The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-09-16
RIGID INVESTIGATION
DEVELOPS NEW EVIDENCE

NJ" until To-Day the American people
nave the same rights that the one
that wears the purple has. Il am for
Women's Suffrage declared Governor
HATFIELD. because believe IL is right. =
He told OF the arguments made by
some people who are against the equal
| rights That they say the frailty Of
women does not permit them to fght
In the trenches. The woman is not
supposed TO do that said the chief
executive. that is up to the men. In
many cases the woman il able TO use
to better Judgment in deciding impor-
tant questions than the man. To grant
the women the right of franchise would
be right During the course OF Gov.
Hatfeld's address he referred to the
! Women's Suffrage question three times
and each time spoke highly OF the ques
ton.
Had West Virginia in the beginning
Kept the rights of the natural resources
tnat are In the State. she would have
tbeen the peer OF Minnesota. who con-
trolled all her iron and other resources
and from the leases is deriving over
$6O.OOO.OO0 annually which the state 4.
placing aside for the development Of
public schools. But. said Governor
Hatfield in place of looking to the fu-
ture. the resources OF West Virginia
were allowed to be gotten under the
control OF corporations who in many
cases have no interests in the state
whatever.
Aided the Farmer.
Governor Hatfield said that until his
administration In 1912 practically
nothing was done toward the develop
ment OF farming. The farmers were
rot educated to the fact that better
crops could be secured by rotation
and the use of fertilizer: but In this
rapid development has been made in
the last four years. In schools agri-
culture has been added to the curric-
ulum, and the last session of the leg
islature made IL possible for every
county to have farm agent who Is a
graduate OF leading agricultural
schools.
Annually $4,000 is set aside, said
, Governor Hatfield. for the development
of farm lands. The fruit OF West vir-
ginia is the best that can be found
anywhere. and the West Virginia
farmer is the most independent man
In the Union, and II he owns a farm In
the State he has a fortune.
. That the United States is poorly pre-
pared TO protect her coasts and peo-
pie from an invading nation was an
other topic that was discussed by Gov
! ernor Hatfield during the course of
his talk this afternoon. America sur
passes all other nations in peace. in in
dustries and development work, but
we are not prepared to defend the i'm
provements. The large cities OF the
two coasts. San Francisco and New
York. have no defenses, and the stand
ing army is inadequate to protect the
citizens from the invaders.
Governor Hatfield said to be pre-
pared would not be inviting a foreign
nation 10 make war against us, but Il
/ would be safeguard Of our peace
No country will attack a nation that
is prepared. He urged the people to
instruct their Congressman to form
proper protection.
At the conclusion of his address.
Governor Hatfield said that the en-
would be gone through with as long
as he was governor and that IL would
be enforced IL he had to call the Ma
tional guards in to do IT,
Suffrage Address
Mrs. J. Gale Ebert addressed a large
/, crowd OF women suffrage enthusiasts
, this morning. Her address was one of
the best ever heard by a woman ora
tor in this county and Il is believed
that she won many men and women
over TO the cause. She told of the
night that the women. to gain suffrage,
would have to go through with. OF
the large amount of prejudice against
them and how to overcome IL. She
urged that everyone look the question
over open -mindedly
Mrs. Ebert told OF the mistakes that
both the suffragists and anti-suffra-
gists have made during the course OF
their campaign. In the home she said.
is most successful when the view
points OF both the men and women
agree. She said that man in running
the affairs Of anything. need the coop
Grafton OF the woman and that they
should have the right OF equal suff-
rage
Another point that Mrs Ebert
brought out was the fact that the lead
ing business organizations. and states
and political parties have endorsed
WOmen's Suffrage