The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-11

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of ols ednea lonal progress Il the
ipast Is due 70 the coca OK 81 the
normal schools and their influence
should ihcreasas
The state university stands At the
head Of or free school system. It Is
designed to take up the work where
| # is left OF BY the normal and high
schools and furnish an opportunity for
our ambitious young men and women
to advance themselves IN general edu-
cation, and to prepare themselves for
the professions and all sorts Of use
fui occupations. It should be heartily
and literally supported by the state.
Such buildings should be added from
time to time as are necessary to ena-
able 1t to perform It's great task and
such additional departments as are
requisite to fully meet the require
mepts of our young people, provided
for as rapidly as possible.
The school for the deaf and blind,
the boys reform school and the
girls Industrial school are all de-
serving Of our most careful consld-
GRAFTON, and no effort should be spared
to make them the best Of their kind,
Private and denominational instita-
tons. providing educational facilities
without cost to the state, should be
recognized and encouraged and due
credit given for the work done there
in in SO far as It conforms to recos-
nized standards.
II we expect to see the halls of our
criminal courts deserted for want OF
business and the walls of our penal
institutions decay from disuse, we
must turn from the courts and the
legislature and put our trust in the
humble teacher of the. school. No
legislation, but education is the
lwatchword OF our civilization, and We
can never attain to that high STANDARD
Of life and conduct, which should b'
our aim, until we fully realize thu
paramount importance OF the public
schools in attaining this end.
A Primary Lew.
Political parties are essential t
our form of government and organi
cation is the basic principle which
goes to make up such parties. an
in favor of primaries for the selection
Of state, congressional and COUNT
officers, and / am in favor Of Law
that will throSs about party primaries
all the sanctity and protection o
). The courts 9pParty primaries should
be conducted by officers who are di
rectly responsible to the courts
whose work can be reviewed and ex
amined into by judicial authority, ant
wrong doing in party primaries shoult
be punished ,as vigorously and ehec
lively as wrong doing in the cleo
tons. iiG biBc~ 10
II sEtf- is-t1 si'ls , A1Huu6GA1GSs. 5..f.a4
j. 1t is lapentable fact that with al
our great natural resources we havt
. not more manufactures, to utiliz,
our raw material and convert same
into finished products. There should
be special campaign to induce more
factories to locate within our stat
and use our raw material at home.
! cur laws are faulty, they should b.
t $50 amended as to offer industries
special inducements to come within
our borders.
E Labor.
1t was my pleasure as president o
3 he state senate, on the last night o
t the session, to take up out Of Its or
! der the child labor law and assis
in Its passage. Again, it devolvel
I upon me to appoint, on the part Q
e the Senate, representatives from tina
I body on the committee which is a
present working up an employer
= liability law. !.
We all recognize the fact that Their
. sSa medium which is fair to bolt
labor and capital which the tw,
should be willing to meet, for the,
e are mutually dependent and neithe
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