text: K] ":Vi JRK1UC....... 0,100 X^.,i.u-V 6*.* &?oane 8.^09 14.718 KSj-;?'''vv 'Binnimrj 7,34* 12,814 llfi?-: TtoTlor 6,582 -.5,390 Kg$%< Tucker 4.-19'?,767 B5^v''SrMr 9.591 10.531 -?pshur 6.378 10,630 i- Wayne 10,182 --14,702 Webster 3,181 7.469 ?f/- Wetsel 8.C94 16.933 Wirt 4.628 6.747 IK Wood 12.996 --11.362 pl-! Wyoming 3.876 7,703 |1|.. -Ceredo 1.378.685 Charleston 4,156.CS 11,526.46 -Grafton 4.143.68 3F, ISnntlhtrton a.6#l.?7 9.841.7S BE'i. aiarUnsbur* 2,817.79 4,806.00 E?i':Meundsvllle.... 1.845.12 4.616.75 KS-jS' -Parkersburg 9.584.92 Wheeling 13,134.26 20.724.20 Total 3380995.17 718.102.67 :; -Included in county in 1896. ?v " -"Add city apportionment to compare with 1896. The second table shows the per capita distribution of the general school fund; and from that table It will be seen that not only was there more money expended for school purposes in 1908, than ever before, but more money expended for school purposes for each child at school age than ever before. There are the figures: Per Capita Distribution or General School Fund. 1897 $1,110 1897 1,142 1900 1,290 1901 1,403 - 1998 1,525 J. H. MM 2,155 1997 - 1,899 1,900 HOW COUNTIES FARE Tuxes Paid by Public Service Corporations for Local Purposes Under the operation of our tax laws, the properties of public service corporations are assessed by the State Board of Public Works, and these corporations pay their taxes directly into the State treasury, then the treasurer remits to the various county and their share of the tax. Below is a table of the amounts paid to each county for the year 1898, as compared with the amount paid out for the same purposes in the first year of the present State administration, namely the tax of 1908, paid out and designated below as of 1906: 1908 1908 Barbour... $16,539.00 $21,583.37 Berkeley... $8,150.15 $22,599.55 Boone, $1,660.45 Braxton.... $6,283.99 $17,479.82 Brooke $13,289.50 $19,428.66 Bbell $15,445.27 $51,130.03 Balhoun $15,445.27 $51,130.03 Balhoun $15,445.27 $51,130.03 Payette.... $28,873.13 $84,565.12 Timber $2,919.14 Grant $1,805.92 $5,750.41 Roebler.. $9,427.69 $22,039.11 Hampshire $3,014.23 $12,256.04 Kanawha.. $5,738.46 $9,510.10 Hardy $4,537.45 $5,739.10 Jackson.... $5,973.90 $20,565.14 Jefferson... $8,033.34 $23,713.76 Kanawha.. $41,789.20 $103,636.65 Xmwls $3,111.46 $22,613.29 Silk $1,962.44 $9,466.91 Loft $978.33 $5,754.68 Marlon Maraha 17,361.97 53,910.83 Mason 12,473.45 31,114.08 Mercer 20,518.50 50,205.41 Mineral 13,313.04 35,703.27 Mineral 26,791.81 67,142.73 Monongalia 5,630.27 38,385.06 Monroe 1,082.75 2,818.98 Morgan 12,134.02 30,852.25 McDowell 32,666.50 63,588.90 Ketcholas 1,630.25 5,479.77 Ohio 11,322.84 33,214.74 Pendleton 40,60 Pocahontas 1,2 13.70 3 4,714.87 Pleasant 2,155.92 19,294.06 Preston 14,561.06 36,804.19 Putnam 6,858.38 19,586.09 Raleigh 1,892.81 10,523.75 Randolph 14,953.50 30,950.08 Ritchie 5,832.01 25,376.98 Roane 1,048.91 5,674.51 Summers 13,271.67 30,133.38 Taylor 11,427.90 28,922.08 Walker 9,141.35 17,038.97 Tyler 1,761.42 2,816.00 T7??hur 4,258.37 11,232.87 Wayne 21,749.11 52,513.01 Webster 2,109.25 8,610.01 J UDGE GEORGE W. ATKINSON FOR GOVERNOR Ex-Governor George W. Atkinson William E. Glasscock, Republican "I have known Mr. Glasscock for a quarter of a century, and I never knew him in honorable act of any sort. He is a plucky, and I have yet to hear an able act. The people who know always been square and truthful in any further that if elected, and I am one of the fairest and best survivors both unfair and unjust for any one to do improper acts of any kind or brainy, fair minded man, and will stand. I can see no reason why I elected." Wood 18,892.20 58,988.72  Increase of disbursement for 1908 over 1908 for purposes named above. $1,121,423.91. Could anything be more complete or more decisive? The public service corporations paid $1,121,423.91 more money toward support of the various counties and towns in 1908 than they did in 1906. Thus the new tax laws operate. The new tax laws, as they stand today, are the products of a Republican administration. When the Democratic party says it favors a tax system that will not "operate to discourage, hamper or retard the development of the industries and resources of the State," it means, if it means anything, that it will repeal the laws that have brought about the beneficent results. It means, if it means anything, that it will restore the system that allowed railroad, telegraph and telephone and pipe line properties to be assessed at less than one-fifth their real value. It means, if it means anything, that it will shape taxation so as to take over one and one-half million dollars annual taxes off of the great corporations, and put it on the shoulders of the farmer, the merchant and the working man. This is what Democracy means when it assails the tax laws, and we confidently rely upon the sober judgment, the sound sense and the integrity of the voters of West Virginia to resist this attack upon their own interests, and