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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30
EooN1z AND HIS Glass.

JUDGING by what the Democratic newspapers
j have been printing about the activities Of Demo
e,adc State Chairman Dunlap and the youthful Demo
sraic gubenatonal candidate, the Democratic state
campaign IN West Virginia is one Of those ons'taek
Affairs.
TAX. il from he Democratic campaign managers,
md Morgan IS h. candidate Of the coal operators and
Montgomery j; h. candidate Of the labor leaders 1t
IS then hope, Of course, that the public will believe
Ills statement and jump to the conclusion that young
NJ Koouh is Ii. candidate Of the whole people
But The voters had better be sure about that before
.y pin too much faith to the danterested character
s. i. Koonz candidacy. They ought to investigate
Inn. They ought for instance. to Try to find out why
thin young man who never was heard Of before IN
.poEis should suddenly become the favorite of the Two
factions Of he Democratic party and be able to secure
Il. nomination over veteran like Adam LittspaSe,
Who has done more for the Democratic party IN state
ind nation than any man now influential in the man
;als,n.ut Of the party in West Virginia.
i Is altogether likely that some astonishing things
would be disclosed if an inquiry were pursued far
.uoush along that line. Unless most Of the popular
|iidis.s about our politics are all wrong, young Mr.:
Koouk S the real class candidate Of this campaign and
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30
THE cox PROOF"
nm the New York Tribune

fIOm tne new 1OER lTIDuu6
Candidate Cox having fired the
bomb he has been feverishly mount.
Ing a Big Bertha to discharge, has
the projectile exploded with damag.
Ing force or has It arrived as
harmless "dud"? May the Republl
cans laugh as. did the Parisians
when an official communique grave
II reported the casualties suffered
by a bunch Of chickens?
A good way 10 answer these
questions is to set out without col
or or comment exactly what evl'
dence the candidate has offered to
establish his charge that siniste!
large interests are in a conspiracS
to buy" the election. The proof.
after ten days Of war.whooping al
vertisement, Is spread before tho
public. OF what does It consist?
According TO the Cox narrative
OF lawfulness, the ways and means
committee Of the Republican Ma
tiopal committee has adopted the
"drIye" method Of Embarrassing, To
remove suspicious attaching 20 po
litlcal contributions. Chairman
Hays had promulgated the rule
that mn ore Is 10 be permitted tC
give more than $1,000. The larSt
secret contribution was eliminated,
not only to avoid the possibility Q:
corruption, but because the large
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30
O, to be a candidate,
Hailed by many bands;
To do a little spouting.
While shaking many hands.

At length the band decided to let
the Chamber Of Commerce Of Fair
mont arrange for It's budget for a
period Of two years. The budget
supplied by the band was modest
so modest that the committee vol
unfairly increased the amount, de-
claring that the time had passed
when Fairmont bands need be
neagerly supported and emphasize
ing that the service Of the band
and bandmen In connection with
Liberty Loan drives and the like
was not to 30 unappreciated.
The Chamber Of Commerce faith.
cred the movement and in such a
way that the band had no partici-
patton in the drive excepting that
/ was a representative Of the band
on the general committee. The or.
sanitation for the campaign was
so elaborate that committees from
various other organizations work.
ed under the committee Of the
Chamber of Commerce but Il was
always emphasized that the Cham
Der Of Commerce was the parent
organization. In fact II was urged
that lodges should not be pronll-
nent in the drive else such orgalll-
zation might call upon the band for
services at celebrations which were
arranged by secret orders and not
public" in the strictest sense OF
the term.
The provisions Of the agreement
included ten public concerts each
year and a certain number Of pub
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30

The strike of the New York lOngshOremen against
British steamship companies was short lived be-
cause their union officers, who had Just succeeded
in terminating strike which began last March,
would not give their support to the new outbreak
The men abandoned their long strike without gain
ing anything, and the officers probably we're not IN
the mood to take on another struggle that promised
to be ruitless also The score Of strikes that have
ended In defeat Of the strikers in the past year Is
rather long and Impressive one. It is going to
make food for reflection for the more intelligent
men in the labor organizations when conditions set
tie down so that they can do little thinking on
their own account.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30
n. RUFF STUFF

