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STATESMAN DEMOCRAT
I’UBUoHKD BV
c. W. BOYER. Editor.
FRIDAY, FEB. 12 lflO'.t
The official life o'Teddy Uie Terror
Js growing beautifully short and there
are few who have any sorrow for the
end. A new figure then comes on the
•cane and whether it 1* better toe"
dure the ills which now oppress u*
than to fly to these we know not of, is
a serieub question.
The present session of the stale li g
islature has brought to the front sonn
bright and shining lights who are .i.d
to he moulding leg slation and wielding
great Influence at the state capital
Wo are informed that IT n. John
Bateman has cut a wide swath espec
ially in the organization o i on c,
changing the votes of m .us ntul di
recting policies. These tilings show
that great men like prophet* are not
without honor eseep g in their own
country.
%. , tj ti,ou u being in
the Senate for bin llr.-t term hm t: k<-n
a i ■ sition which commands respect
and brings credit tjhis eonwtis.uet>t
lie i., a it.:iiy and a forceful debater i
and has - fiown himself the Intelleelu- I
al peer of any imu in the Senate. \\ >■
ha*,t> hut one fear for Mclnlite and
that ia that be may vote against sub
mission of ttic prohibition amendment
to tlie people. Jf he votes for that wc
will vote for him being all right.
What is Mr. Tift’s real, true post-!
tion ; .w.u d the South? it is openly j
said that his design is to breek the.
solid Sooth, that his desire is to ad- j
Tance the interest of ttie republican
party and we have seen no contradic
tion from him. If Mr. l aft uieautjto
better the condition of the southern .
people there is not a man south of the •
Potomac who would not;say amen,but i
when he.comes to them fawning and ]
courting them for their votes he only j
makes himself ridiculous.
The bill Introduced in the legislature ■
providing for the taxation of coal oil
and gas has apparently run upon a
roe it an a will be apt to flounder. The'
interest* ate too strong lor the bill to
succeed. There seems no end to the
army of legai tali i t employed to lobby
agaihst the measure and even that 1
distinguished tax reformer and ex- l ax
Commissioner, C. W. Million has ap
peared before the judiciary committee
of the House to which it was referred
and given his opinion that the meas
ure is unconstitutional and wil! not
Stand the test of the courts. Former
Governor MacCorble isalsoin the push
and has assaulted the bill before the
committee. It’seems strange that so
many men who a year or two ago
thought so favorably of the measure
Are so nuddealy converted to the other
Side. The great corporations which
are piping the oil and gas out of the
state hr the miliioa dollars wortli each
day and shipping the coal out by the
mile pay little or nothing to support
the state while there ia no escape for
the fanners. The Standard Oil Com
pany is making hundieds of millions
dut of West Virginia, pay nothing in
return to the state and their business
is such that they gi\e employment to
comparatively few people thus leaving
nothing to the people of the state in 1
exchange for the it v abb they are
getting. As usual wi.li most legis
lative bodies our lawmakers are going
to tiud some excuse to help the corpo
ration out and to put the saddle 02 the
farmers and small piopcrly holders
SHAKE INTO YOUR S1IOKS
▲Uea'bFoot Ea«t\ a powder. Ii cute* pni«
fol, svr* lien, hii art)ng feet «nd liiKjnut ly lake*
lh»- uting oui of corns hi <1 bunion** nud makes \
walking Try it 10-day. Sold every •
where. Sample free. Addreas Alien *». Olu.
rteaci. LcRoy, N. V.
Consumption
is, by no means, the dreadful
disease it is thought to be—in
the beginning.
It can always be stopped—in
the beginning. The trouble is:
you don’t know you’ve got it;
you don’t beiieve it; you won’t
believe it—tiil you are forced
to. Then it is dangerous.
Don’t be afraid; but attend
to it quick—you can do it
yourself and at home. Take
SCOTT’S
EMULSION
of Cod Liver Oil arid live care
fully every way.
This is sound doctrine, what
ever you may think or be tend;
and, if heeded, will save life.
