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WHITE ACCEPTS
Tho Nomination for Governor in a
Comprehensive Address.
REVIEWS REPUBLICAN RULE
III the Stato, and Contrasts It With
tho Shameful Outrages Perpetrated
Upon tho Taxpayers by Past Dem'ocratic
Administrations ? Clear
Outlino of Public Affairs in West
Virginia.
Spcclal Dispatch to the Intolllgcncer.
CJ2AHLESTON, W. Va., July 11.Ilon.
Albert B. White acceptccl the
nomination of governor on t|ioRepublican.'state
ticket In the folio win# com
prchenslve and ringing speech: ,
FELLOW REPUBLICANS .'-In accepting
this nomination, which you
h^ve so generously and with such
unanimity and heartiness tendsreuvnj, |
I wish to express my Hlncare. tharik^ for
tljo high honor conferred. Th.; r^'cnt.}
compliment paid In making me the I
standard bearer of the Republican par-1
ty In .the. state campaign now. upon us
Is. appreciated beyond the po\v$r. of
mere words to express. But It Is not.
for .the honor or the compliment that
the nomination Is accepted. It,-Is a call
to duty by a great party^at a-time In
the history of the politics of our state
when the Importance of securing victory
at the polls js so great that every
' loyal Republican and well wi?her of
West Virginia and its, future, it seems
to me, should subordinate his personal
wlfilies to the general good and unite
in the election of the Republican
ticket.
H'hi> i.csups nrt> nnw mido ut) anil Jho
political parties have enunciated their
national and state platform3 and placed
their"standard bearers in the field.
' The Republican party appeals to the
electors of the nation upon a platform
adopted at Philadelphia which Js a
clear-cut exposition of our party's position
on the great Issues of the day. I
need not discuss these general Issues at
this time and place, in view of the
splendid and thorough presentation of
these matters by Senator Elkltis and
the other speakers who have preceded
me.
Nothing to Say About State Hatters.
My distinguished competitor, a man
for whom 1 have a high personal regard.
in his speech accepting the Democratic
nomination for governor, had not
a word to say about state matters or
policies affecting this groat commonwealth.
His theme was imperialism
and the "sunless and shoreless sea"
upon which the ship of state, he averred
wassailing. It seems to me proper
that In the few words to be said by mo
at this time, I should discuss matters
concerning our own atatv.
The importance of the election this
fjill tn thi? TipnnbUrnn nnrtv nf this 1
ate cannot be overstated.
I heartily accept and endmse' the
tform of principles adopted by this
iventlon and stand squarely upon It.
The plank against the removal or agitation
for'removal of located state. Institutions
and buildings meets with my
unqualified endorsement and is in entire
harmony with my personal views 'for
many years past.
The platform expresses rigf.t views
as to the so-called '"Virginia debt"
question, and, Jf elected, my official act3
\ylll be In harmony with the position
therein, taken.
. I also specially commend what 13 said
as to the necessity for a fair and equitable,
apportionment of'the state for legislative
and . congressional/purposes.
And this bring3 me to what I consider
are the leading Issues of our stale' campaign;
fair apportionment, .honest elections
and no more post-election fraud3
and count-outs.
Outrageous Democratic Gerrymander.
Under the gerrymander of- tho act of
1891, passed by tho Democratic legislature
of that year, the Republican party
is so handicapped In the election of a
legislature, by unfair apportionment
and disfranchisement of Republican
counties, that we practically lose the
effective strength of 10 per cent of outvote.
So unfair was th^ measure that,
when it was pending before th" legislature,
three Democrats opi'iily opposed
and voted against It and declared It to
be outrageously wrong and unconstitutional.
These Democrats' wore Delegates
Thomas, of Putnam; "Welch, of
Mineral, and that "noblest Roman of
{hem all," Judge Jam.'s II. Ferguson,
of Kanawha.