the interests of the State. OTHER LEGISLATION Magnificent Record of legislative achievements Made by the Republican Party. In addition to the magnificent record which it has made in the creation and upbuilding of many State institutions, in the enlargement of all the Republican activities that make for the general welfare and common good, and in the complete reorganization of our tax system along section lines, just and equitable lines, Republican administration in West Virginia has been fruitful of general legislation of the greatest public good. It is necessary only to refer to some of the measures that have been put on the statute books by Republican governors. First?We have referred to the legislation that took from the auditor and secretary of state the enormous fees of those offices, and turned these sums into the state treasury. Second?Legislation has been enacted that requires a portion of all the fees of the various county offices to be turned into the various county treasuries, and also requires an accurate accounting of those fees. Heretofore it has been impossible to ascertain the exact amount of those fees. Under the new law these amounts will be known, and it will be possible in the light of the knowledge to make such further enactments as will insure respectable compensation to all county offices, without allowing extravagance. Third?A general two cent railroad fare law has been enacted and is now in force. This puts West Virginia in line with the most progressive states in the Union in railroad legislation. Every passenger on every railroad in the state, every day in the year, experiences the benefit of this wise and reasonable limitation of railroad fares. It is significant that the largest and most important railroads in this state have submitted to the law without a contest, thus testifying to its fairness and equity. Fourth?Laws have been passed forbidding railroads to condemn property on both banks of navigable streams. The intent and effect of this act is to prevent one railroad company from monopolizing all the available lines of construction in a certain territory, and thus keeping out reasonable competition. Fifth?An act known as the uniform accounting law has been passed. This provides for the inspection and supervision of all county and district offices and establishes a uniform system of public accounting. Its object is to secure a full and detailed statement of the expenditure of every cent of public money, and it will ensure that many laws and wasteful methods that have heretofore prevailed, will be abolished. Sixth?A Sunday closing law of the most rigid character has been put on the statute books. The moral sense of the people of West Virginia is against the Sunday saloon. In many towns and cities in this state, PRAISES GLASSSCOCK, NOMINEE ERNESTOR. When asked his opinion of Hon. Candidate for Governor, said, may say intimately, for more than or was associated with a square, intentionally or wilfully to do a dishonest on whom I always relied upon one charge him with a dishonorable well, all say that he has always is public and private life. I can trust he will be, he will prove to lors the state has ever had. It is to charge that he will be induced for character. He is a big, broad, determined right under any and all circumstances he should not be triumphantly and your true sons tire a nuisance in the law against Sunday selling has been violated, and efforts to punish offenders have often failed on account of defective legal machinery. The new enactment is so rigid and complete that it has practically put an end to Sunday liquor selling in West Virginia. Seventh?The extraordinary session of the legislature in 1908, passed a law providing for the investment of sinking funds, established for the purpose of paying off the bonded indebtedness of counties, districts and towns, and also provides carefully the kind of securities in which such funds can be invested. This protects the interest of the tax payer in a very ! vital point. Eighth?At the same session of the legislature an act was passed providing for the registration of voters. With our great and growing population, such an act had become a necessity. if the purity of our elections was to be preserved. The Republican party met The issue squarely by passing a new adequate law which substantially assures that every legal voter will have the right to vote, while it establishes an effective safeguard against illegal voters. Ninth—The corrupt practice act. Passed at the extra session, is a comprehensive and well framed law, designed to prevent illegal voting in primaries or elections, the corrupt use of money, or other form of persuasion, to limit the expense of candidates, to define the powers and duties of political committees, and generally to assure the reasonable, honest and decent performance of those great electoral duties, on which the safety of the state and the nation depend. Certainly no more important