The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-10-03
URGES Il
HAEAELl's ELECTION
Points Out Republican Nohli.
nee's Superior Fitness
for Governor ]
OVER Mr.. THOMPSON
Refutes Impression Democrats
Try to Make That He is
Not for Hatfield.

Not for Hatfield.
KEYsER, W. Va, Sept. 27-state
Senator W. C. Grimes today made
public the following statement:
The Democrats, under gIarins
headline, "why Republican viii
bolt Hatfield" are quoting part ot
a kttef written by myself prior to
the Republican primary election in
June, in which stated some reasons
why opposed Dr.. Hatfield in the
primary 1 had a choice in the prl-
mary among the Republicans, and
lpr, Hatfield, as well as every other
person, comedies the right Of every
citizen 10 that choice. e
| ! did not get my choice. Now I
must choose between the Rep9bli-
can candidate, DR.. Hatfield, and the
Democratic candidate, W. R. Thomp-
son. never have had any hesitahsy
lin making. that choice. unIe-
(, serEedly favor the Republican noni-
nee for many reasons.
The Republican party in West
Virginia has been the party of prog
!, ress. . Under Democratic administra-
!, ton there was no real progressive
Legislation enacted into law. The
Republican party in this state has
a record of achievements Of which
to be proud. A few of the things ac-
complished by the Republican party,
since MacCorkle and Chiffon step
ped out of the state house in 1896,
occur to me now. They have ,estab-
lished and maintained, for the bene-
fit OF miners, three. hospitals at a
cost of over half million dollars;
home for incurables at Huntington
at a cost of nearly one million dol
lars; have remodeled and maintain
ed second hospital for the insane
at Spencer. at a cost of over one
million dollars; Improved aud main
itained the West Virginia Hospital
for the Insane at Weston, at cost
1of over two and quarter million
dollars; have established and main
italned girls Industrial home at
Salem, at a cost of over two hundred
thousand dollars; rebuilt and main
jtained the West Virginia Reform
/ School, at Pruntytown at cost OF
NEARLY three-quarters of million
dollars; completed and maintained
i the Bluefeld Colored Institute at a
cost Of nearly one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars; the West Virginia
Colored Institute alta cost of three
hundred and seventy-Ave7 thousand
dollars: built the concord Normal
school, and erected new buildings at
Fairmont, Glenville, Marshall Col
lege, Shepherd College and West
Liberty Normal, &and maintained
them at a cost Of over a million and
a quarter dollars; established he
Keyser Preparatory school; erected
three new buildings at the state uni
! yersity and n9Rihtained the univer-
sity and branches at cost OF near
" two million dollars. These are
improvements OF which ever patri-
{otic west vlrginian should be proud.
They ARE such as to effect the peo-
hpis IN every community. Democrats,
lat least, by innuendo, opposed all
these meritorious measures. They
accuse the Republicans Of being ex.
travagant because they have ex-
ipendcd greater amount OF money
en- our humane, charitable, penal, re-
Iformstory and educational instItu.
tiors than the Democrats did
What Republicans Have Done.
While the Republicans have spent
more money for the purposes above
mentioned, they have at the same
time reduced the state tax from IS
cents on the 500 10 one cent on the
$500: they transferred to the gener-i
al school FUND in 1912 the sum OF
,s4TS2S5.41. or $265,664.72 more,
than was collected in direct. taxes in
1912 on the 2 10 cents levy; they
have increased the assessment OF
public utilities in round numbers
from $$O.OOO,OOO in 1904 to
$2o5.5Od,OOo in 1912; increased the
collections from public service cor
porations taxes from $500, sS8. Isl
under Democratic rule. to $2,1S5,-
1921 under Republican rule; they
have increased collections from col
lateral inheritance taxes from a lit
tie over $1,000 in the last Demo-
cratic administration to over $1O7,-
900 in the last year Of Republican
administration; they have in
creased the collections from license
taxes on charters from about $780,,
900 under Democratic administra-