In electing a leglsulalure, Republican
in both branches, w> must practically
carry the state by from elsht. to ten
thousand majority. Hon. John T. 2!cGraw,
the acknowledged l'-aclr.r of the j
Democratic party .of .Wvst Tlrglnl'i, in j
an interview published in Kansas,City
last-week openly boasted that ihil Dem- j
qcrats could' lose the ,election of their
candidate for governor by 10,000 major! !
iiuu yei carry m legislature.' ThU j
open Democratic boast.ahnwn the un-1
fairtioH3 and Injustice of tha present ap- j
portlonment better than any ivorda of
In some cases the < :
\ victim in firmly within t
rfrJ \/ V?v. is known. In other cns<
> > 'WU swollen glami.f, mucus j
'? ?. / y.if throat, eruptions on r.k
leave do room for doubt, as these arc ?U un
Doctorn stilt prescribe r.iercnryiaiul pot
ernU - -? 1 - - .
. ........ ,u numcacompleter.iui peruiat
back into tl'ut system, cover it up fftf u Avliil
rhemu.-itistn ntul the most offensive sores in
potifih inuko wrcckn, not; cures, avid H
S. S. s. acta in an entirely different jjii
instead of tearing down, buildn up and inv
therefore the only cure for Conta^iour. Til
though pronounced incurable by the doc.to;
ncv. untried remedy: an experience of n
only purely vegetable blood tncdicine lcno\
Mr ]!. I? Myrnt loo Mulberry St.. Ncwml;, N.
Bptratj nil ov:r my t'( ?ly. TltefcC ftoun broke out I
mmmi
gjgjgj;;
^ ever (or thia, All cotrwpoudencc is licld j
mine can do. A Republican vote there*
fore weighs but about ninety per cent
an compared with a Democratic vote,
which weighs 100 per cent. ';/
Ropubllcau Legislature STust be
'a / Elected.
The Important issue of the campaign
this .year In West Virginia Is the eleo~
tlon ot' a Republican legislature, which,
under our constitution must apportion
the state for election of members, of the
legislature, under the census of 1500, to'
remain as apportioned for the riext'ten:
years. Wv want a Republican leglsla^
turo'to do this,work In the'interests of
fair.play. AVe ask (or no und'u..1 advao-,
tage over our political opponents. We
do insist, that a? Itepubllcanfs vote
should weigh as much as a Democrat's.
We ask for a just and equitable-apportionment,
one which will disfranchise
no county because of Its politics atyd
which will not aim to make ten out of
thirteen senatorial districts Democratic
by gerrymanders, which violate the
spirit as well as the letter of oyfr jftate
constitution. 1 We can judge'from* the
pa3t what sort of apportionment a
Democratic legislature would make.
Reifiembpr Itepubllcans, that no matter
how unfair, how unjust, how outrageous
that-apportionment may be* it
must stand for ton years. ThejRspubHcans
of this state are entitled to fair
play, They do not act It under;the ex.
istlnjr legislative apportionment and It
Is their duty of supreme importance'/to
see that the legislature el'jctod this fall
la Republican In both branches!'. The
apportionment of jthe state for ten
years to come Is more Important In my
Judgment than .'the election of a governor
or. a United States senator. The
te.st o? loyalty of Republicans In this
state this year Is hearty support of the
legislative ticket in every county and
every district.
Should Draw the Veil of Silence.
The Democratic state platform makes
an alleged recital of the contest over
the control of the legislature of 1893 and
has something to say about "trampMug
the law and constitution under
foot," and refers to the case of Senator
lvidd in tragic tones. It seems to me
that our Democratic frJends should
have drawn the veil of silence over the
contest of 1S9S. What I have to say Is
said In no spirit of bitterness or anger
and with no desire to reflect upon the
honor and Integrity of the rank and flic
of the Democratic party. The great
majority of the voters of this state, In
nli parties, want to do and are trying
to do what thay believe to be right. The
psople want honest elections and an
honest determination of the results
thereof.
But what has been the record of the
Democratic party under its- recent
leadership and for the past decade. In
our state? Who is it that has.'trampled
the law and the constitution under
foot?" Was General GofC electpd governor
in 1SSS or was ho hot? Answer
that question as honest men. . There
can be but one answer to that question.
