The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-10-09

J Sor neither have | anything to ask OF
| the party III general said the governor.
| but certainly ! shall always he deeply
! Interested as a citizen III my Stat" an!
! its wcfarc. IIut there is no position al
4 public mature wI:Etn the Eilt Ut am
official that would in the least interest
me
Governor Hatfield took up in detail
the per capita expenditures oil the al
tcrcut state Institutions. as CuIHpar"tt
! with institutions OF other states, and
showed where West Nirg!niaS ln$tltu-
tion$ had been rum upOu Il basis OF
parSimouy rather thaa Of extravaganza.
One OF the creates. ambitions Us gov
eruur was TO broaden and lihrrallZc tho
standard OF our state institutions. anu
! N this feel that | have SLrrcGurd.
SAIL the governor. lie pointed on; con-
Gti!ouS OF an almost inio!"rabi" nature
;iDuS but thar h&,: been rcm"t!cu
! through ;hr improvements thai had
.ctn made during Tho last Two years.
Lowest Per Capita Cost.
There is no Other stat" IN The union
! that has Il per cIt:,;t cost 50 low III
! is doing the work Tat is beng don" az
/ uUr institutions n Nest Virginia. and |
] rhaiiug" proof 10 tho contrary. sad
, Governor Hatfield.
! H.. discussed tn" expenditures Of rh'
, Tor general purposes less money had
! b,..n Expended by him than III IN" pre-
crdlng administration.
. lie also GHv, The facts relating 10 tho
! cX;ynditUr" OF $i."uQ IL connection win
! HI" criminal pr"ra"l!u@S involving III
! alleged att.iup; t. bride ;Wu members
! at tho public Srivlc" commission md
! showed that III" XXI cn'!itUrc which nat!
| been questioned by som" ncin"crat &c
/ Speakers WaS apprnT"d 10y tn" lCElSlI-
; tire OF 1915 and commended by I com
! mite" ct -. huHSr uI delegates. COM
! posed Of three Republicans and two
| Democrats
! rs ;" tn, subject Of taxation the gov
| nrnor said. Il n:,vc stood for an rquali-
! za,ion q: TAXATION. believing that the
, burden. il II "'.n L." called such. should
! r"St uniformly upon all The goal
! Of my Efforts has b""n reached and !
! l.av" 81 GOVERNORS office with the full
! know!.l.... AMI feeling that many
! remedial an Just laws have been placed
! Upuu the statut. books and that tn"
| states financial condition can now h"
! compared with that "f any cher state
! in the union in . Favorable way.
Direct Lev1es.
! II" DECLARED that th"r" was IN immH-
| diatc sight h,?innis NEXT year. tn" time
when direct l"vies would not BE- needed
! snr state purposes hut can b" reserved
| entirely for local purposes. He pointed
| out the fact that with the Improvements
! brought about At tn" state institutions
! in the last TWO years tina; there w0IiG
h,. comparatively liiil" demand tn" next
| year or 50 for additions and improve
ncntS Il, the state institutions.
More money has been expended dur
| in:- The last two years for buildings and
! lands and permanent improvements than
| during the preceding seven years $Hid
! ihn governor He took up in detail tho
conditions confronting him at the tine
! of his induction into Office by the r"a-
; son Of the extraordinary cXp"nd!l arc
J that the state had been called upon 10
! make in tho industrial dtfirUiti"S in the
: k.uavn:. county coal fields and ais"
! the loss of &GJnun1 lic"nS' r"rcnu" year
! II beginning in 1911 which condition
! was made wu"s" by TIA" tact that M
/ legislature % l"l% had appropriated one
! million dollars for improvements at IN
S;itution$ and for which no provision
! in the wa nf r"vnnilr had h"cn made
| Corawen Charges.
! Concerning tn" CharE" that Mr.. Corn :
! we'll has been making of The failure a
! ;ia pavso, Tux laws and the prophecies
| which he has been raitcratiuS Governor
! Hatfield submitted figures IN show that
, if Mr. CornY-ll's IDEAS OF taxation pre-
/ ,aileL in .lh.. way of Il direct levy that
! III. state Icy SaScd upon the principles
j OF taxation in vogue in lN9. ut the time
! the Democrats turned over control 20
! Republicars would b" S1.23 on each 500
! Of Valuation instead OF cents. II" ridi-
, culed Mr.. Cornwcj!S statement that ~"
; Increased valuation 81 properties ms
! vcar would make II. for the decrease II
"a. state l,.vy from II cents 10 " cents.
! and said, 'wnn' can ~" expect OF can