Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-11-04
The vi ainia Debt Platter.

The Vagina debt spi, wh'ci, ss
{ haxe beea rgned bsa Il he United
81 rs supreme Ccun on Ocsoeer "a,
W postponed uutiI January Is
4 'e eeausei fer West virsia.a aesed
for e. = sonemeni. he eenllenen
W 70 y he >o-eallsd "Ncst vifguia
&c ssfesitsn re suing the State gas
; 500 N. Uaul the Republican ma.
&c line sdit 50 tie state could be
$ Y thts &c, rgireaiesp wcie offered
+ siitson he dsliar Eventually,
tn h@sh pss"f lh~ suit Icing de-
c g n ~. # he eeii.hcste hold
err
The one thing which v IA aoueein fiae
a rag ~ stris Why 81 spit was
posip s. s. 81 o .re hal the
Stst ga eetisiop against the
Ger iis iers, one would suppose
that they wepld u4sc speedy irial. Ii
Is fpe w44n she legal proiesssoa,
Nv ttey syc a bad case, one In
W p ths evidence is agains, them, TO
as fas nany pcsiporomenls So tie
c Viii grant. he counsel for tie
c + heate holders fought against a
pest e.semeni oflhe suit, which is an
ut er eNtGes,ce to Tie laNman that they
haNetaiih in winning the suit for their
G 'ents.
If there is enc thing which the Re-
pu' lican machine fears more than an
other il is the decision in the Virginia
debt suit. The gentlemen at the mead
of the machine know that it cans
runation 10 msDy of the taxpayers,
and they fear the wrath which viii be
visited upon them. As Master Little
fields report now stands. it ssaid that
verdict of SO, 0f0, 600 TO S44, 100000 is
now staring West Virginia in the face.
OF course, those who will profit by
thiss'will be in a position to leave the
State and resel in luxury the balance
OF their days. But how about the tax
payers that will have 10 remain? TO
defeat the Republican machine in this
State will be poor consolation. With
the Ubiquitous Dawson tax laws levy
ing usurer's tribute upon the people,
what will it be when we nave TO pay
the Virginia debt?
If there is q Republican taxpayer i'll
Berkeley still hugging the delusion
that the party viii save him, he is sad
~ c0lor-biind. II is due 20 the party,
under the management fthe machine
that he has to bear up under the bur-
den of Dawson fax reform" and
that it was possible 10 get the Vir-
GINA deot suit before the Supreme
Court. The Republican taxpayer
must not close bis eyes toihis undeni
able fact.
There is one hope lift for the tax
payers, and that hope is the Legisla-
tire. Ii they elect men to the Legis-
lature who will 1ot he under the bane-
full influence OF the Republican ma
chine, they will be in a position TO sift
and Investigate This Virginia debt
crookedness. The election of a United
States Senator is of very little impor-
lance to the people com pared to this
Virginia debt question. What they
are concerned in now is whether, the
Republican machine will be able TO
carry out its nefarious scheme to tax
fhan, ont NJ bottsa aud homo
We would ask the Republican tax
payers Of Berkeley county to consider
this we'll before they vote for mem bers
of the House of Delegates and the State
Senate. 1t is not political, but a per-
sonal matter, TO he weighed and eon-
siderei.
If the next Legislature is Repu, IL
can it viii be controlled by the Etkins-
Scott machine, and { is the belief of
those whu have given the matter much
thought that there is close alliance
between the machine and the debt GER
tificate holders.
Can you trust the machine, in the
light of past history, to look after your
interests in a matter of such vast in,-
portance to yourself as taxpayer? bis
question you must decide before eiec-
ton. You will have no voice in this
Virginia debt matter after Novem-
Der s.