The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-03

FRo 1T !! Pu5Llcs5 RECORDS
E SHOWS that PlANKs S ABOUT
WHICH THEss "a AscRlMG MAN
AND tFARMERzAREsMosrSiN INTER.
EsTEo HAvE5sEEMs OMITTED.
4 certain candidate for the Republ!-
.an hoh,inotlpn far: the STAT senate.
apd who was recent 81 sent TO the
.!c,lse Of Delegates by, ths voters nf
This county. announfes his i,lptrnrr,
upon a circular und ders his gphct6rra ph.
which platform consists Of THiR-
TEEN PLhNKsi III. order. 10 reach
the hooiloo number OF thirteen the
candidate referred 10 Is forced to use
threei"the anti-ring candidate" nlanks.
What is the meaning OF "anti.rin;,'
as applied to the Republican party? I?
This anestion was asked of ,,rornf.
nent Republican theEo,liers days nd he
replied An antrim. candi,lut:, is a
sorehehl candidate ona who. sif not
nominated himself:.will: not support he
can,ii,iate who is nolnlaete.l: nest Of
ten he. Is one who has nat shnen in the
habit Of voting his:;yarr,- Ticket: he is
against his party nreanitltion. and
Therefore he is agat,.st lis party, he
is really anti-Renliblicrrr The loyal
Republicans who have WORKED enI
voted to build nrItls pmrfy are not
for an anti because they know he
has been disloyal and a: brst he is IL
party disturher.""s
This same candidate for the Senate
says he voted for President Grant. as
one iof his planls 4: hut he. omits to say
he voted for Governor. Dawson AMI
tnx reform. A plank saying lie voted
for tax reform and viii continue to
vote for tax reform Il ..lacte.l to tho
sennte. would lie stronger plank
than having voted for Grant.
Another or his plpnl:s Is. that he
voted to exempt farm implements and:
first years yield OF the farmer from
taxation. but would shesnots have sbene-
flied the farmer more ty waiting for
equal taxation To exempt the farm.
er's grain and feed on the first day
on April twhen he had none) was .he
old Democrat way. of making the farm
er believe he was not paying practical
ly all the taxes nf the State. Pooling
The farmers on the tax question is a
thing OF the past.
This candidate. II he relies upon his
record while member of the Ho,.se If
lielef ates, to get him the nomination
FIR promotion to the Senate. sl,oul
'Nlt ir hfs platform other nlqnlss. s1c:l
MS. for Instance:
THE man who voted against :llc
Two cent railroad fare.- IS
This ought to catch the Republican
:oters on primary day. And az n fnr.
thrr argument he might adj To thu.
nlanS :liat when he cast his vote
against the two cent fare. ha hal a
'nilrosd pass in his pocket. II, en- to
fip'fby the railroad company. To this
f.c m:rht add that two cents n nile
was all nc would have to pay In any
r:cnt because he was wealthy and
could ',uy a $4,000 mileage. and the
three un,! a half and four cents Il nile
rate would only have to be rnll by
the lo-r and the laborer anyhow.
Another plank which this candidate
III doubt inadvertently left nut ~, MS
"The man who voted to defeat the
BILL
This was bill intended to wine out
the injustice done daily to The work.
nginen OF our land. Under our tres.
ant law, no damages can be recovered
~ n workinglnan fror. his employer
'or allr injury received by il:m while
IN the discharge of lis employment.
. the same was caused by tf,r neglect
'r fault of any ether l,ersur working
or the same company though he be
N an entirely different employment
ind hundreds OF miles away. This bin
meant more to the workinsman and
iis family than any bill ever before
lie legislature.
Another plank this candidate shoull
ia, Q remembered:
"The man who introduced bill to
make railroad employees persoally liza
Die for wrecks. and thus relieve the
'ailroad companies from all liability"
Here is the full title OF the bill. and
t is found in House Journal. 1905.
,age 335:
"a bill to provide for the punish
nent Of negligent hagmen on railrond
rains and engines. who neglect their
luties." -
The wheeling News. issue of Feb
unry 2. 1905. referring to this bill. |
ays:
FLEMING presented bill evidently
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