It took the Republican party eight
long years to outgrow the count-out of
General Goff as governor. It yet remembers
with an outraged sense of
Unfairness the unseating of .Newton
Ogdln, elected from the Fourth senatorial
district: the refusal to seat Anthony
Smith, who hold certificates of election
from the same, the Fourth, senatorial
district; thiT counting out of "Warrin '
Mlll'ir nlnnl<wl n 8llni*f>mr? in 1R92?
the counting'out of s; G.' Smith, elected
to the house of delegaies from Ohio
county; the eases of the three Republican
congressional candidates who
were compelled to contest before Congress
In 1SS8 for their rights. But these
matters our political friends say are of
the pnst?ten to twelve years ago. We
can forgive, but self-preservation demands
that we do not forgot.
What of the Past and Present.
But what of. the Immediate past and
present? I ask. In all truth and earnestness,
who has been "trampling the
law and constitution under foot?" Let
us see.
When the polls rinsed In 189S the election
returns showed that the Republicans
had the legislature by a majority
of SEVEN on joint ballot, the senate
standing seventeen Republicans to
nlns Democrats, and the'house thirtysix
Democrats to thirty-five Republicans.
There were three Republicans elected
to the house. Via, of Monroe; Dunnlngton,
of the Lewis-Webster district,
and Brohard, of Taylor, who were de
frauded of their rights. Two of;these
men were the victims of felonies, ^ or
post-election crimes. The other ": one,
Via, was deprived of his seat by main
force and an exhibition given of tramp11
ng "the law and constitution under
f-.iot" that brings shame to every hon
est West Virginian's heart.
in addition to these , three already
named, contests were Instituted to uriscat
Ihefol.'otvlng Republican m-mbcrrf;
Spenc-.'r, of Roane; Cutright. of Upshur;
Scherr, of Preston; Redmond, of Manon;
ators," Plerson and Getzendannbr, ;
Had our friends, the DcinncrntB,'bcpn
permitted to have "trampled the Jaw
and constitution under foot,'* as thtdr
desperate leadership Intended, Int^ead
of seven Republican majority there
would have been a Democratic] majority
tlcttial r.ignr. of Contsgiouo Illood Poison an
lie ui the monster before the.true na
the blood ir. quickly filled with thi.ipciso
[Wlclics in the mouth, sores on scalp, nice
1:1, copper colored splotches, and falling 1
mistakafde *igu8 at Contagious Hlcod Poise
ash a:; the only cure, for Blood Poison, Tlii
icnt cure of Contagious lilood Poison,! The
e, but it breaks out again in worse form. Til
id v.Icers, causing the joir.tr, to stiffen and
lior^.-ho have been dosed with these drugs'
Miner, being a purely vegetable remedy.; it
igorates the general health. S. S. S, t.n the
ood Poison. No matter in what fttogo or
r?, S. S. S. eau be relied ujion to make a 1
early fifty years ban proven it ii sure and
vu. i . .
J.. Biiyr,: " 1 wjir nffllctrd with n terrible Woo?l dii
nto wren, nrnl it Im cuiy to imntjinr the
>etor* tiMihl do tor no uu<m1 t linil npfiit m htimirctl ?1
M vsultnn patent mcHelmrn. hut the/ ?li?1 not rrn
?<!!< ft S N S. 1 >?a 1 ptr*tJy Improved. rnd trnmlch
t my 1 lirit h?-j;an to grow p:\lrr unci fltMllfr, ami b(
M wrijrfct, LrciuMc stronger, ami my "ppftlledmpn
cnrAsn piece of Kln*?." 1 1 ... f
Send for ?ur Home Treatment. Hook, wl
lir, disease, with complete directions for sell
1 charge of physicians who have made a li
<*sitatc to write for anv information,or mh
in the most uscrcd confidence. THE SWIf
of thirteen;-; But to the credit of the
state all those things did not come to
pass.V
Discusses the Via Case.
I shall'not discuss tilese cases a?
length. Via, of Monroe, was declared
by the circuit court to he elected,' after
a careful rccount of all disputed ballots.
Ills Democratic competitor took
the case by writ of error to the supreme
court, and, refusing to agree to a
prompt hearing, It went over until after
the legislature had adjourned, when
the case was withdrawn by the Democrats
and dismissed in the. supreme
court, leaving the judgment of the circuit
court and the Democratic election
commissioners of Monroe county absoUttely.unchallenged.
