The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-01-14

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good road win soon become a had
one, unless Il is properly looked ai.
ter. It Is the elements that de-
stroy our roads, more than the wear
OF vehicles upon them, and this Is es+
pecially true ina hifly state like oars.
Another serious problem IS the props
er location of roads. 1t would be ii.
advisable to spend money upon many
of our roads upon their present Ia
cation. The, greater the grade the
greater the wash and wear Of the
elements"
Edhcation.-
Under the head of education, ii Is
pointed out that fewer than half OF
the children of school age. attend
school, but that enough money is be-
ing spent to educate all the children!
consolidation of schools to overcome
this is recommended. He also
recommends that the practice Of the
early opening Of schools ought to he
forbidden. as II depriyes the Older
children from attending. as the re-
sult of which schools are so often
small. He favors the appointment OF
a state agent to supervise the pur.
chace of school supplies by boards OF
education, with the power of appoint
ment in the state superintendent. He
urges the granting of certificates Of
efficiency for teachers. who succeed
in keeping the children in attendance
to be counted in the grading Of the
regular certificate. He thinks that
plan more effective than all the
truancy and compulsory attendance
laws that can be passed, and then the
message reads:
81 respectfully suggest that the
time has come to go pretty slow in
the granting OF independent school
districts. 1t does not follow that such
a law should be passed because a GER
tain neighborhood wants It. The
conditions should be inquired into.
Independent school districts result in
detaching weather. parts of the
counties and school districts from the
poorer parts. to the injury of the
poorer parts
Under the head of Archives and
History Virgil A Lewis and his work
are praised and support is asked.
The managers of the West Virginia
exhibits at the jamestown exposition
are congratulated and the statement
made that they report no deficit.
4 Constitutional Amendments.
The failure of the two constitution
al amendments to carry at the late
election is deplored, especially that
providing for the eligibility of women
to serve in appointive office. Cover
no Dawson thinks the power of
notary public should be conferred on
women who are stenographers, and
that women should serve on certain
state boards, such as the Humane
Society board.
The Supreme Court OF Appeals.
i Limiting jurisdiction, nine judges,
a division of the supreme court into
two parts under the supervision OF
the supreme justice, and larger sal
aries are favored under this head.
Attorney General.
The death of ClaEh w. May, former
attorney general, is reviewed and de-
clared "a distinct loss to the state. :"
The governor thinks the attorney
general should be relieved of the
preparation and printing OF the
supreme court reports and the clerk
OF the court and the public printer
Should do that work. but he says an
amendment to the constitution will
he necessary Such amendment, he
says, should require the attorney
general to reside at the seat Of gov
eminent. Means for assistants,
right to institute actions in his own
motion, right TO appear in any Grim
inal prosecution and duty of attorney
general to print election laws, in
structions and forms concerning cleo
tons and the registration of voters
are recommended.
Enforcement of the Law.
Under the head of enforcement Of
the law Governor Dawson emphasizes
his former message asking for sec
ret service system and quotes at
length Governor Hughes on the sub
iect. Here is short paragraph CIV
Ing one of his reasons:
ITO the same effect have prosecut-
ing attorneys complained to me Of
their want of means and facilities to
ferret out the violators of law, and
to find evidence of guilt. In many
cases the public is at serious disad-
vantage, because the criminal has
money with which to provide himself
/ with the ablest attnrnavs avar,,