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Wst Virgin fault.
The mas H. Mason, Business Manager
The Wheeling Regtittr under
Lewis Baker was the recognized
organ of the Ring and it is now do
ing what little it can to promote
Mr. Camden's re-election. We,
therefore, make some extracts from
it and offer such comment* as seem
appropriate.
Mr. Camden is receiving congrat
ulations from Republicans and Dem
ocrats on th* success of the Inter
state Commerce bill. ,
Mr. Camden was absent from his
post of duty. It will be observed,
bi9 organs are very careful not to
mention that the Senator was in
Charleston and not in Washington
at the very time there was the great
est need of his presence in the Sen
ate.
Republicans say they will never
vote for Camden. Mr. ( arnden s
private secretary, if we remember
rightly, has in his possession several
letters from Republicans protesting
against tht'ir party’s methods and
declaring that if a Democrat is to
be elected he is their choice.
It is perfectly well known to all
who profess any acquaintance with
recent politics in this State that du
ring the canvass Mr. Camden’s man
agers endeavored to nominate re
publicans who were favorable to
him, and it is perfectly well known
in Charleston that Kountz (Presi
dent of Mr. Camden’s railroad)
Tom Staggers, Dan rarnswortn anu
other republicans are now in that
citv trying to influence their politi
cal associates in the Legislature to
vote for Mr. Camden. Is it uot
nauseating to hear the Senator s
partizans cry out that it is treason
for a democrat to refuse to caucus
until their has been a joint ballot
in the two Houses. Take the pic
ture and look at it. Certainly true
and trusted democrats, whose loyal
ty to their party and whose fidelity
to its principles caunot be question
ed have publicly declared that it is
the duty of the democratic minority
in the New York Legislature to vote
with the more patriotic republicans
in that body to elect Roscoe Conk
ling over wood-pulp Miller. In
West Virginia the republican minor
ity profess a willingness to unite
with those democrats in the Legisla
ture who are determined to rescue
this State from the clutches of the
Standard Oil Octopus. With an
insincerity, disgusting and without
parallel, the claquers of monopoly
make a pretense that it is treason
to the party for any democrat to fa
vor any candidate who may receive
a republican vote. And they make
this pretense although they well
know that such candidate will be
a gentleman who in a contest with
Mr. Camden befor? the people would
receive ninety per cent, of the demo
cratic vote. The weakness of ur
party lies in the tact that it has
been dominated, in recent years, by
a class of professional politicians
who seek success by subterfuge and
misrepresentation.
Referring to the opposition to Mr.
Camden the Kegister says:
Some men, to gain advantage fur
themselves, mav betray their own party
and enter into a'despieable compact with
the enemy. Others on account of per
sonal dislike for some man, held high in
the estimation of a great majority in In-*
party, resolve to ruin the party rather
than' see this man elevated to the pos.
tion to which tho people destto to choose
him.'
It is well for the Register to re
member that while the organ of the
Ring it has long since ceased to be
the organ of the party. Democrats
have not forgotten that its former
editor voted the Republican ticket
at the election in 1884. We put the
questb a to thoughtful Democrats:
Which is most probable, that Cam
den's money has subsidized the Reg
ister or that men like Willis Wilson,
Daniel Lucas and J. M. Syden
strieker “make a despicable bargain
to gain some advantage for them
selves?” Which is most probable,
that the Standard Oil money has
subsidized the Register, or that the
gentlemen who refuse to caucus arc
actuated by “a personal dislike?”
Who are the gentlemen whose mo
tives the Register dares impugn?
