The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-09-01

1T Iii state CONVENTION at Park
ersburS. Jriy z5t.; lsssz
Tie DeFergsrv 0f the s. ate of
Vest Virginia III eonKei:tiH4, ssy
aasssi0d. extends iiS cDna5atEias
isniia II, the party and fo tn peo-
PIE as the State liz view cf the
sllaeai .icent III .pgsal Developments
|of the vast ress)sig RES oil the Ststss
an1eT slie influence BIZ DeinocsEs y
ii principles which isaye controll-
es iss administration fsaring .!is
al twenty years.
We approve and ratify tie
platform and principles ,rosnlil-
gated ssv tie acknowledgements
gonven!i9n ct its meeting III
;lisawo- ana heartily endorse tie
nomination III Grover Cleveland
ID. President III tie United States.
We congratulate He people If
the State of West Virginia upon
lis rapid growth in increase of
population and nsteTisl interests.
With the completion of railroads
ROW u,sdar construction and tliase
projected, we Misty ipok forward
to the time when there will be
even more rapid development and
increase in the values Of its prop
erty.
The finances of tho State were
nexel. in a more healthy or salts
factory condition than under the
policy pursued by the Democratic
administration ii strictly; enforc-
1 ing TIE lay relating 70 the collec-
ton Of levics ard Of prohibiting
tie release Of bonded officers.
Saerisis have hoell prompt in col
Ieefing and turning over the pull
lie moneys, which have been suf-
! ,ieieit to meet III of the gqyarns
mental Expenditures. WITH an
Increased yait:atiou, MADE in puf,
saance Of law, Of tweirty-siz mil
lions Of dollars, the revenue will
be more than sufficient 10 meet all
! proper aiid economical charges,
| Having asugplus lii the treasury
We ihea:af9ge Az.easld reee1sa n E j
ttt t.ffee- 81 reduction IN
tie rate OF taxation.
We appeal to the patriotic sent
inents and State pllde Of the cit
;zehs Of West Virginia, regard
less Of party, to express at the
polls their indignant cendemna-
tion OF tire conspiracysentered in
to in 1870, by j II. Huston, Chair
man Of tie Indiana State Rcpub-
IjicaD Committee, then Treasurer
ef the United States and officers
Lot The National Republican Com
,aittee, in cooperation with Ger
tain leaders CT tho Republican
| party in West Virginia to coion;ze
! the State by the introduction Of
an ignorant, thrifilsss and debas-
cd class Of North Cardinals ne
grces to lower the wages OF ous
honest, intelligent worknlen BY
tLeir competition; to. dsbauEh
ihe-balfiiott ana enTss33tf Ese ASass
fraga Of our paof5Iet for Efe7 pur-
pose Of placing Republican THIS
rale upon and placing portions Of
Ill under negrQ ,!6asination.
We congratulate tile people
upon the economy aud wisdom OF
| the democratic party since it has
i:;tSi coatTol OF the State, and we
refer with pride to the fact that
when it Was transferred from Re-
publican control to the guardian
ship of the Democratic party, lit
lie had been doae IL the erection
al those pablo institutions essen
tial IN the development and pros
perity of a State. Within the
brief period Of lis control by the
Democracy it has completed Cur
University and Penitentiary, en-
larged over two-foId the Weston
Lnnatic Asylum, almost complet-
cd the Spencer Asylum, establish
ed and equipped with every con-
venience the Deaf and Blind AS
yluin, and established and erect
cd the first distinctive cQlorcd ag-
hFiculturaf college, tripled the ca
pacity,of the Naa,mal Schools and
erected q Handsome and commo-
Fdf6us StatesCapltol, and has en-
larged, perfected and systematic
ed free school system that has
encouraged enrolment and in
creasedathe State and local reve-
nues from. q nominal sum to near
a mill4on dollars year; and all
this without any increascof taxa
ton, when the special taxes fire.
iquently levied in addition to the
ordinary State taxes by Repubh-
can Legislatures is taken into
consideration.
We pledge the Democracy OF
/ the State of West Virginia TO in
sist that the next session of the
Legislature shall pass a law max
ing il a penal offense for q citizen
or corporation doing business in
this State to import an armed
body Of citizens from other States
to guard property or to act as& d
part of the posse ccmitGts(s and
prescribe severe penalties to be
imposed upon citizens of ether
StateSswAo come within the State
Of West Virginia for the p,srppse
of acting in such a capacity, be-
lieying that in the laws Of the
State of West Virginia and in the
loyalty Of its citizens, rests the