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FINANCING TRAFFIC REGULATION.

f Mayor Bowen hesitates to select a sufficient number
Of The police force for traffic duty and then send the
men 70 some big city to get schooled in the duties be-
sause Of the money that it would cost we can make aasug-
Beiion that will point the way over that difficulty.
Let him station policemen at every intersection between
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-22

Matthew Hale charges that Hughes needs the aid of
Penrose and Perkins. And he will get it. Wilson, on
the other hand. needs the aid of Charley Murphy much
more than Hughes needs the aid Of any man-and he
will not get It.
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1t is a pity that whole town did not hear the sermon
preached Sunday night by the Rev. DR.. Mitchell, pastor
Of Central Christian church. 1t was a mental tonic that
doubtless will do a lot Of good.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-22

Having delayed thus long about 1t, why not put the
Wilson notification meeting over to November s and
then tell him all at once that he has been renominated
and defeated.
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We shall rejoice when our lawmakers get gumpton
enough to make a criminal ofense for a cantaioupe
grower to plant pumpkin seed In his melon patch. The
pumpkin favored canteloupe may ship well, but It ia
certainly anything but appetizing.-wheelIng News.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-22

The Hughes campaign through the West succeeded
in putting the administration on the defensive with the
first two speeches. And now the administration is on
the run,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-22
SHORT AND SNAPPY.

Fairmont wants fifty thousand people within five
years or bust. May the star to which she has hitched
her wagon never fail the old girl.-Braxton Central.
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WEST VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS
TAKE HEED.
From the Huntington ME

From the Huntington Herald.pis.
patch.
The Democratic state platform de.
nounces Republican extravagance In
state administration, and promises re.
trenchment in case of Democratic vic.
tory. Here is the economy plank In
the Democratic national platform OF
1912:
I'VE denounce the profligate
waste of money wrung from the
people by excessive taxation
through lavish appropriations Of
recent Republican Congresses,
which have kept taxes high and
reduced the purchasing power of
the peoples toll. We demand a
return to that simplicity and econ.
omy which BELTS a democratic
government and a reduction In the
number Of useless offices, the sal.
aries Of which drain the substance
Of the people,
The first Democratic Congress, fol.
lowing the adoption OF this platform
plank appropriated approximately
S1o0,000,000 more than the greatest
sum ever appropriated by a Republi.
can Congress. But that was a little
thing. The present Democratic Con.
gress Is appropriatlng S1,70o,0oo,0 900
more than half a billion dollars mora
than ever was appropriated by any
Congress, Democratic or Republican
and there is to be added to this q
bond issue of $3.50, 10000 to meet cur.
rent expenses OF government, which
viii bring the total expenditures up to
s1,s30,000,0o0.
But the Democrats, Of course. VIM
point to preparedness expense In justi.
location Of this appalling levy. But
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The harvest moon Of August is just as good for
night-Wheeling Intelligencer.
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Psychologist has fixed twenty-four as the best age for
a girl to marry. but most girls will continue to look
upon a proposal from the right fellow as the psychology
ical moment, regardless Of their age.-Wheeling Reg
lister,
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In a Chicago Circuit court: George E. Perfect VS..
Charlotte ]. Perfect; bill for divorce. What's in n
nameI-Uniontown Evening Genius,
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TIE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
NATIONAL

Tor President-Charles Evans Hughes of New York.
Dor Vice presldent-Charles w. Fairbanks Of Indiana.
Q. 3. nator-How Sutherland Of Randolph.
Congress, First Distriet-Thos. W. Fleming, Falrmont.
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Senator Walsh of Montana is wes-
tern manager for the national demo.
cratic campaign and will direct the
Wilson campaign west Of Chicago.
Vance Mccormick is the general In
the eastern field.
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The sleeves OF some Of the
new Autumn suits have fullness
below the elbow.
Stock collars of lace, with fril.
ly jabots, will add greatly to fem
mime protection from the cool
Fall breezes.
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Editorial Comment
on Current Subjects
AIN A FOOLS PARADISE
From the Springfield lMass.l untor