They are such men as J. C. Abler
6on, Dennis O'Keefe, John J. Davis,
Dr. Late, J. II. Hurry, John Bran
non, Geo. Bennett, Thomas Brad
ford, Kettle, of Randolph; Dr. Here
ford, of Nicholas; Colstan, Chew,
Lucas. Mason, Lewis, Davenport,
(and as to Jefferson our personal
acquaintance is such that we might
fill many pages with the names of
such men) Mathews, J. W. Harris,
Frank Hereford, Nelson Campbell
and Crosier, Quarrier, Jas. Brown
and Floyd. McClnng, Sydenstricker,
Fearaster, Hi nor, Peyton Byrne,Kin
eev, Price, ot Marshall, Price, of
_
. ******... mmnmmmnr
Mineral, Hoi. Cunningham. of TVn
dluton; Garrett Cunningham, of
Hardy- and, diu we have the space,
we c( aid fill every column of. the
Democrat with true and trusted
Democrat a. whofce past conduct
stands sponsor for their loyalty to
Democratic principle®. Arc these
the men likely “to make a despica
i ble compact to gain a personal ad
vantage?” Are these the men who
are “actuated by a personal dislike?”
Is it not more probable that papers
like the Register have becu hired to
manufacture a spnrious and factious
public opinion in order to promote
the purposes of monopoly? How
long will the Democratic party re
tain the confidence of our people if
such men as these are successfully
railed at by the hired tools of mil
lionaire politicians' tor ouise!\cs
we have lost all patience with news
papers like the Register. and the
sooner they are excluded from re
spectable recognition the better it
will be for this State and for the
Democrat ie party. The people may
rest assured that it is safer to follow
| such men as those I nr^nc than to
follow newspapers like the Register.
Men like those we have taken the
liberty to mention cannot be bought
with money and will never betray
their party.
Charleston, W. Va., Jan. 18.
Gov. Wilson's administration of
his otiicc is the snhject of general
commendation. Ho has been zeal
ous and industrious and all his ac
tions force a belief that fhey are
prompted by a fixed determination
to do his duty without fear and with
t out favor. Perhaps lie is sometimes
too importunate but it is the out
come of nervous energy. His chief
weakness and that which somewhat
impairs his efficiency is an inability
to accept suggestion* or listen to
advice. This a subject of regret
among the governor’s many friends
and is frequently mentioned in their
conferences. But on the w hole it is
very doubtful whether any of his
competitors in the Wheeling conven
tion could have rendered the State
better service. The railroad taxes
were paid and the shcrifl settled
with a promptness that has no pre
cedence. Every dollar of State rev
enue for 1885 has been paid. No
other Governor ha* ever been able
to make a similar statement. Aud
itor Du (Tv is entitled to as much
credit as the Governor. With the
exception of Major Bennett, he is by
far the best officer we have ever had
in that place. He i - pains taking,
and perfectly honest. I send you
the Governor's message for a supple
ment but fear it may r.ot reach you
in time. The mail arrangement
here is simply outrageous. The
mail going east at G a. m. closes at
7 p. m. In Charlestown we can mail
a letter at any time during the night
although the train leaves at G:50 a.
m. But it ia of less importance that
the Democrat should print the mes
sage because it is being widely dis
tribated by the members of the leg
islature and the aim of the Democrat
is to publish information which oth
i erwise may not become known to the
people.
There are no new developments as
to the Senatorship. The Camden
circle was considerable excited last
evening by what seemed a movement
. to bring forward ex-Sen&tor Davis.
There was a report that Elkins was
on his way to this place for the pur
pose of inducing the Republicans to
reinstate ids father-in-law. But I
am confident the rumor had little
foundation. The two chief objections
to Mr. Camden arc these: he is not
qualified for the place, and his per
sonal interests and business associa*.
tions are not in harmony with the
common wants of the great body of
onr people. These objections apply
equally to Davis, and his election
would be as injurious as that of Mr.
