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DAILY LEADER
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WtST VIRGINIA IS
AIDING OIL TRUST.
BILLY DAWSON MAKES
AGREEMENT
NOT TO TAX THE STANDARD OIL
COMPANY’S PROPERTY, SO
IT IS CLAIMED.
When a proposed tax on oil and
gas was being discussed in the sen
ate the startling charges were made
that Governor Dawson had entered
Into a written agreement a few days
before his election not to tax the
Standard’s property, if that corpora
tion would help to elect him. These
charges have been made against
Dawson before, but not on the floor
of the senate.
#
Senator Kid 1 who made the char
ges further stated that a vast acre
age owned by the Standard Oil Com
pany In his own county of Gilmer
has not been placed on the land
books. He said that a list of these
tracks had been submitted to the
board of public works at a session
hold in Weston and that it had not
been returned. ( j •
He also charged that a glganuc
corporation had been formed to ob
tain control of the entire West Vir
ginia gas field so that the product
could be sold wherever the corpora
tion may direct.
Ho explained about lands of the
Standard not being on the assess
ment books and declared that if a
poor widow wants to keep a little
hotel, the state reaches out an
avaricious hand and exacts a tax of
3 per cent of the rental value.
It will be remembered that the
Standard Oil Co. was making a very
strong fight against Dawson up to
within a Rbort time before the elec
tion. Suddenly the fight ceased and
wa8 generally supposed that Daw
son had made an agreement with the
oil trust to keep quiet and In return
he was to use his office to further
their interest in robbing the state
of its gas and oil. Some of the
Democratic papers made the charge
against Dawson at the time, but it
was denied by his lieutenants; who
were expecting appointment and oth
er consideration at his hands, when
governor.
Now that chargo is made an l it
is claimed that the article of agree
ment has been seen and Is known
to exist. To further show that
West Virginia’s government was aid
ing the oil trust, it is known that ho
worked against a similar bill intro
duced In the last legislature to tax
gas and It Is .thought he Is now
socretely working against the inter
est of the people and for the oil trust
to prevent any tax or lawH enacted
which will affect the Standard.
The reason he ran over 20,000
votes behind his ticket wag because
of his unpopularity. The people
had little or no confidence In him
then and see no special reason to
change their opinion since his elec
tion.—Ex.
Ira Shattuck, proprietor of the
Hotel Nicollet of Minneapolis, who
lately died, claimed to have been the
originator of the modern dining car.
It is said that the Chicago, Burling
ton and Quincy road wag the first
to Inaugurate the dining car service
as distinct fro mthe buffet or com
bination parlor car. Mr. Hhuttack
personally superintended the con
struction of (he first dining car ever
built, and soon he was engaged as
superintendent of the dining car ser
vice over the entire Chicago and
Northwestern system. He also was
concerned In forming the association
of dining car superintendents, now
one of the strongest organizations
of the railroad men
flubacrlbe to the Dally Laafar.
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NO ONE CLAMS
THAW IS INSANE.
THIS POINT IS MADE
VERY CLEAR.
——
JEROME WON’T ASK FOR COM
MISSION TO INQUIRE INTO
MAN’S SANITY.
• - •
There is no truth In the report,
that Mr. Jerome will ask for the
appointment of a commission to In
quire into the mental condition of
Thaw. Mr. Jerome made this point
very clear on the part of the prose
cution. while Lawyer Dan O'Reilly
Insisted on hehulf of the defense that
Thaw Is of sound mind today, and
that, therefore, It would be futile to
apply for the appointment of a com
mission In lunacy. Roth sides want
to have the case tried out, and hope
that there will be no further delay.
THE JAPS IN HAWAII
CENSUS SHOWS REMARK ARLE
MIXTURE IN THE SCHOOLS
THERE.
There are more than 60,000 Jap
anese In the Hawaiian Islands. Near
ly all of them are laborers on the
8Ufcar plantations. Many of them
are married, and on every planta
STATE INSTITUTIONS
NEED INVESTIGATION.
The nasty rumors concerning sev
eral of the state institutions will
not down. Newspapers are printing
the storie8 afloat and in two instan
ces investigation bag been asked for
in the legislature 'this session but
denied. There is plenty of smoke
and smell. Would a sincere soarch
And any fire?