or beneficial enactment has ever been written into our laws. Tenth?A comprehensive common school law has been passed, which radically revises the entire organization of the country schools along lines that have been prepared by the most experienced educators in the state. Eleventh?A new ballot law has been passed which simplifies the ballot, and at the same time reduces the possibility of fraud. We submit to the voters of West Virginia that this is a body of constructive legislation In which any party in any state might well be proud. It proves that the Republican party in West Virginia, like the Republican party in the nation at large, is the iuvntri pnt" It f<i the \ Post-Gradu Four years ago the Republic* too high- and that public utility ai promised to equalize the tax bu: The Democrats asserted that farmers and home owners and de< toon showing the board of public i.. ' ' : In 1904 under the old tax li from the owners of real and ] In 1904 the total taxes colle ed to In 1907 total taxes collected f In 1907 the total taxes collec tels real amounted to In other words the owners o! laws $025,000 cold cash; the neweaten up in. taxation. At the san flscatorv. It is simply their share W ho Was Right in ll oartv that meets the problems of the ! day as they arise and-" b rings to their solution the best judgment, the widest experience, ami the most conscientious devotion to i public duty. On this record'it may | appeal to the people of West Virginia ; In the confident belief that it has j ' thoroughly merited a verdict of well done. AS 10 EXTRAVAGANCE A Baseless Charge Made by the Democratic Candidate Refuted. We come now to a consideration of the general charge of extravagance, made against the Republican administration. This charge has been repeatedly made by Mr. Bennett and it seems to be his principal stock in trade. In view of what we have previously shown of the development of the state in population and riches, of the upbuilding and increase in number of our various institutions, of the increase in our school terms, and of the many public duties which the state now performs, and which it did not perform all or only in small measure twelve years ago, it is hardly necessary to make a detailed answer to this charge. It is extravagant to give the school children in the country districts of the state six months instruction each year instead of four, then the Republican administration has been extravagant. If it is extravagant to provide the Normal schools with roomy and sanitary buildings, decent equipment, and a sufficient number of trained instructors, then the Republican administration has been extra vagrant. If it is extravagant to increase the usefulness of the state university, multiplying its attendance fivefold, and providing the means of instruction to this large body of young men and young women; then the Republican administration has been extravagant. If it is extravagant to provide adequate maintenance and supervision, and to erect and maintain... Mr. M. L. Garland, ex-president of the Kin and Steel Workers, declared that the workmen at this public hospitals for the benefit of unfortunate injured in accidents. The public hospitals for the insane, as well as the Deaf and Dumb Asylum with buildings and appliances suitable for their needs, and such as a great and prosperous commonwealth may well afford, then the Republican administration has been extravagant. If it is extravagant to equip the humane institutions of the state, such as the two asylums for the insane, and the Deaf and Dumb Asylum with buildings and appliances suitable for their needs, then the Republican administration has been extravagant. If it is extravagant to erect and maintain an institution in which insanity and incurable suffering may be relieved, then the Republican administration has been extravagant. The people of West Virginia know full well how to measure the charge of extravagance. The know that they have gotten full value for every dollar of their money expended under Republican administration during the last twelve years, and they know moreover that the splendid improvements which have been made in the state's institutions and in the performance of public duties, have been made on a lower average tax rate than prevails in over three-fourths of the states in the Union. The stewardship of the Republican party during the last twelve years has been marked by industrious economy and by the strictest care of public interest. The Ideal and Public Service of "Win. E. Glasscock." The Republican party is particularly fortunate in the candidates for state offices. All are men of the people, the sons of humble homes, they have made their way upward by hard and honest work. The sterling qualities which have made them respected by their friends and neighbors, and which have given them success without the aid of inherited fortune, will insure their continued faithful service to the people. It is proper to speak at special