Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-05-14

troduce bill to pension them too.
THERE have been quite number oil
murders In this State recently. 1t is
about time there is hanging or two.
The May crop report of the Agricui-
tural Department shows the wheat to
be I'm excellent condition. In West
Virginia and Virginia the indications
are highly favorable for big crop.
ONE of the Chicago Anarchists, Spies
BY name, says: "When you have an
enemy, kill him." This is a very good
rule i'm the case of Spies. He is an enc
my to society; the police have him !;
now hang the rascal.
The new line of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad between Baltimore and Phila-
delphia will soon be ready for traffic.
The officials made trial trip over the
line on Tuesday. The new line will be
a model of safety and excellence.
The two Sans, Sam Jones and Sam
Small, or, as some one has called them,
the two irreverent reverends, are aston
ishing the sober and staid citizens of
Baltimore by their remarkable utteran-
ces. Large audiences flock to hear
them at every meeting.
The hotel walters in the cities are
striking for higher wages and more food.
The next time we 60 to the city we will
not eat all Of our pie, but leave part of
1t on the plate. Then If the waite.
don't eat 1t 1t Is his own fault. We Al e
friend to the laboring man.
AFTER Congress decided to purchase
the land east Of the Capitol for library
building, the said land increased in
value in the eyes of the owners at an
enormous rate. The owners are 80
greedy and ask such exorbitant prices
that a jury of condemnation will be APP
pointed.
AN old Democrat up North has given
President Cleveland pointer. Said
he: Twenty-Five years ago Mr..
Lincoln came into Office with civil war
on his hands, and more business to do
than any President before him; but he
found time in SIX days to inform me
that was no longer Postmaster Of this
town."
The Canadian authorities have seized
an American fishing vessel that was
buying bait in Canadian waters, claim
ing that this is in violation of treaty
rights. England and Canada have long
been bulldozing American fishermen,
and ii Is about time it should be stopped.
Resolutions have been introduced in
Congress asking for an investigation
of this seizure.
CONGRESS having refused to make a
halt in the reckless expenditure Of
money for pensions, the President him
self has taken hand, and has vetoed
severa! bills giving pensions to persons
whose claims had already been rejected
on good grounds by the Pension Bu-
reau. The President docs not always
do popular things but he frequently
does very sensible things.
FELIX ADLER, in an address in New
York on Anarchy" last Monday, held
the American employers responsible
for the revolutionary state of affairs
now prevailing in many parts Of this
country. The American employer
brought this illiterate foreign element
into this country because 1t was cheap
and because he wanted to underbid the
American laborer in his own market.
Now the harvest is being reaped.
The Interstate commerce bill passed
the Senate ON Wednesday. Senator
Edmunds offered and finally succeeded
in having passed an amendment that
destroys much of the usefulness Of Sen
ator Camden's long-and-short-haul
amendment, but as 1t was passed the
bill is step in the right direction.
The bill will now 60 to the House for
concurrence. We shall endeavor to
give the text of the bill in our next
issue.
SENATOR LOGAN Is making big bids
for the next Presidential nomination,
but, unfortunately, he Is bidding with
other peoples money. For instance, he
has just introduced pension bill In the
Senate, to increase all manner of pen.
sions. The bill, if passed, would take
from $500, OOo, 900 to $4Oo, 200, 900 from
the Treasury. Of course 1t was intro
duced to catch the soldier vote. II
should not receive the slightest consid-
Grafton by Congress.
IT is against the order of things for a