Vla's name'Was
properly on the roll, of tho house, but
he wus promptly unseated and without
a recount of the ballots, which wore in
the custody of the clerk of the hu,premj
court, and In the state bouse,
Loganr,was seated and "the law and
conatiuuion" trampled upon.
Dunnlngton's majority in the. Lewls"Webster*
district was eighteen, according
to the election returns. .A felony'
was evidently committed In Webster
County after the first count and before
-the recount, and Talbot gained fortythree
votes In Webster, received, the
certificate of election, and "under the
forms of law" served" as a member of
the house of delegates.
The case of Brohard, from Taylor
county, forms one of the blackest pages
in our political history. A grand Jury',
composed of Republicans and Democrats,
-has since the legislature adjourned
unanimously founds that a felony-was
committed and a "purple blue
pencil" 'In the hands of a criminal had
changed votes enough In precinct after,
precinct to wipe out Brohard's eightyone
majority and give his Democratic j
opponent a, fraudulent majority or
thirty-two. I
Dare Not Defend the Brohard Steajl. ,
.Not u Democrat la West Vlrglnia'can
be found to-day who dare defend- thef|
steal of Brohard's seat and yet he was
seated by the Democratic house. of!
delegates The secretary of state, acting
under a decision handed down by
PrncldniU -? * *
MKwiiiviii, ul uie supreme!
court, who decided -that Brohard. wos
entitled to a ceriltlcate of election,
placed Brohard's name on the roll oE,
the house. He asrved live days, or until
January 10, when the resolution re-.|
ported by the majority of the commit:
tee on privileges, and elections was'
adopted, which' provided, .'t'hat .pend- j
Ins such Investigation and determination
of the title to the said seat, neither '
Humphrey. J?\ Brohard nor W. II. D.
Dent be permitted to participate In the
proceedings of the house." - From that,
date until the admission and'qualification
of Dent, on February 14, (nearly a
month later), neither Brohard nor Dent
was recognized as a member entitled to |
participate In the proceedings of the ,
house. i
Now let us consider the one cape of j
Senator Ivldd, .whom our Democratic !
friends have seen tit to.make a martyr |
and to Immortalize in their platform. I
The total vote In the Fourth senator- ,
ial district was 14,286 and the Ave coun- i
ties returned an apparent plurality for
Senator KIdd over his competitor, Mr.
Morris, of 141, the vote,standing 7,02:; to
7.1G4.
Six Per Cent) of Total Vote.
Among these counties" was Wood'
county with a total vote of about C,F?00,T?ut
in which there were 3S6 votes re- \
Jected on the count, under the peculiar
provisions of our election law, for one
irregularity or another. This was SIX
PER CENT of the total vote?an enormous
and'unusual amount of rejected
ballots. Some of tiisse ballots were not
counted because only one election clerk
nan signed nis name on the back instead
of both of them! Wood county is
strongly Republican and here, were
more, disputed ballots than necessary to
wipe out Kldd's plurality twice ovor.'i
Able counsel claimed there was good '
ground for a contest and that most of
the ballots in dispute ought to be |
counted under the broad provision of
the law as to the Intent of the voter.
Counsel, within tendays after the election,
and months before It was known !
or could ba known that the Democrats
.were going to unseat Brohard and Via,
and long before'the theft of Dunning-1
ton'S certificate, prepared notice of j
contest which-was served in due time
and which sot out certain irregularities 1
of election and the large number of i
ballots not counted, and. if their con- I
tentlon was borne out by the contest, i
claimed a majority for Morris over
Kldd of lf?3.votes.
When the legislature met and the de- i
termination of ^certain Democratic]
leaders to attempt to elect a United
States senator wan revealed, the feelIntr
was so hieh that nil thni Mr wnr. I
rls* counsel asked was u recount of |
Wood county's, rejected ballots?drop-j
ping all other disputed ballots and lr- |
regularities. - &/ i
To the honor of such Democratic leaders
us Senator Faulkner and ex-Sen- '
ators Davis nnd Camden, bit It said ,
right here and at this point'that they,
jconcedsd the right of the Kepulillcans !
to elc'ct a United States senator,"-and
took no part In the effort to "trample I
the law and constitution under foot."
Democratic Conspiracy Unfolded.
