The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-03-11

and servants should be we'll paid be-
cause in that way only can you Sc
cure Intelligent capable, economical
and faithful services. =. - -. :,
~ "Frqgality, understand to- mean,
that caSefui management of ANY
thing valuable which expends moth
ing unnecessarily and applies what
Is used to-, rro@+rh1o -" g
rruSh,lSy .-ECa go -. IL L UNDER
stand 1T, that our unfortunate wards
shall be kept on the least possible
SUM of money, or that our boys and
girls shall be given. only such educa-
.tional- advantages as. can he had in
the. expenditure Of, .niggarly sum
of n oney. Every, good West Virgin:
ian@bsF giving TO those un for
taaRate .people. every eprnS ogt * eYery
enjoyment and every pleasure! that
money can buy and the state can az
ford1~ =. He, Also believes in giving. to
our boys and girls school privileges
and advantages equa9 to tAose given
to the .boystan glrls'of any state in
the union: But we must not forget
that our eleemosynary institutions
are being kept and maintained for
thU benefit of the unfortunate in
mates thereof to whom the, state
owes comfortable subsistence, and
that those in charge of those insti-
tuuers are simply servants of the
people, charged with the duty of rem
der1ng to. those people the greatest
Iaid, the most pleasure and happiness
possible with the money appropriated
for the purpose, The penal and re-
formatory institutions are places of
detention for those Of our people who
have abused the rights and. privileges
Of citizenship; they have violated
Esome law which the executive is
charged with the duty of enforcing.
And to those in charge of these In.
Istftutions permit me to say it is your
duty to see that every law relating
to your institution is strictly. faith
fully, honestly and impartially en-
forced, and that in all things you set.
an example for the inmates thereof
worthy Of emulation. -.
'"The educational institutions are
the ;bulwark of a, free government.
The differences between a barbarous
and an enlightened people is meas
ured, largely by the difference in the
Education and good morals of sthe
two peoples. = And likewise the. diff
ference, between q heather and A.
Christian people. is largely a differ
ence in education.
II am loyalto the party to which I
belong, for reasons which it might
not<bc proper or necessary for me to
Estate at this time. But let it not
be forgotten that good business is
good politics and the more fearless
ly, honestly and efficiently we dis
charge our duties as the servants of
the people, the more zealousIy we
regard our pledges to the people;
the less we. think OF party and the
more, we think of duty, the more
certain we are to retain our suprem-
acy in this state,
"a few years agQ The slogan of
one sEthe great pdEsa1 parties in
this country. was IAN honest dollar
for an honest days work" Com
+menciDg with your chief executive
and running down the line to the
poorest paid janitor, pray that our
motto for the next four years may.
be AN honest days work for an
honest dollar -.
In the past twelve years West vir-,
ginia has made rapid progress in,
forging. ahead as one of the great
state8 Of sfhe American union. The,
West Virginia that YOU know today,
is not the West Virginia of 10 or
20 years ago. In my Judgment we
have outgrowp IN many respects the,
clothes given .toAus by the constitu-