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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-24

Was ever any community more
favorably located than this for hav-
ing water-works without any pump
ing, and fire apparatus operated
without engines?
Nature has given us an elevation
ON the North of town that is several
feet higher than the roof of any house.
A reservoir of water located half way
up this hill and piped to the center
of town would throw water over the
head of Patrick Henry's statue on
the Court House.
But nature has done more than
this: 1t has been demonstrated by
the boring of the gas well that a
stream of pure fresh water could be
obtained at depth of six hundred
feet of boring ON the hill. In other
words, we would have an artesian
well that would do away with the
necessity of an engine for pumping,
and Of every other expense save that
of piping the water through the
town.
Nature has thus offered us a nat
ural reservoir, natural force pump
and all the machinery (save pipes
that is necessary to give us water
works and a fire department com
bined-and all for the expense of
boring a hole six hundred feet deep
~, +ho hill
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-24
Republicans Misgivings!

Some of the Republican papers Of
the country are manifesting, just at
this time, no little concern in regard
to the future political welfare of Pres
ident- elect Cleveland. They imagine
many vain things in regard to his
trying position Of President of the
United States. They profess to feel
concerned about his being able to
give satisfaction to everybody in the
distribution of the fat and lean posi-
tons within his gift, and the kind
and quality of the men who will be
permitted to put their fingers in the
official pie!
We are inclined to think that the
papers referred to are giving them
selves unnecessary trouble and worry
about matter in which they are not
at all directly or remotely concerned.
We take it that Grover Cleveland
will meet with the appreciation of the
people and will be satisfactory and
pleasing to himself. The President
elect is not a time server. His past
history and the enviable record which
he has made for himself, prove that
he has mind and will of his own,
and that his judgment is sound. He
will aim to conduct the government
upon common sense principles, and
solely in the interest and behalf OF
the good of the people, and the well
fare of the whole country. This is
the kind of a man we take Grover
Cleveland to be, and, in this estimate
of him, the country will not be mis-
led or disappointed.
OF one thing these Republican
prints may rest assured-Grover
| Cleveland's administration will not
be shaped after the pattern of any of
his Republican predecessors. 1t is
needless to say that he will not take
either of Grants administrations as
his model. Need we say that there
will be no whiskey rings finding
shelter and protection under his adj
ministration of national affairs.
There will be no Belknaps, no Nc
Donalds, no Joyces, no Boss Shep
herds, no Black Fridays-no Nepot-
ism to shock the country and the
world by wholesale plumber, rank
corruption and widespread ruin
And when he retires from his higt
office he will not have become ricf
with presents, or boosted up by main
moth subscriptions and contribu
tions from friends to keep him from
want.
And it may be safely predicted
that he will not go into office b!
stealth, after the manner of Ruther
ford b. Hayes, and retire with tn
curses, maledietions and execration
of all parties on account of his i'm
becility and general good for-noth
ingness.
So we insist that those Republical
newspapers, now so much worked u
about Mr.. Cleveland's being able t
please everybody, ought to hush uI
shut up, and keep silence. If Their
is to be a political funeral for tn
President-elect, it will not be their
or Blaine's this time The grea
political cortege moved on last Nc
vember, and the monster politics
corpse of the age was buried in tina
month. The next rites of this char
acter will not be celebrated until tn
corpse is cold and the grave is dut
I--Independent
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-24
1885, 1885.
IOOC.-- 1000.
THE WEEKL YPOST
Under a Democratic National
Administration.
The Will of the People INDICATED
and the Great Wrong
Righted.
THE PITTSBURGH WEEKLY POST

