New-York tribune., 1891-02-19

pil will 90 through if the Executive head nods'
and LEGISLATORS and department chiefs who like the
sound of the Executive voice. found the Governor
eager to have the States attractions adNer'seo'
and especially anxious TO rebut lmputatiohs coh
cerning the alleged lawlcssness of his people.
"Many outsiders, " he complains. seem to think
of West Virginia sort OF moGern ooisica' lui
of rufiians and vendettas. IT is true we have haH
trouble on the southern border But since tooN
Office have withdrawn the rewards onered' anu
tbc disturbance has wholly ceased. We have no
difficulty in taking care of our own cTlminaL'' anu
never had We have no bands of White caps or
Red Men. Sometimes a farmer in the back country
may NOT he behaving himself. and his nelShnois
threaten 10 whip him. But such things happen
in every rural district. and stranger may i've
among us with as little molestation as In New
York or Massachusetts.
What do you think the State most needs Tor
its advancement ?" | asked
Exactly what it's getting now, only more OF
it-forcign capital and foreign immigration we
are neither rich enough nor numerous enough 10
develop our own possessions. AS you nave ho-
ticed there is hardly, town in the State "heIe
there is not scarcity of houses O"r
capitalsts have invested all they possess IN o'her
directions. Wages are good everywhere, and ell
ploymcnt is steady. Nobody can ma pe',cI
place to live in. Our people are frlehdlF ana III
tellircnt Party lines are forgotten IN Sccln III
tercourse. A Yankee is as much respected mere
as at home We have almost labor troubles,
and as toTace riots, they are absolutely unknown
Governor Fleming, like everybody elSc Is cio-
ouont as 10 the States advantages as a place ol
residence The Constitution contains many admir-
ohio provisions II forbidS the State to c"nlract
debts and so avoids expensive and burdchSome
LEGISLATION. The counties may subscribe Tor ne"
railroads or canals, but the State cannot. DIS
crepancics between appropriations and expenditures
are met by " temporary loans" Consequently, lhc
legislators who are just now harangung in the
lofty halls at the Capitol, escape endless annoy
ance and temptation; are able to devote their
time TO amending the land laws, looking after
,hc interests of the laborng man, and violently
esnousing opposite sides onsuch momentous issues
os the editing of school-books. The sessions are
bicnrial and last only forty-ive days. The most
conohlc men, therefore accept office, and they
bavc inst shown their broadmindcdness by tabling
a resolution 10 prevcnt State exhibit 1T the
Worlds Fair and by promising TO see thaJ 1hc
State docs herself proud" at Chicago worlds
Fair banquet is soon be held at winch PRESIDENT
Palmer will be one of the guests. Inc sdiaTleS
Of the State officers are low There IS no I'M
prisonment for debt. There Is State University
at MorgantOwn, with free instruction loF oois
and girls over fifteen IN lnc cdSolCo S''oN'' "1ii
culture and military tactics. The Governor faS
recommended the Australian sy stem oil voting, the
list of tax exemptions is long, there arc SIN horh
schools, Il reform school, school Tor lhe ocai
end blind and two hospitals for the insane a
Bureau OF Labor and two militia regiments Nine
pcople died the year heioic last who were over 100
wears old The railroad mileage has doubled IN
the last ten years and the population increased
by quarter.
The land laws, il is true are not all they might
be- Pills are constaHtly drawn to quiet htic,
and some lawyers make speciality OF litigation
over real estate ownership. For West NirginIa
suffers from a reputation for wildcat titles
akin 10 that of Chicago for divorces Enough
outsiders have lost mOhey to blacken her laihc
for all time. The natives, on tcir part, nave
come to regard alien investors as hndgrabDeiS
and thieves, and the lawyers have been busy
smoothing away difficulties that should never have
arisen. They never would, but for tic excessive
enterprise of Geor6e Washington and other last
century surveIcrs The original grants In Ola
Virginia were made entirely by patent In the
early days pioneer would pick NJ his r1d and
chain walk into the forest and quietly STAKE out
a claim, with care to include all the promising
territory in sight. Then he would send In
description of the lines 10 Richmond and pay n
small fee for entry az the land-ofice Aitcr
him would come another pioneer. also with an