The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-01
GOVERNOR WILSON
RsSsuts some Recent Rsports-A Good
speech.

RsSsuts some Recent RSports-A Good
Speech.
Gov. Wilson was then called on, and
with iorcible emphAsiS that brooked nc
denial. The Governor at once launched
into an earnest speech, conRrRtulAting the
people OF West Virginia that they had al
laat taken their welfare aud prosperity In
thslr own hands, 1! was unnecessary and
truit!eSs to consider why the great re-
sourcOa Of West Virginia had to such an
eI.Ont remained undeveloped. It was
enouEh 10 know that new order Of things
Was TO be uShered In. He spoke OF the
large area Of rich coal; the abundance Of
valuable hard woods, not eQuAlled by any
other ten States; this was not exaggera.
ton. There 10 more walnut, hickory,
chestnut, ash and oak, that could sAiely be
taken from the soil, than in any other ten
S;Ates. Thssoil, too, is everywhere rich
and productive. He spoke Of visit to
German and GWiss settlement on Blue
creek, in kanRWhR county, where q track
Of ninety acres OF mountain land puF.
chased In 1886, had, without capital OF the
start, In the hands Of q man who had 10
borrow grain for his faulty 10 live on, had
now gown 10 be worth q email fortune:
three AcT6s Of his land produced eighty.
one bushels Of wheat, and the owner, A
Mr.. Warner, said his farm would average
fifteen bushels to the sore.
Turning to the published accounts Of the
HNdald.McO0y ieui on the Kentucky
border, the Governor denounced the pub.
locations In certain metropolitan papers As
4 disgrace 10 journalism. He had seen It
stated In one paper that the marital rela.
non WAs not regarded in Logan County !;
that the women went About armed With
revolver; that the county had but three
school houses. The fact 10 there are about
seventy school houRee, and the people there
and frugal n people AZ over lived under the
sun. The Hatileld.MCCoy lend he referred
to as an unfortunate family ieud, which
had resulled In several deaihg, which was
bad for the people there aud pad for the
State, too.
ne gave some, statistics OF the schools OF
the State, vhowlng that in liberAlity Of
support, In number In proportion to the
pOpulAuuut huu III pIURIth1 W ebt virginia
can compare iAvotably with any oil the
Eastern States.
He wEs interrupted by a young man
with gpeCtaclCB on, who asked permission
10 interrupt the speaker, and asked,
"WhAt has that got to do with bringing
immigration to this stAte2"
Cries Of "a good deAl," and iesrO and
hlalea cAusod the young man 10 ok down
quick.
After a comparison between the schools
Of Maine and West Virginia, tho Governor
laid that in thls State, while the people
here did not talk about womSnS right to
vote "a much as In NeE England, the
West Vifginlsna paid q woman jus! 10
much a. ,GSa tos the SANS work.
Cheers
The growth Of the coke nad coal indus.
riCs Of tho HtatO VAs briefly ahoTn, Tho
loyeEpeE said that the Now River and
SanAWhA coke wss quoted In market re.
'orts At ID cents higher thBn ConnelIbville
oke, and was really worth in tho market
Q 10 SS cents more.
The location, equRblS climate, health,
ich coll, abundance Of coal, iron ore,
ard wood, cheap lands, fertile tfacs6
Sling at from s. 70 s. an acre, left only
liB aWAkinR to place West Virginia where |
10 now stands, Of the very threshold o, I