The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-01-10
GOV, CORNWELL IN
CASTIGATION Of
WEST VA, RADICALS
FARMERS THE BALANCE
WHEELS OF STRUCTURE.
Must Stand Firm and Hold the
Nation Steady In Its Hour
of Peril

Special Dispatch ,o The Int"lligcnccr.
MORGANTOWN. W. Va. Jan. 3
Governor John !. Cornwrl roundly
scored tho radical clements Of tn" stat"
and country her" tonight when h" ad-
dressed one of tn" greatest crowds If
farmers and tuWuSp"uplr at Commence
r"nt hail that thjs city has ever had.
lIr made a stirring plea for til" farmers
OF West NIr.Inia and tn" country rs
whol" to realize that they can II" longer
overly grow corn. oats and potatoes,
but that they ar" Il vital part Of the
nation and that they must Cddcat" them
selves to the problems {" m" day IN
order that they may Int"lnF"u,ly carry
on their work as balance wheels of our
national machinery.
Million FOR University.
Governor Cornwcll arrived here al
o'clock from Washington where he had
delivered an address last night. and was
entertained at dinner this evening BY
w. s Johns, n member of the West Viz
Einia house of delegates. II" was nitro
duCcd at commencement hall hy l'rcSl-
dent Frank Il. Trottcr, of West Virginia
university, after n short concert 10y the
University Cadet band
ToniCh. marked the concluding num-
Der on Farmers Week program. In
President Trottcr's Introductory re-
marks he said that the West N'rEInla
university expected to ASk for mih"h
dollars next year 10 meet immediate
needs Of the state school
Governor CornwCll heartily endorsed
this nlan and SAID that he strongly
favored every West Nirginlan his Cdu-
cation al a state school IN order that he
might be taught loyalty 10 his own
state. and said hc favored increasing
the state university Just as much as the
state needs demanded.
warns the Farmers.
Governor Cornwell's address WAS al
most entirely devoted to a warning 10
The farmers to stand firm and 10 be
ready 10 hold tho nation steady when
there arc seen 70 be elements that would
unhalance it,
or takes the farmer TO meet and deal
with the present situation. h" Sald as
no rid;culed Plumh's railroad plan. i
told officials at Washington last week
that when they permitted iIunh I"
come and sit down ut tn" table with
them TO discuss his ridiculous plan tn"y
helped create unrest" and thnt II was an
extremely foolish thing to do
He referred TO the Mayflowcr pact
which provided for a communists form
~ government, and nc fatty declared
that il had been tried in almost every
,re and by almost every nation and that
il could not succeed as long rs 1t had
human qualities. He said he had asked
a state labor leader what would happch
N the farmers when all the union or
ranizati,ns united in one big union: and
rcrly was the farmers will he damn
glad TO come in" There are TOO many
men now in public oIt''" WIN" arc nus''I
rcttinu votes than they are serving the
people, he said.
Disregard Party Lines.
Pleading for disregard IL party NheS
whom il was a question oG getting GOOD
mon in office. he closed with final
appeal for the farmers TO thoroughly
educate themselves in the problems or
the day and TO take their proper place
as the mainstays Of the country it
declared himself heartily in favor OF
big and generous living wage. but plHao-
ed for an honest days work as well rs
for tho honest days wage.