The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-20
WEST is SOLID
FOR ROOSEVELT
WESTERN STATES WILL STAND
eV THE PREslnENTs
POLICIES.

THE West is soing to control tho
nominating convention or both pu.':.
zeal parties In 1sos," said Col John i,r-
vine to a reporter yesterday. sand The
West is for Roosevelt. and Rooseveit's
policies" says the Wheeling News.
Cot. Deyine and a party OF friends
have Just returned from an extended
western trip. through parts OF Nevada
Colorado. and North Dakota
"All through tho western agrlcultu.
raj and mining States, continued Mr..
Devine, where people talk politics.
they generally express the warmest All
riration for President Roosevelt. ana
almost TO a man the people Of the
West nre for railroad rate legislation,
and tariff revision. They have stuiica
these questions, rnd the propaganda
that has been carried on by such men
us Gov. Van satt of Minnesota Gov.
Cummings, of Iowa, and LaFolIette Of
Wisconsin. among the Republicans. TO
gay nothing of Bryan and Folk AMONG
the Democrats. has practically solilI.
fed the entire west on these two stt.
jects,
Another thing that Is very evident
Is that the western leaders and pol.i,
clans are confident of their strength
In n word they are beginning to feel
independent Of the east, and nmorg
themselves, they argue that 1t IS tine
for them to take matters into tlic,-
own hands and elect typical western
man to the Presidency. The prosper
lily of the Western States is apparent
TO the least careful observer. Tie
farmers have big crops and are getting
fine prices for them; farm lands IRE
well kept up. houses are neatly repair
ed, and the signs Of thrift and prosper
ity are everywhere.
II will venture the assertion that
the farming Staten like Kansas. Ne
hraska. Iowa aud The Dakotas. have
fewer real poor people Ia proportions to
their population, than any other States
IN the Union. A good sign Is the
amount of mail matters that comes to
some of the small western towns. Ey-
cry family seems to take one or more
daily papers, magazines. and speciai
weeklies, and the total amount Of matt
per capita is enormous. These people
have been doing lot Of thinking dur
Ing the past few years and In my oplr,
ion unless the Republican party gives
them rate regulations, and tariIf re-
vision during the next few years. they
will break away from Republican lead
orship entirely
A good portion Il Mr.. DEFINES wesl
en- trip was spent in the inspectioa
of the Tonopah gold fields in Nevada
and Arizona. In his opinion there arr
come splendid opportunities for money
making in that section, MS the aela
undoubtedly contains an enormous
Quantity of mineral wealth. A sreai
deal of ore has been taken out that na
sayed $4,000 per ton, on the whole
however, Mr.. Deyipe thinks that y.
ilan who goes to the T.onopah fields or
any other of the western gold fields,
and undergoes the hardships that arr
necessary to live there, will be enti-
lied to make money. and good dsal
Of 1t. In ToporaG the dust on The
streets was six inches deep. and II
costs 10 cents 10 get enough water ie
take bath. The country is barren
and desoiate. and except where d can
be irrigated, is never likely to pr- &C
any value, except for its mineral
wealth.