Send tfeh together wEh r ime
of paper in whL i it appears, you' a civ.. —. uud
four cents to cover po*tai,c, and we will send
you a “Complete Handy Atl?s 'ke \.
SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Fear! St. New York
I There has been a writable tempest
I ia our state senate over the actioiismf
j Theodore A Ivor I, legislative agent for
the state anti-saloon league. It is al
I legati that Alvord has given out an in
terview in which he staled tliat the
| liquor Interest ami raised a large lund
| with which defeat to the.prohibition
[ amendment in the state senate, thus
stringing at leaat by inference ihat the
members of the senate were suscepti
ble of purchase. There are doubtless
lots of people who believe tliat there
was the last time and that,there will
be again this tune something going |
on but there is not proof for it and as
Itmg as their proof is not in hand no
wise man will make the charge of cor
> upturn on the part ol the senate or |
against anybody. Tins same inattei ,
was threshed over at the last
special session and fell to the ground
and if these occurrattccs continue Mr.
Alvord will eerlaii.ly fall into bad fa
vor with the pc, I- who have sup
ported anti endorsed him. IL does seem
thal a man with good judgment ought
to bn r,ill - to avoid tluse misunder
standing , :.s lie chums them to be.
It seems, to a looketl-on from this
distance, that Mr. Alvord has made a i
grave mistake undone which he
should have avoided with light of his j
experience of a year or so ago in this
same matter. Hut w hile Alvord lias j
made a mistake, if be is guilty of the |
charge,it would tie no excuse for a ten- j
alor ibr voting against the pledge.of his j
parly and contributing to the defeat of j
submission. It would be a small man j
indeed who would vote against sub-1
mission and give'that as an exense for i
so doing. Mr. Alvord means little or
nothing to the people of the state,
what lie does is of little in'erest to the
people and i;o man will he excused for
voting against submission-because Al
vord has said something distasteful to
him. It is not Alvord's fight.
11 is the people's fight for a cause for
which both parties stand pledged.
Indorsement?
Mart’.nsburg W. Va
t’eb. 9, 1909.
The Statesman-Democrat;
(lentlemen:
Will you kindly explain in your
■ ext issue when and where, was the
action of the representative (?) of the
1 ti Senatorial District in refusing to
allow the people who elected them to
vote upeu the prohibition amendment,
endorsed by the’ people ns stated in a
local daily recently, ( The pa per that
has been bragging about its large cir
culaLron)?
The method used in obtaining Sil
ver’s nomination are well known
among Democrats and bad it not been
that this district is so overwhelmingly
Democratic he would have been snow
ed under. As it w as, he was the Hor
ace Drecly of the District. Probably
that is the indorsement referred to.
Tho notorious and outrageous [man
ner in which the other representative
was nominated is too fresh in the
minds cf all good democrats to need
repeating here.
It may be that they know better than
the people themselves what is good
for the people to vote upon.
“Upon what meat does this our
Caesar feed, that lie has grown so
great.1'
Thanking you ia advance for a
little light, I am sir,
A Democrat.
We are unable to give our corre
spondent any information as to any
i endorsement of Mr. Silver or Mr. Me
1 lithe on their^jas'tion on the question
of prohibition and local option. All
| the endorsement that could nave been
given them must have been m a “pipe!
i dreaiu’ sf some ruuidum. As frrtliel
i methods aoed by Air. Sliver ill secur- |
I nig lus nomination, we have nothing I
i to say, Demterat was a supporter of i
I Mr. Silver in Dial contest abd per
haps knows just what’ methods .Mr.
