The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-23


! WAS guilty of gross neglect Anu 90 II
cam" Ia PASS that when Tho party WAS
! Shoru nf It's power. the Republican par
; T. became thu rISiduarN lcSatc" ~ pclll-
| urr:liIc folly.
; Tn, mos, serious question nat coE-
: !r"n.r,i Governor Iiatti"ld upon his IN
!uctl"n ms" office was IN" Question or
I The Virginia 'l"ht After lon; and t"dt-
. uUS y iTatlnE. The supreme court OF III"
: United States had rendered suggestive
: opinion III whi"h II was held that the
: PROPORTION III III" debt IT The common
| wealth of Virginia, prior 10 the ilrSt DAY
: of january, lHrl. that West Virginia
should brtr. WIS tW"uty-thrrc and "n"-
. half pr cent rT something over seven
: million ul dollars. Tia" questions at III
! t"rrst waS held in ab"yanc". nd"r
; joint resolution Of the West VIRGINIA
/ rEiSi.LtCrr the governor appointed q
! dealt commission consisting NJ SIX Re-
! i.ibic"nS and live Drm"CratS-m"n OF
! I'r"uIH ne" and the hiEh"S, standing
! They at uur" entered actively mt" tho
! work anG had The hearty cooperation nl
, thu governor ihr board Of public works
! and tie legal representatives. oil IN"
| Stale. tiuNrrNo~ Hatfield MAS Impress
! cd with the IDEA that there must d.
\ SIu"k,. ana uthrt assets of r;uli" that
! had not been Revealed i'll which NcSi
! Virginia had an equitable right. Expert
, accountants were furnished. tho COM
/ missions. who vent Il Rlchmonh ana IN
! the limited tim; OF fivc months invest
e
OVER I period Of ninety years. y report
%aS made by ih,sr accountants discloS-
: ing ~! equities Of over four millions
. at dollars. FOR which II WAS claimed
/ Wc9: NirSinlu should have. Crc"i. ON
! ;ht basis Of the findings Of the account
! ants IL trNiative offer OF settlement WIS
! subs, au"ntly mad, TO tn" Virginia u"Os
! commission. bui il was refused Inc
> work. however, lad not been done IN
! vain II ultimately led TO tn" rcupcninS
i Of the cas- and upon the final trial The
, supreme court of til" United States al
! lowed Nest virginia credit win cQui.
! ties amounting 10 over three anu malt
| million Of dollars.
! Whatever tho result may ultimately
be. We feel that ii:r record made by tho
! Rcpub licau administration. since the Dc-
| ginning OF lhr Il, bt l!uEatiua Is Sutll'
| cicnt Ia satisfy III" people mat an nom
/ est persist Cnt and courageous Effort nus
: been made 10 protect their interest," ana
! that such cffur Will be continued.
| We heartily commend the West VIZ
| riniu debt commission. Attorney General
| A. y. Lilly and his associatr counsel
| Hon John IT. Holt and Hon. Charles tu-
gar Hogc TOR the admirable work that
| wu., accomplished. and direct the special
! attention OF the PEOPLE of West NlrElni;t
! to the TACT thas II Governor Hatile!n
had not taken this initiative i'll laying
! plans tor III" uncuverlnE Oh the cohcchts
! ed equities. the doc! OF opportunity
! would never have been opened 10 the
; commission.
The Direct State Tax.
In the platform directed Dy me Nt-
| publican state convention IN l''4. WHICH
! platforms received the unanimous en-
! uurSrmcnt OF tbs members oil that con-
! yrntiou. the Republican party pledged
! itself 10 the elimination OF the direct
) tax except as all emergency flcaSurr:
! Sine: that tim" successive Hepup!icai
admlulSlratiu tons have, from time 10 time,
! lowered the direct state tax ana Kept II
at j minimum. Following the vote OF
, the people Gcprirng the state oi lhr
; revenue received from the liquor tralllc'
and following extraordinary expenses re-
uulr,n: the maintenance for 1 conSld-
! era BIZ lime. of the state mIlltla IN nc
/ tive field operations, an increase III tts
! dircc, tax bccamL necessary III l?t".
! We congratulate the citizens "t West
! Virginia on the fact that u largo par:
Of tina, Increase was only temporary auo
! That II has already been done away Win,
| and we pledge the Republican niemhrrs
Of tho state ;eE!Slature !" continue ;i"
| efforts TO reduce the direct tax 10 the
minimum. The re publican policy looKS
| to the principle maintenance Oh tnts
state by indirect taxation. ana plcdEe
the Republican, administrator l" an
earnest to reduce the direct state TAX
| 10 the lowest point consistent with the
! maintenance OF OUT schools and humane
! institutions on SOUND pass ana WI"
| the performance or the oFdlnar! staIS
I
states Finances and Progressive Leg
islation Relating Thereto
We call attention 10 legislation OF INC
present Republican administration Whlch
! has put the state on sound hnanciat
basis and guarantee Il continuation "i
| q business administration.
Also to the public accounting an" ,ht
budget law which lnSurcS, Tor the nrSe
] time in the history Of the state; lEli.
i complete and public accounting Tor
every dollar of the peoples money spent
| By the state government. For inc i'rSt
! time in the history OF the state. IL IS
! uossibic for every citizen through pub
! lishcd documents. 10 know exactly now
the peoples money has been spent anu
through the ESRsG5" the eu1 pnrtv "i renders
to the humblest citizen an account "
| its stewardship. c
This act safeguards the States f..
nanccs and furnishes 10 the legislature
! in convenient form satisfactory lnfor-
nation for framing future approPTla-
| tion bills. The States assets and Ia
! bilities are shown at all times. Inc
| legislature will have the necessary m
! formation for studying the States necH5
and the requirements OF the sEScr1! &c
uartments and institutions. The iegiS-
| lature will not as heretofore DC re-
uuired to devote the greater part OIL us
| time gathering data. but can Devote us
entire time studying the needs Tor APP
| pronriat ions and applying remedies re-
suliing in greater economy.
! The Republican party has PROMISED
| the people in the past the most econ
/ on1Ical administration consistent Win
| efficiency. and the following comparison
| OF the per capita expenditures lor stare
purposes with,--First, each or our sur
rounding states ana-. .S"T, a., o osn,.
! population will show that that promise
| has been Faithfully kept. and that the
government of West Virginia is econ1-
.t.zNx
TaSis Of Comparative Expenditures For
State Purposes.
| Pennsylvania.
Per Capita Expenditures for
state Governmental Purposes 4.-1
pr Capita Expenditures TOR
| StnIc Governmental Purposes. S.35
! Virginia. ,. -
State Governmental Purposes, . ~
Fer Capita Expenditures for.
! state Governmental purposes ".6"
'> Per CAPITA Expenditures for
state Governmental Purposes. l""S
| PER Capita Expenditures for
state Governmental Purposes ''4V
Per-" Per- capita Expenditures for
| State Governmental Purposes, he-
~ Per r"' Capita Expenditures for
! State Governmental Purposes w
! Per Capita Expenditures for
| state Governmental Purposes. H.l6
| Nebraska. , 1
Pr Capita Expenditures fer an
state Governmental Purposes I 40
Frr capita Expenditures for -.
! state Governmental Purposes, j.
"f Pr E = ! 'n'''' Expenditures for
STATE Governmental Purposes. 80"