. The Republicans saw membei; after {
member of th*?lr party in the huu?j? un- j
seated and tJje Democratic conspiracy ,
unfolded in all its hldoousty'sfl. But
riot until one. week after tbo'houso had
acted on ,the Brolmrd oast* .did they act |
In the senate on the Kldd carte. Janu- j
ary 10 the house declared .both'BiQhrird
'(Hep.)* and Dent, (Dom.), nor entitled
to act until a llnul decision In ,thn Taylor
county case. On January 2.1 the
senate seated Mr. Morris on his eon,t?:st,
"pending the llnal disposition of
the said contest." Brohard was-'allowed
to sit five days .and Kidd twelve.'
The next day, January 24, the house.
tiy lereurij
11? PffilsJi;
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nou* virus and the
re on tencuc, .wrc W g gjjft
lair and eyebrowr. . *
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y drive tlie disease
'esc powerful minerals produce mercurial
finder nails to drop off. Morotiry arid
ar:? never after free from aches and pain,
forces the poison out of the system, and
only antidote for this specific vims; and
How Hopeless the ease may appear, even
rapid, permanent cure. S. S. S. i? not a
unfailing cure for thin disease. It is the
r?*c, v?hlch wrtH in *j>ot*at first, liut nflerwnnh
J rmliirnl. before I heeinue convinced that the
Hilars. which wajt trnlly thrown away. I then
cli thr dlscuNf. When I hail finlfthcil my first'
with thr rrtnlt. The J?rj?r, ml *}>lolchM
fore loin: ilUnppcarctl entirely. I rcj-nlned my
>vc?l. I was noutj entirely well, mill my skin ns.
licit contains valuable information about
; treatment. Our medical department is
fe-time study of blood diseases. Don't
dee wanted. We make no charge wl>ntT
SPECIFIC COMPANY. ATLANTA, CA.
committee on privileges and elections, |
by ;a iniajorlty report, declared' that ,
Dent, (Detn.), was elected and that he 1
be at ohc#1 Qualified: Before,
that report was acted upon, a
"treaty of peace" was agreed to and by I
unanimous, vote :.of;both houses, in sep-1
irate session, on Jnnuarj*25. the Taylor
county ease was,, set to bedetermlncdln.j
the house on February 7,; and in the
senate Morris, jfltsp.), who had been i
i<uhU/d' the daS; beforK wh.4 unseated
and exactly the snme action was taken
as was taken by the house January 10?
nine days before?namely, that "pending
the determination or such contest,
neither said Morris nor said Kldd shall
be entitled to i'ote or sit-us a member
of this body." February 7.was set also
In the 'senate- for. determining, the
Kldd-Mbrrls cafes.
On,, that same day, January 25, Hon.
Scott, In joint session of "the legislature
was elected United States senator
by a vote of forty-eight for Scott,
forty-six for. McGraw and one for Goff.
Had. the'-people's will"as expressed at
the polls been carried out without any
post-election frauds or legislative unseating,
the vote would have stood
Scott, flfty-one; Goff one, McGraw forty-five.
On u contest and careful hearing
fn.the United States senate Senator
Scott, by a.vote of fifty-two to three,
was declared to, be legally elected. The
Democratic conspiracy had failed.
Conclusion of Kidd Case.
Now to a conclusion of the Kldd case.
Those 386 disputed ,or. rejected ballots
irom woou county were canvassed uy
the seriate committee; There were
found to* bo 196N which Morris wqb entitled
to luiye counted for him: 126
which Kldd was entitled to have counted
for-him; und 04 which no one was
entitled to receive, the Intent of the voter
not being ascertainable. This made
a gain of seventy votes for Morrl3, but
left Kldd'seventy-one miijorlty In the
'district, dropping all othej* contentions
and Irregularities.. The committee
thereupon unanimously reported Mr.
Kldd.ari entitled to the Beat and n Republican
senate unanimously re-seated
him.
In the house, however, the Democrats
on the samo day, February 7, through
thelx elections -committee reported, in
spit?, of .the.'known felony, that Dent
wns^Cjrtftled to the seat, over Brohard
and' by 'a party v<?to set their Eeal of
approval on the greatest felony ever
committed in our nt.itc?and solely for
the purpose 'of helping the contesting
and desperate Democratic leader in his
"contest"'or "protest" before the United
States senate
"Which acted the nobler part? The
Republican state senate or the Democratic
house of delegates in the two
contested cases before them of Dent vs.
