The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-09
State Matters.

My fellow citizens. word or two
about state matters, and am done. I
am proud to inform you that the public
affairs Of the state are in a most salts
factory condition. During the past
three years large sums Of outstanding
debts have been collected. The condi-
ton Of the public treasury never was
healthier. The penitentinry has been
so splendldly conducted that 1t is now
much more than self-sustaining. From
yearly outlay of many thousands, It Is
now producing an income OF more than
$4,000 every year. The state uniVer-
slty, under Republican management,
has more than doubled the number OF
students, and the faculty had to be
proportlonately Increased. Its growth
and success is unparalleled in the his
tory OF any other state. The normal
schools have all grown In size and etii-
cisncy, The public schools are all on
the upward grade. The two insane
asylums were never conducted so etti-
GENTLY, cheaply and successfully In all
the years Of the past. Vast sums or
money have been saved to the tax pay
ers by economic management in the
different state offices at the capital.
The state superintendent OF public
schools has reduced the expenditure In
printing alone, the enormous rum Of
S21, 315 46 during the three years he has
been in office. The large amount OF
$7S,0O0,OOO has been saved in public
printing and in the purchasing Of sta
tlonery for the use of the state during
the same period. Railroads are build
ing in almost every section Of the state.
Coal mines are opening Mt n rate most
gratifying to all. The digging Of the
dusky diamonds from our hillsides are
bringing fresh millions Of "the needful"
into the pockets of our people, and the
amount increases wonderfully every
year. The song of the saw is heard on
every hand. The railroads are over
burdened with West Virginia frelghts.
Our people are all employed, and they
are contented and happy. More than
S50.00O,000 of outside capital has been
invested In West Virginia since the
beginning OF the present Republican adj
ministration, and still 1t comes. Times
were never better. and business was
never so good as now in the whole
history Of the state. There is a marked
Improvement along all Industrial lines.
We have added upwards Of five hun
dred mining and manufacturing indus
tries since we assumed control OF the
state which have placed owes fifteen
thousand additional toilers on the pay
rolls. In three years, wages have in
creased more than 20 per cent, while
the general condition Of labor was never
before so favorable as 1t is at the pres
ent time. Labor. at good wages, is in
demand all over the state, and the hum
Of industry Is heard on every hand.
Why. then, should our voters even
think of making q political change in
the management OF our business at
fairs? When the people fully under
stand the true situation of affairs. they
will say to the Democratic office-seek-
ers, get thee behind us, we have sense
enough to let we'll enough alone.
Yes, my countrymen, with platform
Of principles upon which every good
citizen can safely stand, and with can
didates worthy Of it's great name and
history, there will be welded together
into an unconquerabl. army. a major
ity Of ths law-ablding liberty-loVing
voters OF this country. who, in the fu-
ture, as in the past, will stand by the
party OF Lincoln and Grant and Hayes
and Garfield and Arthur and Harrison
and Mciinley-the great Republican
party which has. under God, made the
United States the foremost nation of
the world