The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-25
OGDEN ADDRESS
APPROVE..D|::||.B|:|.Y'' ALL | II.
Warrington Voters Hear the e
Wheeling Editor Speak
for Halt an Hour

Ogden. Republican candidate for
United States Senate from West
Virginia, addressed a large gath
ering of voters at the Central
school building here last night.
leaving Immediately afterward for
&Fairmont where he was scheduled
to speak.
r. 3. Furbee acted as chairman
and introduced William ]. WieEel,
editor OF The West Virsinian, who
dwelt FOR a few minutes upon .he
work and life Of Mr.. Ogden. He
spoke Of the candidate as a man
who Rad accomplished big ahlngs,
and would accomplish more if Civ
en- the opportunity. Mr. Wiegel
introduced the speaker of the eve
ming.
MI. ogden, who was born in
Marion County and spent part OF
his carly life in Mannington.S opened
his address with a good word for
West Virginia This state. he de-
c1ared has a larger percentage OF
American born citizens than any
other state in the unon:.a large
proportion OF them being of the
solid rugged stock which is direct
~ descended from the men who
framed the Magma Carta and the
Constitution OF the United States.
Since his time was short in Man
nington. Mr. Ogden plunged into
his speech. naming some Of the
things for which he stands. One
Of these was the tax reform bill
passed in 1904, and which the In
telligencer fought for throughout
the struggle to make it a law This
bill, Mr. Ogd en- declared, in a meas
ure lessened the burden Of the home
owner and small taxpayer by in
creasing the assessments of rail
roads, intangible property such as
the leaseholds in southern West
Virginia, the property Of public
utilities, and other privileged cor
porations.
He pledged to the voters present
that if nominated and elected he
would use his power to lessen the
burden on the smaller taxpayer and
home owner by shifting it more and
more upon the privileged corpora
tions and public utilities.
With regard to his attitude to-
ward Ia Dor. Mr. Ogden aid he has
employed union labor for the past
'thirty-five years. and In that time
has never had a strike In all the
OuSllSSS IilCt CSAS 5" -
which he is connected, employing
in all nearly 1000 men, the princi-
pie ofIarbitration is carried out with
satisfaction to employer and en-
ploye, he declared.
Ono other thing which Mr.. Og-
den stated that he hadworked hard
to secure for the laboring man was
the Workman's Compensation Law,
passed in 1907 Next to Henry D.
Hatfield, he declared, the Wheeling
IntelIigencer was the most potent
factor in bringing about this lazy.
The life of the child, Mr.. Ogden
insisted, should be dedicated to
health and the home instead Of the
mill and factory. With this in mind.
he expressed himself as much in
favor of regulating child labor SO
that the youth might not become
warped in body and mind through
too severe labor when young.
Anothe: thing he men tioned as
having had his support was stat
mine inspection. This he declared
has brought about much safer
condition in the mines Of the state,
| making less likely such disasters
as that at Monongah several years
ago.
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Ogden declared that he believed the
tariff should be higher in the next
| ten or fifteen years than during the
past fifty years, and asserted that
he would, if nominated and elected
favor the framing of tariff high
enough that no article could be
/ shipped into the United States al
less cost than our factories can pro
duce the same product and at the
! same time pay a living wage to EN-
i loyes.
! With reference to the work &C,
complished already by the Renubli-
can administration, Mr. Ogden stat.
ed that S22,0OO,0O0 of bonds selling
at eighty-five cents in 1920 are now
selling at one hundred cents on the
dollar, and that factories and mills
running twenty-five per cent capac.
ity in 1890 are now running sixty.
five per cent. In addition. he de.
c1ared that the administration has
brought about a settlement of the
Pacific disputes and assured the
far east a respite at least from
more trouble of that nature. Ap-
preparations for naval armament
has also been cut down two hun.
dred and fifty million dollars, he
said.
Mr. Ogden closed with the state.
ment that THE great Republican
party in this countrysis still the
party of idealism and vision, con
secrated to service for the Am eri-
can people, 8$5 @