Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-10-20
CEORGEM. BOWERS
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR AUDI
TOR OF WEST VA.


TOR OF WEST VA.
A number of requests having been
made from different parts of the
State for brief sketch of Hon. Geo.
nj. Bowers, of Martinsburg, nominee
for Auditor on the Republican State
ticket, The HERALD is pleased to
crafty the wishes of his many
friends. Mr.. Bowers being yet a
young man, and having only well
begun his public life, has not the
years of prominent service that dis
tinguish some of the older statesmen.
Neither is his record broken by the
changes of fortune and political life
that follow the more pretentous pol
itician. He stands before the voters
of West Virginia as one of her young
citizens whose public career and per-
sonal success are cast upon the
promising wave of fortune that will
carry the State to the safe port of
progress and prosperity. He is
identified with her future and with
the future of the Republican party
now coming surely to the front when
its developing powers are most
needed.
Mr.. Bowers was born in Gerards
town, educated IN the Martinsburg
High School, and upon the death OF
his father administered upon a Large
estate and entered actively into bus
mess on his own account. lie is
proprietor of the Eureka Flour Mills
here, doing a large business; takes
an active part in public affairs, and
is well and favorably known all over
the county. He has fine home on
West King ST., is married and has
one child, and IN private and bust
ness life stands well among his fel
low citizens. He was elected to the
Legislature in 1886 by over 400 ma
jority, the lagest majority polled by
any candidate of any party for years
and proved himself an active mem.
Der and strong leader.
Mr.. Bowers is a good business
man, honest and competent lis
plain and sociable, at home with the
farmers and laboring men, and as a
public representative of the interests
of the State be would do his duty.
With Golf as Governor, Bowers
as Auditor, and Flick in Congress,
West Virginia would have a bust
ness management of which every
citizen could feel proud.
A particularly strong fight is being
made against Mr.. Bowers by Sena-
tor Faulkner and his friends, to re-
deem their party and maintain their
own political prestige. Mr.. Bowers
Is not seeking political power or par
ty supremacy. II elected the con-
scientious and satisfactory discharge
OF his duties will be his greatest and
only ambition. The taxpayers are
not interested in fight for any
mans political glory or any party's
established power. We all want to
live and succeed; we want honest
and economic government and not
political strife over a United States
Senatorship or the spoils of party IN
our Government and State institu
tionS. We want our industries to
be encouraged and developed, our
taxes to come down instead Of going
up, unless land and labor go up also
which has been far from the fact Of
late. Especially at this time, when
West Virginia has nothing but unde
veloped wealth,-coal, ores, timber
grazing and wool growing induce
ments,-is it necessary to elect,-no
professional politicians that are
what their party makes them, but
plain business men, the friends Of
American industries aud American
labor. Such are Golf, Bowers, Flick
and the whole Republican State
ticket.