THE PITTSBURGH WEEKLY POST
con2ratulates its democratic readers on the
dawn Of the new year, under conditions
that have not existed for a quarter of
century
'Ring out the old, ring in the new.
Ring out the false, ring in the true"
Cleveland and Hendricks have been
elected. After the fourth of March there
will be a Democratic administration at
Washington, with great possibilities for the
progress, prosperity and advancement of
the country
As THE PosT hos labored INCREASINGLY for
twenty-five years for these glorious results,
so it will extend to the new administration
hearty greeting and a cordial support in
the re-establishment of principles and pol
icies vital to the public welfare, by reform
ing abuses, righting wrongs and asserting
the supremacy of the Democratic faith. We
are ON the Threshold of important events
and great changes To Democrat who
aided in Cleveland's election, the future is
full of interest and hope.
THE WEEKLY PosT will aim to keep fully
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10 the incoming administration. Its policy
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comment from the old Democratic stand
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more than quarter of century of defeat
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The session of the Legislature, with Reform
Governor opposed by Republican majority prom
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wELL-BEHAyED DEMOCRACY.
The Absence Of q Mad n lush for
Office Under Newt a dmainistra

ALBANY. Jan 17-Your correspond
ent met Col Lamont, Mr.. Cleveland's
private secretary, in the executive of
fee at the Capitol this afternoon and
asked him how about the mad rush
for Office under the Administration
''There is no mad rush for Office"
said he.
"Whati you don't tell me the coun
try is doomed to disappointment?
The terror-stricken Republican pa
pers predicted that the Democrats
would actually be trampling each
other under foot by this time"
Nothing OF the kind said Col.
Lamont 81 think | may say the
Governor is agreeably disappointed.
We have every reason to be proud Of
the behaviour of the Democrats. AT
ter being out of power twenty four
years some pressure for Office was
naturally looked for. but it has not
come so far In all the correspond
ence that reaches the Governor-and
there is a great deal of it-there are
but few references to office. A large
majority of the letters seem to be
prompted by pure, disinterested, pa
triotic friendship. Those who write
them seem to think it is enough that
the Democracy should have triumph
ed at the election
"How do you account for this good
behaviour
"Well, l believe it is mainly be-
cause members of the party do not
wish to embarrass the Governor.
They want his Administration TO be
a success. They want it to result in
the betterment of the whole country,
and though the times are hard and
men want places out Of which they
can make living worse than they
have for many years, the Democrats
have pride enough to make them wait
and allow things to take their natur-
al way. OF course, the Governor
civil-service letter had its effect. 1t
was supported with great vigor and
unanimity by the press all over the
country, which was alone sufficient
evidence of the popular sentiment on
the subject. do not believe there is
anything like the pressure on the
Governor that there would have been
on Mr. Blaine had he been elected.
1t is understood that Mr.. Blaine and
his friends made a great many prom
Uses, which they would have been
called on to fulfil. The Governor, as
everybody knows, made none. He
has never been about Washington,
does not know the place-hunting ele
ment that goes there SO much, and
in that respect has great advantage
over most of the public men Of the
country. / was told while at Wash
ington the other day that the office
seekers almost drove Garfield dis
tracted. He had been in Congress a
long time, and knew people from all
over the country, and his friends
came down on him like an avalanche
No, ] think we ought to feel very
proud of the admirable disposition
so far shown by the Democrats. The
limited number of applications so fal
made have been mainly from persons
in outlying districts who want post
offices. AS to any general rush il
does not exist at all"
This intelligence will no doubt be
hailed with great pleasure by the
Democracy after having been so per
sistently misrepresented by hysteri
cal papers Of the Cincinnati CONNER
cidI Gazette order.
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The GOvermOr's Message.

