Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-10-13

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increase in the number of DAYS thai
he could find work as well as in his
wages.
The State Institutions.
The management of ali the state
institutions has been modernized and
greatly improved. A conspicuous ex-
ample of this is found in the man
aSement OF the state penitentiary.
This Institution was a heavy drain
upon the states finances during the
Democratic administration. In the
last thirty-eight months of that adj
mihlstratlon, its operation was at
tended by a loss of $54,043.72. In
the same number of months under
the present management, it has paid
all of its running expenses, and
cleared $10,922.24. This makes a diff
ference in favor of the Republican
management of $64 ,965.96 OF course
the Democratic campaign managers
are dissa tisfied with the manage
ment. That was to be expected, and
greater the dissatisfaction on their
part.
the schools for the deaf and the
blind, the reform school Tor boys,
the girls Industrial home, the home
for incurabies, are all models of good
management. No criticism has been
made, even by Democratic politicians
affecting them. Especially are the
great eleemosynary institutions, Wes-
ton and Spencer, held up as models
of cleanliness, good order, and SAM
tary fitness. No better institutions
of the kind are to be found in the
Union. The university, which was
formerly a football in Democratic
politics. and it's usefulness greatly
impaired thereby, has been placed
entirely under non-partisan man
agement. Its enrolment has doub-
led under Republican administration,
and as a school it ranks with the
highest in the country.
The attempt to make political cap
ital out of the Investigation or GER
tain charges preferred against the
personal character of the superln-
tendent of the hospital for the in
sane at Weston, is a complaint
against q non-partisan board. Ihat
board consists of six Republicans
and three Democrats. The Dsmo-
Gratis are Hon. b. ID Gibson, Hon. g..
w. Crook, and 4. Zilenziger, Esquire.
One Republican voted to sustain the
charges, and all the rest of Il e Re-
pubicans and all the Democrats voted
against sustaining them. They all
acted upon their solemn oaths. DO
ne Democratic campaign managers
mean TO say that Messrs. Gibson,
Crook, Zilenziger, all of whom are
gocd Democrats and good citizens,
PERJURED THEMSELVES ~ vOf-
ING NOT TO SUSTAIN THE
CHARGES, AND THAT TREY 50
VOTED TO MAKE POLITICAL CAP
ITAL FOR THEIR PARTY? Do these
Democratic managers mean to tell
the people that the Democratic mem
bers of the board we have named
were so lost to shame and honor as
TO keep in Office over the poor I'M
fortunate insane people, man
whom they knew to be unfit for the
place, in order to make little po-
litical capital for their party?
Legislative Contests
The Democratic managers have
great deal to say about certain con
tests which they brought about in
the last Legislature by their desper-
ate efforts to regain control Of the
state; and upon their presentation
of these cases they have predicated a
charge that lac Republican party OF
the state is ''trampling the law and
the constitution under foot.
The mentioning of these contests
cannot fail to revive in the minds OF