Camden. The simple fact is, Cam
den’s defeat, which is now inevita
ble unless he can purchase some of
the Republican vote, is simply an
uprising of the more patriotic ele
ments against Ring rule and ma
chine politics. There i9 a desire to
elect a man who will stand in the
front ranks and be recognized the
country over as a statesman. Lucas
is frequently mentioned as an avail
able candidate. The opposition to
Camden and many of his most
zealous supporters are fully in ac
cord that the next Senator shall not
, be a mugwump, viz: one of those
| timid, unaggressive, “I cant-help
anybody” sort of gentlemen who al
ways stand back in the hope of
reaping the fruits of a fight made j
by others. Camden’s friends object
j to a mugwump and on this point
I there is harmony.
I * * I
The Republicans havo developed
their policy; they propose that if
Mr. Camden bo elected, it shall be
done by the Democratic party, and
then they will make the issue that
the only way to rescue the State
from the Standard Oil Company is
to vote against the Democrats in
188S. It is frequently said that
money or some other corrupt mean3
will obtain as many Republican
votes as Mr. Camden may require.
I do not believe this is so, and
for the reason that just so certain as
there is good cause for suspicion an
investigation will be prosecuted with
a relentlessness and intelligence that
must bring out the facts. In other
I ^
I words, the man who takes a bribe
I will go to the penitentiary, and the
larger the bribe the greater the risk
i of exposure. The state of feeling is
! such that I firmly believe the Legis
| lature Avould, should the occasion
I arise, offer a reward ot‘ $100,000 for
j proof sufficient to convict one of its
} members of receiving comi>ensation
! for his vote for Senator. There i?
j another matter worthy of notice.
1 One cannot help observing that the
| Republicans in the Legislature,
j taken as a body, are a vast improve
ment upon those we generally find
in that body. There is no disguis
ing the fact that they compare very
favorably with our men. I happen*
i ed to see a letter an Ohio man was
|
i writing home to his paper yesterday
and he named as among the most
influential members, Lucas, Lhew,
Flournoy. Shaw, Sydenstricker, Me
Clung, Harding, Chipley, Iliner,
Gorrell, Kinsey, and Price among
the Democrats, and Maxweli, Daw
son, Hagans, Duval, McWhorter,
Whitaker and Iloke among the Ke
publicans. My Ohio friend was not
as well advised as he might be con
cerning West Virginia politics, hut
1 mention this simply as a straw
showing the course of the wind. It
should be remembered that he form
ed his opinions upon what he heard
said in the corridors of the hotels.
Were it not invidious to draw dis
tinction 1 would make a somewhat
different list to include those he
omitted.
The opinion is growing that forty
five days are not sufficient to enable
a Legislature to act intelligently. It
requires at least one month for a
body of mui to make that personal
acquaintance which is necessary for
t he free interchange of views. Un
fortunately the members are scat
tered over this town in the different
boarding houses, and they seldom
meet except while the Houses arc in
session or when the committees con
vene. It is obviously impracticable
to accomplish intelligent legislation
without investigation and without
consultation. Two or three members
will agree upon a proposition but
before their views become generally
known the session is over and the
next Legislature has to deal with
every proposition without the slight
est assistance from those who,* at
the preceding Legislature, consider
ed the same subjects. This is strik
ingly illustrated by the condition of
the bill which was prepared last
session to amend the assessment
law. It will l»e remembered that a
sub-committee spent nearly six i
weeks in this work, lavery section
of the bill was carefully considered, !
but when it was ready to be reported i
only a few days of the session re-'
rnained, and before its merits be- j
came known to those who were not i
on the committee the session was i
over. It is the judgment of the
more intelligent that there should !
be an extra session next fall, because !
during the vacation the unfinished :
business can be discussed and con
sidered. There is a very large pri- i
vate interest in this State which
thrives and Guds great profit in the
mai administration of public affairs, j
For example, those who now escape
taxation do not wish the law no
amended as to reach the property
which now escapes, and this private
interest exerts every influence to
prevent intelligent legislation. The
most effective way to thwart such
legislation is to prevent an extra
session, and they lose no opportuni
t3' to discourage it. On the other
hand, the great majority of the Leg
islature are sincerely anxious to ben
efit the State and while apt to be
misled by the false clamor emana
ting from designing men, yet tbeir
mistakes are errors of the head and
not of the heart. It i9 too soon as
yet to predict whether there will be
an extra session but it is already j
very evident that very little, if any j
thing of general utility will be ac-1
complished unless one is held. , '
The above was written this morn- j
ing. I now write late in the even
ing. Camden’s managers have ob- :
taiued 35 names to their call for a
caucus. It will be held tomorrow
night. Every man then present will
be pledged to vote for its nominee.
