Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-10-26


feel that Mr.. Chiffon will agree with
me that it is matter with the peo-
pie as TO maintenance of a militia
Public printing and binding must be
done. 1t cost S49,925.43 to have it
done. Mr.. Chiffon certainly can not
kick about that. viii you ask where
the kick is, and l Will say that IL
there is any ground or reason for
any; If there has been a waste of the
peoples money at all, it is in the
next item; legislative session, 1909.
at cost of S72,35Z22. If Mr.. Chill
ton raises an objection on this
ground, | will agree with him that
the legislature OF 1909 had more
clerks employed than was necessary.
But in mis- connection | want to fur
Their say that the Democrats voted
for this as well as the Republicans
and are alike guilty with them, be-
cause the legislature is a law within
itself and the governor nor any other
power outside OF its own body could
control it.
NO WASTE OF PEOPLES MONEY.
So you see my friends all this howl
about wasting the peoples money is
Ike the three carloads of frogs a GER
tain man thought he had in his pond,
judging from the noise they made.
but when he drained the pond and
gathered the crop he had five; and
SO when you analyze the expenditure
or the state government, you would
think from the howl Mr.. Chiffon
makes of waste and extravaganza OF
the peoples money that there were
hundreds Of thousands going TO
waste, but when you drain the pond
you will only find few hundred dol
lars that may have been wasted by
a legislature.
You Will further note from the first
Item mentioned above in the receipts
that we collected from the hve-cent
state tax on the real and personal
property 1929, 9jS46. and we paid
back into the state general school
fund that year S317,25346, so we have
practically run the state without di-
rectly taxing the people as a whole.
aud each county has practically local
government
In fact. nearly. If not quite all the
taxes paid by you are for the support
OF your county and municipal govern
ments. If any of your family. your
friends or your neighbors become af-
fticted in such a manner as to make
them charge upon the state, then
we have arranged at our state hos
pitfalls 70 give them the best of care
and treatment, and If any of them are
unable to pay their bills at these hos
pltals they can get the same treat
ment, the same watchful Cnre as is
accorded the more fortunate inmate.
The state has taken care OF the high
er education of your boys and girls
and today West Virginia and Yves.
Nlrsinians are proud OF the fact that
this grand young state is expending
as much per capita as any other state
On the education Of her youth, and
dare say there are none who will say
that it is money wasted
We say TO the deaf and to the
blind, TO the workman, to the farmer.
10 the miner and other citizens Of
the state, we bid you welcome to the
institutions that have been provided
10 the days when misfortune comes
and when you are no longer able to
support yourself. Is this a subteIfuge
and snare; And in spite of the fact
that the revenues of the state had
been reduced on account Of some of
the counties eliminating the saloons.
the state had more money i'm the
treasury on August !, 1910, than 1t
had Tor many years, and these results