This newspaper knows nothing of
the truth or falsity of reportg of
malfeasance In departments of the
state government, but it does believe
! that it Is the duty of the proper au
thorities to take cognizance of them
and to probe them >to the bottom
with a business-like intent to find
an impartial verdict. As wo pointed
out a few days ago, investigation
nmy not disclose anything wrong,
and therefore very happily no harm
will have been done. Rather, good
will have been accomplished, for the
unjustly accused will ho officially
proven innocent, itnd the public will
he freed of suspicions that these
current reports have very naturally
engendered. And as wo pointed out
not long since, there has been no
systematic, thorough and impartial
investigation of the state’s institu
tions since the republican party
came Into power In 1896, and prac
tically the same officials are every
where In charge. It seems to he high
time that such a work he done and
done right.—Parkersburg News
Dispatch.
FILIPONOS IN A
HOT CAMPAIGN.
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POLITICIANS DESERT MANILA
TO HUN FOR THE AS
SEMBLY.
The entire archipelago Is stirred
by the pending political campaign,
according <to a Manila dispatch.
There Is an exodus of politicians
from Manila, as the election law re
quires a residence In the provinces
for candidates for the Assembly.
The government party has recogniz
ed as the national progressives.
Domlnador Gomez and some promi
nent Filipinos have formed the union
national party out of several Imme
diate Independence organizations.
The union nationals recognize the
present Inability of the Filipinos to
carry on self-government, but ask
that n definite policy be declared to
ward the Philippines, having in view
future absolute Independence. Go
mez won a victory In the special elec
tion for governor of Cavite. The
campaign Is active In overy province.
DETAILS OF THE
THAW CASE
Shall we, In striking at corruption
ourselves corrupt? In exposing In
decency, shall we be Indecent? These
questions suggest the real objection
to printing all the 'llsgusting de
tails’* of the Thaw trial. It Is not
that they are seriously close to the
statute prohibiting the distribution
of obscene public infitter through
the malls, or offering them for sale.
The danger lies deeper. At Its best,
In attempting to create horror at
iniquity, you provoke » morbid cu
riosity about It; excite Impuro-lrn
aginatlons; sew seeds of evils In
Inocent minds; and find yourself In
the position, not of a Btern moral
teacher, but of a purveyor of salac
i Ions and demoralizing Instincts of
vice. From the newspapers’ point*
of view - and It Is that which Is!
mainly at Issue—there is no need of
going Into all the unspeakable de
tails. As the Kngllsh Journalist Is
.cabled as saying this morning, It Is
perfectly possible to give a Just !m
presston of tho total effect of the
evidence In the Thnw trial, without
touching upon matters which decent
people agree not to mention. That
should he the newspaj*er rule. The
facts In such a ease as this notorious
murder trial ought to be given to
the public. They are of Immense
Interest, both psychologic and moral
and criminal. But as regards the
nauseating form In which they ar«
told by witness, that, surely, |H a
place at which the scrupulous editor
would wish to draw the line. He
would feel, with the apostle, that
"It Is a shame even to speak of
those things which are done of them
In secret."—Ex.
We are now having some very
pretty days. Soon we shall be luxur
atlng In the "springtime gentle An
nie."
OUGHT TO QUIT THE
_PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
tlou you will find a quaint repro
duction of a Japanese village, the
houses very like those of the Orient,
Japanese women Is klmonns going
about their dally tasks and chubby
cheeked, brown-eyed little boys and
girls very gravely beginning the
solemn business of life.
All the Japanese boys and girls
go to a Japanese school from 7
o'clock until 9 In the morning. Then
they attend an Atnerlcnn public
school from 9 o'clock until 2 In the
afternoon. The moment they are
froe they hurry back to Japanese
schools and work thero until 5 or
6 o'clock In the evening. Imagine
a school day that lasts from 7 In
the morning until dark! Yet these
brown children thrive on that sys
tem.
Down In old Mulberry Bend New
Yorkers have a public school of
which they are very proud, because
In It the teachers receive young
Italians, Greeks, Syrians, Arabs,
Japanese, Chinese, Scandinavians,
Turks, etc, ns raw material and turn
them out as a finished product of
excellent American citizens. In
Honolulu that school would pass un
noticed, for In every school you will
find little folk of a dozen races
working amicably side by side.—
William Ingllah.
so LKAHHItS IN' WASHINGTON
THINK, AN1 > THE MATTER
HAS BEEN niSnSSKI)
AT THE WHITE
liOl'HE.
