The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-11-25
Pictorial Notes.

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rc-districting of the Congressional
Districts; and want one or two Of the
Third District counties added to the
First District. Another plan to rob
our people.
Sometime ago We suggested the
propriety of the County Executive
Committee adopting some measures
to thoroughly organize our party
and to put it in good trim for the
coming fight. The enemy is organ
ling and discipling its forces, and
if we are not up and doing, may be
taken by surprise.
The Whcciingitcs are alarmed, and
well they may be. The visions of a
Bill for the removal of the 4tempo-
raryn Capital, comes up before them.
Let the Third District stand united
for removal. Wheeling neither de-
serves sympathy nor courtesy at the
hands Of our representatives. They
opened up this question from pure
selfshncss and greed. They were
not willing that the Third District
should retain one single public build
ing, and hence our people should not
rest until the Capital is taken away
from them. Stay there and remove
it, "if it takes all winter
At the late meeting of the Grand
Lodge of Mascns of West Virginia,
at Wheeling, the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year
K D. Walker, of Fairmont, Grand
Master; G. W. Atkinson, Of Charles
ton, Deputy Grand Master; /. Malo-
nee, of Grafton, Senior Grand War
den; J. ". Arbuckle, Of Lcwisburg,
Junior GrandWarden; l II. Williams
Of Wheeling, Grand Treasurer; 0. S.
Long, Of Wheeling, Grand Secretary.
4 member of the last Congress,
who frequently presided as Speaker
during the temporary absence of Mr..
Blaine, expresses the opinian that
the main contest for the next Speak
ership viii lie between Mr.. Randall
and Mr.. Kerr, with the chances great
ly in favor of the former.
Forney's Sunday Garoeic'e has an
other Third Term scrced, in which it
says that "What brings Grant promi-
nently before the nation for a re-elect-
ion is The utter imbecility of the Re
publican leaders, wieh is 50 marked
that the party has no leader able to
comprehend its wants, or with the
nerve to respond to its wishes, ex-
cept the man who occupicsth White
House. As this is VIGOROUSLY
Grants opinion OF the situation, the
theory that the Chronicle is the Of:
fetal Third-Tcrn organ gains
strength.
The people of Wisconsin were not
afraid of the Pope's toe, or they would
not have elected d Democratic Super
intendcn: of Public Instruction by
nearly 1900 majority.
The administration organs are now
engaged in showing how poor Grant
must be, because he borroweds1o,oc0
This appeal to the sympathies of the
public, it is thought, will increase
/ his chances for third term nomina-
ton
Senator Bayard of Delaware has
written a letter on the currency
question. He takes the hard money
side. He wants a rcdccmablc cur
rencv, on a gold basis.
Mr.. Casey tie Presidents brother
in-law, is in Washington workinsup
the Third Term project, and he is
beginning to get IN his work boldly
and to the direct point.
The Morgan Jlcre,uy tavors a vote
Of the people upon the question of a
permanent location of the Capital.
The President says that the people
now know what kind Of money they
are going to have in future, The
bondholders do, but the large mass Of
the people are not very certain that
they are going to have any money at
all. @ r-n P
United States Senator Bayard, of
Delaware, in recent letter, paysthe
following tribute to the Southern
people, which should be Endorsed, be-
nnnsn of IL trnth by every lnrnr nf