The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-10-31
cONLEY PUTS OUT
SOME. H0l STJFE
Attorney GsnsTal Defends Re
publican gOAHibgLl0ls.
made 4 MLsIERE LggREsS

can Honesty and Economy With
Maecori<le's Regime Of Enhbezie-
ment and E,stravaba Popular
and Able state ofieiai Makes One
Of the sest spssehss That Has Been
Delivered IN the Present Campaign
Davis, w. va.-Ispecial Hon. W.
70. conIey. attorney general. opened
the campaign in this county and In this
section OF the state with a keynote.
speech that was one OF the very best
arguments In favor Of continuing the
Republican party in power In West
virginia that has been delivered by.
any Of the speHbinders OF that party
during the present campaign. It was
speech of plain facts and indisputa-
BILE figures of an oficial character,
stated in a simple, forcefui way, SO
that everybody could understand what
the Republican state administrator
has done (and what the two previous
Republican administrations achieTed)'
and what 1t proposes to do If the vot
ers uphold the hands of Governor
Glasscock In his great fight for needed
reforms by eIecting Republican state
senate and house Of delegates.
Herewith is given General Conley's
speech in full 1t should be read by
every voter in the state. 1t is chock
fun Of sound logic and unanswerable
argument:
what conIey said.
The Democratic newspapers and
Democratic stump speakers have been
IndustriousIy comparing Governor
MacCorkle's Democratic admtnistra-
ton with the present Republican adj
minfstration, but in doing so have coE-
tented themselves with fauIt7hnding
accusations and MISREPRESENTATION
Let me give a few comparisons be
tween the two administration as
shown by the records:
When the Democratic party turned
over the state government to the Re
publican party it took from the state
treasurer a receipt for $1,000, 600. but
of this amount 100000 was railroad
funds returnable to the counties, which
should have Been distributed among
them; $500, 900 belonged to the IRE
ducfble school fund. and another large
amount belonged to the general school
fund and the balance In the treasury
was insufficient to pay the indebted
ness of AiacCorkIe's Democratic ad-
mfnfstration by over $4,000, and a
Republican administration was asked
to and did make good the deficiency.
as shown by Chapter Of the Acts OF
1897. This is not all. A Democratic
ofhcer under Governor MacCorkle de-
faulted in th2 sum of more than $780,
900. And this is Democratic economy.
When the Republicans turned over
the state government to the Demo
Gratis in 1871, a large balance was I'm
hut n
tweuty-six years the Democrats con-
trolled the state they were financially
embarrassed, notwithstanding their aY-
eraEe annual expenditure for state in
stitutions was only $4,000. From 1886
to 1888 they laid special levies which
raised 1851 ,95797 They borrowed
money from 1872 to 1896 to pay the
ordinary running expenses of the state
government after expanding the appro-
priations made by the legislature for
that purpose. In addition to all this.
Governor Fleming and Governor Mac
Corkle collected from the federal gov
eminent $1S1. 1882. and paid ex-Gov-
ernor Wilson and other Democratic at
torneys for the laborious task OF re-
ceiving the government drafts and
turning them over to the governor OF
West Virginia, the munlfcent sum of
SIS, 214.26. And they call this Demo.
cratic economy See Senate Journal
1897, page $50.
Democratic Economy.
As another item of so-called Demo
cratic economy, but rather of Demo
cratic mismanagement, call your at
tentIon to the management of the
state penitentiary at Moundsvfre.
During the fiscal year ending Sept. 80.
1908. the earnings of that institution
amounted to over 1890. 900. and after
paying the entire expenses OF main
tanning the institution for two years
there remained a profit OF $112.69S.SO.
and out OF these net earnings S1O2..
Oe2.73 was expended for permanent
improvements, $4,000 thereof being
for a new steel cell building, $4,000
for an additional farm. $4,000 turned
Into the state treasury. and leaving 2
surplus OF almost $4,000 to the credit
of that institution. And during the
fiscal year OF 1909 that institution has
turned into the state treasury the sum
OF $50 900 after paying its entire ex-
penses for maintenance and the neces'
sary improvements. But note the con-
trast. In 1895, under the so-called
economical Democratic MacCorkIe ad-
minIstration the legislative appropri-
ated $37,s00 for the support of the
state penitentiary, difference to the
taxpayers Of this state 1896 and 1909
of Se2 500 in favor of Governor Mac
Corkls's administration. Another
item OF Democratic economy.