From the Springfield (Mass.) Union.
In his speech Of acceptance Mr..
Hughes refers to the present flush
times in this country as a fools para.
disc" This term is very apt as ap.
piled to a political party that treats
this abnormal condition as II 1t were
permanent. The average Wilson sup
porter is content with saying that
times are good now, and when told
that the present state Of affairs will
not last he asks, How do you know"
Mr.. Hughes answers this question. He
explains how millions OF men will be
transferred from the trenches to the
factories, and how the energies, de.
termination and organizing ability will
be similarly shifted from waging war
to industrial achievements. "We see
In each OF these nations" he says. "a
marvellous national efficiency. Let It
not be supposed that this efficiency
will not count when Europe once more
at peace pushes its productive powers
to the utmost limit"
The same change across the ocean,
which will put MILLIONS Of men back
into the industries, will turn a host OF
men out of employment here. And Mr..
Hughes does not cverstate the case
when he says that, as related to the
coming competition, we are "undiscI.
pltned, defective in organization, loose.
ly knit, industrially unprepared." The
commercial powers Of Europe have
studied for years to make their diplo-
macy, their financial agencies, and
their general political policies advance
their trade interests In the highest de-
gree. In these respects they enjoy ad.
vantages that have not been entirely
swallowed up by two years Of con-
flict.
Here in the United States we should
not overlook the lack of organization
that caused such long delay in reach.
Ing a point where we could make a sub.
stantial start in filling our orders for
war munitions. Where would we
have been had some other neutral
power, big and we'll prepared, stood
ready to execute these orders speed.
lily? And we should not overlook the
fact that We have a tariff system that
was working very badly in the months
preceding me outbreak of the conflict,
1t is an entirely safe assumption that
1t will work eve less f~avorably II
retained in operation after the war is
ended. We must not, as Mr.. Hughes
warns, live in a fools paradise" It
Will be bad for us II we do,
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IFYou DON'T GET YOUR PAPER CALL
aWESTERN IINt0Nu

Subscribers on our carrier routes failing to get The
West lvirginian any evening should call WESTERN
UNIoN,s state the fact and give name and residence,
and 0 messenger will deliver a paper to your door at
pnce. There Is no charge to the subscriber for this
service. The West Virginian plans to render to its
subscribers the best newspaper delivery service pos.
Sfble and this Is part of the plan.
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Gcyernor-Ira E. Robinson Of Taylor. H.
Secretary Of State-Houston G. Young Of Harrison.
superintendent OF Schools-Morrs P. Shawkey Of Ka.
Auditor-John 8. Darst, of jackson.
Treasurer-William s. johnson Of Fayetto.
Attorney General-E. T. England Of Logan.
commissiones Of Agriculture-James II. Stewart Of
Putnam.
State Senator. Eleventh District=charles a. slnsel. Tay.
log County.
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yaalSsa' COUNTY.
8Hhertn-W. 3. veach. Pennington.
Assessor-W. 8. Hamilton, Fairmont.
Pros. Attorney-M. Earl Morgan, Fairmont 81.
County Commissioner-W. P. Mason, Warrington. r
5House Delegates-Geo. ". Bowers, Warrington.
Walter Eliason, Fairmont. Il
B. 8. Hutchinson, Union District.
GO. suryeyor-Thos. E. Minnear, Annabelle, Lincoln Dist
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Senator Lewis, one of the big
Democratic leaders of the Senate,
and the special defender OF the adj
ministrauon and more especially OF
its Mexican policy, made speech the
first week in August In which he adj
mitted that President Wilson was on
the point of recognizing Villa as the
head Of the Republic of Mexico, and
that this would have been done only
for the fact Of the criticism of the
Republicans. Villa is the only man
in Mexico who paid any attention to
any Of the polite letters which Wood
row Wilson had written from time
to time. to the several bandit lead
era Of that country. II will be re-
called that McManus was murdered
in the city Of Mexico while Villa and
his gang OF land pirates were In con-
troll, and so, rather than have any
possible trouble at the time. he paid
to the relatives OF McManus the sum
Of 10000 pesos.
And this is the only instance where
the relatives OF murdered Americans
have ever been able to get any at
tention or any satisfaction. Even
LANSING secretaFy OF state, mad de-
nounced Villa as late as juno 20.
1915, as bloody-handed murderer
whose career Of crime was known
from one end OF Mixlco to the other.
and whom everybody knows as an as
sassln throughout the world. Think
Of 1t, Villa, the murderer the liar. the
assassin for hire, his character
known to the state department at
the very time that this administra-
tion was about to recognize him as
the governing power of the Republic
OF Mexico! Americans should re-
member this also and should think
about It twice on the seventh day of
November.
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THE DAILY
NOVELET
THINK o. THAT.

