The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-03-04
EXPENSIVE LUXURY.

times, however, 1t 10 good 10 90 30
to point out moral, The demo-
CRATIC party developed this state.
They started it upon it's amazing
career of progress. They adver
tised it's unknown glories to the
world. Throughout the country,
north and south, east and west. its
earnest. able and capable offioials
proclaimed to the world tho wond-
ers of it's wealth. In the homes
of finance, amidst the busy whir
of the manufactures, under the
smoke of steel mills the exponents
of the demooratio party showed
those who were interested that here
in West Virginia was liberality of
government, honesty of law, fair
ness in Legislative enactment and
amplitude of wealth beyond DOM.
putation. This propaganda was
unoeasing, it's high officials were
elected; not by reason of political
ability, not that they were able to
make promises of political prefer
ment. not they were able to develop
the state. to inoite confidence in
the minds of Investigators and that
they were able to make the dark
places glow with wealth, energy and
civilization.
Pursuing this liberality of off.
DIAL existence, proolaiming to the
investing world that if they would
dwell among our hills and in our
valleys that they would be treated
with consideration, and their devel-
opment unimpeded.
Investing capital flowed like
water to our state and scarcely in
the history of this country was
there suoh a development of ma
terial wealth. From every part of
the Union the woodworker, the
GOAL operator, the steel manufao-
turer, the railroad builder, the me-
chanio and the homeseeker journ-
eyed to our state. investing his
money here and prosperity reigned
supreme.
We challenge any contradiction
to the statement that the demo-
CRATIC party fathered the develop
.ment of West Virginia's riches.
Under the CONTROL of this party
prosperity reigned unprecedented.
Under the liberal laws of the dem
ooratio party millions flowed into
the state for the building of rail.
roads. the operating of coal mines,
for the purchase of our rich lands,
and on every hand prosperity
walked hand in with oontentment
among all GLASSES.
Knowing the policies of the re-.
publican party, as we do, we feared
for this prosperity when the repub-
liosn party became supreme in the
control of the state of West Vir.
ginia. Instead of developing the
state they have advertised to the
world narrowness of Legislative
and official life that would be ludi-
orous were it not appalling in the
ruin it has wrought. It has throt-
tied the investor, it has advertised
to the world that every engine of
local and state government will be
used to interfere with it's prosper
ity. 1t has dived into the depths
of socialism in order to find new
methods of turning the thumb
screws upon the throat of investing
capital. 1t has hunted the oorpor-
atoms out of the state. It has in.
vented with the rising and setting
of the sun new methods of taxa
ton, it has accomplished no good
purpose for taxation is as high and
onerous and burdensome as ever it
was in the history of the state, it
has swarmed the state with COM
missions, with new and unheard of
officials, whose whole business ii
is to ferret out subjeote of taxa.
tion, and today that which was
certain from this policy has come
to pass.
With better timber than grows
in other states, the saw mills are
silent; with moro GOAL than any
other equal area in the world, the
coal mines are dead; with infinite
wealth for transportation, the
wheels of the railroads are still;
with cheap lands and favorable op.
portunities for the investor, there
has not been great real estate
transaction in West Virginia fol-
three years.
It will not do for those in charge