The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-08-24
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George +Byrne and his "me too" pa
sPera have had great deal to say
about the increase in expenses In ad-
Eministering the State government.
\ bne OF the Items showing thnt in a
Certain period OF time there was an
4 increase OF 30 per cent Mt the State
university NO doubt of 1t. Would
George and his cohorts reduce the ex.
nenses fof the State University to the
Il old figures? II SO. 1t would reduce the
attend lance below the old figures. for
Y our people have learned that there are
good schools In easy reach In other
4 States. and unless our State Univer.
e RityFEiyes equal advantages they will
sEo away from home. Perhaps that
s would suit our Democratic friends. we
II do not know. At the time the Demo.
4 Gratis gave over the reins of govern
ment in West Virginia there were
{ from three to four hundred students III
the State University per year: now
I, there are over twelve hundred. In 1896,
4 when West Virginia broke loose from
4 It's Democratic mornings. there were
1, M students in the six State Nor
NAL Schools, while in 1908. twelve
4 years later. these same schools en-
4! rolled 1852, according to the records
{ and the attendance for the school year
closing June 30. 1909. was more than
i three thousand. Would our Democrat.
8 10 friends reduce the appropriations
X for Normal Schools to the old basis
and drive the students out. OF the
State lis that what Mr.. Byrne pro.
9 poses to do .
In the fByrne correspondence men
Il ton has been made OF the awful fact
y that the governors salary has been
almost doubled. the increase being
+ from 5000 TO $4,000. Wonder il Mr..
g Byrne knows that West Virginia now
pays Just the same salary to Its gov:
ernor that Is paid by sixteen other
y States, while ten pay more? Illinois
Il pays It's governor $4,000 a year. and
Ohio. Pennsylvania New Jersey and
New York $40. 900 each. Why should
the State ask "a man to sacrifice too
& much from a financial standpoint In
order to serve iiis State as governor!
4 What man competent to be governor
cannot earn twice five thousand dol
& lars q year in many other lines OF
work In West Virginia? Because a lot
y OF ne er-do-wells can't make money
even In good times Is no reason that
else need be put in their
i class Everybody who knows anything
about the case at all Is aware OF the
5fnct5 that 1t WINS a financial sacrifice
for Mr.. Glasscock to give up his law
K practice. leave his elegant home ut
Z Morgantown. make a campaign. entail
the cost Of moving to Charleston and
resign the $4,000 a year place rs Col.
y hector OF Internal Revenue in order to
serve as governor. Now. honest and
truly. would it look right as between
z man and man. for the State to have
asked Gfr.+ Glasscock to give up a job
{ In the * government service paying
1880, and which permitted him to
/ live I In his own home where he Ind
lived for years and engage In private
i law practice. for n job paying only
;i$2. 700 and which added tremendously
! to his personal and family expenses?
Mrs. Glasscock could probably tell a
1 very teresting story as to the differ
y encet In expenses in living as. the wife
Ssof the Collector OF Internal Revenue
mt her old home in Morgnntown md In
being the life OF the governor and