The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-04-28

ne Lug isitlure OF -1SS1-S2, which met
at Wheeling in. the winter of those years,
was doubtless the, ablest Legislature
which has ever sat in West Virginia. 1t
was also one of the most important. 1t
revised the Code and enacted much other
nedful legislation. In that body there
needful legislation. In that body there
were Judge Boyd Faulkner, the late ex.
Judge Robert S. Brown, the late Robert
S. Dennis, the late Joseph s. Woods af.
forwards Speaker of the House of Dele
gates, Ex-Governor Dawson, then pretty
young man, and others. In tho House,
of which the late Governor e. w. Wilson
was the Speaker, there were, beside Mr..
Hubbard, such giants as James H. Fer
guson, James S. Morrow, William a.
Quarter, as well as other strong men, Mr.
Hubbard was the peer of any. He dis
puted the leadership of this very able
body with Judge Ferguson When they
clashed, which was seldom, in aitertness.
IN parliamentary maneuver, in incisive
utterance, and in repartee, Mr.. Hubbard
was the superior.
On Mr. HUBBARD personal integrity
there never was the shadow of stain. He
IS truthful, frank and outspoken. His
word is indeed las good as his bond. ,,
His sense of honor is the highest. This
is illustrated in connection with his mem
bership of the West Virginia Tax Com
mission of 1901 When Governor ABB.
-White, early in his term, cam, to look for
i've men to serve on this Commission.
which had been created by a joint rcsolu.
ton passed in the last days of the Icpis-
laturc Of 1901, while Judge Atkinson was
Governor, he turned first of all to Mr..
Hubbard, who finally agreed 10 accept the
service, along with Henry Gassaway
Davis, John II. Holt, Mr. (now Supreme
Judge Williams, and Captain John x.
! thompson Nothing but sense 90 duty
could have induced any man to serve in
this unpopular work. Mr. Hubbard s
sense of duty and honor was so high that
b. gave up all legal retainers by corpora.
tons, and resigned the presidency of the
Wheeling, Pittsburg & Kentucky Rail
road Company, in order that he might
have no sense of obligation to any inter-
est or persons which would interfere with
his work as member of the Commission
members of the Tax Commission. donated
all of the compensation they received
from the state to the West Virginia Uni,
versity.
Mr.. Hubbard was nominated for Con
gress in the First District in 1906, over
all opposition, by an overwhelming ma
Jority; and he was triumphantly elected
He was renominated in 1908, notwith-
standing certain ward bosses' and
traflickers in politics tried to oppose him,
which feeble and selfish opposition col
iapsed; and he again elected by
large majority. In Congress from the
first he took high rank, having been APP
pointed by the Speaker on important com
mittees, the assignments being unusually
high for a new member
Mr.. Hubbard is a member of the ]. A.
Halliday Post G. a. r., of Wheeling. He
is not merely a lawyer, but man of
varied attachments as we'll Though n
lawyer of the first rank, he is also a
pubhcist, successful business man. a
man of affairs; student, but not a mere
doctrinaire; progressive, but not a crank:
practical, but not 2. mere monev-petter.
In short, Mr.. Hubbard is the ideal man
for the Office he seeks, Senator of the
United States