The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-13

eQuipping necessary to care for this
great army Of the eager youth Of West
Virginia, large sums of money have
been spent, but 1t has been wisely and
well. Our humane institutions have
also been enlarged and increased in,
number. We call tho attention OF tho.
people Of this state to tho fact that Of
every dollar collected for the mains
tcnance Of tho state government, evoT
sixty cents has gone to the support d
our schools, asylums and sanltariums.
We believe that no better Use can be-
made OF public funds than to help the
suffering, maintain public health and
TO educate the aspiring young man
and woman OF West Virginia in West
Virginia schools. and we pledge the
Republican party to n continued policy
OF ms liberal support OF all our hui
name and educational institutions as is
consistent with sound economy, and
we particularly declare that these in-
stltutions-0ur schools, our sanitar-
iums, u hospitals-should be in-
creased in number and usefulness, In
stead OF being hampered by an unwise
policy OF restriction. and We pledge
Republican legislators to a carefully
guarded policy OF expansion consist
Cnt with the growing needs OF n great
state. The great free school system
Of the state has been more generally
aided than at any time in the past
history OF the state and tho progress
made in education and the standing Of
III educational institutions proves be-
yond n doubt the wisdom, care and
intelligence with which educational
matters have been handled in West
Virginia under the Republican party.
Endorsement of Governor Hatfield.
In Wow Of this splendid record Of
constructive legislation, uneQualled In
any other four years Of tho history Of
the state OF West Virginia, We spe-
clally commend and endorse the adj
mInistratIon Of Governor II. D. Hat
field, and point to that administration
as one that will long stand unexcelled
In the history Of this state. Confront
cd. as he was at the beginning Of his
administration by unusual conditions,
difficult Of solution, We recognize In
Governor Hatfield n public servant,
who has brought to tho service Of the
state great Industry, unweaTying en-
CrEy and, above all, supreme devotion
to the public good. He came into the
gubcrnatorlal office in an hour Of trial
and stress, lie found his party divid-
cd. lie found Industrial turmoil. He
found the state sorely stricken by nat
ural disaster. He labored earnestly
and successfully to bring about indus
trial peace and party union. He has
faithfully and honestly fulfilled his
party pledges, and the success which
has crowned his efforts is a splendid
monument to the efficiency OF the Re
publican administration.
"COme With UncIean Hands"
In view Of the fact that tho only
known and proved grand larceny IN
the administration of tho states
finances took place under the last
Democratic administration, we view
with n great deal Of amusement the
frantic efforts Of the recent Demo-
cratic state convention to convince
tho people Of West Virginia that the
Republican party has been guilty Of
graft and grand larceny" In the adj
mlnIstration Of tho states finances.
Unfair Attempt to stlae Coal Industry
We recognize in the coal industry
n Of West Wrginia's greatest
sources of advancement and prosper
ity, and wo here and now heartily
condemn as unjust and unfair the
proposed increase in the railroad rates
on West Virginia coal to the lakes,
and pledge the incoming Republican
state administration, as tho present
state administration, to fight such in-
crease with every honorable means.
Prohibition Law.
The Republican party declares uns
resorvedly for a strict enforcement
OF the laws Of the state,r Including
the prohibition amendment heretos
fore adopted, and u%nreservedly pledges
Its officials to an enforcement OF said
law.
1t is upon this record Of promises
performed and faith kept, of progress
slve constructive Legislation in the
interest Of the whole people, that the
Republican party Of West Virginia
again appeals to the electorate Of the
state Of West Virginia, believing that
its stewardship in the past has been
such as to Justify It's continuance in
power.