Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-10-18
Mr.. Werth's Announcement and
Platform.

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the State Senate from this District, and
ask abe honor of representing you in
that body.
III 1 am elected as your Senator 1
shall always bear in mind that am
the representative OF all the people and
OF every interest.
The important questions which are
most likely to be the subject Of legisla-
ton during the next legislative session
are too numerous to be specifically re
ferred TO. There are some however, OF
prime importance, as to which it may
be proper for me to state my views so
that you may know precisely what /
stand for and approve or disprove by
your votes:
FIRST:
Election Laws: 1 am opposed to any
law, or provision, which is enacted for
the purpose, or which may be used for
the purpose, of giving any political
party partisan advantage over an
other. Every such law should be
drafted with the sole view Of making
all elections as absolutely fair as laws,
executed through human agency, can
make them.
SECOND;
Poll-Tax Qualification: The present
constitutional provision making the
prepayment Of three years poll-tax six
months before the election, prere-
quisite to the right to vote, was never
submitted TO or passed upon by the
people. l believe that it is obnoxious
to large majority OF the people of
South West Virginia, without regard
TO party affiliations. / also believe tito
be fruitful source of fraud and
fraudulent devices.
believe the qualified voters, under
the laws now in force, should have the
right TO say whether this provision
shall continue TO be part of the or
ganic law OF the state, and will there
fore favor submitting a constitutional
amendment upon that question TO the
voters of the state.
THIRD;
The Liquor Question: / am, and
have always been, wholly opposed To
the sale OF intoxicating liquor as n
beverage. I believe that nothing but
unmitigated evil can possibly result
either to the man who sells or the man
who habitually drinks 1t. and shall
favor all legislation that has for its
object the elimination Of this evil.
FOURTH:
Insurance Rates: l shall favor and
try TO pass, law which shall prohibit
and penalize any combination among
fire insurance companies for the pur-
pose OF fixing rates unreasonably
high.
FIFTH:
Employers Liability Law: / shall
favor and try TO enact an employers
liability law for the protection OF the
laborer engaged in dangerous employ
ment.
/ addition, / shall favor any wise
legislation intenoed to improve the
public free-schools. They should be
nursed, fostered and protected as we
would our children, for in time is the
average child's salvation, and the child
of today is the voter of tomorrow.
Cross-Country-T Transportation: The
Importance of good roads is second
only TO good schools in the economy
of the farmer. The animal loss Of the
farmer directly attributable TO bad
roads, can hardly be estimated and is
not fully appreciated. No practical
plan for building good roads without
paying for them has yet been devised
and is not likely to be. Hence good
roads without increase OF taxation is
quite impossible. In some localities
the people are wise enough TO be
willing to pay for them, while in others
they are not. / believe any good roads
system should recognize this "local
option"
The Torrens System Of Land Regis
tration: A bill for establishing this
"Torrens Law" in this state has here
tofore been before the legislature, and
at one ISL n came within two or three
votes of becoming a law. The law has
had the support of all the Banks,
Boards of Trade and Chambers of
Commerce in the Eastern part of the
State, as we'll as some able and en-
thusiastic advo Gates in the legislature.
am wholly opposed to it and will
fight 1t by all means in my power
Briefly the bill provides for Court of
Land Title Registration IN the City OF
Richmond with power to settle all dis
puted Land Titles in the State, and
makes the decree of that court binding
and conclusive upon all the claimants
of the land whether they have actual
notice OF the suit or not. The law has
been and may we'll be called claw to
make bad titles good" also favor the
election of members of the State Cor.
poration Commission and Commission
ers of the Revenue by the people.
To those of the voters OF this dis
trict who favor the above views, / sub
nit the following questions:
OF the two candidates before yor
for State Senate, which will be the
most likely to accomplish something
in support of the above principles?
Will the fact that one of the candi