Brohard In the house and Morris vs.
Kidd in the senate? Is not the aiu?v.?r
seen In the humiliating position Mr.
Dent;was placed In? He knew he was
not elected and though voted In on February
7th he waited until the 14th before
ho mustered up "nerve" enough to
qualify, and only did it then as a "party
necessity."
Put an End to Frauds.
Fellow cltlzons of West Virginia! Let
frauds and count-outs. They strike at
the 'Very' foundations of a republican
form of '.government. The Republican
party lp (his state has suffered much;
It has endured much; it will do any'thlng
for the peace and honor of our
state and the perpetuity of Its Institutions.
Wo want a fair election, an
honest count and a peaceable determination
of the results. If our Democratic
friends win, though by a hair-breadth,
the victory Is .theirs and we will gracefully
yield. But we are equally determined
that West Virginia shall not be
Goebellzed and the earnest appeal of
Governor Taylor, of Kentucky, written
last March in response to the resolutions
of our. Republican State League,
tiiuls an answer and an echo in all our
he-arts. \\*c ask only fair play, a fair
election, a fair apportionment, an equal
weight to every vote, an honest determination
of the results of the election
and then, if it is our victory, we demand
the right to enjoy it and will
have'it.
"Montani semper llberl"?Mountain '
eerKl^ife.,y.li|\;ay,!? Xru\ u^yy.,:hey ever
remain so. ' . ,'4, ; ' '
. The: Democratic : state -platform attacks'
the present'; state administration
and,accuses it of extravagartt appropriations'and
' bad management: At
their,state convention, the.last Democratic
governor of the state .was with
groat reluctance from some'permitted
himself of a bitttir attack on the present
state administration.
Thin was lo be expected of one who
In this character of Dr. Jekyll called
loudly, as chief executive of the state,
for a tariff on coal against his party's
policy; and in a recent speech before
the board of trade of Newark. X. J.,
made a patriotic plea for expansion and
the retention of the Philippines, against
his party's platform; and more recently
still protested against the disfranchisement
of the colored vote of the south,
against his party's record. To reinstate
himself in thu good graces of his
party he appeared as Mr. Hyde at their
state convention and challenged a comparison
between his administration and ,
the present one. if ever folly waited
on .opportunity it was when the last
Democratic governor spoke at the lJarkersburg
convention. If some things
are said which are not pleasant to say,
if the curtain is to be raised or. a disgraceful
chapter in our state history. It
i? .because Dr. Jekyll gave way to Mr.
Hyde!
Let us talk brloiiy of what Republicans
found at the euil of twenty-six
years of Democratic control. They
found practically an empty treasury
and a detleli." Th? Democrats took areceipt
for something over $1,100,000
from Treasurer Kendall, but of what
did that money consist? Instead of
74,as a balance of the state fund
available for general uses, Jit the close
(if their last tlscul year, they had old
nio^'lhiin enough to wipe out the alleged'
'balance. So noioriouB was
the condition of the treasury and thy
knowledge that the state's obligations
were not being paid, that Home claims
w;re b"lii^ discounted an high a a r>0 per
cent. The deficiency on printing: alone
'was oyer $4.",000 which this administration
had to prjy.
Did Not Belong to the State.
Of this $1,100,000 that they took Treasurer
Kendall's receipt for, $400,000 was
rallrfmd money belonging to. the comities,districts
and.municipalities. It did
not belong to the state and should have
L been distributed befor? they went out
of office. Another. 1200,QOtt belonged to
the Irreducible school fund, and another
' big 'sllcti to the general 'school fundnone
of which was available for general
purposes nor could It have been used to
pay ithe- contingent expenses of the
. state. . They left, as I said before, a
practical deficiency and an empty treasury..
