The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-20

tee, in the campaign OF that year,
printed and circulated pamphlet con-
tanning both the Huntington and the
Charleston platform. under the head;
ing:
aTAE PLATFORM OF THE Pro
GREssIvEs OF WEST VIRGINIA.
NoTE:-THE PRoGREssivEs OF
WEST VIRGINIA, IN 1912, ADOPTED
TWO PLATFORMS, ONE BY THE
REPUBLICAN, STATE CONVENTION,
MAY f6, AND THE OTHER BY THE
PROGRESSIVE PARTY STATE
MASS CONVENTION AT CHARLES
TON, JULY 80. TIE PRoGREs-
sIvEs ORGANIZED AND DOMINANT
ED THE HUNTINGTON coNyEN-
TON; THE SUPPORTERS OF
ROOSEVELT ouTNuMRERED THE
SUPPORTERS OF TAFT ABOUT
THREE TO ONE"
The two platforms are markedly
alike. Solar as respects state matters
the Charleston platform, like the Hunt
ington document, favors Public Sery-
ice Commission; Blue Sky" law to
regulate the issuing of sale OF stocks
and bonds; the encouragement OF agrt-
culture, and q permanent plan of good
roads making; the publication of cam
paien contri buttons and expenditures;
declares against the convict labor con
tract system; favors working convtcts
on public roads; the simplifcation OF
court procedure; the enactment OF
code. and a comprehensive primary
election law. 1t adds paragraphs Ia
yoring larger activity by the govern
ment as regards pure food, and the
public health; the election Of United
states senator's by direct vote Of the
,eople, and In favor of woman suffrage.
II denounces the guard system now In
vogue In several of the Industrial sec
ttons OF the state" 1t declares in
favor of laws prohibiting the corner
ing of food products; and declares I'm
fayor of the initiative, referendum and
recall"
We are sure that the Republican
yoters Of the state will stand heartily
by every declaration OF the Hunting
ten platform.
FULFILLED Promises.
The Legislature of 1913 fulfilled in
whole or in part several of the
promises or declarations Of the two
platforms, namely:
The creation of the Public Service
Commissions; the blue Sky" law; a
new and improved law concerning
road making. and providing for the
working OF convicts from the peniten-
tiary and the prisoners in the county
jails and in the prisons, Of municipal
corporations, on the public roads ana
streets: the worlmen's Compensation
Law: the law concerning hydro-elec-
tric and other water power companies.
whereby they are placed under the su-
nervision Of the Public Service Com
,,,,esion. and as respects mime
gnards." the law prohibiting deputy
sheriffs and deputies of other county
ioflcers from acting as guards for cor
roratfons. etc. In addition to these
enactments may be mentioned as laws
OF interest and, benefit to the people
the net prohibiting rebating and dis
crsmination in insurance, safeguard
ing reserves; and provision for super
vision of rate-making by the state m
surance commissioner: and the amend
tments to the banking laws, designed
for the protection of depositors ana
the public generally
Considering that the Republican
nartv did not have q majority In the
stete senate. and that spirited and
distracting contest over the election
- z TTnIted states senator (Which. hap
T1lvs cannot happen AGAIN. lasted dur
;nT the entire session, we think We
nav ma say truthfully that the work OF
Inc legislature Of 1918, IN quality and