Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-06-07
STATE CONVENTION.
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clared the seat IN a temporary abev
ance' until after the election OF 4
United States Senator, when it ~.
seated Kidd with virtual admis
sion that there had never been any
reason tor unseating him, except to
prevent his participation in the
election of United States Senator,
stopping at no expenditure OF pub
lie money. however extravagant and
wasteful, that would build up aud
and solidiix its awn power by in
creasing the number ef offices and
places at It's disposal. The same
machine management has caused
the biennial appropriation to leap
from Sl400, 900 of the last Democrat
ie Legislature, To $4,000, 600 for the
two current fiscal Years, an increase
OF more than forty per centnm in
the annual expenses of the State in
six years. In open defiance of the
explicit provision of the Constitu,
tion it has refused to publish the
customary report of the receipts
and disbursements of public mon
eys, so that the people may have an
opportunity of learning in detail
what sums are received into the
treasury and to whom and for what
purpose the PUBLIC funds are paid
out To repay old services of party
sub-bosses it robbed the State treas
ury of $4,000 in single lump, I'M.
der the pretense of paying military
claims that has been repudiated by
a nonpartisan Legislature more than
a quarter of a century before
"To reward hungry claimants for
party recognition more directly at
the public expense, it has practical
~ wrecked the management of some
OF the State institution by making
out of them mere local political ma
chimes. to be run as adinncts to it
self the great central head of the
political oligafiehy OF the State, AS
the national result of such political
manipulations, laxitys of methods
and wasteful extravaganza are now
dominant in the conduct of those in
ititutions. Adopted.
I'm the management aid conduct
of the penitentiary, To cover up and
inefficient management it procured,
under per capita contract from a
plant federal administration, felons
convicted in other States and Terri
torres and sold and to-day is selling
the labor of these imported convicts
to contractors in competition with
the honest labor OF West Virginia
citizens against the protest of every
labor union in the State.
''The conduct OF ali departments of
the State government the manage
ment OF all State institutions, the
of Offices and the charac-
ter of those in charge Of the campaign
equipment, all show that The Repub-
lican party Of West Virginia is now
run on lines Of practical, commercial
politics without any pretense OF con-
sidering the interests of the people or
observing the common decencies or
proprieties OF public life. Every con-
vention is in charge OF trained federal
or State Office holders, nearly all eau
didates are already feeding at the pub
lie crib and now either asking for an
other term or TO be changed from an
old place TO new one. Judges Of
courts act openly as chairmen Of coun-
ty conventions and county commit
tees. Other county officers illegally
discharge the duties OF election offic-
ials.
tThe Democratic party therefore
asks to be restored to the direction
and control OF the government OF
West Virginia in the assured belief
that such a restoration will result in
more honest and efficient conduct of
public affairs in the State, in the pre-
valance of higher moral tone through
out all the institutions of the State
and in the greater material prosperity
and happiness of the whole people.
Nominations were then received for
Governor. Judge Lewis N. Tavenner,
John III. Holt, Samuel l.. Flournoy
anu 4 IUl. libl a. LEWIS WtIc pidCtu
before the convention for first place.
HOLT NOMINATED.
After the nominating speeches were
concluded and the convention had re-
covered from the flights Of eloquence,
the chairman announced that ballot
ing would begin From the start 1t
looked like a Holt victory, although
the Tavenner people had the shouters
and the rooters. The noise was SO
intense that for several minutes it
was impossible to hear the call of
the first county. BY degrees the en-
thusiasm became less fervid, and
when the roll call was ended it looked
very much like Tavenner had the
call. BY the calculation of specta-
tors the vote stood 442 for Tavenner,
357 for Holt, and the other votes di-
vIded between Flournoy and Lewis.
Before the vote YVES announced Mason
attempted to change its vote to Holt