The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-09-28
the oasAr CARROLL Gus mssr,mo.

The splendid meehn at the Carroll Club Of Thursday evening vs In
enia Not tin NAM Years has a campaign meeting zen marked by % much
,an" = = =. = o much e,sn'.. devotion 70 II. party cause o'aha. Re
blinded by the demonstrsttons at the Carroll Club of the splendid enthu
essnsss through indifference nj through fcionai strife. d. Rspubno.ns
u Yes Virginia permitted the election O a Democratic Legislature in 1910.
f the result. Of tina, election Al the Carroll Club ms.,rnss =,
White told how narrowly eve more serious result were escaped
The State Senate in the Legislature of 1911 raj divided evenly between
the two parties Fifteen Republicans faced fifteen Democrats. and by a to
vote the French registration. bill. which had for its object the DISTINGUISHING
Of sixty to seventyhvs thousand voter in West virginia was defeated. Had
the attempts 10 unseat Senator Hearne succeeded, had the Democrats h m
means secured control OF the State Senate this disnanchiang act modelled
= J, Aa IN ns saoe unousand OF voters mite IN black Thousands OF
nen of foreign birth. Thousands of workmen and poor farmers would have
lost their ballots
1T is well for the people Of West virginia o realize exactly what Demo
cratic ascendsney means in this State 1t is well to have attention called
to the remarkable partisan. unjust and unfair measure proposed and at
tempted by the Democrats in the session OF 1911 That session gave us a
taste of Democratic ascendency in West virgins. II "a III. voters. an
idea of what can be expected should Democratic control Of tn. Stat. Gov.rn.
ment and the State Legislature become effective. 1t would mean the abou-
ton OF a tai system which has saved to the owners o. real estate in West
virginia yer a quarter o. a million dollars annually. 1t would mean the
abolition of a la system which as taken enormous burdens from the small
nom owners n the small farmers. and imposed them upon the great cor
porauons in Just proportion. 1t would ear the abolition of the Tax Com
greatest force making or honesty in the settlements between taxpayers and
taxsatherins officials that yer existed in this or an other State. 1t would
the abolition OF the Board Of Control which has a., .,mnrSaa ,hs ~ .u.ra mm',
of our State institutions. n a return to loose. costly nj biundersome inL
vdual board methods that prevailed under Democratic regime: but worsto of
al. it would mean a absolute denial IF the ballot ito thousands OF poOr men,
white and black. in every section of the State.
The voters IF West Virginia are o prepared and Will not, with open
eyes. vote to make the Government of West Virginia a nstocra instead
of a Government by all the people They will not. with per eyes vote to
reneVe te great public service corporations rom their taxes n impose
those axe upon the masses Of the people They Will not vote. with open
eyes, tor the election o. a State Board Of Public Works that will be domL
mated by such men as w A MacCorkIe, who for two years represente be-
fore that body corporations of yer ne billion domars capital stock. seeking
to avoid their taxes
Entirely aside. however from State issues, there IA a nteo of conf.
dence and Enthusiasm in response to appeals for the National ticket that
must have impressed every nearer at the Carroll Club meeting. No man
can tall Repubhcansm in West Virginia. n % man car point to the record or
preach thu policies of the Republican party without al tbs same time preach
Ing tn cause Of the regular Republican candidates. and particularly Of Will
lam ii Taft In West Virginia. at least. there is n disposition o. the part
Of Republican candidates to attempt such a thing The ause of the State
candidates. the OF the Republican Legislature. the cause of Republican
government in this State are indisduby linked with the cause Of William
H. Taft and of the National Republican party. There "a be n separation.
The loyal Republicans want nj separation West Virginia is Republican.
tcularty because Of its devotion to the Teat principle Of protection. and.
Is Hon. George A Laughin well pointed out in his address. the most power.
fui the nos effective defender of The principle Of protection has been VIII
lam II. Taft
But fr him.. III Underwood bill. aiming a vital blow It the great iron
and steel industry OF the Ohio Valley. would have become a law. But for
william H. Taft, the wool bill. reducing the protective duties enjoyed by
the wool growers in West Virginia nearly fifty per cent. would have been
a law. Every wool grower in this state knows what happened when wool
raj put OF the free list VIII they vote for a party that proposes either
again to put wool o the free list or to N the protective duty to a merely
nominal sum? William n Tan's veto prevented such a bill from becoming
a Law, and to William IT. Taft. as the representative Of the greatR epubn.
a principle o protection. Republicans who believe in the foundation prfn.
ciples Of the party their allegiance and support
MAYOR KIRK. the only thing he Democrauc marty
After a trnraned aRbt u 7. Kirk has beer able to aracL Dr pa,setd