They were talking about wonderful
parrots whein Colonel Harta Beetem
pulled q chair up to the little circle.
When commanded the Sally Lun.
plying between Cape Spuds and the
Malay sea with cargoes of typewritors
and mouth organs" Beezers was say
Ing, II had parrot aboard that could
whistle Home Sweet Home. so beau
ufully. so touchingly. that the tears
would positively run down our faces. :"
When | was a lad" chimed in
young Whllup, I'VE had parrot home
that could initiate a cat fight so
faithfully that we all used to stand
around and roar with laughter till we
had to leave the room for fear of do
ing ourselves an injury"
Remarkable" said Colonel Harta
Beetem, Courteously. But let me tell
you, gentlemen, OF the parrot that
kept for company in my lonely tent
while l was sharing lility birds for
the Perkins Institute in southern
YaIoo. That bird. gentlemen. could
sing The Jolly Blacksmith so per-
fectly that. believe II or not, sparks
would fly from its blooming tall"
There was n strained silence, after
which young Wullop bought drinks
for everybody but the colonel
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sephus Daniels to high ONCE, that Is
proof that the administration Is not
for real preparedness. Bryan re-
moved himself from Office, hut Dan
iels remains. At the beginning OF
the agitation for preparedness, Wood
row Wilson was absolutely opposed
to it, and. he did his best TO silence
the growing demand both in and out
Of Congress for a more effective army
and navy MIR. Wilson was TOO
proud to fight"
Then Congress passed half-baked
preparedness measure with the inten-
ton of preventing preparedness from
becoming an issue In this campaign.
The spirit Of the Wilson adminIstra-
ton has never been for real prepar-
edncss. There never was any real
enthusiasm on the part Of Wilson or
Daniels for the navy and neither
know anything Of It's real business:
moreover, you could not expect cot
ton factory to be we'll run II the men
In charge hated the business. Ford,
the peace at any price" man, and
all the rest OF the cowhrds, are for
Wilson. or for Benson. the Socialist
candidate; and what else could you
expect?
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cry kind Is furnished because there

cry kind is furnished because there
Is a war in Europe.
Before the war four million men
were out OF employment. The trade
union leaders reported that one-third
OF their membership were out OF en-
ployment and the reason for this
unemployment was due entirely to
the fact that imports had vastly In
creased under a Democratic tariff.
Tho total exports from the United
States for the year ending June 80,
1915, amounted to 1888, 1853, 900.
The New York Times, leading Dem
ocratic newspaper supporting Wood
row Wilson. said in an editorial that
thTee-fOurths Of these exports consti-
tuted war orders.
Our imports have Increased by
more than billion dollars for the
last year, compared with the year
1912.
This means that n the world had
been at peace the men and women
required to produce a billion dollars
worth OF goods would have been idle
The people Of the United States are
not fools: the people do not want
men in Congress or In the White
House who have done their best to
bring economic ruin upon the ma
tionand political disgrace and dishon-
or upon the American people. Moro
than one hundred thousand Texas
Democrats voted squarely against
Woodrow Wilson on August IS,
1916, by casting vote for ex-Goy-
ernor o. D. Colquitt. great Texas
Democrat. who denounced Woodrow
Wilson and his administration as the
worst failure in the history of the
nation. Texas Democrats know
what kind Of mess Woodrow VIII
son has made Of the Mexican situa-
ton.
The people of this nation are
facing the greatest economic crisis
In our history. with the end OF the
war. war orders will end; foreign ma
lions will dump millions of dollars
worth of goods into our markets:
this will throw millions out OF en-
I.ployment and once again bring Dem.
ocratIc soup house conditions. our
only safety from this impending Gu
Iamity Is the election OF Republl-
can president and Republican Con
gress.
Vote for Hughes and the whole
Republican ticket.
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Information Wanted.

