The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-09-27

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on sllrteE1
Gee l'.ll'l
.tiol % shout $4,000 untleE Re-
pnbllcan administrations they hyes
.ineremed the averaee monthly ST.
ary. OF teaches IN our public schools
'fro1 SS3.66 under Democratic ao-is
rainfstra4ion 70 $3.50 under RePQ5-
'lIcan administration: school propeEty
has been incfeased from 3 = 4 - 3
under Demoeratic admiuistFatio %
over $1O,eO0S0Oe under Republican f
administrator; the number Of pub
lie schools. he's been Increased nom
E51S. $50 to ri. 80. BY the Repubh+
cans: the number Of school teaeher
employed under the last Democratic
adm nistratio7 has been. tnereaseo
from 6.453 to 1870 [s6der Repub-
Ifean mfnfStrat ions number OF I
high sehdSolss has been ncreased from
forty tos12Ss the sEsEages length OF
the school torm has ben increased /
from III days TO 1850 And al-ti
though the small tax r.yeEr has been
reiieVad o. the burdet Of taxation 1
and puol5es eorpoEatiohs have been !
compeIIed 70 pay their just share. /
the indu5trlal development OF our
state has been wonderful since thei
last Democratic, administration. %
leUdeneed by the output Of coal UnsF
der the last DetOcTalc admtntstraT
Zion IN 1886. IL $50 0e4 tons Of coal !
we're produce5 IA athe state; In the
last year ander RepabIean admins
ftra6On there were zsos7s7'eoo tons
produced.
WIlat Is. I1atafsIs Stands s7Eor.
The RepubIican nominee, DF: Hat
fAeld. stands for the maintenance OF
the wise q gust leg sIatfon that has
been enaeted into. law under the Re
publicans Of the last sixteen years
rms is t6son enough for. any pro-
qressive citizen OF West Virginia
Isupporting the Republican instead
OF the Democratic nominee.
But the Republican nominee, Dr.
l7atAeid. does not stop here He Isl
for further improvements. In his
personal platform, issued before
the primary election. he declares foE
n GOOD roads Zone OF the most import
ANT things to West Wirgiqias) and
snggest eEceIIsnt Ways 6y which they
may Bz Obtained; Tor the. advance
Yiment Of education; for direct prl-
mary for Improvement of labor con-,
dItions; for the Improvement Of. ag-
lricuIttinrrse..z-,.:a,n and for a public service
,,1,,,5ssion and economy in the adj
mInfs4rationZof the law. he further
declares that he favoFs the plario OF
lof the Republican party declared at
Huntington May 81 which declares
lin favor OF maintaining the tax
commissioners department, the
budget law, public accounting law I
and the state board of control and
which endorses the abolishing Of the
fee system and the simplihcation OF {
the procedure of our intermediate
and circuit courts; the lessening OF
the costs of litigation and the aoate-
ment of the cumbersome machinery
of the law; and that in rendering de-
cisions the court should depend on
the equities involved rather than up
lon legal technicaIities. so that sim
pier, cheaper and more perfect JUS
Itice to all, to rich and poor alike
may prevail. The latter platform is
the most progressive and sensible
ever adopted by any party in West
Virginia, and by it any citizen who is
progressive must not take long to
decided between the Republican party
and the Democratic party
In the letter which above refer-.
red to. and which, = being spread
broadcast by the Democrats did
not question the motives and the
honesty of DE-. Hatheld- ] have ali
ways regarded him as honest and
courageous and one who always viii
act as he sees the right While Dr-
Hatfield, when he first entered the
senate, did not favor the direct pri-
mary, he afterwards, recogn1zlne
the public demands and understand
ing conditions that prevailed
throughout the state, did endorse
such a law. and did all that he could
personally to have such a measure
enacted into law In the extra session
of 1911. In his vote on the submis-
sion of the prohibition amendment
he carried out. the instructions OF
the district. and he felt bound by