The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-11
from not one penny of increased profit or

from not one penny of increased proht or
increased service.
Forty thousand new offlceholders
have been put on the pay rolls unoer me
Wilson administration. and n0t one "a
these has been put under civil service.
Places have been created to reward me
deserving Democrats for whom WIN: ),
Bryan has been so SolicttiouS, nno NSSt
Trginia'S contribution TO tnlS saeui nI t i,a
mkt year Will be nearly Sl6.g0U.ouV; or
about $1,000, 900 more than West VIZ
GINA ever before contributed TO nd
j3na admnistrati9n rho If na a 6hs m Ris
biz i mistakes that could be charged
against Republican state administrator
West Virginia during the past twenty
years. were gathered together ana COT,
be Il mole hill compared with the noun.
tain of extravaganza and waste. tnat
have been piled upon the taxpayers OF
this and other states, by DeInocratlc
national administration during Tue poS
It is, with no negative platform. how;
ever. that wc appeal to the people OF
West Virginia. The Rcpuhlcan part?
this state uron its record OF perIGeri
nlanc"s and challenges the most carelu'
scrutiny ut that record.
Every progressive enactment tnat ap.
Virginia HAS been the work OF Repuo
leans Through sixteen years RepuD'
lcan governors and legislators have con
scicntiously lahorcd tor Spccltlc meas
lrcS correcting tax Inequalities. lHproN
ing state admnistra tipn. conserving ma
tural resources. upbuilding our schools
lettering factory. conditions. maklns
mines and railroads safer. and protect
! ing tho health and the physical welfare
| of our pruplc.
| tax legislation which worked rcvolu'
ton In this state. revolution monu'
mental in character. and which for the
first time compelled tho great pubic ser
vice corporations IL bear their tair
share Of the states tax burdens. As
result Of the measures or that icigSia'
| tive session. corporate property nclons
| ing to public utility corporations assess
ed previously ut less than SS0.000.00o d
wear went on the tax books az over
| $io". 600 non. and not only tn. state. nu'
every county. every town am every
maeistcrial district and every Board OF
| Education in West Virginia was the
| beneficiary OF these new sources OF rev
enuc.
| Tho Republican legislators supple
! ncntcd n great series OF tax laws py
office. equipped with power 10 enforce
the new laws. and to supervise thell
execution.
They passed the uniform accounting
| law and put the enforcement or that Ia"
| in thu tax commissioners hands. am
| that piece Of Legislation has saved 10 me
: taXrayrrS of West Virginia. over ~.
100000 since II was enacted.
Republican administration found thf
various state institutions or West Nlr'
Cinia. operated and conducted ny sepa
rate boards, many OF them large IT
number composed of citizens. who. now
ever worthy, were unable tc give muci
: attention 10 the real business Of the in
! stitu;inns. They abolished these board:
| and centralized their power and dufhHr
! lty in ono state hoard of control. whlcf
| has during the eight years or It's eS
! istancc introduced business methods ant
systematic efficiency into every depart
: mont of the states work and mad" tina
Organization an example for like or
! CARNATIONS all over the country. The
state board Of control pays OUT NOR
] than one half OF all the states rrvcnu"
ana hr il said Ia the credit NJ the llitt
business men who serve on that board
| that through eight years vt succ"SStu
| administration. rNp"udinG probably VI.
! unn 400 of tho peoples money TOT
| thousand different purposes. anu I" ten:
If thousand different persons. mover ma:
| a single breath ut doubt. suspicion ol
| scandal touched their persons or thci
! acts. and never has the slightest charge
] ri .yynStrrulurSS inefficirncy or dishnn
.sty hrrn successfully laid AT their door
We ar" prone ~ f"r"rE the most va!
uahI. service which is not frcqucntl
brought - ulIr attention. put III 'hl>
entire country there has been no more