The ballot will be secret. There
will 1>c 27 votes for Camden and
eight will be scattered among several
other candidates. The caticus will
then adjourn and in the joint <oh
vention on the 25th Camden will
receive 35 Democratic votes. The
| Republicans will vote solid for Goff
i and the representatives of true D**
; moeracy, representing as they do the
; democratic counties of the State, will
; east their votes first for one and
! then for another of those gentlemen
who, in their judgment, come nearest
to the standard which ought to be
established for a position so high,
1 so responsible and so honorable. It
is a remarkable faet and it is con
clusive proof of their sincerity and
unselfishness, that the opposition to
Camden are perfectly willing to unite
on cither of eight or ten gentlemen
who have been suggested;—they
want a man of capacity, of integrity
and a true Democrat; beyond this
they ask nothing. The thirteen men
who refuse to caucus deserve the
highest praise and if their constitu
ents could see 31 r. Camden's lobby
and the influences here present to be
exerted in his behalf there is nothing
within the gift of the ballot box the
Democracy of this State would not
gladly give to these thirteen men.
All honor to them.
Camden's managers arc writing
to the different counties, urging
prominent Democrats to advise their
delegates? and Senators to go into
caucus or to vote for the caucus
nominee. The object is, to bring a
pressure to bear and thereby swerve
from the path of duty men who are
trying to do right. It is very cer
tain, such advice will not be given
by anv true Democrat who compre
hends the situation here.
Among the Federal officeholders
now in this city, I may mention the
following:
John T. McC.raw, Interna! Reve
nue Collector; Flem Rader. Deputy:
W. Steel, Deputy; Jake Cunning
ham, Doorkeeper. House of Repre
sentatives; Benj. Lurtv, Department
Clerk; C. C.Sehon, Marshall; Clins.
Wells, Deputy; D. Leonard, Assist
ant District Attorney; Senator Cam
den, Senator Keuna, Waterman,
Camden’s private Secretary .and paid
by the Government; Manning, P.
31., Summers count} ; Congressman
Snyder. J. M. 31.
Charleston, W. Va., Jan. 18.
The usual number of bills have
been introduced iu the Legislature,
but nothing of special interest lias
occurred in that body. A resolution
offered by 31 r. Lucas has passed
both Houses requesting our repre
sentatives at Washington to ascer
tain why the appropriations for the
improvement of the Shenandoah
river have not been expended. Lucas
has also offered a bill to prevent the
free-pass bribery. It will gratify
the public to be informed that many
members of the Legislature refused
to travel on a free pass. It has come
to my knowledge that MeCreery and
Rife, of Raleigh, Lucas and Chew,
Flournoy and Pugh, Sydenstricker
and MeClung, < ’rockett, and several
others, whose names I now forget,
did not use the.passes scut to them
by different railroads. Let it be un
derstood that the mention of these
names docs not indicate that they
are the only ones entitled to cicdit.
The matter came up the other day
in conversation, and my informant
happened to be advised respecting
these gentlemen.
