The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-13


series Of three speeches scheduled
for Marion county last night at Far.
mington, and to use the miners term,
shot his Administrators critics and
.Watson's gubernatorial candidate
ION the solid" Incidentally, he spoke
10 the largest audience that ever as
sembled In a hall In Pennington to
hear political address. Five hun.
bred heard him and a hundred and IF.
" were turned away disappointed, un.
ible to get into the hall.
A party of forty-three prominent
Republicans accompanied the Cover.
nor from here to hear him. The Gov.
ernor was introduced to the audience
by Hon. W. E. Meredith who presided
at the meeting. after Gilbert Morgan.
Republican committeeman from Far.
pington, had called the assemblage
to order.
Tonight Governor Hatfield will
speak at both Monongah and Worth.
lngton. and the local Republican club
will accompany him this evening TAX.
ing along the Pierpont Post Drum
Corps who will provide the music. The
Monongah meeting is to be held at
seven o'clock in the Lyric theatre and
the Worthington meeting will begin
at $3.50. the local party going from
Monongah to Worthington. w. H.
.veach. Rollo ]. Conley, w. S. Hamil.
ton, Brooks Hutchinson, J. A. Mere.
dith, W. 8, Meredith and other promi.
.nent Marion county Republicans will
attend the meetings tonight and may
give short talks.
The Governors speech last night
was q review OF his administration.
which by the nature OF the text. was
q complete refutation OF the baseless
charges and reckless statements made
by Candidate Cornwell 1t was speech
full Of punches and every punch fol.
lowed cheers. 1t was characteristical.
,ly Hatfield speech, which met fair.
ly every criticism OF his Democratic
enemies, with broadside Of facts and
figures.
Every pledge made in our platform
Of 1912" declared Governor Hatfield
at one point, has been faithfully full.
filled. Every pledge made to the vot-
ers who elected us to perform them.
may be found written into the laws
Of our state. Not single pledge made
has failed to be kept"
"And you kept Embossed, unbought
and unafraid.' too. Governor" shouted
voice back In the crowded hall. The
audience fairly roared.
Replying to Cornwell's charge that
under Hatfield S1,2S0.000 more had
been expended than under his pre-.
decessor, Governor Hatfield said he
could not expend dollar that the Leg.
islature had not appropriated. and that
the Legislature OF 1913 was equally
divided as to the Senate, and that a
Democrat, S. v. Woods, was Presi.
dent OF that body then, and that II
there was any extravaganza, 1t was
fifty-fifty division between the par.
ties.
Taking that point up in detail the
Governor said:
Zone million two hundred and eighty
thousand dollars was appropriated by
the Legislature in 1913 for the pur.
pose of relieving the crowded condi
ton Of the state institutions; II that
was extravagant expenditure. as Mr..
Cornwell and the Democratic press
/, would have the people believe, It was
approved by fifteen Democratic state
senators with a Democratic senator
presiding in the person of the Honor.
able Samuel v. Woods.
"The pensions paid out in August
of this year were S32,493.3S, and in
lseptember $35. 236.S4 in pension indem.
hities were paid.
"Mr. Cornwell misrepresented me in
10 many OF this statements that I felt
lt was due the public that I challenge
him for a joint debate, giving him an
opportunity to prove to the people the
eruthfulness of his assertions. 1t was
my earnest desire to have him &C.
cept this challenge because I wanted
him to point out to the people where.
An the Dawson tax laws had proven
20 be failure. would like to ask
Mr.. Cornwell II he stands for the di.
rect or the indirect method Of raising
revenue for state purposes. would
also like for him to explain why It Is
that, II the Dawson tax laws have
proven to be a failure, we had only
l,96,000 more In the way Of direct rev.
'inue raised in the year 1916 over that
raised by the same method in 1897
Tor state purposes.
Our state institutions that were in
existence in 1897 have grown and nine
new additional state institutions have
been added since that time. Our pop.
ulatton has increased from 100000 in
1897 with an estimated population of
1.350,00o this year with a per capita
cost for state purposes amounting to
t2.75 which represents the lowest rate
OF any State that has progressed as
West virginia has in the Union. But