The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-02-04
Is Chief Speaker at An
nual Banquet of
Mckinley Club
CANDIDATES ARE PRESENT
Executive Defends AdminisiI alton
Charges Made by Democrats.
Judge Robinson Speals.

banquet 81 the Mckinley Club. OF ~ hicl
he IL one of the charter nl.-ml,ers. Gov
ernor Henry ID. Hatfield was the prin
cipal SPEAKER tonight. several nun.ln Z
representative Republicans from N..Dnw.
eli and adjoining counties were in attn
dance at tine banqnrt, ami i'm addition
there a nums'+r Of prominent state al
ficiaIs and also several announced H,
putliraa candidates..
Among thn~e Who spoke NJ the han
qnrt bs.sids- Gpvrrnnr Hatfield wer,
Judge Ira r. Robinson, Republican can
didate for governor: Honorable William
r. Hiie. Republican ranliiat.. fnr 4. :
s-natg: Honorable John = Dar-t. stat
auditor. AMI a candidate for renoInina
tsssu. -----. '.-- -
Governor Hatfield tDok oc-a-ion O.
pay n pretty tribute 9" the nrm"ry ai
the martyred president whose name D.
horne 10y the local Republican club. lie
predicted a return T. Republican prin~i-
pies ia the coming election and pointed
with pride to tire rec ord oi the Repub-
lican party in the nation and state III.
vigorously defended hi- administration
and took mp in detail the .-l,args~ that
had been made 10y Democratic opponents
The main FEATURE upon which Cover
nor Hatfield dweit wa- that of cxtrava-
ganrr. which has i@rn charged against
the present administration. lie gave
fact and iigrire- AMI emphasized hiS ls.-
lief that instead of record of eNtrava-
gance the state oi Wa-t Virginia has
made n record Tor par-imony: that in
stead of eNIs'nding to- much money ut,on
the state and the condurt of it, govern
n-nt AMI maintenance Of its institutions.
there hss ieen too lite eNpensis-i. ~.
spp~sls,l the royal citlzrn- nf the state g.,
give their hearty support To- thO-e who
would establish IT. Institutions uprn =
permsn-nt hs-i~ and DERIVE -on.e ma
trr'al l'rnriit from the wonderful r.
s"uro- with whlch the -t..te has l--en
endowed.
He gave comparisons 81 expenditure
81 West Virginia with tho-e oi Other
stats- witli nearly tl,e Same population
and rougit oEt the iart that West Vir
ginia D. rxl-.nding only al,'.ut one hall
the amount "f ns"nsy tl,at - l-ing *
I.end,i by other state, 81 nearly the, -au,r
population.
The t'"vrrnor'- -I.es'ch. in part. T. p,
follows
PROTECTION Will EE RESTORED
The party 81 Mskinley b. c"rnins
lax into power. and tl,r war tax 90,
otl'er progre--ivr ntea-nfs-- 81 taxatiH
viii le eliminated and tl,s l,ur,i,.n tram
ferrrd tO imports f"r ilIe prctev.iir -
our country'- ~sgs~arn-r- srd indu-t-is-
that would have the i,ln.i,rop OF frs-e
t-sde. had u not l~vn iDr the nii~forfun,
OF our Deigl,l,Ors acros- the -~a in a..
dirrful c"nfirt whiei nov rngarc- tliei
whole attention, permitting their indu-
trie- b. - ~ wreck snd rnin. A. VA a.,
experience a our own nation during tln
civil strife l~twern flIe -tate- in The 'ss~
Go hsck . rrad of tlle r.con-trrir
rnuitiI ly III cslr-p..., - orr o~n d.
a-trr and sls~,isti.r ~hich Ws- car-r,
~ tie war and y~u VII hav~ an i,iea q.
shat u H'rsr- O. -.n1- 81 the naticn
nov in tisrsf- of -,rrns and di-tr,---
SURPRISING I'll 0titr d,~s-irous t,eri,d
that hi-tory reror,l-
"N h~n -T-ak 81 axation 10 NO
mean o. c.,nery 'le ri,-s that u viii No.
take substantial r~vetu.. % maintain tl,,
goveInmens nn,ler Hrl.ullican admins
frstisp. - a hs- under Dtmocrafic al
minis'rstirn. 1il~ metho-i ~ rai-in,
revenue necs--tr, - what ! have refer
erce o..
III wc are b drv,lop a. we sbould
standard Of efli 'icI - 10 prote our in
fere~ts ON the high ,s.as and on our IN
salsr Possessions a. ~eil ~ msintaia on
c,sst defen-s, we l. ast invest vast sum,
of money, aud while ! sm not in fsvo
q nilisrisn, - ~ sxssns shas u = pre-