The situation of the Senatorial
contest at this hour (11 r. m ) is
simply this: Thirteen Democratic
members of the Legislature, than
whom there are no better men in
that body, have decided not to go
into caucus iu which Mr. Camden’s
re-election is preordained. They
take the position that it is their
duty to rescue West Virginia from
the clutches ot the Standard Oil
Company. The clamor of Mr. Cam
den's organs may for a time impress
thoughtless persons with the false
idea that these gentlemen are viola
ting some party usage or Democratic
custom, but in point of fact they are
performing the only act that can
save this State to the Democracy in
1SS8. These gentlemen deserve un
bounded credit, and I doubt whether
the general public will ever fully
comprehend how great is the debt of
gratitude due to them. It seems to
be the received opinion here that
Mr. Camden's re-election is impossi
ble. He cannot be elected unless he
succeeds in detaching from their
party at least nine Republican votes.
The latest report is that Switzer, of
Putnam, has decided that he cannot
support the Senator. He is a man
of decision of character and strict
--■- ' '" "
integrity, and if be has come to
this conclusion lie cannot be swerved
from liittftense of duty by threats or
by rewards. My information is that
Mr. Camden cannot calculate on
more than twenty-seven votes, al
though thirty-seven have signed the
call for a caucus to be held on Wed
nesday night. If a caucus be held
by a fragment of the party, Mr.
Camden will procure ten votes which,
without a caucus, would be against
him. It is therefore evident, that
unless a “fragment-caucus” beheld,
it will require nineteen Republicans
to retain him in the Senate. The
more thoughtful Democrats are very
positive that it is ranch better for
‘he party that he should be elected
bv nineteen Republicans and twen
ty-seven Democrats than that lie
should be the nominee of a Demo
cratic caucus. This is my opin on,
and I am convinced it will be en
dorsed by an overwhelming majori
ty in the party.
I mentioned last week that Mc
Graw had telegraphed Staggers
to inquire whether bis presence was I
needed. McGraw is now here, and j
inform 3 me that the telegram related j
to some business appertaining to the !
Internal Revenue, lie also advises
me that the Dewockat was misin- ;
^ formed as to Ids interest in the,
1 Grafton paper. It is. owned and j
! edited by his Deputy, O. S. Me Kin
. ncy. •!. M. M.
The following is being circulated
| in Charleston:
ABSENT SENATORS.
The inter-state commerce bill in
i the U. S. Senate, came up »>n a test
vote last Friday. This is by all
| odds the most important m* ssurc
that has been before the Senate
I within the past twenty years. It is
a measure of vital importance to
West Virginia. The most powerful
lobby ever in Washington had ex
hausted effort to accomplish its
! defeat and it was generally belie veil
i that the bill would be defeated It
: was well known throughout the conn
trv that the final debate would occur
and the whole Nation looked <.n with
intense interest. In a matter of
this importance it was expected that
all the true friends of the bill would
be present standing boldly for its
passage. Senator Cullom warned
the Senators that for ten years the
people had been struggling to assert
the principle, that the Government
has the power to regulate commerce.
The enemies of the bill desired to
kill it by referring it back to the
committee for amendment. The
motion was to recommit with in
struction to strike out section four
(the short haul principle.) On this
test vote, and Mr. Cullom declared
that it was a test vote, the yeas and
nays were »i3 follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Aldrich, Blair,
Brow’ii, Cameron, Chace, Cheney,
Evarts, Frye, Gray, Hale, Hampton.
Hawley, Hoar, Mahcnn, Mitchell of
Oregon, Mitchell, of Pennsylvania,
Morgan, Morrill, Payne, Platt, Saw
yer, Sewell, Sherman. Spooner, Wil
liams—25.
Nays—Messrs. AUinson, Bock,
Berry, Blackburn, Bowen, Call. Cock
rell, Coke, Colquitt, < onger. Cullom,
, Dolpb, Edmunds. Eustis, Fair,
! George, Gibson, Gortnon, Harris,
Ingalls, Jones of Arkansas, Jones of
Nevada, McMillan, Mandcrson,
Palmer, Plumb, Pugh. Sabin, Sauis
I bury, Teller, Vance. Vest, Walthall,
! Whitthorne, Wilson of Iowa. Wilson
j of Maryland—36.
