Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1922-07-27
OPPONENT SAYS MADE ONLY
-FOUR MISTAKES OUT OF
EIGHT HUNDRED CHANCES


out no confusing or misleading plat
form to catch the voter" and says
that he has one, and doesn't want me
to shake" his platform. No, l shall
not touch it. He puts me on the
witness stand and then begins to bonn
bard my legislative record" and
would have the voters believe that /
made four mistakes, for he has 'sthe
book Well, I'm not immune and
sometimes wonder how / got by with
out making. more of them. He Of
fers his criticisms, after looking thru
s.the book, on four of the bills out
of the eight hundred before the leg
islature, as follows:
H. B. No. 246-"S Sinking Fund
Commission, which has for its OBJ
ject the SAVING of 20 to 25 per
cent more of the interest on the
PEOPLES money ("Sinking Funds')
besides it takes care of all bond sales
promptly in the State, so that the
Wall Street spectators, or money
interests of other states can't play
with our bonds. For instances, when
the City of Belington, or City of
Philippi want to issue more paving
or school bonds, or Valley district,
Union district or Peasants district
want to issue road bonds, or Cove
district or the town of Junior want
to issue bonds for fine High School
building, these units will have no
trouble to dispose of their bonds thrr1
this Commission. Had this commits,
sion been in operation last Septenn-
Der the state would have SAVED
100000 in the sale of her $4,000,
900 Road Bonds 1t is true that its
operation came when the banks felt
the aftermath of Woodrow the most,
but in ordinary times, the withdrawal
and re-depositing in the Depositories
over the state would not have been
noticed. The president of one of the.
Belington Banks said the bill was
sane, sensible and good.
And perhaps my opponent would
have voted as / did.
S. B. No. 399, "Good Roads" bill,
which contains the automobile license
law, which is not altogether right,
but in order to vote for Good Roads,
had to vote FAYE" on the bill. My
aim in the Automobile License Law
was and is to have the license start
January LIST, May list and August
list with less rate per horse power I
and weight. (See House Journal,
April 21st, 1921, page I'D
And perhaps my opponent would
have voted as / did.
H. B. No. Adj, cage Consent" bill.
In passing this bill there had to be
a limit. Had we made it Is, some
one would have wanted it Ia, or had
we made it II, someone would have
wanted it IS, or maybe II. Best au-
thorities wanted it 16, and so it pass
ed.
And perhaps my opponent would
have voted as / did,
H. B. No. 40, "Vital Statistics"
bill, was very drastic in the start but
after pulling all the teeth out of it
so it would answer" new bill was
written which / considered was
worthy of my support. This makes
a legal record of every person and
family, as to births, deaths, ages,
dates, etc, regardless of wealth or
circumstances, so that in so or 100
years from now, the rich and poor
alike will have been listed in the
estate Archives and History" West
Virginia was previously dark spot
on the map of the United States as
to it's vital statistics, but now she is
in line with the other progressive
states. The tombstone or marble
monument which crumbles and de-
Gays, is no longer the record of our
personal history; and when clearing
up land titles, the getting ofafidayits,
graveyard records and paying attor-
ney fees, will be thing Of the past,
for a fee of fifty cents will bring
you the complete legal record with
out contest in the courts.
And perhaps my opponent would
have voted as did.
This opponent of mine also asks
the question how long have been
marching under the banner of the
G. O. P. Well, / was born under that
banner. My grandfather, John B
Thompson, was Union soldier of
81, and my father followed his foot
steps. / started voting in the Pro-
hihition cause and when that cause
became part of the Constitution,
then held to the Faith of our Faith
ers."
Further this deponent sayeth not.
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