Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-09-24

OF Huntington, which will necessarily
entail the expenditure of $500, 600 To
complete. He was greatly aided in
this matter by the Chamber of Com
merce of the city of Huntington and
Hon. Stark l.. Baker, of Randolph.
1t has now grown to lac one of the
foremost institutions of its kind i'm
the United States and is of more
real benefit, from both humanitar-
ian aud financial point of view, than
any institution in the state.
In 1900 he was elected to congress
The democratic leaders sneered at
the choice of the republicans of the
Fourth district; they belittled him;
they ridiculed him, but he was
elected by an overwhelming major
ity. What did he do, this man
whom the democratic press and
leaders said could do nothing? In
one term, his first term, he has got
ten 1925, 100000 appropriated for the
purchase of site and the commencing
of a public building for Hunting
ton. He fought to finish, and won
an appropriation of $3.50, 10000 for
improving the Big Sandy river; to
slack water it and its tributaries, the
Tug and Levisa Forks, and make
them navigable the year round. He
fought for a dam in each Of these
forks and won. In fact he got every
thing he went after. He always
has and always will. What do these
appropriations mean to the people?
They mean the employment of labor
and the distribution OF money. This
means that the money thus spent
goes from labor to farmer and from
farmer TO merchant and back to
labor again. 1t means more. 1t
means prosperity for the district.
These are "A few of the many
things Mr.. Hughes has done for the
people, and more than enough TO
entItle him TO a reelection. But
above all It places the people in a
position where his assistance in the
future is Imperative. 1t makes him
needed again in Congress- For what?
To carry out the good work he has
begun. To see that additional ap
preparations are made TO complete
the Huntington public building.
And now that be represents Mingo,
Mcdowell and Mercer counties that
were IN the Third district during his
first term, he is needed 10 see that
an appropriation is made for a pub
lie building at Bluefcld, and as this
is now his district, he will get an
appropriation, too. He should be
returned to carry out the work of
getting additional appropriations for
the Big Sandy improvement. 1t
will take a million dollars TO com
plete this, and who can get this APP
preparation if Mr.. Hughes cannot?
The answer is, no one. These are
the reasons that kept the Hon. John
+. Kenna, Of Kanawha, in congress
SO long III the Third district These
are the reasons that promoted him
TO the senate and held him there un-
til the Kauawha river was slack
watered from the Falls TO it's mouth
at Point Pleasant. And after this
was done this faithful work kept
him there until death removed him.
To say the people Of this district
will not elect Mr.. Hughes is saying
they lack gratitude and business
ability. Even democrat need not
hesitate 90 vote for Mr.. Hughes.
Give Judge Johnston all the credit
due him. Say that be is a capable.
honorable and uprightmau, one who
would make the people a good con
gresham This I- true, and 10 is
also true that. had Doe the wealth of
a Cr0c-u-, the tongue of "a Demos
themes or the diplomacy Of q Tally
rand, he would not be able to add
one dollar 20 the pockets Of the peo-
pie Of this district; but bound and
helpless in a republican body, he
would be the innocent means Of rob
bling the district of thot sands Of
dollars that Mr. Hughes can get it..
Since Mr.. Hughes did so much for
the people of this district iu his first
term can he not more than double il
I'm his second term? These arc the
lays of practical business men,
practical ideas with practical results,
and let them so be considered by the
voters. Will the people vote for
democrat who will be powcrless 20
do them any good, or for a republi-
can who has and who will continue
to do them good? This is the con-
dition which confronts the people
Of the new Fifth congressional dis
trict. Let them answer it at the
polls on the fourth of November. -
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