The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-10-10

IL. T.. BROWN Proprietor
tKuestia and T take it .tt Will be the,
last time. You know. irt the; Sen ate
q, Senator stands greatly In need of:
fthe aid Of the Presiding Officer to.
fhelp> him along with proposed legis-;
klat1pR he may have, in hand. for the
benefit of his State and country; and
when he wishes to, be heard. or to
lmake%.a motion or to push things
talong, he needs to catch the Kindly
Eeyes Of the Presiding .Onfer, and l
unjust be fair AND say the State is in
Mebted TO the Vice President for val
lpable aid and many kindness. extend
Esd freely and generously to it's SEN
IAtors. Then. Senator often stands
t}n fear Of being called to order; and
Egeally. my friends, this able and eff
ftetent Presiding Officer Of the SEN
tate, has had the rashpess and temer-
itty on more than one occasion to
fcall ayour Senior Senator to order.
tTonight this is all changed; your
ESenior Senator Is the presiding Of
4 hcer, he holds the gayel and can call
Ehe Vice President to order, and re-
mind him when his time is exhaust
{ees*""But. ] am sure he ia so we'll
trained he will not give the presid1
ling officer of this meeting an opporI
tunity Of doing any of these things.
l. now have the great pleasure and
honoorr of introducing to the Members
Or the State Board Of Trade, and this
audience. my dear and cherished
! friend, and the friend OF all the peo-
PIE Of this country, Vice President
The delegates of the State Board
held their opening session at 2
O'CLOCK yesterday afternoon, with a.
goodly number in attendance. G.
Wood Daily, Of Elkins, made the vel
come address and the response was
made by Harry R. Waraeld, in the
absence Of DR.. I. @. White, who was
on the progrsm. for the response.
president Henry G.. Davis, OF the
I Board, presided at the afternoon ses-.
i senlpn, the Greater part OF the time he
Ttt1g "Gonslmed By, hgair1tinhgs ' The, PIE e.
ports of the different committees.
/ During the afternoon session, a
resolution was. introduced by George
EByrne,, OF Charleston, relating to the
hostility displayed by the peonle
against the railroads OF the state:
4neTreSolution was referred to the
committee and 1T Is expected wiu be
returned, today with. favorable re.
port. The resolution follows: a.
| whereas, a spirit Of hostility tn
railroads, engendered particularly Yby
'ehe want Of proper regard on the part
or the railroads for the rights OF the
people and particularly by the lack
or proper understanding ON the part
OF tine public Of the rights OF the rail-
roads, and augmented by designin Q
persons WHO seek to profit by arous-
ing the prejudices OF the people. re-
9ardless of the effect it may have
upon the prosperity Of the country.
threatens to eliminate In legislation
that VIII stop the extension Of rail-
road lines and retard the develop
ment Of the country and,
50 whereas, while the right OF the
state to exercise proper control over
puollc service corporations Is recog-
nlzed, 1t must also be recognized that
legislation along that line should be
enacted In spirit Of fairness and
conservatism and not Of hostility and
radicalism and,
Whereas, West Virginia especiallv
needs a large extension Of railroad
mileage TO develop its great natural
/ resources now, therefore,
Resolved, by the West Virginia
state Board Of Trade that the sub
4 staptial conservative business e1e-
/ ment Of the state should ;use it's in
! nuence to check any tendency to UNI
| friendly legislation and to bring
4 about closer relations between the
railroads and the people so that a
| better understanding and apprecia.
tion by each OF the rights, duties and
| interests OF the other may enure to
| the good Of both and the greater ad-
vancement and prosperity OF the
state.
Second, that the members of this
organization here present promise to
exert themselves to bring about this
era of better feeling and hereby call
upon the various commercial organi-
cations throughout West Virginia to
actively interest themselves In ad-
justing the differences between the
railroad and the people to the end
that unwise and useless agitation
shall cease before it finds expression
In legislation that will prove harm
ful to the railroads and hurtful to
| the state"