The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-03-08

ing handsome fight against elrc-
tion supervisors, and ii would not be
very surprising To- see the ReF6sIic-
ans yield at the last moments There
lfrve been several rather exciting lit-
tie epi,o DIES this week. The first was
a lively tilt in the Senate between
Senators CoDkling and Burn-ide.
R''stOe's temper, at the present time.
Is just little riied. and i,e displays
spectral irri,abiIity towards M ADJ
ADMINISTRATION Senators on his own
side, Of whom Burnside il which. a
little difference Of opinion arose be-
| tween them concerning 'rifiiDg APP
| pOibtnIent, whereupon the imperiou-
Conk ling pounced upon Burnside ~
his spVprest style. The later report
ed sharply, deuouncing Conkling H.
II faise pretrnder and IN babIlual ut
terer of faisehOods. He regretted
that ne had not the tongue OF Blaine,
to rebukr him in fitting terms. This
refeI ence To Blaine's happy charac-
| ,erizaiion Of Ro-coe's turkey Cob
bier strut" in the House few years
ago, was not only neat but severe.
1t is thought that Cunkling. like all
men who lose their temper5 withou,
OCCASION. got the worst of it.
Both houses are holding night SOS.
-ious, but it int he easiest thing in
the world To keep the interest up to.
fever heat all night long. hen 1t
comes to the wee sna' hours, "staid
selves upOr do"ny touches The
eyes grow heavy and one after an
other they pair off and drop out to gr
home. This sort of thing # the
Senate without IA quorum the other
night, and, rs tn, business in hand
was important. for the frs. time in
many wears the Sergeant arms
Was ordered to bring in the aboentee-.
DrpLti,s were sent in every direc-
ei''h W. tbutC htfdtpIN tutt vi VII
beds at three O'Clock in the morning,
hut several refused To admit the mes
sen gers. Senator Conkling, in his
usual genial humor, told them t., 90
ioa warm climate. This riIed some
of the steady going Senators, and 10
doubt they would have made il I'M
comfortably hot for ROSCOE if quo
rum had not been promptly secured
Ithout him.
Another Of the exciting episole-
this week was Billy McG,rrahan's
assault n,on Don Piatt in the Senate
lobby Wednesday evening. McGar-
rahan Is the cwner of Il piece OF land
IN California which he purchased of
grantee of the Mexican Govern
ment. His title to this land, in all
that constitutes evidence of owner
ship, is perfect, and so, iu numlar-
less instances, has lletn pronounced.
Between him and his patent ih.Ie
,tahd,a single technical obstacle: A
clerical omission by II copIisi in the
Land Ofiice---W neither accidental or
fraudulent is unknown n merely
'Ornal, not II substantial defrcI. OPP
Grating riga INST McGarrahan,is rich
corlura'ion know n as the New Idria
Quicksilver Mining Company, which
. has fought nd baffitd the pnur Iiisil-
man with the money he has made
out OF quicksilver mine ON the
premises. This company is not
known to the Land Office records
ana nobody knows how it acquired
the shadow of - title 20 the proper
in q 'eetIun. II it d, Is not bt long To
McGarralan il belongs the United
Sia'es; yet the manner in Inch the
company has naintainp its fight, Is
nut an, ther illustration of The unjust
power OF wealthy corporations
" ii the large profits which right
fully belong to th>- man it is con spir-
inI to rob, it brides uiii ial~, per
'"nuNS iifitVtiS W NtuIEItSS, SuD-
ornS pe,jureS. rewards furyerie-, and
subsidies newspapers to create pu.-
lie sentiment and SANDER, and rIdi-
cuie him who 1t has determined to
destroy. This matter has been be-
fore every Congress for many years,
and all Mc(Iarrahan has asked of the
present Congress is to refer II i'm
come definite shape to the cnur.>.
Don Piait is The editor If the Cupitai,
and one "f the most vin,iictive jour
mali is in America and AS v1ual IA,
he is uiean. Every issue of his pa
per mas been filled with the most out
rageOus assaults upon Mr.. MrGarra-
han, which, it is asserted are paid
for Ivy the New Idria Company.
The un"tfrnding, sel;-respec'ing
Iri-hnnan has borne II in silence for
three or four years. lie is poor, and
during much Of the time Of hi-
struggle here has not possessed the
value of square meal from day "a
slay. Yet ln, has ever n,aintaine,i Il
respect hle gentlrmanly appearance.
and minded his own busint.s