length of our candidate for governor. William E. Glasscock, the nominee of the Republican party for governor, was born and reared upon a small farm on Indian Creek, Monongalia County; and is one of a family of ten children. His parents were of Scotch descent. His early education was confined to the public course. The proposed tax laws were a corporation, because those of corporations, especially those of corporations, were assessed from railroads and other public property. The proposed tax laws were a corporation, and those of corporations, especially those of corporations, were assessed from railroads and other public property. The Republican schools, in these schools, the strong qualities of mind and heart, which were afterwards destined to make him a leader of men, became manifest. When a controversy arose among the pupils of the school "Bill" Glasscock, as he was endearingly called, was always chosen. As arbiter. Here also it was that he first acquired the right to arbitrate. Ed a desire for knowledge beyond the province of the public schools. His father being unable to furnish the means necessary to give all his children a higher education, this boy determined to make his own way and earn for himself the means of securing a higher education. This boy determined to attend the public schools, he applied himself at nights and mornings to an independent course of study with a view of preparing himself to teach. This he did thoroughly, and at the very early age of eighteen years became a very successful school teacher. So progressive and popular was he as a teacher that in 1887 he was elected county superintendent of free schools of Monongalia county and re-elected in 1888. This office is one of considerable importance in that county owing to the fact that the chief educational institution of the state is located there. During his terms as superintendent of schools he was married to Mary Alice Miller, the accomplished daughter of a neighboring village merchant. To this union three children were born, one of whom, a bright boy of twelve years, is still living. Mr. Glasscock's conduct of the office of county superintendent of schools was such that he was given the opportunity to become a teacher. tendent, and his larger acquaintance with the people of the county, greatly increased the public confidence in him. Consequently, when he offered himself at the next election as a candidate for clerk of the circuit court, he was overwhelmingly nominated in the primary of his party, and afterwards overwhelmingly elected at the general election. The performance of his duties in this office was so intelligent, able, and satisfactory that at the end of his term he was re-elected for another term without opposition in his own party. During his service as clerk he began the practice of law. At the expiration of his second term as clerk he began the practice of law. It was no surprise to his friends to learn that he succeeded from the start. Having naturally a legal mind, and with clear perception, calm patience, and tireless energy, he soon became a leader at the bar of his native county, enjoying a lucrative and well-paying practice. On the death of Hon. Thomas E. Davis in 1905, he was appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for West Virginia by Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, and since has acceptably filled. That office and at the same time, successfully (Continued) his law practice at Morganstown. In all the public trusts he has displayed a full realization of his responsibility, and has conscientiously performed the duties thereof to the fullest extent. His home life is beautiful. Surrounded by a happy family, dispenses a kindly and generous but unostentatious hospitality in true American style. He is now forty-six years of age and in the very prime of intellectual force, of gentle manners, considerate of the feelings and welfare of others, and of unassailable Christian character. Just such a man as would grace the executive chair of any state—a splendid type of American manhood. In Conclusion. The Republican party in West Virginia stands on its record of achievement; It is a party constructive statesmanship; the party of business ability in the conduct of government. We have shown by the records how West Virginia has developed and advanced under Republican control; how the public institutions of the state have been built up and improved; how education has been fostered; how the burdens of taxation have been lifted from the shoulders of the farmers and small property owners; and personal property were taxed, and were not paying their share. They had a scheme to increase taxes of railroads. Do you recall the carpenters' festival? The state and municipal, collected by 15,712,000 of service corporations, amounted to $5,086,300, which amounted to $5,086,300. The operation of the new tax pockets that would otherwise have been on the corporations is not considered or the Democrats? The