—
The question whether tho Phillp
plnes are worth keeping has been
discussed more than once In recent
White House conferences. The Jap
anese school question, which tho
j president Is trying to settle, brought
the Philippines to the front more
thnn a month ago. The president
nas surprised to find .that many
of the most conservative men in
his party had changed froi^t on the
question within six moot ML They
[ believe some plan should % framed
by the republican party tt^pt would
| let the United States gei out of
tlie islands at a not rentoff period
The granting of independence to
the Filipinos and the payment by
them of our expenditures in the
Islands is the plan most favored.
There Is objection to nny protec
torate. It being held that this would
eventually involve our government
in trouble with sonio other nation.
A western senator—McOumber—
has suggested to tho president that
the United State* should take two
pormnueut coaling stations lu the
'Islands, that two should bo given
to England and that for these con
cession* the two nation* should
jointly guarantee the territorial In
tegrity of the islands after Inde
peudence- There would be no guar
antee of protection in case of war.
but simply a pledge of nationality.
With this pledge, McCumber thinks,
no nation would have much pretext
for war—Japan, for Instance—and
the Filipinos could work out their
own national progress.
I'he United States could keep
control of the custom-houses un
til all debt to thla country had been
collected consequent, upon the sur
render of tho Islands to tho natives.
H Is agreed by all the leading re
publlcans hero that tho retention
of the Philippines will mean the
expenditure of millions in fortifi
cations, the employment of a good
Mixed army and frequent additions
to our navy. All tho republican
leaders are desirous of settling the
question BO os to get it In concrete
Hhnpo in the platform of tho next
republican convention.—Washing
ton Dispatch.
WE OWE VIRGINIA NOTHING DECLARES DEAN C. E. HOGG
OF UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL.
STATIC COUNSEL IN NOTED DICItT
EASE KXPit ESSES VIGOROUS
OPINION ANICNT MOTHER
STATE’S CONTENTION.
Charleston, Va., Fob. 18.—
Ono of the prominent visitors who
has been In Hit* city for
two days lK Ron. Cli
dean of the college
West Virginia university.
Mr. Hogg was seen by a reporter
tljiH morning nt the otneo of At
rorney General May with whom ho
was in consultation with reference
to the suit of Virginia vs. West Vir
ginia pending in the supreme court
of the United States involving the
debt question.
Mr. Hogg is one of the counsel in
the case for the state of West Vir
ginia and said today t<> the report-1
er: “We owe Virginia nothing,
either from a moral or legal stand
point. Tho stilt will evidently be do
elded upon the demurrer filed by
West Virginia to the bill of com
plaint; there are several points
against the merits of Virginia’s con
tention, and there are at least three
or four grounds upon which Vir
ginias suit cannot be sustained and
upon which the suit must be dis
missed.”
THE LEGISLATURE
Only five mere Working dayH of
Oils, <|)o twenty-eighth session of the
legislature, remain, and the really
Important bills, such ns the mining
measures, n state railway commis
sion, a revenue bill, the two-rent fare
till, the educational bill, and oven
the appropriation bills, are In no
way ready for passage.
I think the history of the session
of two years ago will he repeated.
T'nless the measures pledge! by the
republican party In It* state plat
form of |f>04 arc passed and It now
seems Impossible an extra session,
beginning the very minute the pres
ent one expires. »ex' Friday night
at. 12 o'clock and ono minute, will
he called by the governor, and these
measures only specified ’Ibis will
'at off all side-stepping and ducking
on the part of the members of the
body, nnd they will he compelled to
f'o on record ns either opposing or
favoring such legislation. More
work can he done In a called ses
sion In three days than Is usually
accomplished In two wee) of a reg
ular session." Charleston Gazette
The nice spring weather Is hero,
and If ought to enthuse o r citizens
'o greater effort In the matter of
building up a greater ninefleld. Ev
erything is coming our way and we
should give oiir ahl toward stimula
ting the great progress that Is going
on all around and about ua. Now Is
the opportune time to push things
if we wish to become the hailing
r-lty of the state. Everybody to his
place. Everyone can do some
thing. Get Into the procession of
progress and help to push the town
xlong.
