Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-10-12

CRATIC CHARGES BASED SOLE
IN ON FALSEHOOD AND MIS-
REPRESENTATION.
I'm the face of this splendid record
the Republican party is charged with
"cNtraVagnnce." Waste and ex-
travagance of the conduct of the gov
eminent Is "A stereotyped expression,
often rosorted to by u political party
casually the party out of power,) when
ii has failed to impress the people with
other issues. II is charge easily
made; and, AS IT. Is likely to mislead
because the people are rightly jealous
of the expenditure of their money, un-
candid men and demagogues are there
fore apt to make IL. We see men who.
as members of the Legislature voted
away the public money for almost
every conceivable purpose, get on the
stump and grow red in the face about
extravaganza" When voter hears
a man bowling from the stump about
extravaganza and corruption" 1t will
be well for the voter to- look up that
mans record in the Legislature or
In other official position. and see
whether he practiced what he breaches.
Democratic leaders i'm this State, anx-
iOus to get back into office from which
they were ousted, and having nothing
In their official records or in that of
their party in this State, to commend
them to the people, have evidently de-
termined to make Extravaganza and
waste In the conduct of the State gov
eminent" their paramount issue"
The platforms of their conventions and
editorials I'm their newspapers are full
of It. and doubtless their orators on the
stump will make ii their universal and
unanimous text AS respects expen-
diture of money for any public pnr-
pose two questions are to- be asked.
namely: Was IL desirable or necessary?
If so, was the work or service well
done and the cost thereof reasonable?
The mere cost is not the criterion; for
Instance, building Is needed for GER
tain purpose. Two men undertake to-
build IT.. One constructs building
for $1,000, but It is not adapted for the
purpose. and is not worth what 10 cost
The other mans building costs $1,000,
but it Is well adapted. and is worth
what IL costs The waste and ex-
travagance" is in connection with the
one thousand dollar building. and econ
Omy and efficiency are on the side or
the two thousand dollar building. H.
rs waste and extravaganza TO put
shanty whore a mansion is needed
and it is waste and extravaganza To
put mp mansion where a shanty only
IS necessary.
some Impressive Comparisons.
I'm 1889. when the late 70. w Wilson
was Governor and the State WAS under
Democratic rule, West Virginia was
comparatively undeveIoped The pop
IT|f 4 ion IL Il - N
vast coal deposits had scarcely been
scratched; little Of the virgin timber
had been removed from our forests:
the great oil and gas fields had not
been developed and those counties in
the southern section Of the state. now
rich IN mineral resources, were almost
regarded barren OF wealth. except what
was produced from the soil. Today,
a quarter Oi "a century later. West Vir-
Rinia had doubled iu population; many
ana some vast manufacturing plants
have located in the state: we rank sec
pnd in tho production Of coal: our of
ami Rds fields have attracted outside
capital. aud railroads have penetrated
the mountains. carrying our products
70 inc great centers Of population. Yet,
with al this great material develop.
ineui worry much Of which took place
HHn'l hepupllcan administration. with
great Increase IN population. aud with
me largo sums spent for new institu.
lions and for the enlargement and re-
huildng Of old ones. the state govern
ment did not expcnd in t9O0--the first
year OF The administration Of Governor
w. ". GlagscOck twice as much as ~
did in the year tS93-the first year of
the administration Of Governor VIM
a. MacCOrkle. I'm the sixteen years
from MacCOrkle TO Glasscock the fig.
uro5 taken from the official reports of
The Auditors. Democratic and Repub-
utan. show that the disbursements for
state purpose have not doubled. but the
reports of these State officers do show
That. ~ the ten years from 1883 to s93
from Governor Wilson to Governor
MacCorkle--the expenses of MAIN
tanning tIie state government were
more than doubled
During the administration of Cover
nor MacCOrkle the Disbursements from
the treasury for State governmental
purposes were twice as much as they
were under the administration Of Gov
ernor Wilson, just ten years before.
But now Ex-Governor MacCorkle,
sixteen years after his adnlinistra-