Tbs Oldest living graduate Of
:lhe University Of Maryland Is op'
posed TO woman suffrage.
He q also opposed to the auto.
mobile and afte, taking one rids
eutld not be persuaded to take
another.
Bet that old relic Of a bygone
civilization sometimes pauses to
wonder how the world dares to
Rec. right on going in spite Of his
iissppsoyal.
is,seiI-Ssss
N S;sY are going to put on an an
mai Service to Cuba.
So, 49,
BHk the thirsty need not begin
8sEalivate great expectations On
int account
fhs-1 man does not cary
plIssrgen
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30

In his opinion upon the registration Of women
voters Attorney General England says that 1t is
the duty Of the county court to furnish the regis
trars with the necessary books for that purpose
and no doubt the county court would perform that
duty and If any persons applied to the registrars
on the two days Of their sitting, who are lawfully
entitled to be registered 1t certainly would be the
duty Of the registrars SO sitting to register them
That is clear enough There is no excuse in law Tor
making it difficult for the new voters to exercise
their suffrage AMI, county courts. registrars and all
others concerned might as well get busy.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30
That will be all for today.

lie appearances at strictly public
parades. The plan was TO force
every organization to pay for a
band where the event could not be
classified as strictly public" In
order to eliminate expenses for
band when public or patriotic pa
rades might be held.
The Greater Fairmont band had
some hesitancy about entering into
the arrangement fearing that there
might be q clash between different
factions working for the interests
of Fairmont. The failure Of the
Chamber Of Commerce to function
properly at that time caused this
uneasiness. To refuse such a
proposition appeared to the band
to be dIsloyal to Fa;rmont and 10
evidence a "distrust" that would
reflect on the organization.
The band permitted the "misun.
derstandings" to 90 unexplained
for more than a year until 1t could
be certain that the drive was
dead" and not sleeping" as
bandmen were frequently assured.
G. F. BUSCH.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30
BUMPER cRoP.sucKERs.

DARNtJM died too early. Had be lived ill TO-
u day, he'd have, without doubt, revised his much
quoted sa.emen. to read: There's one bonn every
second" Anenca's bumper crop til, season. to jsdss
BY ever report, is suckers. Fishing wa, never 50 good.
A conservative and reliable banker declared the
other day that since the end Of the war three or four
billions Of dollars have been invested in new bust
nesses-and most Of It has been lost for the investors
Get.nch-quick schemes, despite recent incidents such
as the Ponzi case and IN the face Of repeated expo
sures, ar. aourishing with unprecedented nsor. Oil.
rubber, autos, foreign exchange and dozen other
games are claiming their thousands Of victims.
Roger Babson, noted financial writer, pointed out
the situation N convincing manner The Other day.
when i. wrote that money is like work; that the man
who draws far bigger salary than bis job is worth
is IN danger Of losing both the salary and the job. and
that tn. man who expects far bigger interest return
than his money is worth likely to lose the profits and
the principal.
Their. i, a world Of safe investments offered today
with fair profits in return. No safe investment can
ever offer Ii. tremendous profits pictured BY the pros
pectu, writers for wildcat promoters. To the man
who j, puzzled to tell which class Of investments to
make her. is an excellent recipe. given BY banker
to : widow who asked bis advice on investing some
money ii hishly-painted oil scheme:
Madam. If you have enough money 50
vou can take chance with It and not SUI
fer II YOU lose II, buy the oil stock. But
II YOU need the money; II you can't al
ford to lose it, don't buy"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30

They will still have to travel BY
boat.
And run The risk Of losing thei
return cargo when the weather is
stormy.
It is scid that the announcement
that federal troops were to De
brought into the state was a sur
prise" IL some Of the folks down
Mingo county way.
Evidently they feel that their
private was Is no ones business.
And they are not the only ones
in this state who have hazy ideas
about where their own interests
end and the public's interest be-
gins.
But we are getting along.
Here In Fairmont, for instance,
our red headed mayor has proved
that some Of the laws can be en-
forced spretty successfully,
And some day we will get
--1und to the point where the cops
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30

