Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-09-24
HON. LOUIS BENEFITS VIEWS.
From The Labor Ary,Is.

From The Labor ArgsI.
The Labor Argus having asked
Hon. Louis Bennett, Democratic can
didate for Governor, for his views OF
the following issues, he replied brief
ly by saying:
BONDING GUARDS.
eff permanent guards (such as
employed in and around mines and
lumber eamps), private detectives and
railroad police, are employed as peace
officers, then favor such permanent
officers being placed under bond and
answerabls to the state for their acts
the sams as regularly elected peace
officers.
MINING LAWS.
"Unquestionably mining laws to
protect life aud property should be
enacted, and there should be . rigid
enforcement of same.
EMPLOYERS LIABILITY ACT.
81 stand on the Democratic nation
al and state platforms which call
for an equitable Employers Liability
Act.
FREE TIxT BOOKS.
"My experience as teacher in the
common schools Of the state, and also
as principal Of the normal school at
Glsnville. as we'll as my general inter-
est in the free school system of the
state, has convinced me OF the need
of an improved compulsory education
law, and free text books as soon as
the finances of the state will permit.
Free text books could have been pro-
vided for before this time, except for
the extrAVagancs Of the Republican
state administrations.
GOOD ROADS AND CONVICT LABOR.
"No one knows better than do Of
tho crying need Of law that will
guarantee the very best roads possible
throughout the state. This has been
for years a special hobby Of mins, and
l know Of no greater blessing along
progressive lines which could be con-
ferred upon our people than to give
them good roads. II elected govern
or shall recommend that convict Ia E.
borsrs be used in improving our pub
lio roads and thereby remove them
from the field decomposition with free
labor.
INJUNCTION ABUsE.
"a law to correct the abuse Of the
injunction process In labor disputes
has been demanded by both national
and state platforms Of the Democratic
party, and l stand on these platforms.
HONEST BALLOT.
"The enactment of an election law
that will guarantee the purity Of the
ballot has been demanded by the
Democratic party for years. The
fundamental principles of our entire
political system are based upon a fair
ard honest ballot, and We should new
or rest or cease our efforts until We
shall have attained it. This is a
question which interests the whole
people, and it would not be an issue
in this campaign were it not that the
Republican machine of the state relies
mainly upon the ignorant and vicious
element to maintain itself in power
This statement is not merely from a
Democratic viewpoint, but it is like
wise the statement of a large number
of the better element of the Republi-
cans of the state. In fact, many Of
the leading Republican newspapers,
and men whose standing is high in
that party, make bold to 50 express
themselves as one Of the reasons why
they oppose the election Of sWisher
ticket. A large and respectable ele-
ment of the Republican party assert
that the state machine had made use
of the ignorant and corrupt element
of that party, and TOO, Of the Demo-
cratic party, to defeat the reform sle-
msnt which dared oppose its wicked
purposes. Charges Of the grsvest
character have been preferred and
proven by honest Republicans against
the machine organization and its cor
rupt practices to continue it'elf in pow
er. But the machine won, and in
consequence thereof the Democratic
party and the reform element Of the
Republican party have to meet and
oppose at the general election these
and other dishonest prstlces Of the
machine. Thus the purity Of the bal
lot becomes political issue in this
campaign. The working people are
especially interested in an honest bal.
lot, because corrupt political machine,
purchase the ignorant and vicious and