<
And how much greater the deficiency
would have been had not Governor
Mni'Oofkl-A's* administration received in
1S!?r?*3lii4.000 of money from the- United
States government, being the refund of
the war tax collccted during the war
from West Virginia under Governor
Itorcnian's administration! A Kepubll.can
'administration of thirty years bark
saVed the MacCorkle administration
from absolute bankriiotrv ovr^of :i? It
"borrowed" from tin? other.'state funds.
And thou there were absolute "shortages"
In one ofllee, that of secretary of
mate; of over 5:10,000 and the defrauding:
of a number of statu depositories ri
ptfbllo moneys of thousand* of dollars
i>y' a holdliuy-up process of :\ trusted
clerk In the sin to' treasurer's oIHcl'.
My. word for It that when tfyeretury
Dawson turns ovur his otllce Is* will be
found that every dollar has been honestly
acourited for. and when Treasurer 1
K -nihil turns ovor Ills nflicj no scandal
will follow his departure.
Admlnlntrntlon Hcib a Surplus.
Instead of deficiencies thin administration
bus a.surplus, lijvcry dabt has
bHt-'M paid and every obligation mot nod
not a dollar borrowed. "During the first
two year;i ihtrs whs ttirnyd back Into
thy public treasury, of tiro aproprlatloo
for prJntliw ovor $44,001) unexj.;vntlod,
During the first three years the present
state superintendent,^ schools has
saved in printing, under the'same laws
as his predecessor worked, $21,'314 AG,
and everything has been done,that was
necessary.
No orders are unpaid and no debts
are hanging over, the state paid out
of other funds.
With no increased taxntlon and mo
new sources of revenue we were able
to put $2,100,000 ut the disposal of the
last legislature as against $1,400,000 the
best the Democrats ever could do, even
when they were borrowing, while this
administration has not borrowed a cent.
This hus not been done by Increased
revenues, arlslfig from increased valuations
or Increased taxes, but from close
collections and effective economies.
The real estate has not been Increased
in valuation so that taxes could be
levied upon It as yet, since 1801. But
the value of personal property shrunk
enormously as a result of the last national
Democratic administration and
Its ruinous free trade ideas and tariff
policies. The story of the hard times
from 1893 to 1897 need hardly be told.
It is too awful ahd too fresh In our
minds to need but a reference. Hut Jet
us see how It aiTect'ed the Republican
administration which carno Into power
In this state In March, 1897, and with
which ex-Governor MacCorkle would
compare his administration. The figures
I now give will Interest the farmers of
our state, I am sure. ;
Will Interest the Farmers.
Value of cattle In West Virginia In
1893, |r?,676,2G0; value of cattle In West
Virginia In,-1897. $4,G34,G33. Decrease, 18
not* ci>nt snoi'.oan. "
Vulue of.*horses-ami-mules in West
Virginia In 1893, 37,401.671; value of
horses and mules in West Virginia In
1S07, $5, 108,315. Decrease, SO per cent,
$2,296,350.
Value of sheep fn West Virginia in
1893, U,088;780: .value .of sheep In West
Virginia In 1807, $844,307. Decrease, over
40 per cent, $144,413, .
Then take the railroads. In tlie spring
of 1807 the railroads of the stdte were
nearly all of them on the verge of
bankruptcy and three-fourths of them
were in the hands of receivers. There
was also a big falling off In the taxes
derived from saloons and the liquor
traffic, as many had been forced out of
business by hard times. So the Republican
administration came Into power
actually .with less available Vevenues
from taxation than when MucCorkle
to ok his seat in 1893, and neither the
legislature of 1S97 nor 1S99 passed any
revenue measures.
By enforcing the collection of lines
for misdemeanors, which go to tingeneral
school fund,' we Increased the
receipts from that source nearly 50 per
cent in one year.
By compelling the commissioners
who were delinquent to settle for the
money received from the sale of wqste, :
delinquent or unappropriated lands,
which goes to the Irreducible school
fund, we added $r?G,000 to that fund in
one year: and In the lost two years
have added another $100,000 to the large
amounts adi^ed by us In the first two
years to the Irreducible school fund.
This fund now exceeds ?1,000,000, and
the Democrats added only $20,000 a year
on an average to this fund, as against (
our nearly $50,000 a year.- :
Million Dollars in the Treasury.