Pairs were announced between
Messrs. Butler and Van Wyck. Cam
i den and Stanford, Dawes and Maxey,
Kenna and Miller, Mcpherson and
Vorhoes.
The West Virginia Senators were
; absent. They slioul 1 have been
i present on an occasion so important
as this. They would have been
| present were it not that they regard
their own political fortunes as par
amount to the public welfare. It is
in the power of the Legislature to
give this State a Senator who can be
relied on to be present at his post of
duty, standing in the front ranks
j fighting for the rights of the people
on an occasion such as that of last
i Faid ay.
The Senatorial contest in New
i York grows interesting. It is be
tween Levi P. Morton ($.>,000,000),
Wood Pulp Miller ($1,000,000),
Chauncey I)epew ($0,000,000). and
one or two others aggregating about
$4,000,000. It is likely that $5,000,
000 will get there.
The above from the Register of
the 14th speaks for itself. Taney
is trying very hard to assist < am
den. Fortunately he does not know
1 how. We advise the Senator to get
another editor; Taney means well
bat lacks sense.
It is gratifying to notice that a
movement is on foot among the more
j intelligent and patriotic democrats
; in the New York Legislature to unite
j with the better element in the repub
1 lican party and return to the senate
j Roscoe Conkling
The passage of the Cullom bill by
the Senate agreeably surprises us.
' There is a suspicion, the railroads
j expect the President to appoint a
commission they can control.
LABOR VS. CAMDEN.
_ Charleston Labor Advocate, Jan. 15.
Wo are absolutely ami uncondi
tional!/ opposed to the return of Mr.
Camden to thii United States Senate,
and we reflect the sentiment of the
people of the State when we make
this declat ation. If the question of
Mr. Camden's return to the Senate
were submitted to a vote of the peo- i
pie he would be defeated by any |
good Democrat or any good Repub
lican by not less than 25,000 votes.
Mr. Camden's personal interests are
so directly in conflict with the inter
ests of the people that they regard
his elevation to and rentention in the
oftice of Seuitor with deep distrust.
The people know that there are but
few men whose patriotism and phi
lanthropy are equal to their personal
interests and their personal nmbi-1
tions. They know that the acquisi
tion of governmental power in the
hands of the opulent has always been !
the signal of distress among the mas
ses of the people, in the history of all
governments. They know that the
people of to day are but the descend
ents of these governments that hate
risen aud fallen in ages past, and
subject to the same influences for
good or for evil. They know that
greed has no sympathy and avarice
has no bounds. They know that
those w ho are rocked in the cradle of
luxury forget the suffering humanity
that surrounds them, ami soon learn
to despise rather than pity its suf
ferings. They know, above all
things, that great wealth accumulat
ed in the hands of law makers is the
greatest curse to a government and to
its people that could ever befall
them.
Mr. Carodon cannot he returned
to the Senate except through the
foul and dirty work of debauching
politienns. They are here to do that
work. The members of the Legis
lature are besieged from every side.
They are guarded by day and by
night. Those who are inclined to I
be against him are toasted ami !
fondled with. They are shad- !
owed by Cam Ion’s office holders as {
an assassin or a theif shadows his
intended victim. The sparkling.
wiuc and the vile whiskey ftowes free- :
ly, and the brain of the unwary leg
islator is made dizzy, and the Cam- :
den otlice holder is always with him. |
ready to caress and flatter him.
When the question of the election
of a United States Senator is settled, j
these unwary members of the legis- j
lat tire will wake up to the sail reality
that all the caresses and all the
attention that has been piled niton
t horn was for a sinister purpose—for
the purpose of perverting their sense
of right, and defrauding the people
of their choice. Gentlemen of the
Legislature, repudiate these Federal
office holders; doyour duty like men,
and don’t have it said that they have
run you—that they have dictated to
you. _
THE SENATE.
