The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-20
ADDRESS OF REPUBLICAN
STATE COMMITTEE TO THE
VOTERS OF w. VIRGINIA
CONTINUED from page 81


/ quantity is most comInendable. The
law creating the public Service Com,
mission. with its wide powers of regu-
lation and supervision of public cor:
porations, and the act known as the
lWorkmen,s Compensation law. are
both excellent and significant achieve
ments.
Reforms Accomplished and To BE
/ Accomplished.
Respecting the additions made by
the Charleston platform, 1t may be
said that election of United States
senators by direct vote OF the people
has been accomplished by amendment
to the federal constitution. Every one
Will agree to the proposition of the In
creased activity of the national and
state governments In conserving the
public health. The last legislature of
this state took an advanced step in
that direction by amendment of the
law governing the State Board of
Health, by a generous appropriation
to the Anti Tuberculosis League, and
in other ways. Every good citizen,
too, we think, will agree with the crit
icism of the guard system in vogue in
l1912. Happily under the administra-
ton of Governor Hatfield has almost
disappeared, and where there was war
and bloodshed there is now a state of
comparative peace. We are sure that
the Republican voters of the state, as
Ewell as the Progressives. favor all
proper, adequate and Just laws as re-
spects the relation between capital
land labor, and the establishme as
soon as may be-, of cooperation and
1profit -sharing between the employer
and the employe. The cornering of
Ifoodstuffs and other necessaries Is an
tevil that national and state laws
fshould eradicate. AS respects woman's
suffrage and the initiatives referendum
land recall, we understand that 1T Will
.lreuuire amendment OF the state con-
lstitution. to bring these about; and
1--we favor the submission of such
amendments to the people for their
consideration if desired by adequate
petition. The initiative is Of the ma
iture of an enlargement Of the great
| right of petition. The referendum is
! not a new idea; no amendment to a
state constitution Is effective until
referred to the people. and in our state
no independent school district can be
jcreated until referred to and approved
| by the people concerned. Respecting
| the recall, the most discussion has
been with reference to the recall OF
Judges. Colonel Roosevelt himself ia
yors the method prescribed by the con-
stitution of Massachusetts,, which is
| removal or recall by q joint action Of
the two houses OF the legislature,
which was provision of the first con-
stitution Of West Virginia. 1t is adj
mitted by our own State. Bar Associa-
ton that removal of judges by Inn
parchment Is not an adequate method
and It has been suggested--a .sugges-
ton worthy OF consideration that our
supreme court be given authority to
TRY judges OF the inferior courts, and
that removal OF supreme judges be as
provided in Massachusetts.
Eavors Same Poiieies
For these reasons and for many
others we believe that the great ma
jorfty OF the voters of the Republican
and Progressive parties In West VirS
GINA favor the same policies and pur-
poses as respects the affairs Of our
state. This being SO, we submit that
litis simply good sense to cooperate to
bring these things to pass. This can
be done without either party surrenT
dering one iota OF its principles In
deed, cooperation by two or more to
efectuate result which they all Ia
| vor Is an evidence Of honest purpose.
1t looks Ike folly for those who favor
| q number of common policies to refuse