The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-21
our own ideas in the plan.

The new charter contaip$,- IS
printed pages. The general proyi-
,-sions Of the charter are all right
and by eliminating some four or five
pages and changing the bipartisan
plan of elections and making II abso.
lutely non-partiSan and changing
few other sections OF the charter
and providing penalty for it's VIC
lations by the officers who are elect
ed and sworn to uphold 1t and en-
force it. II would be very good. One
OF the good things it provides is that
Il requires the city treasurer 10 de-
post the city funds in some bank
that will pay 20 or more interest OH
the deposits. One of the bad things
! OF the enforcement is that the eSti-
! mate for levy as published by the
city commissioners does not show
lthat any interest has been received
by the city on these deposits.
Another good intention of the
charter is the section which says
Ethat none of the city commissioners
I,shall hold any other office or have
any other employment that will con
flict with their public duties. The
intention Is there but we have men
tholding these Offices and drawing
their salaries of $4,000 pei year, but
holding other positions and working
IN other business while they hire
substitutes to do their work, as the
salary list shows.
The charter is labeled non-parti.
an. but this is a sop thrown to the
people. although the Times still
stands up and proclaims its loyalty
to the bipartisan plan. The Demo-
Gratis telegraphed to Senator Hatfield
that they wanted the bipartisan
7 plan but they labeled 1t non-parti-
san after they got it.
Sec 9S reads as follows:
.''The object and aim of this act
is. to procure an honest and efficient
administration of the affairs Of the
| city Of Fairmont. free from partisan
distinction or control. The munich
pal authorities Of the city and the
courts Of the state shall construc thi,
act with this aim in view"
This discloses their hypocracy be.
cause they have removed Republi-
cans from places and given them
4 ignrd testimonials after removing
them as to their efficiency and hon .
Cit work, for the sole purpose II
putting in their own political
,ilencllmen and building UP a poiti-
cal machine.
! The Old Fairmont Cemetery.
| Page 10 of the printed CHARTER
reads as follows: "And the Board
| OF Affairs is hereby authorized and
empowered to sell and convey by
.Iproper deed the certain lot or par
: cI Of land situate near Fairmont, in
The county Of Marion. known and
/ called the Old Fairmont Cemetery,
being the land granted to the bor-
ough OF Fairmont as public, bury
ing ground by " Barnes and wife
by deed bearing date on the goth day
Of March. 1851"
Who had that put in the charter
Who represented Fairmont in the
J legislature at the last session? DO
/ you want to desecrate the graves OF
your honorcd ancestors who had
been permitted to rest peacefully in
! this old burying ground for half
century by opening up streets. AMI
alleys over their remains? Are
/ town lots so scarce in Fairmont that
! this old grave yard must be sold to
enrich real estate Spectators? The
democratic commissioners of Fair
mont hardly waited till they got
!itheir easy chairs warm until they
had advertised to sell this grave yard
chat was donated by one of the pio-
ncer citizens of Fairmont as an act
of charity and benevolence.
l. | am opposed to the sale of this
cemetery for speculation of any 9th
u pun PooIs
But no matter what my position
was in the past on this charter ques-
ton, | want the voters Of Fairmont
to understand that am against 1t
now.
! want them to understand that II
/ am elected TO the senate will see
that they get what they want.
| want them to understand that
then we were confronting theories,
Ian untricd experiment, but now we
Fare confronting conditions as they
exist.
want them to understand that
there is no excuse for increasing the
salary list in Fairmont 100000 In
one year.
want them to understand that !
have always stood for better gov
eminent for Fairmont and always
will, either in or out Of the senate.
But | want them to understand
that | can do more for the people Of
this city in the senate than can on
the outside. You have tried the 9TH
| or fplIowS Mt Charleston give me q