Ilcarst, the millionaire, is nomina-,
ted in California, FarweH in Illinois t
and Turpie in Indiana
; 1 ■■■■
Wc want the ablest and fittest!
man for Senator.
VAN WYCK.
It will be remembered Senator Van |
Wyek made a canvass before the
people for rc election. It seems that;
the Nebraska law permits a voter to
express his preference for Senator'
by writing on his ball** +hrt name of
the candidate lie prefers ami 4 <,000
| out of G2.000 ballots were in favor of
Van Wyck’s re election. But the
railroads have combined to defeat
! him in the Legislature, and a mem
:
! orial to Congress lias been intro
duced in the Legislature of Nebraska
which reals as follows:
It is the sense of this House that
existing circumstances demand the
j election of a United States Senator
by the people*. The Mouse of Rep
resentatives of the State of Nebraska
respectfully petition your honorable
body to submit an amendment to
the Constitution of the United
Stales, providing for the election of
a United States Senator by a direct
i vote. ^
THE TARIFF DOES NOT INCREASE
WAGES.
|
Alexandria (Va.) Gazette.
In ail new countries wages are
, higher than in old ones, for the very
: <robd reason that the demand for la
I bor is greater and the supply' less in
] the former than in the latter. That
tariffs do not raise the price of wages
j is demonstrated by many patent facts
—so patent it would seem that only
* the blind can fail to see them.
| Among them are the following. The
wages in the most protected indus
i tries of this country—mines and fac
: tories—arc the lowest, while those in
, the non piotective industries—brick
laying. carpentering, plastering,
blacksmithing, etc,—are the highest;
wages in free-trade England are
higher than in protective Spain and
’ Germany, and wages are the same
in New South Wales and in Victo
ria, though one is a free trade and
the other a protective country, and,
both being new countries, are as
high in either as they are here.
With such a revision of the tariff as
would remove the existing almost
prohibitory restriction upon the ex
portation of American manufac
tures, and open the markets of the
world to such manufactures, instead
of confining them, as the present
tariff does, to those of this country
the condition of American workmen
wonld be greatly improved.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
Indianapolis Frce.nan.
The interstate commerce question
is a pretty big one tor oar statesmen
to tackle, bat it seems to l>e pretty
generally agreed that something
mnst be done. The railroads cer
tainly have very great powers, and it
has not yet been shown that they ure
fit to wield them. They can make
or ruin towns about as they please,
and it does seem that they should be
subject to some sort of control.
Whether the pending bill is a wise
one or not is the question. Wc arc
inclined to think that some of its
provisions are not wise, and that it
is impossible to frame a bill which
will not be open to serious objections.
There is always great danger, in the
application of a remedy, of aggravat
ing the trouble. There are so many
things to be taken into acconnt which
the statesmen never do take into ac
count that it has always been found
that remedial statutes operate very
differently from what was expected.
So it will be in this instance. Still,
wc suppose the attempt must be
made, and wc hope that some way
may be found to limit the powers
of these public corporations and to
teach them that they are the servants
and not the masters of the jreople.
We think that it would be a good
idea to incorporate in whatever bill
may finally be adopted a provision
that Senators and Representatives
shall not act as attorneys for rail
roads.
Thomas Judsnn Cluverius was
hanged ir. Richmond, Va.,on Friday,
the 14th inst., for the murder of his
cousin, Fannie LilliRn Madison.
Two hundred men were admitted to
the yard of the city jail, and a crowd
of several thousand gathered around
the jail, some perched upon house
tops and some upon tt legraph poles,
to witness the hanging of the man
whose crime has given him such no
toriety since his arrest in March,
18S5. The trap was sprung at pre
cisely 1:08 i*. m. and ten minutes later
the attending physicians pronounced
Cluverius dead. The gallows work
ed perfectly, but the rope was made
of silk which stretched nearly four
feet, and caused death by strangula- ..
tion. For several minutes after the
drop the most horrible sounds of
c.hoking could be distinctly heard
all over the yard of the jail. A silk
rope for such a purpose is not very
satisfactory, if this was a fuir speci
men. and the conduct of the officer
who executed the sentence of death
is highly censurnble for experiment
ing on such an occasion.
