The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-10-15
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olcott, VIVA, Ootr Ia --Ex-G ov-
ernor ,MacGorkle and Sam stephen
son, cand tdate For, shariff, spoke here
Monday night TO u GOOD SIZED saudi-
ence composed Of Democrats ana Re-
pnblicans. Though -there,-was at 10
time during the aessi on Ont III usk
asm which marked The mastin ga few.
days ago when Hon. s., HI: MontEom.
cry aud d G. Massey spoke Another
thing which was absent at this meet
Ing was the yelling and noise at the
previous one caused by one: pemGcrat
who paid few more of his friends til
try their best to annoy, tina speakers
which shows the good breeding d
those who entered into the mischie.
Mr.. stephenson remarked tthat te
would make a good sheriff and would
be sheriifS Of the whole people, denied
several charges brought against Nm
and chat he was not nominated AZ the
expense of other worthy candidates
or click. An that he quoted cai be
applied to Pres Smith, who will make
the people. of Kanawha county agood
sheriff. He also made the remark
that he expected to he electe3 with
the help Of the Republican votes,
which he will certainly need ifelect-
ed 3 - %... 49,. ~,
DR.. Evans, of Olcott, who intrbduc-
ed the apeakers, tried himself and
the patience Of the audience. The lat
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sat down, One remark he made In
particular and one that should have
made him blush with shame as well
as those who spoke afterward, \ was
when he quoted Taft as advocating
and introducing in, his speeches The
admittance Of the Chinaman into this.
country. When he spoke those words
ne Knew he lied in manner most in
famous OF that good man. If the re-
mark, affected others in that audience
as it did me, and, from observations
and comments heard after the meet.
ing. it did more harm 20 the Demo
cratic cause than a. bunch OF facts.
Ex-Governor MacCorkle spoke f0r
nearly Two hours and made various
comments on the Ring" bringing in
Governor Dawson's as well as the
names of Black. Avis, Massey Sana
others, when 1t is a well known fact
that the Republican. county, aahai-
dates as whole are as clean ana
good ticket as was ever put befofa
the people Of Kanawha county st amy
time: He further made tho remark
| mine inspectors to look litter the
that Massey would not be elected,
when from the present oSitloak and
unless all signs fail, ne viii " elect
eddy a handsome majority ,3as we'll
as Black, Avis, Smith and tic other
candidates. He also scored the Daw-
son administration .eoncerntng the
new tax laws, saying 1t drove thous+
| ands of dollars cut OF the staae, which
is not true, because there are thous-
ands Of dollars laying idle awaiting
q time when business will pick sup
enough to start the opening up Of
new mines. ~ ~.
1t seemssto me tha2 IT would be far
better for the Democratic party that
instead Of hammering the tax meas
| IRE and the tax laws as they now ex-
ist, sift them thoroughly, and X be-
tween the best interests in both par
/ ties there would develop "better feel
ing over these tax laws as they now
exist and which would appeal to, both
parties alike. Instead the Demo-
| cratic leaders denounce the present
system of taxation;t When the major
ity OF the best people Of the state
know that the present tax laws have
brought about an equality In taxes
| alike to rich and poor never before
experienced. $500
| The speaker harped on the full
| Inner pail and tried. to convince the
! audience that wages were higher five
tyears ago than they are at the pres-
ent time, when any one who, knows
will tell you that during the five years
| past wages were never higher and
| the working man never received bet
| Ter wages Tor his labor, He also
tried to make his hearers believe that
| the clothes they wore on: their back
| were not as good as those they wore
Ave years ago. All this he attributed
to the Dawson administration and
the Republican party. ExrGovernot
MaeCorkle tried TO pound the facts
into our beads that his own admins
tration Vas the most economic, and
that all the public institutions in the
state we're authorized and built dur
| ing his term In Office. He spoke Of
| the. excessive and enormous expense
connected with. the mine inspection
| Department OF the state Of West Vir-
ginia, and Judging from his remarks
he Would do away with all but two
OF the mine inspectors sc the present
time, referring to the time when he
| waS in office and it only took two
mines In the state. According to his
notion there has been no advances
mhnt made since he quit office, when
we know that during the past ~
years there never was such CONNER