Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-03-18
Striking Address BY Cover
nor At State Republican
Conference
ACHIEVEMENTS RECOUNTED
Leader Points to Problems With
Which Party Must Cope and Calls
Upon Those Identified With Third
Party Movement to Join Hands In
Resisting Democratic Domination.

In the keynote speech at the great Re-
publican conference, reviewed the
achievements of the party in the past
and spoke of its need In the problems
that are pressing. He urged those who
have been identified with a third par
ty movement to help uphold the record
OF the past and to aid in carrying out
platform pledges. He spoke as fol-
lows:
Mr.. Chairman, Gentlemen of the
State Committee, and Fellow Citizens:
thank you for the privilege of
speaking to you on this occasion. |
am glad to see so many present, rep
resenting every section of the state
Your presence will prove an inspira-
ton to the committee to go ahead in
the important work before us in the
campaign now upon us. You gentle
men of the committee were chosen in
a primary election, the first ever held
In the state for the purpose. This is
an added reason why it is your duty.
as | doubt not it is your pleasure.
faithfully to represent and carry out
the sentiment of the majority. Po-
itical party committeeman, like all
public officers, are servants of the peo-
pie who chose them.
We are standing on the threshold
o. new era for our great state. If
those who have been advocating the
third party movement will stand with
us and help us carry out the pledges
TO which they assisted in committing
us when We adopted the platform in
the Huntington convention of 1912.
there will be no reason to doubt the
results. Division means defeat, and
When defeat comes to us who will be
the vlctors? / appeal to my third par
~ friends to think we'll before they
bring about a condition which they
will not be able to overcome For
twenty years of state rule our party
has opposed limited franchise and
has stood for policies which were for
the best interests of the whole people.
1t has given to every walk of life
free and full voice in the administra-
tlon OF governmental affairs.
Party Rule in West Virginia.
party IDS Deeu Ine advocate
OF limited franchise? What party
was 1t that championed a registration
law, as we'll as a primary law, which
would have resulted in nominations
being made by ethe classes? If the
strong arm of corporate wealth is Civ
en- the reins of government in West
virginia what results can we expect?
They spent many thousands of dollars
IN the last campaign to defeat the
party of progress and the candidates
who chanpioned the cause of the peo-
pie. Why, sir, money was as plentiful
In that campaign in the hands of the
Democratic workers where it could be
used by the representatives. of these
corporation managers who represent
that party, as the budding foliage in
the springtime. No act OF persecu-
ton or false newspaper statements
were left unmade by This class against
my candidacy, and the whole state
ticket as well; but with all these OBJ.
stacles We fought the battle through
] disregarded my own campaign and
appealed to the voters TO elect a Leg
islature that would protect their rights
My position is the same now as it was
then-that the most important thing
is the election of the Legislature.
The achievements accomplished for
the people of our state by the Repub.
lican party in twenty years OF faithful
EFFORT were persistently fought with
all the strategy that could be brought
into play by the Democratic leaders
And now after all OF these long con.
tests, we are to-day in sight OF greater
things for our state, which is unsur.
passed by any other in natural
wealth but from which so little has
been accumulated for it's present needs
and its future citizenship. When
these resources will be exhausted. we
have accomplished much. but many
things remain to be done. for ours is
a fast growing state, and it's needs
constantly multiply
More Revenue Needed.
A fundamental, vital need is more
revenue. Our state institutions are
stinted for lack Of funds. while the
profit arising from the exploitation Of
our natural wealth IS making thou.
sands rich The university, the prepa
ratory schools the normal schools and
our common schools, all need money.
Our hospitals for the insane urgently
need Increased facilities for the care
and treatment OF their unfortunate in.
mates our schools and homes for de-
linquent and dependent boys and girls
are over-crowded; less than one-haIf
Of the deaf and blind youths OF the
state are being educated I'm our schools
at Romney; afflicted persons are
begging for treatment in our tubercu.
iosis sanitarium, but there is no room
Tor them we have increased the al.
iowance for the public health, the
prevention and eradication Of disease
and for sanitary purposes, but much