The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-04-18

SHt ~AnDANSbo .IouA6f men anu WOUleu
to advance themselves in general edu-
cation, and to prepare themselves for
the professions and all sorts Of USE
fui occupations. 1t 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 its great task and
such additional departments as are
requisite to fully meet the require
ments of our young people, provided
for as rapidly as possible.
The school for the deaf and blind
the boys reform school and the
4 girls Industrial school are all de-
serving of our most careful consid-
eratlon, and no effort should be spared
Ito make them the best OF their kind
! Private and UNCONVENTIONAL institu-
lions, providing educational facilities
without cost to the state. should be
recognized and encouraged and due
credit given for the work done there
lin in so far as 1t conforms to recog-
nized standards.
4 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. Not
legislation, but education is the
watchword of our civilization, and we
can never attain to that high standard
OF life and conduct. which should be
our aim, until we fully realize the
paramount importance of the public
schools in attaining this end.
A Primary Lew.
Political parties are essential to
our form of government and organi-
cation is the basic principle which
goes to make up such parties. am
in favor of primaries for the selection
OF state, congressional and county
officers, and l am, in favor Of law
that will throw about party primaries
| all the sanctity and protection OF
the courts. Party primaries should
be conducted by officers who are d.
rectly responsible to the courts,
whose work can be reviewed and ex-
amined into by judicial authority, and
wrong doing in party primaries should
be punished as vigorously and effec-
lively as wrong doing in the cleo
tons.
Industries.
| 1t is a lamentable fact that with all
our great natural resources we have
not more manufactures, to utilize
our raw material and convert same
into finished products. There should
be special campaign to induce more
factories to locate within our state
and use our raw material at home. If
our laws are faulty, they should BE-
so amended as to offer industries
special inducements to come within
our borders.
Labor.
It was my pleasure as president OF
the state senate, on the last night Of
the session, to take up out of its or
der the child labor law and assist
in its passage, Again, 1t devolved
upon me to appoint, on the part of
the Senate, representatives from that
body on the committee which is at
present working up an employers
liability law.
We all recognize the fact that there
is a medium which is fair to both
labor and capital, which the two
should be willing to meet, for they
are mutually dependent and neither
can exist without the other. The
time Is ripe for disposition of this
matter, and am in favor of just
and equitable measure. have every
confidence in the present committee,
and confidently look forward to a re-
port which will give the next legis-
lature good, substantial data from
which to frame an employers liza
bility law, satisfactory to all inter-
ests, and II nominated and elected
governor, will urge the passage Of
such law.
Agriculture.
Our state is chiefly renowned
abroad for its mineral wealth. The
prominence given this branch over.
shadows the not generally known fact
that the income received from agri-
cultural and horticultural products
largely exceeds that derived from any.
other source Within the state. Min
eral wealth is transient, and to agri-
culture and horticulture alone must
future generations look for support
for the state and its citizens. 1t