The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-07-25

II we only get the water--however
we prefer that it should not be hot
water.
If we get water at the depth OF
eight or nine hundred feet it ought
not to need ice on the hottest day
provided we do not have it standing
in a reservoir. And we will make q
mistake in building any reservoir at
all if the natural flow of water is
strong and full.
We regret to see Bedinger firing
promiscuously upon friend and foe.
The course he is persuing suggests
the term cranky" to many persons
who read his paper Brother Bed
you cant annihilate the whole fra
ternity and create revolution in
the business at one stroke.
The selection of Hon. +. M. Turner
as President of the West Va. Uni
versity seems to have given general
satisfaction throughout the State,
and it is confidently expected that
under his able and energetic man
agement the University will take
its proper position among the lead
ing and successful educational in
situations Of the country. We sin
eerely hope that the expectations of
its most sanguine friends may be
fully realized. Welisbu,g News.
A convention composed of Repub-
licans, Mahoneites, &C., met at
Richmond on the 10th, and nomi-
mated as their candidate for Gov
ernor of Virginia Hon. John S. Wise.
For some years Malone, aided by
the Republican party, has been able
to command considerable power in
his State. But the result of the last
November election decided the fate
of Malone just as surely and GER
tainly as it did James G.. Blaine's.
This coming election will just en-
phasize what was clearly stated last
fall-that Mahoneism in Virginia
must go. 1t will free Virginia from
being partially controlled by dema-
gogues, Mahone's henchmen and the
rifi-raff of creation.
The Secret of Prosperity.
A CORRESPONDENT writing recently
from western State said: "The ac-
tive efforts of our State authorities
and the immigration societies are
bringing into our borders food of
wealth and new prosperity" Right
here we find the secret of the Won
derful prosperity of the West. Her
people have carefully and persistent
~ made known to the world her re-
sources, have taken pains to attract
immigration, and have reaped a
most abundant harvest. 1t has
been well said by contemporary
that if West Virginia during the
past decade had received the amount
of advertising setting forth her adj
vantages that many Of the western
States have Especially Kansas and
Texas) she would have grown in
population and wealth as fast as
any Of them. Now, let us bring
this lesson home, impress it upon
our minds and act upon it.
Why has not West Virginia an
immigration or Colonization So
ciety? Has any organized attempt
ever been made to display our mag
niticent resources, to draw attention
To capitalists, or to attract hither
the tide of immigration? AS far as
We can ascertain, there has been
none, Notwithstanding the scheme
has been frequently suggested. The
prosperity which the State has en-
joyed is not due to special efforts ON
the part of her people in this direc-
ton; but to the natural influx of
men and money with such resources
as we possess will necessarily at
tract in the course of time. How
much we could improve our condi-
ton by judicious effort is almost
incalculable.
Once more, we urge the formation
of such society as exists in al
most every southern and western
State, whose purpose shall be to
display to the world our mineral,
pastoral and agricultural advanta-
gees. We are able to offer to those
seeking homes inducements fully
equal to those presented by any 9th
or Commonwealth in the Union. III
the State press will take up this mat
and urge it with persistence and
nnanimity, it's accomplishment is
already assurcd.--Monroe County
W0tchmdm
The Crops.
The spason's crOns are bpinU har-