The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-21

Execltive FiIis ID Vacation
Time Doing Good Work

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Governor Hatjfeid recently listed
the WEIGH hospital ION q mission Of
mercy and while there voluntarily
treated several Of the patients.
There were several veiied criticisms
81 the governors action and the Nc
DpWe1l Recorder took occasion to
write the following story: 81
TIE visit OF Governor Hatfield to
the WEIGH, hospital for o few days
needs no apology nor excuse In
, 44eW, however, OF the yelled criticism.
and sinsinuating inuendo east upon
him by certain adverse papers, one
who fs conversant with the facts can
not but state them In order to show
that there is no room for criticism
nor ground for assertions that he
should be at Charleston "a tending
to business" IA
Diplomatic Patience.
Hatfield has been governor OF West
Virginia for nearly three years. He
took the office at a time OF internal
strife bordering on civil war-it was
real civil war on small scale. He
) soon straightened It out agreeable to
! all parties. Then came other matters
as fretful and aggravating, requiring
N the skill OF strategfst and diplo-
mat patience OF; a physician, common
sense OF hard worker, and grit OF.
bulldog. Politics aside, and no doubt
he has had plenty Of 1t to bother with,
the governor has had the hardest adj
ADMINISTRATION of any executive Of the
state. With the river. foods, hydro
electric sharks trying to rob the
people against his powerful protest.
hard times in the coal industry, false
accusations by partlsans Of those who;
broke the laws, trying to execute the.
duties Of his ONCE In many hard cases.
the rumpus stirred up BY Well to-
eyade the consequences Of his evil
acts and two unprecedented events
IN the coming Of statewide prohibition
and the adverse decision OF the yir-
ginta debt case-with these main
things besides the hundreds OF SMALL
ersones. Hatfield has, as he says, had
to fight every minute and he is tired.
All other governors have periodical
vacations and rest times, brt Hatfield
In the three years has not had a real
vacation. he has hardly had time.
Like other men he needs rest once
In awhile. 4
Goes for Rest.
So! II he came to WEIGH and "a, rest
while, where Is the reason Tor crit
ictsm /. is hard to find.
OF. the other hand, there Is a thing
few people know, fewer realize. DR..
Hicks. superintendent OF the WEIGH
miners hosp ltals has worked long, dill
igently and studiously for years. He
has been up day and at all hours Of
the night, performing hundreds and
hundreds OF difficult operations, and
saving lives in nearly every case. He
has made q reputation unexcelled in
the state. IL he should so for a short
rest and for c course that will make
him still more useful and skillful IN
his work for humanity, who but q low
" cur. would say to him?
DR.. a. D. Hatfield stood by and saw
the founlat lon laid for the WEIGH min
er'sl hospital. He had bean . most pot
emit factor; in securing 1t for this Sec
ton. Then for moro than ten years
he worked there srsa hGiis up that rep
utation for a very ak:lltul surgeon for
which he is known as far as he Is in
politics. The WEIGH hospital Is, a first
love OF Dr. Hatfield. He greatly helped
to make 1t the great Institution 1t Is
by his success with the knife, as well
rs work in getting 1t located here.
Works with Hicks. q
He and DR.. Hicks worked for years
on opposite sides OF the operating
table. What could make them closer
friends?
Then. If DIR. Hatfield can find rest
in relieving DIR. Hicks, while DR..
Hicks finds rest in making himself yet
more efficient, how can any one find
something to palaver about in this
matter?
Aside from his interest as governor
in the state institutions, as prac-
tical surgeon, Hatfleld's interest is in
tense In the state hospitals, for in
hospital he first found his most inter-
estng work. He says he wants to
know how the institutions are man
aged. and especially the hospitals, and
his visit here. is in strict keeping with
his duties. as governor. 1.-The were not
asdoctor., q visit by governor to a
state institution would be in strict line
s OF duty, possibly imperative.
1t is difficult to reason why the fact
that he Is physician could make it a
matter for adverse criticism. The gov
ernor has stated that he expects to
visit each state hospital and find out
1 at first hand how they are conducted