The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-10-05
DEMOCRATS FAlL


they reeefgtd II vas q 20 lied t,Sis-
{ ine SIC inn efited nom I9eEll,-
81 re me- rs Sly elitFehe
/ q ID "a ted on the body polittci tina.
Il aook the Hepu 9ltean party thirteen
years a wipe Il ont OF s tepees and
81 s itfiRe more modern ana bNsi-
ness illa mel hod. which We now have
n the Board o9 ConNro Three men
do the work oe 197. ana they do It
more satisfactorily. md at g swing 81
not oniy thousands. but hundreds Of
Thousands 81 dollars. Is their report
viii show. There IS no more slaing
example OF Admins ira tive ability and
economy In the stare governments than
that Of the Board OF Control.
chiffon ATfsEnfoPnned.
IN the year 1908 from the hve cent
state tax. (Which Is now four and
Eone-half cents). $a29. age 40 was coli
lected. and the state paid back in:o
the state general school FUND $5I7,
253. 10, which means that the state
government last year was RIM wlthcut
directly taxing she people as a whole
ana giving to each county the fullest
measure OF local self government
The first time the cllarSe extrav-
agance was voiced by a Responsible
Democratic leader was last month at
Hinton, when the Hon. William r..
chiffon, sounded she keynote" for
his party. Mr. chilton's elongated elo-
quence pulsated with transformation
and heretofore unheard OF statistics
The speech was meat" for the Re
publican leaders and editors, who
stripped it to ribbons IN a fortnlghs
Notable among the strippers was
Auditor John sherman Darst. who in
a prepared address delivered at the
Fourth senatorial district convention
OF his party. held ut Ravenswood
Augusy II, did about as handsome and
complete dissection OF the Chiffon
speech as could be desired by the most
fastidious Republican surgeons and
students attending political clinics,
The Darst speech, brief and to the
point, bristlIng with .imely and truth
fnl statistics. has served, and sttll Is
serving. as the first textbook OF the
Republican state campaign. Speaker
ana editors have found IT useful and
the public interesting and Informing
The demand for it has run It's circula :
ton into the thousands.
Challenge Unanswered.
!Revertlng to the subject OF re
ceipts and disbursements, to the Dem
ocratic charge OF extravaganza, Gov
Iernor Glasscock's challenge 50 the OPP
position to the state whether they
would repeal a single enactment OF
the Republican party passed as
PARTY measure, remains unanswered
I'm addition to this, the Republican
Headers here issue the challenge to sac
enemy 20 say specifically and prove
ithat there has been extravaganza In
any department of the administration
or 10 point ont where the government
can be more economically administer
ed without impairing the public ser
/ vice. The Republicans declare they
won't and they can't successfully do It
that there isn't department or an In
lstitution tina, the Democrats woult
go on record in favor Of abolIshing
nor IS there one which they can show
lis not needed, that Is extravagantlJ
managed, and that does not give value
| received for every dollar expended
upon it.
The issue raised first in this cam
paign by Mr. Chiffon, is one naat the
tRepubl.can leaders. and ofictals wei
come. They declare that 1t Is a bub'
BILE easily bursted, that 1t hasn't
prop to stand on, and that IT was con
ceived in the spirit OF malice and KEPT
alive thus far by sne greatest mtsrep-
Presentation.