The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-04-18

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paramount Importance of the public
schools in attaining this end.
A Primary Law.
Political parties are essential to
our form of government and organi.
| cation is the basic principle which
goes to make up such parties. l anf
: III favor of primaries for the selection
, or state, congressional and county
, officers, and | am in favor of a law
that will throw about party primaries
all the sanctity and protection Of
the courts. Party primaries should
be conducted by officers who are di-
rcctly responsible to the courts, whose
, work can be reviewed and examined
into by judicial authority, and wrong
doing in party primaries should be
! punished as vigorously and effectively
as WRONG doing in the elections.
industries.
1t is lamentablc 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.
1t 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, it dcvolved
upon me to appoint, on the part Of
the senate, representatives from that
ibody on the committee which is at
present working up an employers
liability law.
| We all recognize the fact that there
is medium which is fair to both Ia
Dor and capital, which the two should
IF willing to meet, for they are mu-
TALLY dependent and neither can
exist without the other. The time is
| ripe for a disposition of this matter
and | am in favor Of a just and equit
! able measure. l have every conf
dencc in the present committee, and
confidently look forward to a report
which will give the next legislature
good, substantial data from which to
| frame an employers liability law, sat
isfactCry to all interests, and if nonli-
| mated and elected governor | will urge
| the passage of such law
Agriculture.
Our state is chiefly renowned
abroad for it's mineral wealth. The
prominence given this branch over
J 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
Tor the state and its citizens. 1t
| therefore behoOVes us to so promote
| and build up these industries that
when the time comes that the states
| needs are urgent, they will be ready
| to take up and vigorously carry the
| burdens imposed. We have just cs.
tablished the office of the commits.
| sloner Of agriculture. This depart
ment Of the state government should
! be supported on a liberal scale, pro,
| viding for scientific instruction to oar
| farmers, studies of soils and plant
| life, and the publication of such other
| general information as will promote
agriculture. Particularly | would urge
| wider and more effective use Of the
| facilities provided by the school of
agriculture and the agricultural expcr.
imcnt station at the state university
| Liquor.
| The last legislature having submit
ted to a-Notc Of the people the DrODo.
sitlon to so amend the states consli.
tuition as to prohibit the manufacture
and sale of Intoxicating liquors, this
question is with the people to decide
Personally LIDO not use liquors in any
form. If nominated and elected gov.
ernor of West Virginia and the prohi,
| bitiOn amendment prevails, | shall use
every means at my command to make
the sale and distribution of intoxicat
ing liquors absolutely impossible.
| On the other hand, should the
amendment not prevail, | shall favor
a stringent local option law and Ii
cense laws that will limit the right to
sell liquors to persons who will fully
comply with the requirements Of the
statutes, which should be framed with
a view to rigid control and restriction
| Of such traffic.