Hoad the Dally Leader.
BIG BOW AMONG
EFFORT TO OUST CALI
FORNIAN.
exact details op the thou*
BLK HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN
PUBLICITY.
New York, Feb. 18.—Thero Is
more friction among tho couusol for
Harry K. Thaw, it has yot to be
(icchlcdfby the Thaw family whether
Dolphin Michael Dolmas, of Cali
fornia, la to remain in the case. It
Is known that at least four of the
othor Thaw lawyers are In favor ot
Mr. Dolmas being dropped.
Tho exact dotallg as to just what
Is tho dissatisfaction over Del mat
could not be learnod. Mr. Delmas hnt
Issuej a statement having some con
nection with the case. This came to
the attention of Clifford VV. llart
rldge, who has been appearing foi
Thaw for Homo tltna. Mr. llart
rldge was very much disturbed. The
statement of Henry C. McPIko, Dol
mas’ partner, on Friday In which
ho crltlclHod the attitude of Dis
trict Attorney Jerome and madie
some reference to tho Introduction
of- testimony, was not particularly
pleasing to Home of tho other law
yers and especially to Mrs. William
1 haw, tho prisoner's mother.
Many a man sows wild oats at
his leisure that his children must
reap In haste.—Chicago News.
POPE PIUS X CRIES
“LONG LIVE AMERICA.”
Homo, Feb. 18.—Church circles
are still discussing the unusual oc
Jttjj^at the Vatican during the
^ Sfetei'0 J’i,,K x "f 11 dele
pilgrims headed
hy Hlshop Keney, of Savannah, and
Hlshop Shanly, of Fargo. An unpre
cedented scene of enthusiasm fol
lowed the nddress. The pilgrims
assured *hc pontlfr that he hag tho
sympathy of America In his struggle
with France. Hlshop Keney told
him the heart,, of ten million Amor
Icnn Catholics unconditionally sup
port his attitude, in reply his holi
ness said:
‘Your fllln! phrases, j realize, aro
the true echo of generous Amerlcnn
sentiment. This is no surprise to me.
for ulway* have | received the moal
consoling balsum from America.
*'I behove America 1* the future
laud of promise. Doug live America."
ft was In response to this declara
tion that the pilgrims Indulged In a
demonstration which has seldom, if
over, been equalled in vatlcau his
tory.
Mr. Frank L. Dunn, of the Bland
Messenger, is in the city on busi
ness connected with his paper. He
report* that Bland county is hold
ing her own with bright prospects
for the futuro. {Especially are his
people Interested in the trolley line
from this city ito Burke’s Garden.
EVEANS MAY BE
FORCED TO RETIRE.
IIEAI/TH IS ItAD AND IT IH FEAR
ED HE CANNOT LONG
RKATIN IIIH COM
MAND.
New York, F«Tj. 17.—That Rear
Admiral Evans, who now commands
the Atlantic fleet, is not In good
health, has long been known to those
who are Intimate with the gallant
sailor. Under date of Fob. 2, Ed
mund C. liubhell, a member of his
flagship complement writes from
Guantana mo:
"Rear Admiral Evans has been
finite III of late and It Is feared by
Home naval officers that he will not
lie able to remain In command very
long. The other day he went on ft
tour of inspection on the torpedo
boat destroyer Hopkins, but he was
forced to return to the flagship be
fore ho had half finished his work."
NOBODY C AN BREAK IN MERE
I'NLKHH IIIH NAME IH BID!/
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KFFOIIT WIMi flK MAI»H TO
imor mi*. i)i;i,mih.
Jefferson City, Mo^, *'ob. 17.— j
Hie "Bill Club, No. 1. of the World,"
filed nrtleles of nssortatlon with the
Secretary of State yesterday, and, on
» pro forma derree of the Circuit
Court of Clay County, has been
granted a charter as a social organ
ration.
The headquarters of this rlub Is
it Kxrelslor Springs, and Its mem
bership Is. restricted to men who an
swer to the name of "Bill."
