West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-10-09
TON COUNTY, w. VA. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1880.

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! Oft. We did not incrsss! your taxes
In 1871 though we had Ia pay tho debt
: of sec, ,S2S, "a. which tho Radicals, with
/ out even the seulhlRnce o:law diverted
{ from tho free school fund for the regis>
trAtion and othor iuiquitles. This fact
IL IN your Auditors report. BesiJe-
this, and still no Increase OF taxation. we
have paid $4,000 tor thu old State cApi>
toll improvements, and $4,000 for the
rent of the sSpo whom leased to Us by
the people OF Charleston. one word as
10 the cost OF those yubnc buildin ~.
and who paid IL.
PUBLIC InPRovEMRNT.
DOring all the adm lhistr,tion OF the
Democratic party our public Improves
ments have bc0n pushing rapidly on,
without the slightest additional bu rVlon
The University at Morgantown has
been practically wholly l.1Il during
thisperiOd. The old building, the gin
OF the citizens. was destroyed by fro,
and since wo came into power all the
new b0ildings have been added to the
state college. AZ RurnBey bSAf Dnmb
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600 and upwards on inhpro Vements, asd
eactically constructed tbe whole ipsti>
tuition, and yet NO incI eRSe in taxation.
Before we pOt possession OF the political
machiu cry OF the State, this establishs
ment was weak aud sickly and carried
on In very humble building in com>
pAis"n To Nho present capacious one.
I The Asylum at Weston since our adj
veut into power has been vastly iln-
prove.i. The center or main building
has been com pleted, We huilt the north
wings and completed .tlaR ruth wings,
and at recent session OF the Legisla.
ture made the amplest provision foI
tho future. To-day this asylum Is the
most magnih cent Jnment OF human :
ity and liberality OF our people In the
country. And with all our hberul en-
dowmeu Is made by us TO this and other
institutions, still there is no additional
taxation.
We took the penitentiary In an untin-
isbed aud wrecned condition, and made
liberal provision for II. Built splendid
Wall ~ feet high and eyer 80 many feet
thick, covering seven acres OF prouud,
furnished The main or war eu's apart
ment, and constructed al! the shops and
tl.ed them full OF machinery, erected
hno wator works and put the institu-
ton on u basis where et IS nearly self
sustaining. To day IL stands complete
n all it's appointments. When la 1875
wo took charge OF s91irS all thers was
complete about IT, WAS the sou tn cell
buildi y exposed aud undn ishsd, no
shops, no machinery and nothing else
save AN old stockRde, oyOr which thleves
used to climb and rob the State. These
are truths from tue record, the beat OF
witnesses. Inum stely related To this
s1bIect or taxation and ia 'ly ausw erinK
another Charge against us, IL the amount
we have collected fSOs9 tho defaulting
sherifs pf the Radical party. This
amount has coDtTibuteI in no sinal II do
gree u liBhton our bu rdens and keep
our rates OF rtaxalon at thirty>live cents
Instead OF three or GouF dollars ~ In
some OF the States. IT. Republiean
brother. you 9Te sincere In your desire
for faithful administration, and not too
far absorbed and controlled by your
party prcjudices aud will iucline your
ear TO the facts, can readily prove 70
you that our State Is tie best governed
and most economically administered
one in the Union.
Since 1871 our State onicers. active.
vigilant snd honest AS they are, have
collected from tho Radical dolinaueot
sheras tie sum Of SI55, ,I52, %, due for
thS yep 1851 90 1870 inclusive. This,
however, tells not tho whole story Of
Radical mismanagenent. Every ses-
sion Of the Legislature under them was
kept busy In releasing by sets OF law
the Bums stolen from the hborinR men
OF the State. Now, Tor ~ this they call
US Bourbon that we belong TO the dug
out race and Of tho wooden plow and
log hut and Jpossom hunting genera
tiOns. Now Is this true What savs the
oracle Of The record : Before me hold
the list of the capltatioDs assessed since
1865, when tor tho first time any ap-
pr Oscb to accuracy could DO obtained.
This sim ply means tbe Inst Of voters, or,
~ the law says it, Of the white aud col
orcd maJo persons over the age OF twens
tyson years. Ia 1895 they were g2,76I ;
In 1886, ~, ,i22. when many returned 10
their homes abandoned in war in 1857.
1919 In 1868, 80. .9L7 In 1869, SO. .o56;
in 1870, 20, ,429 in 1917, 04.O44 IN 1873,
96,4l4 la 1874. iO0,s57 In 1875, iOs .0l2
in 1876 lO5.35s IN 1877, IiO s3l ;
in 1878. ll474l ; ia 1879. 1890. and Ia
l2l, 900
REsULT or ''EOuRBoNfsN 4"
How Is This for Bpurbonlsm Let us
on these dead Gguros with life and lot
them speak. They show an iuoroso Of
voters since We took hold Of things. Of
forty per cent. But this ~ hardly fair.
Tor the assessor can not get a full Hst Of
capitaiiOns. A better showing ia in tie
consus returns ~ shown by the Oineln-
natl Commercial. Tho New England
Statos have gained bat sixteen per 90 nt.
in ten years; the Middle States nineteon
per cent, the Southern gtatos twenty
eight per cent; the Western States tbir-
ty-oight por cent, and the Pacific States
seventy four por cont These two lstler
have. as We know, grown ~ by magic,
IN this p oriod, from tne overflow Of emf.
grants % that country. And yet only
seven states Of the Union hsve impressed
more iu t9p years thaR West Virginia.
She INCREASED siEty per cent, or run,