holders of the state and made equal and uniform upon all the property in the state tangible and intangible; how the assessment of state taxes has been reduced from thirty-five cents to five cents on each one hundred dollars of property valuation; how large property interests which never before bore any of the burdens of government have been brought in and made to contribute their share; how the aggregate of direct taxes on the farmers and property holders, which before all the burdens of government, have been increased, notwithstanding the demands on the state have been greatly increased; how the legislation under the Republican party while fair to capital and its investments has been in the interest of the whole people. With this record before us, with an able, conscientious state ticket and with a direct, positive, affirmative platform, we appeal to the voters of the state to continue the policies of the Republican party in both State and National. There should be no turning back to the solid South; there should be no halt in the advance and development of the State; those Republican policies so ably carried forward under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt should be continued under Taft and Sherman. The great work of the Republican party in both State and national should receive a sweeping endorsement by the people of West Virginia at the polls in November next. PRANK COX. Mortgageown. A. B. WHITE, Charleston. P. W. MORTGAGE. Parkersburg H. C. OGDEN. Wheeling Sub-Committee of members of advisory committee. Bryson cannot escape from this record in favor of government, ownership, and control. The great rate filed by Wing to persuade the people to let him own the government. BGGARS ALL THEM County, of Harrison: Charles Bryant, a citizen of Colfax, Montgomery county, Kentucky, now a resident of Clarksburg, Virginia, and a glassworker by occupation, has been designated one of the members of the House of Representatives, one of the members of the House of Representatives, and one of the members of the House of Representatives. This is the first time that the House of Representatives has been designated by the House of Representatives. That, in the month of September, in the year at 1893, I was appointed by John P. Eberhardt, president of the Local Assembly, 800 Knights of Labor, as one of a committee to appear before the Ways and Means Committee of Congress, that then had charge of the Wilson bill, the duty of said committee being to use their efforts to have the Ways and Means Committee modify the reduction, at contemplated by them, of the tariff on window glass. In due time, we were given a hearing, and after the adjournment of this committee, we stood around in groups talking with different members of Congress. I noticed Mrs. William Jennings Bryan talking to some of our members, and stepped to the side just in time to hear him say: "Do you realize that you are public beggars?" The answer was made by someone, "We do not consider it begging to ask for protection against the importation of foreign-made goods." Mr. Bryan then said, "You are nevertheless public beggars." With this, he immediately left us. CHARLES BRYANT. Taken, subscribed, and sworn to before me this 7th day of September 1908. J. O. T. TID Ler. xvotary fuonc. Harrison County, West Virginia TAX LAWS ENDORSED Four years ago when it became apparent that Hon. Wm. M. O. Dawson, the Republican nominee for governor, had been elected, his Democratic opponent, Hon. John J. Cornwell, sent him the following significant telegram: Romney, W. Va., Nov. 11, 1904. Hon. Wm. A. O. Dawson Charleston, W. Va. In electing you Governor, the people have endorsed the new tax laws. I congratulate you, and hope your administration will be a successful one. JOHN J. CORNWELL. The people have endorsed the new tax laws indeed, all except Louis Bennett, ex-Governor MaeCorkle, the public service corporations, the tax dodgers and the professional politicians who see nothing good in Republican enactments. BIG MAJORITIES. After a conference with Chairman S. V. Matthews, of the Republican state committee at Clarksburg, United States Senator Stephen B. Elkins gave out a statement in which he declared that Taft will be elected by a majority almost as great as MacCorkle, and that indications point to the election of Hon. William Glasscock, for governor, by probably 23,000. "Glasscock will come up the Kanawha river," he said, "with ten or twelve thousand majority, even though the first congressional district loses a thousand, which is improbable, it leaves three thousand majority, and allowing for a like loss in the second, leaves 2,600 and in the fourth we look for 2,500 majority. The gubernatorial candidate's majority." Unity will be 22,000 to 23,000. Uncle John Miller and His Letter. Hail Uncle John Miller. He is a very much talked about person in West Virginia during this campaign. "Uncle John" came into prominence when his nephew, Hon. William