;ths number q small contrinuturs
the greater would be the prob
interest Of party members and ne.
more the party would pass 70 me
control Of it, rank and Tile
In pursuance Of this plan, Is
Brother Cox tells the story. the
practice Of assigning quotas TO 10
cal areas was applied. Chairman
Hays Is accused Of countenanclns
the hellish policy Of stimulating
the various committees who we're
to do the soliciting BY appealing 10
their local pride. An official bulle-
tin showing the progress Of the
work was published and sent
throughout the country. This bull
letin contained news that this or
that community had actually gone
cover the top" and called on the
backward to note the fact. The
bulletins editor was guilty Of the
atrocity OF using terms familiar to
the advertising world-such as that
the solicitors must sell" the Re
publican party to the country.
Then comes the big noise. ShaE-
lng with emotion, the candidate
showed his audience q circular
which he said had been distributed
AT one gathering. 1t showed an al.
lotment Of quotas totaling sS,l45r
900. Count 'em. Remember each
Is a dollar, not a dime or a cent!
Mr.. Upham assuming the circular
Is genuine and that it was not the
work Of q jealous volunteer who
knew exactly how to succeed) Is
convicted Of fixing a high mark for
his helpers.
The sensitive moral nature Of
Mr.. Cox Is, Of course, deeply shock
ed. As the only multl.millionaire
ever nominated for the Presidency,
be palpitates with horror. Any one
who would seek to raise q cam.
paign fund In small amounts and
BY open methods Is infamous.
Alas! we fear the public will not
be able to attain to Coxian heights
Of indignation. II has had previous
experience with buncombe.
The plot Of the Cox movie has
some merit, but the motivation OF
Its action seems scarcely up to
standard. Its main theme Is that
a few rich corruptionists are f.
nancing the Republican campaign
as an fnyestment-are deliberately
purchasing an underhold on the
government. this Is so, Il they
are In the market eager to buy 20.
litical goods, and Messrs. Hays and
Upham are anxious to sell, why all
the ballyhoo Of a nationwide cam
paign TO get money IN drlDletS
Why have quotas" and all the
complicated machinery Of raising
money from scattered thousands?
The natural procedure would be to
call up on the telephone and whis-
per: "Put me down for 100000
,,,n,kh ~ undorhnlh
Candidate Cox does not state or
hint at the size Of his campaign
fund-has nothing to say as 10 how
II Is being raised. Not long age
the Cox chairman, just after an In
teryiew with his chief, announced
that as to the size Of contributions
the sky was the limit-that the
more and bigger they were the bet
ter he would be satisfied. But Mr..
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30
Edit o1al Comment
On Current Sub;ee.s
CURRENCY AND GOLD RE-
SEHVEo'
nnmmnrcn MnnfhlN

0SnV6St
From Commerce Monthly
The amount Of gold reserve Q,
the United States available againsl
notes in actual circulation on july
/. 1920, was more than three times
that OF any Of the nations OF IVES,
tern Europe. This country hac
$2,?3i,O00,0O0 in gold as against
S4,5l2,O00, 600 in notes, giving II
a reserve OF 1875 per cent Of inc
paper circulation a ratio which q!
so far exceeded that Of any Euro
pean country.
The nation most nearly approach
ing this country's percentage Of re
serve was Grea, Britain whose
gold holdings accounted TO 3l.5
per cent OF her note circulation,
while France on the same date had
only 9.6 per cent. Germany and
Austria had reserves Of only IL
per cent and o. per cent respec:'
lively. Italy, on September 80,
1913 the latest date for which data
are available, possessed a gold re
serve Of only rs per cent Of hel
paper currency, says the banks
magazine. \
Wide differences are shown By
the bank also to exist between the
total amount Of notes outstanding
in the various countries. The 81
5120O0,000 Of paper money In the
United States compares with $l6'
104,0OO,000 in Germany and ST.
55s,OO0.000 In Austria Hungary.
Great Britain's note circulation or
June 80, 1920, was only s2,25S,000,
900 and the French total Of notes
outstanding at about the same date
was equal to $7,2SS.O00.000. Italy
on September 30, 1919 had $3,157,
100000 Of paper outstanding. In
giving these amounts the bank has
converted the units Of foreign cur.
rencies into dollars at their respec
tive pars Of exchange.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30
THoBURS INFANT DIES.

