The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-12-19

Our Use for the Democratic
Congress.

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Our Use for the Democratic
Congress.
We have some use for the Demo
cratic Congress now assembled at
Washington.
We make this modest declaration
on behalf of the small and somewhat
obscure community of the town of
Morgantown
We may be obscure, but we know
what We are here for.
We may be insignificant, but we
are one of the estates of the realm.
We are poor, but we are pert.
We are no spring chicken-we
have celebrated our centennial.
We know what we want and are
not afraid to ask for it.
We say that we have some use
for this Congress and propose to
specify it.
We are not specially interested in
an increase or reduction or revision
Of the tariff. We are somewhat self
contained, independent of the bal
ance of the world, producing mostly
what we eat and wear, exporting lit
tie and importing less. If the other
fellows think they are benefited by
maintaining a high tariff for the
enrichment of the few and the impOv-
erishment of the many, we can stand
it as well as they can. If they think
tariff for revenue only is the most
equitable and constitutional, we can
stand that, too.
Neither are we very specially in
terested in the amendment of the
laws relating to the presidential sue
cession. We can come as near living
without President as the people of
any other neck O. the woods. About
all the official We have any need for
is Justice of the Peace with a jur-
isdiction up to three hundred dollars,
exclusive of costs, and that covers
the whole business. And they grow
up spontaneously Observation-Disclosures
is no danger of the succession being
exhausted. If Democrats would
rather have John Sherman for Presi-
dent than to enact a law rendering
such an infection impossible, then
we say let John in. We can stand
it if the other fellows can.
Nor are we much exercised about
the suspension or continuance of the
silver coinage act. 1t is stated that
there are now about two hundred
millions more in the treasury vaults
than there is any demand for, and that
the government will soon run out of
storage room, and it is probable that
when they get to that point that
there is not space enough at the
national capital to store the contin-
ued accumulations, we 1.-THE people)
will, by some manner or means, get
our fingers into the pile, and the
dollar of the Daddies will be found
lying around loose, and there will
thus be surplus for the children to
play with, or to put in one end Of .
bag for ballast when we go to mill.
These are public questions about
which we are, locally, only incident
ally interested, and are not going to
lose any sleep o nights in trying to
solve.
Now, to come down to business,
the chief object of this Congress, SO
far as we are concerned, is to con-
clude that little twenty years job of
rendering the Monongahela River
navigable to Morgantown. 1t is
about time that the pickings and
stealings in that job were suspended
and some show for the money be
manifested in the work. 1t is about
time that Uncle Sam, and everybody
concerned were getting ashamed Of
the enterprise on the Monongahela
River. 1t is, therefore, our deliber-
ate opinion that the completion Of
the improvement Of the MonOngahela
takes precedence of the tariff, the
Silver question, or, the matter of the
Presidential succession, and SIGH
Will Congress please take notice?
Hold the New DOMINION up and
look at it. Lay it down and look at
it Get somebody to hold it while