Sliver i sed. As to the methods used
in the nomination of Mv. Mcluiire,
we have long ago had on■ say. The
worst feature of that proceeding, we
have maintained, Mr. Melntire was
not responsible for but the interests
behind him. Personally we have al
ways hud a high regard for Mr. Alclu
j tire and we must say that we could
I hardly retain tiiat opinion if lie voted
] for ssy decisive temperance legislation
i He was supported by the saloon lutur
; esis and was fought by the other side
an t it lie •• ere to vote against the sa
j loons it would be an ungrateful act
anl one we have never expected him
t* do.
nought Hotel
Mi Harry B. Cu«hwa, the, hardware
merchant has |elosed ;the purchase of
the Valiev Hotel property .from the
We-iphali family fur which he pays
. thislac.udes the hotel proper
ty, la three story building ami the
leutiielotol 100 feet front ami .running
| back about 100. «ir. Cusiivya will
i make a store room in the end next to
KisherV store uuil w'll lease tt o hotel,
lli gtts possession on Anril !, ,19()9,
Prswtalug SuuSuy. '
We are requested to annum ce ttist
! Rev. J. C. i.eps will not leave Hcdges
I villc this week and that he wil prssch
! i 11,. i aiiine Wa*ers church rn next
| Sunday at ths usual hour of service
Called to Account
Rev. Wm. I) McCurdy, pastor of
the Baptist church pays h's respects
tc the Evening Journal, of thle city
which lias taken upon itself to stand
as the defender of Senators Silver and
Me In t re in the’r i osition on the mat
ter of thesuhiuission of the prohibition
amendment to the vile of tlie |ieople.
Mr. McCurdy says:
Dear Sir—In recent issues of your
I paper there have apjieared certain
| statements that ought not to pass un
noticed. These statements have to do
witli tiie question of submitting a pro
hibition amendment to the voters of
our state.
Past evening you said that the
I course of our senators in opposing pro
: ul nit ton was endorsed by the people of
the Fifteenth senatorial district. W hen
was this endorsement secured? Who
gave it? When was it given? Mr.
Mclntire in a letter written before his
nomination said that lie would vote for
the submission of this ainen I nent i
nominsted and elected, lie is also re
ported to have said “It makes rue mad j
t i be called a whisky man. I never!
took a driak in my life, ami am in fat - j
or of te.n[icreuce. If 1 am nominated '
and elected I will vote for the submis
sion of the prohibition amendment, if!
my people wish me to do so.’’ 1 have
heard since that lie interpreted “r..y
people’’ to mean the democratic major-j
Uy that elected him. But how is it
possible to assort with afly degree of j
truthfulness,in the light of the«e state;!
men Is, that his eourse in opposing pro-!
hibitiou was endorsed by the people of j
the Fifteenth senatorial distract? How t
could the people endorse what he had
not done?
•So far as Mr. Hilver is concerned, it
is common talk among leading demo
crats that because of his refusal to lis
ten to the petitions signed by these
same voters urging him to vole for the
submission of the ameudment that he
could not be elected to a eonstableship.
I have heard this statement repeated
ly, .Nowhere is there any endorse
mint in this?
Again the statement that Mr. Al
vord's alleged injudicious interference
will defeat the hill. Are the people a^k
iiifTto vote ou Mr. Alvord? is lie the
amendment or is he to be amended?
All this serves to becloud the real issue j
What the legislature is asked to do is
to let the people rule, if wc are ijtiali- j
fled to elect these men to their post-j
tious we are qualified to vote on these ]
matters that -ovitally ulCect our etute. j
Now let me say this. 1 saw a letter i
from the It pior interests, a letter tint [
was intended for eveiv paper in the
stale in which letter was set forth the
value of the liquor interests to the
papers ami the further statement that
all the papers would he watched and
their attitudes would govern in the
I further bestowal of patronage on the
part of the liquor interests. This is
very slose to blaekinall. 1 would not
like to think that our news
papers were Influenced by suoit
au appeal nor that the news
papers that published Mr. Alvord’s al
leged interview had any ulterior mo
tives, hut it is plainly apparent that
such a letter was intended to exercise
such a ceutrolliug influence over the
press.
The question that is before our otate
senate is “Shall the people rule?’’
\V' I). McCurdy.
Marriages.
COOK—NOLI.
Miss Mabel J. IS011, the charming
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Noll,
«f this city and Mr. G. Clifford Cook
also of this city were married at the j
parsonage of Trinity M. E. chureti, j
South, by the pastor, Rev. W. E.
| Cocke, D. D. on last Monday evening
last in the presence of a few intimate
friends and acquaintances.