Edward Ray Hinerman, aged
two years, SON Of Mr.. and Mrs.
william Hinerman, Of Thoburn.
died Saturday night after a short
ILLNESS. Burial was made today IN
the Leeper cemetery by Undertake
er R. L. Cunningham.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30
GET BUSY NOW.

n oVERNoR coRNWELL having decided
NJ that there is to be no special session of the legs
lature for the purpose Of acting upon the registration
Of the woman voters, decision, by the way. which
has the hearty approval Of this newspaper, It IS no"
in order to organize 50 that the women may be regis
tered at the time fixed and under the terms provided
in the registration law. A
There will not be the slightest Ioubl: about it If the
lob is undertaken IN good faith and the details are care
fully worked out In Rhode Island for instance, the
women, taking them as whole and comparing them
with the men as whole are gong to go to the poll;
this fall with higher level Of intelligence in spite OF
the fact that they never have voted for anything IN
that state The explanation for that is that mock cleo.
tons have been held at frequent intervals throughout
the stat. under the auspices Of the various women
organizations ever since last winter.
The time very short in this state for that sort o.
training but an intensive course is not impossible and II
ought to be undertaken now that the matter OF how
The registration will hay. to be done has been settled
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30

In his statement announcing that he intended to
call federal troops into the state to restore order
in Mingo county, an intention which he has since
acted uuop. Governor Cornwell made the assertion
that he has not been receiving cooperation 1Fom
some Of the local officials in the county In some
of the states the governor has remedy for that
state Of affairs in the power to remove local onl-
Gals, This is right that easily could be abused
but this newspaper does not remember case In
which the charge was made, although local Officers
in number Of cases have been removed, especially
in Ohio and New York This is subject which II
Is to be hoped Governor Cornwel will discuss more
in detail soon for the benefit Of the next legislature
Almost anything would be preferable to having 10
call upon the federal government in order to take
care Of comparatively small local disturbances
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30

The west demands a near view OF
the candidates, says Franklin
Roosevelt. Speed up the camera
so 1t will show slow pictures on the
Screen.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30

Gov. Cornwell refuses to call q
special session Of the legislature.
John J. has evidently failed 10 get
The Fairmont Times recently-or
perhaps be reads the editorial page
Of The West Virginian.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30

fellow suggested to US this
morning that probably the reason
the Demmies are claiming Harding
is wet" is because he Is a Baptist.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30

Mr.. Davis says he Is coming
back home to 90 to work" We al.
ways maintained that Mr.. Davis
was one Of the far-sighted mem
bers Of the party.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30
Doodle, Doodle, Doodle.
Little Doodle talks;
The sole and only issue
OF Door old Jimmie Cox.

The young thief who stole an
alarm clock, comb. cigarettes anu
matches from q chorus girl unin.
tentionally uncovered some Of the
things some chorus girls seem TO
think necessary for success.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30

!. Too 10 lam for too persons 10 kmdle fire al their
opn cost to pam others. and SINCE themselves 10 Gin
dr-Fellham.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30
TAXING TIE TIC"
OUT OF POLITICS.

II one would take the Democrat.
&c press seriously (which would be
a very serious thing TO dc) one
would believe that Mr.. Koonts did
not have a single string attached
to him and that he padded his own
canoe through the primary and win
do likewise In the general election
campaign-but possibly Mr.. Little
page might be able to tell US Of a
paddle or two that helped proper
the Koontz canoe In the primary.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30

Glenn Shaver won't even serve as
elettor at large. When Glenn Is
through he is done and that's all
there Is to II.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30

They say Bill Hays Is planning a
cross for Cox. He's eligible Tor
membership In the double cross so
ciety,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30

They call Cox's home Trallsend.
be spoke Saturday at GraveSend
and he will be on the tailend OF
the presidential election fight. This
paragraph should end here.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30

They used to mix issues and
drinks In a campaign-now they
only mix issues.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30

Everybody was 50 anxious for
the athletic games at Grayesenc
Saturday when Cox was speaking
that the Demmle candidate decided
he was interested In the games also
and cut his speech short.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30

The artist who paints Mr.. Koontz
for the Demmies uses nothing but
white paint.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30

