The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-30

RING RULE IN MARION
Gan Editorial.)


- and the shouting the clash of wits and the excitement
which from the beginning has been dear the hearts Of
the American people about over each individual citizen
IS face to face with the real issues the values at
stake Partisan enthusiasm has largely spent force and the
voter IS confronted with of his responsibility and
with the knowledge that the of the election Tuesday of
next week will have profound effect upon the future of the
nation the state the county and the which he lives
We are not going to discuss candidates this time are
we going far aeld consideration of issues We are going
to talk about conditions right here home then leave the
matter of the proper of election day TO the
intelligence OF the Most to
spend the major portion of their lives here Many them
now rearing families expect to families here All of
them know the difference between right and wrong
The first thing for the consider the political cond
ton He finds the county and the City of Fairmont in
spite OF its supposious bipartisan commission in
the iron grip of narrow selfish thoroughly caous and self
perpetuatng Ring In small way this Ring freer the
OF law than monarch Europe today Nowhere
in this country except possibly in the coal counties Color
ado has the feuda theory of seen from the
top ever obtained such firm hold right here Marion
county this of There impression that the
French Revolution disposed of lees de cachet for all time
but it is fact that here the powers that do not take the
trouble to prepare royal warrants Men thrust into Jail
and taken out at nod from those inside of the circle
Naturally government INSCRIPTIONS enough and cowardly
enough to take such liberties with the persons of people who
are not able to protect themselves would hesitate to 90 to
great lengths with the funds supplied by the taxpayers The
accounts of county officers sure arc audited There is M
barefaced hevery But it years any one who is not
controlled absolutely by the Ring permitted to see
what actually in the dark places where the invisible
government is carried on-what favortsm is shown: how
money wasted what INSTRUMENTATION there is all under
the color of law The only thing that people are permitted
to know that the cost of mounting RAPIDLY
That the total expended immense
for county containing but 10000 people painfully
while the quality Of service that given is papaby deterior
ating
But these things comparatively speanp are mt On bad ~
nation where municipal has not until very re-
Gently and then only in widely separated localities been good
and county has been VIGOROUSLY bad They might
time will rectif There u.s. however moral side to the nrob
lem that confrons the Marion county voter and this looked
at squary lis appalling enough give pause the most heed
less For Gang in Marion county in its moral as
pec is almost unbeevably bad is worse than bad II is
pestllence which carries decentralization with it. Under its
malignant influence slipping backward every dav
There quite as much the there was
when had Saloons and vice beginning to aunt itself in
the very heart OF the city The streets after dark are no on
ger safe places for unescored Young girls are sub
Jected dangers and temptations that have seemed i'm
possible year ago.
All this because is believed by those who control the Rnp
that 1t serves purposes useful to protect and encourage
vicious element which small but which has now
grown to such proportions that problem and menace
Ihese Mr. VOTER the actual conditions that confront Won
and yours Think them See does not appear n Won
tnat the time ripe to smash this awess Goddess RING o
the end that be restored people and our girls
and boys be protected from contamination and ruin!