The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-10-05
I'o the G Ienge Of Governors
Glasseock IN His
Address.
ItCIllalles ElEpoILs slttllIll

C(1ll1TleS Brooks S1iIl u
CEHAFsIi EssroN. Oct. rhe miiH
eornt in the indictment made by the
Democrats against the Republican
party In this state Is the aIIeEa ton OF
waste and extravaG nnee "a the conduct
Of the state governments. In support
Of their prosecution the editors and
speakers OF that party are making
some amazing statements and fabri-
eating some equally amazipg statistics.
At the very outset Of the campaign
theee may mislead the Innocent, but
only for a brief while. un.i the facts
and hEures from the oncial records
are given to an fntelliEent public. and
then the charge will collapse, Is q
plan OF campaign founded on false
hood ana MISREPRESENTATION is bound
collapse.
That is the way the Republican
campaign managers rendezvoued here
express Themselves, and the officials
OF the state government. intimately
ISno wledseors OF the governments
mechanism. heartily coincide. They
do not view with alarm, whatever
tItnid ones of Republican faith may
think, the making OF this charge Of
wasteful extravaganza. They are con-.
.hdent OF easily and quickly refuIng
the charge and believe that, in this
campaign as IN the last. It will, in the
true, unerring light OF official facts
and agures. prove sorry Boomerang
for those misguided party managers
making 1t. and occasion poignant re-
greet on their part when Is IS too late
to undo the damage done by an Inn
pulsive and mistaken Judgment.
t. T1FNNn
writ in history, was a more co2npre-
hensive and satisfying account Of the
stewardship OF the great responsible
ixes placed upon it by the sovereign
voters OF West Virginia. rendered by
the dominan, party than will be made
this campaign. Every department
CHIEF has prepared and turned in a re-
pert OF his respective department. and
these reports are being condensed and
gotten into shape for publication and
the widest distribution. They win an
swer fully every charge that the OPP
position can make under the heading
Of .'wasteful extravaganza" and show
conclusiveIy and convincInGly thai
west VirgIuia's government Is not only
splendIdly conducted. but economical
~ managed.
the Democrats against the Republic
cans. not by any means. It was made
lin the campaigns Of 1900 and 1904,
and disproved. and again it was pro-
jected prominently into the campaign
I OF 1908. when 1t collapsed for lack
| of support and the same sorry fate
awaits it and those responsible for Its
making. Governor Glasscock greeti
the charge with smiling placidfty. Il
| the opposition has no better issue thar
that to wage against his party and his
| administration, he feels sanguine thai
both VIII be vindicaHed at the polls
1t Is largely due to his suggestion that
| the fullest and, most complete report
! of governmental transactions during
the first two years of his regime is to
3e made.
How Money is Spent.
while she reports and the figures
are being brought up-to-date in pre-
| paration for the widest publicity and
dissemination. 1t may he well, as a pre-
Urinary to their issuance, to take q
/ peep at the figures for the fiscal year
ending September 80. 1909 The re-
ceIpts for thaS period were $2,35S,-
tSA6. "a; the disbursements were ST..
go 622s99. or which $1.243,5sS. 33 was
/ expended on educational, charitable
and penal Institutions. This left bal
ance OF $3.50. O94.66. which was ex-
| pended as follows: Salaries state OFF,
GERS, $y2. 21O.1O:' salaries of judges
go, Sl1. ~: state house labor fund
S JIG, 157. AS; salaries of clerks state Of
fees, $71I1.26.54; contingent expenses
OF the saate. $24, 06s1s; purchase OF
new property for departments oBpo.
site the capitol, $4,000; military de.
partment. $57,224.91; public printing
and binding and stationary, $46, 925 AZ,
/ and the Legislative session of 1903,
s72, a37J22. The sources from which
money was received and how it was
depended in de1ail on educational,
charitable and penal institutions, and
how much each OF these necessary In
Is :Rutions received, together with
Inluch other valuable Information.
may be ascertalned by writing the Re
! publican state headquarters here. Bue
tabulated statistics are too tiresome.
even though of the highest impor-
lance. for the average newspaper
ready to take the time and trouble to
read and study: so they are omitted
in this article.
The bulk of the states receipts go
to maintain our educational, charita-
a1le and penal Institutions, no one of
which could be abolished, ana every
one OF which, especially since the
Board of Control has been in charge
30 chem ia economically managed,