A spirited controversy has arisen in
Wheeling relative TO the original
course taken by the old National trail
by the early pioneers. The whole
difficulty grows out OF a proposal Of
the commissioners Of Ohio county TO
repave and Improve the National trail,
provided the city can establish which
of the several streets now used In
passing through the city is in fact the
National road. and several courses
have been advanced by those who
would be particularly benefited by the
improvements. but none has been
able 10 present proof that II is the
original course.
The Clarksburg Board OF Trade has
received letter from the Wheeling
Commercial Association asking the
local boards cooperation in an effor
to locate some documentary evidence
which will establish the original route
OF the National old trails road thro,
Wheeling. Anyone in Clarksburg VINO
may have evidence Of any kind-lct.
ters. maps. memoranda or any otheI
documents which will show the route
Of the trail in the early days, may send
the information direct TO the Wheeling
Commercial Association, or through
the local board Of trade.
The Wheeling Commercial Associa-
ton has offered to pay for information
which will definitely establish or con-
cluslvely prove thu complete route
taken through the city. and will pay
proportionately for information which
win hook up any OF the missing links
in facts already complied
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Real Americans should not forget
the massacre OF Santa isabella.
Eighteen Americans were shot down
in cold blood. their clothing stripped
from them and their bodies horribly
mutilated, and we have at Washing.
ton signed statement from the
surgeons who examined the corpses.
And when the relatives and friends
OF these eighteen murdered Ameri-
cans went to the state department
and demanded some reparatlon, some
measure Of damage for these out
RACES. they were refused any aid or
assistance by this government.
And this has been the course OF
the administration in all the horrible
Mexican mess. Yet, in the campaign
'of 1912, the Democratic party ora
tors made protection of American
lives and American property in every
state along the border the issue, and
they carried the Southwest for VIII
son on this issue. Eighteen Ameri-
cans murdered In cold blood and not
a blessed thing done about it! Ii
this the kind of Americanism you
want in the White House?
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!. ". DAWSON and the old CparI

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charges soro,rJnc ~ ,.Si n%' '1 H. =,
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I'M a. ~ ! ~ oa.. ~. lepu",lSar psrty
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,r i. e., ~. ,, mu,r ~" thlhs 70 40
an4 I ,.,' e On .. MS campaign
L"a,4c,an, - ~, gu, os'. mas peeh ~
1870. '., .u3 'Miee since the
,Sa,, opeHeu, VI Wilicox. me
az "a y , ,',@u, ""S "ol lhe ehoice OF the
M ra,r, ~" ~, y, %nu wen !. we stretch a
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-27
ROBINSON'S OPINION
In Martial Law Cases in This
State a Great Work in Coun-
try'S Jurisprudence.

