The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-09-09
WHAT M I KIND Of DEMocRATs9

The Times this morning tries to
cast reflection on the Republican par
~ by knocking on the development
of the coal aud railroad industries of
the State. The paper is certainly well
aware that this State has been the
wonder Of the world in the rapid
strides 1t has made in the last decade.
along various lines of development
and il knows that never in the his
tory Of this region has SO much been
done In so short a time as has been
accomplished within the past three or
four years. Within that time the troll.
ley lines to clarksburg and Manning
4 ton have been built, the line to Pitts
burg, Morgantown and Fairview pro-
y jected and but for the dog in the
manger attitude CT the Pennsylvania
and baltimore and Ohio Railroads 1t
Is the general belief that the road
down the West Side OF the Mononga-
= hela would now be in operation.
Within this. period the New England
I Coal and Coke Company, the Keystone
/ Coal Company, the Jamison Coal Com
pany, the -Four States Coal Company
and others have begun operations in
this Vicinity. At present the great
Owens bottle plant is getting ready
Tor operation and the Willetts Com
IS
pany has commenced work on It's
I plant. To come nearer home, how has
q, W.. Watson come into the million.
aire class except through West yir-
glnia coal? How did Mr.. J. E, Wat.
son come to build a 100000 residence
in.Fairmont? Coal did it. Who thinks
y the big office building on the Bank OF
Fairmont corner would have. been
erected had not the coal business been
a success In this region? What about
the Fairmont Mining Machinery Com
sspRny? Coal made 1t possible. The
big Monongah Glass factory has sue.
ceeded in! this State under Republican
I administration. Again, the Times in
Inmates that Democrats are at the
head OF nearly every investment con
Germ that makes for the upbuildlng OF
the state.n To begin with, that is
not true. OF all the companies and
4 concerns mentioned above none uul
\ the Fairmont Coal Company and Its
allied interests are in charge of Dem
ocrats 1t is well known fact that
Sfsthe coal operations OF Mcdowell, Fay
cite, Mercer, Wyoming, and in fact
all Of the counties in the southern
part Of the State are headed by Re
f. publicans The Fairmont Coal Com
pany and the companies in which
Henry g, Davis Is interested are .prac
tically all the large companies con
troiled by Democrats in the State
And what kind OF Democrats are the
capitalists in this community? Have
they not supported the Republican
candidate for President and .uphel'
the Republican policy Of protection
for the past dozen years? Didn't the!
support Mckinley in 1896? Are the.
not protection Democrats now? TIL
Times knows they are. They are nc
in favor Of tax reform, we grant tina
for the new tax laws do make the col
porations come across at little neal
er their share for the support OF tn
State, county and district govern
ment but the "heads of nearly ever
Investment concern that make for tn
npsbuilding OF the State have bee
and are in favor of protection and Of
pose the policies Of the man "wh
talks ike wilson" However niue
the Democrats would like to get ava
from 1t. the fact remains that capit;
and labor alike are afraid Of the pa
tyis policies and the industries Of u