The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-05

Nnl4 " q great Occ4oions ana one fEWnlt
most thoroughly and fully appreciate,
TO be selected, without opposition. by the
great political organization 20 which l
have always had the honor tO'belonE, to
the firBt place within the Gift ot the clt-
sens OF my native state, and TO be elect
cd by majority considerably In hScORs
OF that given 20 the chief magistrate of
the nation, who 10 also OF my own poliu-
cal falth. and whose name was on the
same ticket with my own, are conpll-
mcnts and honOrS which any one should
most fully appreciate. am profoundly
grateful, therefore. to my fellow citizens
for the high honors they have 10 cheer-
flI1lY aud willingly conferred upon me-
WIN Not be PaFtiSAn.
Born and reared upon the sacred soil
tyour state, my interests are yours. and
your wishes shall be mine. My utmost
endeavors. i promise you, shall be exert
ed to administer our laws carefully,
thoughthIlly, fairly, imparu1lly. am
Republican. aud everybody In West
Virginia knows II, but ~ your governor,
your chief executive oiiicer, shall be alb
solutely impartial In the enforcement OF
the law.
In the distribution Of patronage. l
0hall serve my party frst: but In the exe-
Cution OF tho trusts placed In my Keep
ing by the people OF my state. shall
know no party. class. race, or creed. My
intention. therefore. is Ia he fair and just
and impartial In the execution o. the
laws Of the prosperous commonwealth OF
West virginia. In all public transae-
uons, Democrat will BE- as welcome at
the state house as \ Republican.
/ desire here and nov to assure my
friends OF all political parties, that II
shall be my aim and purpose to require
an honest and economical RdmlniStrd-
tlOn OF all Of our public Institutions. !
have selected for directors aud regents OF
these various Institutions, the very hest
men Within the limits Vt our common.
wealth. No board appointed by me shall
be without minority representation.
whether the law requires Il or not With
humiliation have seen more than one OF
our great state institutions crippled and
handicapped by partisan manipulations.
I have seen our university, which ought
% be greater than 1t Is, wholly under the
control OF one political party for almost a
generation. Il pained me as a citizen TO
see 1t many times grossly mismanaged
and cramped and hampered In the great
work It was designed. by the law. that II
should do for our people. For seorS or
more OF Yeas not representative NJ the
minority party was allowed upon It's
board Of rcEenCs. This was wrong
grossly wrong. That condition will
never eseHr agaiE II the Law did ant re-
quirc It, | would give the minority party
fair representation on the board of man
asement % its affairs.
Above all other things. politics should
uog he allowed 10 enter Into our cduca-
t!nnal institutions. Under my admtniS-
tration. :hets will be no politics IN our
schools. from the infant department to
the un!vcFSity.s The people may depend
on that II can prevent 1t. no teacher
will he dismissed. II he Is competent. be-
cause he IL a Democrat, nor will one he
employed simply because he Is a Rspuh-
lIcan. The age IN whic1 We live Is ton
enlightened 10 allow anything like that
TO be done Because our educational
work fas been proStituted 10 political
purposes in the past Is no reason why Il
should be done in the future. II Viii not
be done. II Il Ia In my power TO prevent
s., and l do no: aFTogaie TOO much TO my :.
self TO say that / believe 1t is in ny
power 10 cstop It, should 1t ever be at
tempted.
Since the state university waS placed
under uon-pnrtisd1 control two years
ago, Il has almost doubled in It's attend
ance OF students. and In its usefulness In
educational work Iis curriculum 10
equal to any Ike school In the west ar
everything in my power n double its
growth and usefulness during my ad-
ADMINISTRATION. II Is not claiming too
much 20 say that this can be done
II Is not NrroSAtiEE too much too
Bay that il will be done, Com
potency and efficiency VIII be the only
requirements tor its faculty The ques-
ton viii not be asked. as was the GUS
tom In a large part OF the paBi-nuarter
AnnihrunF with
systematic regularity vote the Demo-
cratic ticket" do not dlsparAge men
HrOn1 voting the Republican ticket, but
tina. will NOT avail them anything when
they lpply FOR situatiou in our schools,
unless they are otherwise educat!onauy
qualified for the position they seek:
Thee pledges, my fellow citizens. ] will
faithfully carry out.
Asta Corporations.
Much stress was placed upon corpora
lions by chr Democratic 'rIendI during
the last campaign. Upon This question
my views were expressed freely and
without reserve al over the state. /
never could see any good reason why an
Incorporated body Of men should be pros.
ecuted or prosecuted simply for the rea-
son that Il IL a corporation. am NOT
now. nor was ever an attorney for any
CORPORATION, but have always sought To
10 faIr with all individual citizens and
all Incorporated bodies as well have
Invariably opposed trusts. and / always
shall: hut when n number OF men form
themselves into n corporate bndy Tor
proper business purposes. never felt It
10 be my duty TO throw obstacles IN the
way of'their success. on the contrary,
/ have invariably deemed 1t to he my
duty to aid them IT. all proper undertake
inRs. West Virginia can never be de-
y,AIoped without the encouragement ~ all
such movements and enterprises as
II is a mlstak> to create prejudice
aaSirst men who organize for legitimate
purpOSss and pursuits Instead OF FEWER
CORPORATIONS In West virginia, We neeu
more Of them, Instead al crushing OUT
tbose we already have. II is our duty to
invjtr others 10 come among us TO aid us
Ia the development Of our almost mex
haus.ahle natural resources 1t shall be
Dnv tII,swcrring aim to be fair and Jus:
with all individuals and corporations
v,ho NAV come TO Wee; Virginia during
RE NEXT FOUR years. to cast their lots with
us. and become citizens OF our GROWING
and prosperous commonwealth. VIII
therefore. take no stock row or never 20
Sbe nonsenSiraI cry o. down with the
Itch men and corporations" Such talk
Il anarchy. and anarchy viii never Sc
cure nm enduring foothold In our swift
zsrinnH Of America" The anarchtstS
have said that they will blow US up. We
Will blow them IN. Our civilization IS
100 Ear advanced for our people TO toler-
Sts E1ich n sentiment In West Virginia as
Do not misunderstood me. am not
IviIIIng 10 surrender either our rights or
our territory to trusts or monopolles. on