SISTERSVILLE, Oct. 27-The
Hon. George W. Wickersham, attor-
ney general OF the United States in
tho cabinet Of President Taft, de-
rlared In q speech here late last
night that Judge Ira F. Robinson,
Republican nominee for governor in
West Virginia, was one Of &c fore
most jurlsts OF America. He took
occasion to say:
Judge Robinson's record on the
bench Of the supreme court of APP
peaIs Of west Virginia has attracted
nationwide attention and the bar
generally looks to him as one of the
ablest jurists in America. He has
impressed the profession as judge
Of extraordinary ability. His opinion
in the martial law cases in West
Virginia is professionally recognized
throughout the land as one of the
greatest works in the annals OF
American Jurisprudence"
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the wages Of every laboring man in
the country up and TO keep the mills
and factories busy and the farmers
prosperous by afrording them market
not only in time Of world war, but
in time Of peace The revenue for the
government then came from the duties
imposed on foreign goods, which, when
they did come in in competition with
American made goods. had 10 pay to
get In, and that total Of hundreds Of
millions took the place Of the so
called war taxes" this country has
been paying ever since the first month
OF the European war. which, high as
they are, now leave deficit of S345,-
100000 for Hughes TO face when he is
elected
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sand nine hundred and sixteen, an cleo
ton will be had. held and conducted
throughout the State Of West Virginia, at
the various voting precincts thereof, for
the purpose OF choosing eight electors Of
the President and Vice President OF the
United States
Given under my hand and the
Great Senl OF the State. at the
City OF Charleston. on the frst
tSEAI) day Of September, one thousand
nine hundred and sixteen, and Of
the State the fifty-fourth.
HENRY d. HATFIELD.
ny the Governor: Governor.
STUART u. REED. Secretary OF State.
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deans Is Reanan

and the cost is soaring
skyward with pork, beef,
eggs and other foods until
the cost of living represents
an increase of from 80 to so
per cent While meats and
vegetables are beyond the
reach of many millions Of
families, Shredded Wheat
Biscuit continues to sell at
the same old price and re-
tains the same high nutri-
tive quality. Shredded
wheat biscuit contains all
the rich Bodybuilding nutri-
ment in the whole wheat
grain, including the bran
coat, which is so useful in
keeping the bowels healthy
andactive. Eatitfor anymeal
with milk or cream or IN
combination with fruits.
Made at Niagara Falls. NY.
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The Democratic leaders assume
that the people OF this country are
fools. The Democrats know what
everyone else knows. that the only
prosperity we have today is founded
upon the misery and the demands OF
the worlds greatest war. Every stu
dent knows that 100000 men arr
working upon war orders. that these
war orders in turn furnish work and
wages 70 a million more men and
women; more coal, more zinc, copper,
iron, ETC., is mined and more freight
trains are run and more work of eY-
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Tralnmen Should Heed.

lied labor OF every class has TO do to
get the right angle on the Adamson
bill, and Just how II took away from
lamor unions their rights to decide
matters for themselves, even II they
have TO strike to do SO. is TO note that
certain railroad presidents have al
ready come out and endorsed the Adam
son bill. among these the presidents
OF the big Erie and Southern Pacific
systems. The wonder is that they let
their statements get away before cleo
tion. for the fact that railroad presi-
dents. who had fought for arbitration,
now endorse the Adamson law, is in
Itself enough to cause railroad brother
hood members to look little deeper
into the law itself, and the four recon-
mendations which Wilson sent to Con-
gress with II. which he says he will
put through Congress at the next SEES
sion.
Ever since Hughes started out on his
campaign following the passage OF the
Adamson bill, hes has been trying to
! show the brotherhoods themselves and
NIL labor that they had been handed
lemon by the president and Congress.
He has persistently told labor that he
favOrs an eight hour day for "all labor
where this is possible" but he Just as
persistently attacked the Adamson bill
because while It is called an eight
hour bill" 1t does not give the train
men eight hours at all. while al the
same time 1t takes away from the
brotherhoods the right Of collectively
bargaining" and vests in Congress a |
precedent Of power which gives Com
Bress the right to regulate labor, |
whether for hours OF work or for
wages-certainly the thing labor in |
this country never has asked for and
never wants to see in force Adamson.
the author Of the bill which bears his |
name. himself. gave out an interview |
few days ago in which he said that II |
labor did not follow the provisions OF
the bill Congress would take hold OF |
the whole matter and regulate It,"
This statement. and the statements
Of the president Of the railroad systems
should be enough to convince the
brotherhoods and all laboring men
that Hughes is right now doing as he
was when he was governor of New
York. and when he was the leader in
the regulation OF the big insurance
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