RO B1N SON —DO RANG'
Miss Emma E. Dorand, daughter of!
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dorand, and Mr.!
Howard E. Robinson, both residents |
of the county, were married at the.
United Brethren parsonage Sunday I
a week at 7.;>0 o'clock, the ceremony
being performed by Rev. A. B.W ileon
in the presence of several friends ®f the
couple. The groom is a well-known
employe of the Auburn Wogon work0.
Mr. and Mrs. Robinson will make
j their home for the p usent at the home
of tlie brides parents, about two miles
north of the city.
Wreck
A stone train from this place on the
B. and O. ran into fast freight No. S>7
while it was taking water at Cherry
Run on Wednesday morning last,
'there was no one hurt but the engine
of the stone train was thrown ueros*
the track and several cars and u.e ca
i boose were sin ashed to pieces.
No Service
Rev. Dr. F. M. Woods, has been m
j Roiuuty lids week preaching ior Dr
I Brook and will remain over next
i Sunday, the session having been un
| able to get a minister to fill the pul
: pit there will lie no service next trun
day morning or night in the church
| here.
For Sa’e—One very tine residence on
| West Burke street.. #>ee B. B. Felker.
!
Craig Bill Passes.
Charleston VV. Va., Feb. 10 -One
| last lone sifort was made by the op|>o- ,
I nents of the Craig Local Option bill to .
! defcitt the measure in the Benate this j
i afternoon, but after a motion to send i
| (he bill tiHC-k to its second reading had |
| (ailed it wi.s passed t>y a vote of 17 to
11. The yeas were: Ashburn, Bailey, j
Baker, Coastn, Craig, Uarllatj, ilat
field, Johnson, Littie[age, MclntifCi
Meredith, Miller, Sat-tee, Silver, J
Smith, (of Raleigh, White and Zilli-j
kin—17.
The nays were Blue, Carroll, Corf-- <
man, England, G.imea, lla/.lett, Kidd, ,
Sliiun, Smith (of Cabell), Sutherland
and Forman—11.
Senator Blue raised the objeetion |
that the cities under the law were to'
be protected from the countiee, then
ths counties ought to he protected I
from the cities. 'Senator England tried
to have tne oil1 sent hack to seooud
resiling because the bill was so imper
fect that it neededj'uilber amendments
and in his opinion was not a> good ae
the present laws.
Senator .Meredith held that such was j
not the case inasmuch us the ciiate j
had already manifested its appro' il of
the lull. Senator Kidd character: ssed
! the hill as a subterfuge and an atte opt
I to evade the promise of both platforms
letting the whisky people write their
[own local opt ion laws and citing lie
J fa -t that the cities which have any ex
clusive power to grant lupior license
were not permitted by tiiis law to hold
I local option elections as il applied only
I to the communities for which the coun
i ties could grant licenses.
£ Seurtor Kidd moved to a nr end the
title of the bill by having it read: “ A
bill to extend the lirptar traffic. This
motion commanded only four votes.
d hodore Alvord, legislative agent of
the Auti-saloon League, w*s before the
Senate investigating committee today
to answer to tiieeh irge that he gave an
interview staling that liquor men used
$110,001) in the Kenate last (year to de
feat prohibition arid that they have a
million this year. Alvord denies th»
interview, and Its will be confronted
this afternoon by A. N. Thompson,
the reporter who received tlie alleged
; interview from him.
Mr. and Mrs. .lames T. Shaull, who
| have been IL ing in L> un, North Caro
j ini. , have returned to tins city where
they will make their future home,
j Mr. Biiaull Iras been ir; charge sf a j
I commissary store at that place. He
[ now comes back to enter business for
! him. elf. Ha and his brother-in-law,
Mr E. E. Harwood, will open a first j
class shoe store in the Valley House 1
building next to ths store of Mr.
James B. Fisher. Boih are clever
young gentlemeu and we predict that [
they will eujoy a large trade.
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I
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