Gov. Jackson's message has been
received with many expressions of
favor. A very large portion of it is
directed to the subjects of finance
and taxation.
The main struggle of Gov. Jack
sons administration has been with
questions Of finance, and it cannot
be denied that he has met these
complicated questions with courage
and ability. He was called upon to
administer the government with a
revenue below the necessary mini
mum of expenses. The rate Of taxa
ton had been demonstrated to be
insufficient to produce the necessary
revenue. His predecessor had left
him debt to liquidate beside pro-
viding for the current demands upon
the treasury. Added to this was
the mysterious and startling fact
while the population and personal
property of the State were increas-
ing the revenues were decreasing.
Our tax laws were defective and
their execution much more defective.
The Governor believed that certain
personal property that ought to
WELD revenue, but which the stat
ute had exempted, was liable to tax
alton under the Constitution. What
ever may be said of the policy OF
the Governor and Auditor in this
connection, everybody must admit
that they are entitled to great prom
Use for their heroic effort to enforce
what they believed. to be right, even
at the expense of personal popular
ity.
Out of all the muddle Gov. Jack
son comes up smiling, with as good
| Il uIduCldl tAHlDlO do Ado CNCl DCCI
made in the history of the State
The message will repay careful per
usal under these heads.
Gov. jackson has also shown him
self to be well up with the demands
of the State and the spirit of thu
age in his general review of tn
public interests and institutions o
the State. Especially in regard to tn
University, he has shown much dis
cernment in discovering the grea
need of opening it to both sexes
the one vital matter that has bee
lettering the University, narrowing
unnecessarily, its scope of useful
! ness, and perpetuating a great wroni
to the daughters Of West Virgins
The first issue of the West w
qinia Democrat is on our table. l
is published at Charlestown, with I
W. Bedenger, editor. Mr.. Bedenge
is graduate Of the law department
Of the University and has the abilit
to make the paper a success. 9Th
heavens speed thee in thine enter
prise.'
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-24
THE NFE ADMINISTRATION.

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viii occur, the 4th of next March, complete
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Don Comeron has proved himself
too much for the Pennsylvania Ere
formers" and was easily reelected
yesterday as his own successor in
the United Safes Senate.
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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-24

Senator McGrew has our thanks
for the daily journal of the Senate.
The Senator presided at the opening
Of the session and was the Republi-
can nominee for President.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-24

Much confidence in the future of
MoIgantown must be possessed by
business men, judging from the num-
Der of new enterprises about to be
sprung up.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-24

j. f. Hart has sold the Mounds
vile Herald to S. r. Hanen. Hart
says if any one has been injured by
the paper during his administration
they can now apologize to the editor.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-24

The Waynesburg Independent is
again welcome visitor to our table.
It's fiery experience does not seem to
have injured it any.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-24
BOGGS & BUHL,
us and AT FEDERAL ST.
ALLEGHENY CITY.

Annex for Silks Dress Goods and
Velvets and the Large Black
Goods and Mourning Department.
n. B.Blankets, Flannels and Under
wear at prices that will count. Gents
Atwood Scarlet Shirts and Drawers at
soc and upwards.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-24

Those excellent Flannels at Chad
wick's, all wool and good weight sur
prise everybody, at Is cents per yard.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-24

In its issue of yesterday the New
York Tribune incidentally mentioned
Samuel j. Tilden as a "defeated"
Democratic candidate for the Presi-
dency. The table in the Tribune AL
manac for the year 1877 shows that
Mr.. Tilden's majority in the popular
vote over a man named Hayes was
25O,97O, and that Mr.. Tilden had a
clear majority over all three candi-
dates in the field against him of 157,
1914, or considerably more than has
been given to any Republican candi-
date for the Presidency since 1876.
In it's next amusing article on typ
ographical errors the Tribune will
doubtless note that it's use Of the
word "defeated" in connection with
Samuel j. Tilden is a misprint for
"defrauded. y World.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-24

Mr.. John I, McGraw, of Grafton,
will be an applicant for Mccormick $
place, Collector Of Internal Revenue.
He is young man of ability, and
has stroug political backing. Major
j. G. Anderson is also an applicant
for that place. He is well known
all over the State, and the contest
promises to develop good deal, of,
we trust good natured rivalry. The
office pays about $3,500.-Gazette.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-24
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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-24

Hon. Schuyler Colfax, Vice Presi-
dent of the United States during
Grants first term, died suddenly on
January 18th, at the Omaha depot
in Mankato, Mich. Mr.. Colfax was
born in New York City, March %,
1922, In 1886 he removed with his
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