the interests Of all the people,
rather than for the special benefit
Of Il small group of Wall Street mon