B. Glasscock, at a ratification meeting tendered him by his home folks and neighbors regardless of party affiliations, read a short note of advice written by his good old hard-headed, sensible relative, "Uncle John" Miller's advice to his nephew is on incomparable political platform within itself, and with rare fine judgment Mr. Glasscock did not heed the advice of old uncle as a part of his political platform, and the guiding star to which he will hitch the cart that carries his political destinies. At his home at Rymer, September 8, 1908, "Uncle John" Miller wrote to his nephew, Hon. William E. Glasscock, the following rules for his political guidance. Read them, for they are destined to figure largely in the candidacy of Mr. Glasscock: "Keep a cool head and a stiff upper lip; "Make a clean right for all the people: "Steer clear of all factions; "Wear your own collar; "Don't forget your poor relations; "Fear God and keep his commandments and you will surely triumph. "Your uncle, "OH-V A letter was made public at the Republican state headquarters Wednesday, which shows up on the subject of "Shall we have a non-apolitical legislature in public school houses and churches on the Civic Right." In the midst of prosperity, the "lecture" language is more or less than a campaign speech for the Democratic party. The speech for the Democratic party aims to be a Republican. But is not supporting the ticket this year because of Dr. Taff's resignation and because he thinks the state administration is all to the bad. This change has come over him since September 1 last, very evidently, for on that date he wrote: Chairman S. V. Matthews, from Huntington as follows: Hon. S. V. Matthews, State Chairman, Clarksburg, W. Va. Dear Friend Sam: I am sure to help the campaign by West Virginia in the West Virginia committee wants it. I am "loose on the handle" and waiting to be "tightened up." If you want to know anything about me, ask Hon. Elliott Northcott. A. M. Sikes can tell you something about me and, by the way, in you know something about me yourself. I will only be here a short time and can run up to state headquarters on a day's notice. What do you say? What can the committee do? You understand that I will not be on the hands of the party for a job after the campaign, and whatever we do in the way of salary will be full payment for valued services. Yours for the party, S. V. Matthews. SENSE X. Write me if you want me to come at once. S. V. Matthews. "Yours for the party," Seneca said, "was turned down cold by Chairman Matthews, who knew the "reverend's record from the time he crossed the boundary from Kentucky. There was no need to "tighten Swimme, who was "loose on"; and sadly needed "full payment for valuable services." Ever, it would seem that the Democratic state committee has performed that service for him. Swimme has been a proacher, down " 5 state editor and professional spoil-, binder. Wherever he is known his. influence amounts to naught, and for that reason the Democratic state committee is using him In counties. The Republican state committee has warned air cbunty men to watch out for him and to expose his duplicity ., and fakirfisn - ^ I wherever, he shows His face. ? ' . -spU i GLASSCOCK FOR I CLEAN GOVERNMENT. ? y (Continued from pass IVi r ponded much money in the constructs tlon of additional buildings for Our 1 University and Normal Schools. And [ tending these educational Institutions ~ has necesaerily increased the legltls mate expenses of such institutions, . Under Republican control the stats' - has met all tljese Increased demands and at the same time decreased the direct tax upon the property of the ' / I state. ' The 'cry of exravagance made by. j the Democracy will he found to be %/ untrue by those who care to Invest!- " gate the facts. The question is not how much money we nave spent but how wisely It has been expended. While the state has prospered.un-. der "-wise laws enacted by the Republican party, she has been no less for unato In tho executive and adminls;rative branch of the govenqment. The administration of the affairs of. the state under Republican rule has - i: been characterised 'by economy, wisdom and Intogrity. In conclusion I want to say that I have the greatest confidence In the honesty. Integrity and good lodgment " '{ J ' of the American people. I believe '* I' that In the exercise or inat judgment : s i they will not hesitate to select as the Mfc :. Chief Executive of our Nation, the man who by training, experience, and the natural endowments which he possesses to so large an extent is preeminently qualified to do and perform the duties of the highest office within the gift of our people. I believe that on the 4th day of March, 1908, Wm. Howard Taft was inaugurated President of these United States, and on the same day expect to take the oath of office as the Chief Executive of your State. A Georgia man has kicked a railway train off the track. Thus does the Georgia man. 