The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-25

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Secretary and Senator's David /
loon tax and in that manner pu
number OF saloons out of bust
ness. In 1904 and 1905 Tough
/ for tax of cents on each bar
rel of beer sold.
III 1 am elected to the Unitot
States Senate, will never vott
for any modification OF the Vol
/; stead liquor5law. loud applause
There were 100. saloons II
| Ohio County, and we put them al
out of business, ending up wit
! the last ones in 1914. Many pes
simsts said there would be MANI
men thrown out of employment
! that a business depression would
result. The saloons went out o.
business but other business seem
ed to remain about natural.
The places left vacant by thu
SALOONS were filled by honorable
| and respectable business houses
Property increased in value and
every one was made richer by thu
prohibition law. The number o.
prisoners in the jails of Ohit
! County has greatly decreased. Ont
Jail now takes the place of three
J, in the old days.
Such, ladies and gentlemen
I are the charges my opponent
| have brought against me. 1t Is III
to you to take your choice OF al
assassin of character and a mar
who is willing to come out sfairl!
and plainly with all his state
| ments I write no anonymous let
tiers denouncing my rivals ana
do not attempt to destroy thei,
| regulations by false statements.
1 stand upon my record and it is VI
to YOU to take your choice.
| Suffrage Stand Recalled.
There are 80 many of the fan
sex here tonight that I cannot hell
m entioning the fact>that on July s
}1911. the Wheeling Intelligence
editorialIy announced itself as IL
! favor of woman's suffrage. ThE
| was the first of long series of ar
ticles which we continued pu blish
ing Until woman's suffrage became
(! a part of the United States Con
| stitution- Y
1T is in the power OF the women
Of West Virginia, through their bal
klotss to improve the working condt
lstions OF both men and women.
supported the great cause Of won
ans suffrage I believe that the
ballot in the hands of women will
be CT great benefit to the country
There are now hundreds of women
in the state who are handling a
mans job. If for no other reason
! the working woman is a supreme
! justification for woman'S suffrage
! CApplause.)
THE American people have now
run with United States government
for LAG years with apparent ease
and a measurable degree OF sue
cess. But we must not think we
| will always be able to solve our
problems so easily. Some great
crisis may arise When such time
comes. where will we find greater
measure of intelligence than In the
hearts and minds of American
! women?
! Favors High Tariff.
!: Since I am Republican you
!! will expect me to say something
| about the tariff. If I could make
the tariff laws. l would make the
tariff so high that foreign mer
! chants could never bring to our
! shores any article which could be
produced at a reasonable price in
an American factory by American
men. working at a reasonable wage
! and under reasonable working con,
/ ditions. (Applause.)
we must build our protective
tariff laws we'll We will soon need
needed in 1914 had not the wal
Z - Ma >, Il &,-;n
! of our country but must save the
! American standard of living at the
same time. (Applause.)
This country is a Democrats
and we are living under the ideals
/ OF democracy.
Democratic Principles.
Democracy is. not simply an
/ equality of the ballot; it is an
equality of opportunity. A true
! democracy iS7one which offers the
| same chance OF advancement to all
citizens
In one OF the mansions Of this
j town. perhaps. child is about to
be born He will have all possible
! comforts, good food. good cloth
!; ing, a good home. He Will have
an opportunity to acquire high
er education and to fit himself for
all the better things OF life and
will be able to know the impor-
/ tant duties of citizen.
Another child. pershaps, is Ia
be born to a.:woman whose ma
tural protector has been taken
away by disease or accident. The
child born to that home may be
born among conditions of poverty.
He will receive little or no medi-
| cal attention. and will probably
become an object OF charity. He
will have food and clothing of the
poorest kind. Hewi1l receive few
opportunities to acquire even an
ordinary education. He may be
put into a factory somewhere and
forced to labor long hours for a
| scant living.
"This is not democracy. The
! more of 1T we have, the more we
tend toward the creation OF a
great class struggle.
! I'VE must keep the doors of op-
portunity open to all citizens. We
must make impossible the 5crea-
J ton of a class warfare. We must