There is over $1,000,000 In cash in the
treasury now, drawing Interest, Including
the uninvested portion of the Irreducible
school fund: and of this amount i
there is over 5200,000 In cash In the general
or state fund, available at once,
and every obligation Is paid to date.
Does this look like a wasteful or extravagant
administration? Is It not a ?
mutter of pride to us all, Democrats !
and Bepubllcans and men of all parties,
that we have a state without a
debt; a state with a surplus: a state
that is building up under the present
administration institutions like the
asylum for incurables and the Girl's In- (
dustrial Home; erecting new buildings
nt the West Virginia reform school:
building and establishing the several
miners' hospitals; putting up.a great
rnnltnl niinpjt: stnrllnir thrpe irrsat
state university buildings; a state administration
that has strengthened and.
developed every institution of learning^ u
In the state and opened a new one for .,
colored youth at Uluefleld: thnt has so
administered its hlglKtrust that every
institution of charity, philanthropy and
education' under Its control is doing* '
more work and hotter than ever before- <:
In Its history? Have,we not reason to
be proud of an administration that has
done unci is doing those things?
Stato Expanding and Growing.
Our state is expanding and growing
ami our public institutions with It. Under
our abounding prosperity West
Virginia is developing amazingly and
all her public Institutions are enlarging.
If the Democratic party objects to i
the Increased appropriations passed by J
the Democratic house of 1S90 and th* >
lUtpubllcan senate of thnt year. let
them com? out into the open like men (
and say to what appropriations they object.
To say thnt a six-foot man needs
no larger clothes than a small boj' Is to
make one's Eelf ridiculous. If yon object
to any particular appropriation,
my Democratic friend, name it. Hut.
make up yotir mind that under Republican
administrations state institutions
will not he dwarfed or crippled, but will
keep pace with the demands and devel
opmtuit of the state.
Dr. Jckyll rejoiced in the Rood; Mr.
Hyde reveled In the bad. There were
some things said by ex-Governor
"Hyde" ?t Purkarsburg about the Weston
asylum. He was very emphatic. I
wondered as I listened to him. If he
knew that a board composed of Democrats
and Republicans had sut In judgment
and heard the case against the
superintendent and that the Democratic
members of that board of uniting
with a Republican member could have
brought about a change at once. I
wondered If he meant to say that the ]
Democratic members had violated their
oaths of office and voted to retain the ,
superintendent in order to accomplish i
some sinister purpose.- It would afford i
me great pleasure to remove the mem- J
her of any board of any party faith who
would violate his oath and shield the \
guilty. One Republican member voted
against the superintendent and , gave
the Democrats a chnnce by going with
him lo effect a change and save exGovernor
"Hyde" from future mental
disturbances and outraged feelings.
All Voted Ho Was Not Guilty.
But they wouldn't and didn't. Not a
Democratic member voted that the superintendent
was guilty, hut all voted !
that he was not guilty. If I were a
Democratic member of the Weston
hoard I'd make the. late Democratic
governor explain Just who he means
have violated their oaths of office and
duty to th'i people.
It Is my fortune and your fortune,
gentlemen of the convention,- to belong
to a party which Is of the people and
tor the people and which has so legislated
that we can truthfully nay that
"prosperity shines in every household."
Our contrasted condition as a nation
nun ?ij? h mint: ivim uiui hi iiiur lu mix
yearp a>?o Is u moat Klorlous one. To Republican
party In the state and nation
linn kept faith with the people
and redeemed every promise made. We
have proved true prophet* and fulfilled
to the letter our prophecies. Here In
West Virginia, the only Republican
statu left In the south, our material
prosperity is the marvel of the country.
We have the richest and best state In
the Union with a most splendid futifre
Just ahead. We are coming into our
Inheritance ami our coal Is becoming
klnn; our lumber commands the markets;
our oil Illumines'the world, while
our manufactured products circle the
globe, Let us vote to );e?p our devlop- ,
tnent going. t<? place no chock to our
business ^rou ih, to sustain Ihc party of
sound money, of protective policies for
our conl, timber, wool and other products,
and of that patriotism which ,
follows the flat; unfalteringly, with do- '
votlon that never will consent to Its
being hauled down where It has once :
been planted In the name of human \
liberty and Christian civilisation.
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