William J. Bryan, United States
Senator Stone and ex-Congressman
Cowherd, of Kansas City, are on the
membership roll. The officer* are:
President. Bill Sisk; Vice-Presi
dent BUI Wear; Secretary, Bill
Hyde; Treasurer, Bill Flask.
lii reply to spiteful parties dis
posed to make unpleasant remarks
about a rise In tho price of oil fol
lowing that $32,000,000 gift, Mr.
Rockefeller again remarks that ho
has nothing to do with tho active
management of Standard Oil for
years. I ho business still appears to
bo In fairly watchful and thrifty
hands, however.—Washington Her
ald. .
If tho Chicago preacher Is right
about It. continued dancing greatly
Increases tho size of the foot. Hut
this peculiarity has novor been ob
served outlsdo of Chicago.
Provision In season makes u plen
tiful house. Scotch. .
PROPER WAY TO
ADVERTISE CITY.
JUST HOW IT SHOULD
BE DONE.
TIIR I'l’RPOHK IS LArDAIllR,
TIIK ODJKCT PRAI8K
WORTHY.
Much hits bdfcn said and pub
Mshod on the subject of how to ad
vertise towns and cities to the beat
advantage., and the subject Is one
Mint will continue to engage the at
tention of boar Is of trade and cham
bers so long as a spirit of progress
lorvndeH any given locality.
The purpose In laiidablo, the ob
ject praiseworthy In the highest
logroo and It ts this fact that renders
unny places so easily taUen in on
ichemes, and plans for advertising
hat. are utterly worthless, save to
tho promoters of them. The Trades
uttin has on severnl occaslonr ex
pressed Its views cm this subject,
and lias no deslro aimlessly to in
dict these on Its readers again, hut
JiiBt now there aro a number of
places that are being pressed to
adopt Hoino apodal "plan” or
scheme," under tho ploa of adver
tising. and It may not bo amiss to
let these places have the benefit of
our views at this time. The Trades
man Is endeavoring to nld all towns
and cities in tin* South In obtaining
desirable publicity, which Is the end
and purpose of municipal advertis
ing. hut It would not nld In any
"hot-air" propaganda, or other ef
forts of a "boom" nature, from tho
Hlmplc fact that wo know how Buch
efforts are viewed by thoughtful
persons, and that no pormanont
benefits can bo hoped for from any
such methods. Industries are not
located or capital invested In South
ern cities that do not stand on tholr
merits, and when announcements
are made In the name of any South
ern city that show the hand of a
"hot-air artist," or tho mark of a
boomer," right then greater harm
Is done to that city than all the
money spent In such methods can
over repair.
Serious damage results locally
from the efforts that are made to
raise a fund for such advertising,
for business men soon tiro of appeals
for money, especially when It does
not bring results, and the organiza
tion Is later without a following that
represents the city. If the right pol
icies are pursued cominorelnl organi
zations can always have the support
of business men nnd proporty own
ers, and a proper membership will
create revenue enough to meet tho
wants o fthe organization. Then by
the activity displayed In handling
matters of local Interest, as well as
In considering questions of public
Importance, the organization can
Obtain for itself and ltB city a de
gree of publicity inoro valuable than
can ho bought with money.
o! course aniinunccmonts of a
specific character In tho proper me
diums arc valuable, and printed
flintier that Is well prepare! and
based on facts Is essentia! for suc
cessful work by an organization, but
aside from these, our observation Is
that all other so-called advertising
that Involves any expenditure of
funds leaves the place adopting It In
a worso state than before, and Is
simply time, money and effort worse
than wnsted. The Tradesman.
When a bride has to get down
and learn how to keep house tho
honeymoon Is over.
SPECIALS FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW.
showing of new book* In the elty. Always at lowest
; prleea, froas paper barks to the psddod Leather and IMIt Bdge Bdl
j tlons, that add to year Library that tone of refinement all strive for.
*rhf: *h****ra in Prose and Verse are all obtainable at Jobbers Prices.
SEE WEST WINDOW.
VALENTINES AND POST CARDS.
I out, cards and Valentines reduced. We have too ma
07 and Aacrifice all profit on them. 2 cent ones for 1
fhnt tod a yand tomorrow.
Home special Tallies In Glassware |„ the Surprise Store Side. Lay In
a supply of seeeasary articles while lowest prlre, at which they can
he sold are In force 1* barrels new glass Just receded. Bright spark
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