The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-11

: splendid example Of public service CT
frciently performed. than in the conduct
Of our state institutions undcr'thr state.
board of control Their record is
monument 10 the honesty and efficiency
| Of Republican administration in Yves.
Virginia.
In the legislative session Of 1913. fol-
! lowing the adoption Of the Huntington
platform and Republican administration
gave 10 the people Of this state three
monumental Eirccs of legislation. which
! in themselves make a mass of construc-
| tive work. challenging the admiration
and commanding the applause OF every
| thinking voter.
| l refer first. 10 the VOL kmcn's Coal
pensatIon law. That great enactment,
which throws its arm around the widow
| in accident. which assures to the &C.
| pendent a decent supper; in need: to tho
| injured working man IL reasonable com.
pensation for the hurt done him. and
brings to the home Of working people in
| West Virginia. the first Official recoSn!-
tlon of their right and claim To- public
aid In the hour Of accident or disaster.
In one years time the operation OF the
workmen's compensation bureau has
carried into over 5000 homes in West
Virginia, hope, and comfort. In n nttle
over ten months tnat bureau distributed
to men injured in accident and Their
dependents, over S1.250,00Q. and 1t col
| lectcd and distributed this great sum at
a total overhead expenses Of $4,000. or
collected and distributed: No life lnsur-
ance company. no accident insurance
company in the United States IS main.
tanned and operated on so low basis OF
! cost.
The same legislature created public
utilities commission. This commission
operates and has operated as great
court before which any, citizen .ol west
public utility company. can take MS case
and secure redress. il entitled thereto.
I 1t is the concrete expression OF me pow
or OF the people to control for ;heir own
privileges. and thereby eSieC.ed TO per-
| form special service. 1t IS the magma
charta Of popular Liberties IN this -. moo
lions dealing with those functions which
come so close TO the comfort, and well
being of the entire people. are 10 he OPP
people. instead OF their masters.
| In the hydro-clcctric law. We have
conserved the water power Of West Fir.
gina and provided that its development
Of the state and under conditions thai :
will secure public safety as well as
reasonable return to tho, state treasury.
| The Republican legislature has en-
larged the functions of our state health
! department. has increased its usefulness
in a dozen different directions.
Republican legislators have enlarged
| the field of our mine and factory lnspec-
tion and made them more etIectivc;
The working people OF West Virginia
! are our greatest asset. We have met
on q fair and liberal basis every rea.
sonablc demand for the Improvement oI
the conditions of the working people OF
tho state Today We proudly point to
the mass Of labor Legislation enacted
| during the eight years as al evidence
of the earnestness and sincerity VITA
| which we have met the increasing prop
lens ri our growing induStriuism.
| Through the newly created office OF
! commissioner OF agriculture. and
tbroiph the operations of the state uni
versiIy and the agricultural experiment
| station. Republican administration dur
Ing the past six years has done more to
advance the agricultural interests OF
| Wcst Virginia. than was ever before
done in The states history. County eX-
| merits demonstration schools. scientific
| hulIctins. special studies of soils. short
lecture courccs. have all been provided
| in a liberal degree. and have all had
their effect in increasing the produc-
| tiveness OF West Virginia farms:
| The people of West West Virginia are
| Going 10 continue the Republican party
| i, mower. not only because OF its splen-
did record. but because Of Its constru.'-
tiv, capacity. In every growing stare
new questions are arising. many or thcIn
! Of serious Importance. and I'll o! lhetu
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