To the Ladies
CHAHLESTOWNlNO WEST VIRGINIA.
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Ask your merchant to show you
Stone mu kick1 s Puke Concentrated
Flavorino Extracts. All the lead
ing stores sell them.
A gem of beauty and a household
necessity is a bottle of Stonehua
knil's Indian Glue. Price 5 cents.
Sold everywhere.
SAYS A MODERN WRITER.
Givo me the monev that him been
spent in war, anil I will purchase every
foot of land on the globe. <Jivo mo tbo
money that linn been spent in Kum ami
debauch, ami I will clothe every Man,
Womnu at <1 Child in the attiro that
Kings and Queens might bo proml of
uml build a school house upon evorv
vallev over the habitable earth, (five
mo tlio money that has heon spent in
poisonous stud' (advertised as medi
cine) and i will keep the whole world a
thousand times more' healthy by the
uso of Stonebraker’s old anil reliable
preparations, and have enough left each
year to build a city of tofuge for tbo neg
lected poor.
Mr. Jn*. Strevls, Manchester, Md..
says:
One bottle of Stonekraker’a Gum Syr
up cured my child of Chronic Diarrlncu.
wneu all other remedies failed. Every
family should keep it. 25 cents.
Don’t make up your mind to die be
cause you have a cough. Invest 25 cents
In a lio'ttleof Stonobruker’s Cough syrup.
You’ll not miss the 25 cents, but vouy l
soon miss the cough. * \
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Says Samuel Emmett, Joseph Krotzer. %
Benjamin South, Robert L'ushen, of \
Funkstown, Md., one great virtue of %
Stouebrakor’s Exterminator is it drives V
the rats off to die so that the stench "
caused by the use of other articles is
avoided.
AMI, Md., September iwrt.
Eleven of us brothers and sisters was
cured of Scarlet fever by using Stone- *
brakor’s Liniment on fat bacon applied
to the throat.
W. C. ASH, Asb, Md.
Oh! for something for the coffers, cried *
the speculator and the druggist replied
the toughers take Stonokraker’s Cough
Syrup. Sold everywhere, 25 cents.
Speak in g of fl ne li n I men t ha ve you e vc i
tried Stonebraker’a? It is certainly the
; bent in the world for rheumatism, scalds,
| bruises, burns, neuralgia, and all pain,
| for man or beast! It penetrates instant
ly, soothes iminediatly, heals gradually,
! a‘nd cures permanently.
FOR CHICKENS.
i Stonebrakei’a Chicken Powders will
cure Cholera, Gapes, Pip or any discuno
! to which the feathered tribe are subject.
! They make poultry healthy, hearty and
I strong, consequently they become belter
| layers and setter*. Not good for borao*.
1 There is all the difference in the w orld
j in the stomach of the horse and that of
the fowl, and If one powder would do
! for both we would not manufacture two.
, You understand.
' Mrs. J. Caltuter, Maple Grove, Md., says:
Stonebraker’s Liver Pills la the beat
1 medicine I ever tried for sick headache.
25 cents.
All the virtnes of a trip to Florida are
i concentrated in a bottle of Stonebraker’s
j Cough Svrnp. 25 cent*. Established
1M9.
See here! Kpealdng of fine Liniment,
i have you ever tried ntonebraker’s. Beat
! in the world. 25 cent*. I use it.
A. K. Sbttmav.
nov/*,**#-! r.
Sand,
•
I shall keep on hand a stock of
Sharp River Sand for plastering pur
poses. B. C. WASHJHCTON