For CongTess-Ben Rosenbloom, Of Wheeling.
@;s STATE
{ For Goyernor-Ephriam +. Morgan, OF Fairmont
FoF-secretay Of state-HoustOn G. Young OF
ss-..-------;s Charleston.
For State Superintendent Of schools-George NJ
= Ford. Of Dunbar.
Fbr state Treasurer-W. S. johnson. Of Mt Hope
For state Auditor-John C. Bond. Of Charleston.
For Attorney Geueral-E. T. England. Of Logan.
For State Commissioner Of Agriculture, H.
Stewart Of Morgantown.
Tor State Senate Eleventh Dstrict-George w.
Bowers. Of Warrington.
JUDICIAL
Eor State Supreme court-Frank b. Lively, OF
Kanawha County.
mr. crcuit Court-Winaeld Scott Meredith. Of
Fairmont.
For Criminal Court-Emmett NJ showalter OF
8 Fairmont
a COUNTY.
For sheri2-James D. Charlton, Of Warrington.
For Prosecuting Attorney Frank R. Amos Of
Fairmont.
For County Assessor Glenn Springer. Of FairnOnt
For County commissioner-Amos o. Stanley, OF
Fairmont.
For Clerk Of the Circuit court-L. A. Gather. of
Fairmont.
For Clerk Of the County court-Lee N. satteraeld.
y Of Monongah.
For County Superintendent Of schools-POFer
), Ware, Of Fairmont
For County surreyor-R N. Fisher. Of FairmOnt
For House Of Delegates-w. h. Veach, Of Farming
&. ton; Net Robinson, Of Warrington;
q. q. E. satterfeld, Of Fairmont-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30

Koontz does not even know
seeming that G. ". W. Is in the coal
business-and Of course he knows
he is not in politics.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30
MONDAY EVENING. AUGUST 80, 1920.
TIE REPUBLICAN TICKET
NATIONAL.

NATIONAL
Ecf President-Warren G. Harding. Of Ohio.
For Vice President Calvin Coolidge. Of Mass.
For Congress-Ben RosenblOom, OF Wheeling.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-06-25
HARDING TO ADDRESS
INDIANA c. EDITORS

INDIANAPOLIS Ind Jane 25.-Sen-
ator warren G Harding, republican
nominee for the presidency, may be the
principal speaker at the summer meet
ing of the Indiana Republican Editor
3al Association at Turkey Run State
Park, July 20.
Edward J. Hancock OF Greezsbuzg.
president Of the association, has an
nounced that Senator Harding has ten
tatively agreed to speak at the meet
ing.
Other speakers or the program viii
E be senator Harry S. New. Senator jas.
z. Watson. Gov. Goodrich and Warren
II Mccray. republica nnominee for gov
ernor.
Nj Hancock announced committees
for the annual outing Of the editors as
follows. Arrangement: Julian D. Ho-
gate Of Danville; Richard Lieoer. di-
rector OF the Department OF Conserva-
ition. and Frederick z. shortemier. sec
rotary Of the republican state central
committee. Reception George Elicit
Newcastle; J. A. Kautz. kokomo C. 9.
Sefright. Washington; Fred A. Miller,
South Bend, and Harry Marshall. OF
Lafayette.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-06-25
.HOOSIER CORN
GROWERS WARNED

TIMES sURSAU AT STATE CAPITAL
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June 25--Tne
Eoosier corn growers are warned that
the tine is here when war must be
! declared on ohiach bugs now infeSting
the wheat nelds in some parts Of the
STATE and which will migrate to the
corn unless precautionary measures are
taken.
A representative of the division OF
entomology OF the Department o. Con
se-votion was called to Green County
last week. found several wheat fields
literally alive with the pest. Wheat
as in a condition to cut in the next
week or ten days and il is then the
bugs begin migrating. Once n the
young corn they suck the juices from
the tender stalks which wlther and die
as though scorched.
As an effective means Of fighting the
chinoh bugs the Department recon-
nends that barrier Ct straw soaked
in road oil be built inches wide and
inches high around affected zones
The bugs viii mass inside this barrier
and can either be killed by crushing
vvIth an ordinary farm roller or with
an application Of road oil.
Chinch bugs are also infesnng parts
cf Madison county near Anderson. ac-
cor6ing 20 the state entonologlst who
has received specimen from that local
ity.