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West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-05-25
WALL STREET RAILROAD MAN
AYERS.

We have often tried to rouse vot-
ers to the fact that Wall street stock
gamblers are in possession Of our
highways and are using their con-
troll of these arteries of commerce
both to plumber the public and swim
die honest investors. The truth is,
things have come to such a pass
that honest men cannot remain in
.he employment of railway corpo-
ration except in some very subordi-
nate position. There is at present
a desperate fight between two rival
factions on Wall street to get con-
troll of the Richmond Terminal Com
panY. AS heretofore explained in
these columns, this is a corporation
formed for the purpose of controlling
a number of different lines. The
control Of the Terminal Company
carries with it the management Of
property claiming assets with par
rating of $53,579,74S. 1t includes
the Richmond and Danville Compa-
ny, with $50 miles of road; the East
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-05-25
VIRGINIA POLITICS.

The State Democratic Convention
appointed Senators Barbour and
Daniel among the delegates to st.
Louis. Mr. Beirne, Of the Richmond
State. was made one Of the electors
at large. The State is the only dali
ly paper in Richmond that we know
of which is perfectly sound on the
railroad question and on the tariff.
The Convention was wise to recog.
nize Beirne.
The Republican Convention OF
Virginia split into two factions
This is a rebellion against Mahone's
rule. The more respectable Repub'
licans have turned against what
they consider his dictatorship. Vir
ginia will have two sets OF deleg ates
at Chicago.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-05-25
y CHARLES {E}.{ }R{E{

this Court.
The Court accepts the bid of the WEST
VIRGINIA DEMOCRAT to publish the
proceedings of the County Court OF JEFF
ferson county for the sum of seventy
five dollars $4,000
pointments of Physicians for the Poor
FOR the ensuing year:
Charlestown District-Drs. VIM. p.
Lippitt, Jr., and VIM. Neill.
Middleway District-Drs. Geo. A. Da-
Wis and Chas. &. Lucas.
Shepherdstown District-Drs. r. M.
Marshall and III. X. Moore.
Harper's Ferry District-Drs. Il. Ii.
Ransom and w. T.. Perry.
Kabletown District-Drs. j. T.. Wilson
and w. w. Brown.
The following accounts of Fiducia-
ries were submitted to the Court, con-
firmed and ordered TO be recorded, there
being no exceptions thereto, viz:
=. w. Washington, admr. OF Mary T..
Fenton, Robt. III. Florence, John Flor
ence, Susan Florence, Sarah Seymure
and ALI Q A Flor nci.
=. Slower, ex'r. and agent of Mary u.
Woody.
Gerard ID. Moore, guardian of ii. r.
W., Chas. l.. and Mary w. Nicewarner-
O, Mrs. Il. l.. Timberlakc, late guardian
+. X. l.. Undertake.
Dan'l. Hefiebower, trustee of X. d.
rutherford.
Eliza +. Timberlake, adnx. of Mrs. n.
l.. Timberlake.
j. s. Lucas, al AIR. of Catharine s. Lu-
! cas-.
Ellen J. Homer, guardian OF Clay NJ.
| Mcclure.
JOS. Trapnell, guardian of Mary NJ.
End j. e. Sheerer.
Fanny Simms, guardian OF William
4 Simms.
The report Of Cleon Moore. Commits
| sioner, returned and filed May 8, 1883,
settling the accounts Of s. w. Washing
| ton, administrator of Mary Fcnton, Rob-
ert III. Florence, John Florence, Susan
Florence, Sarah Seymore and Alfred A.
Florence, respectively, having been con-
| firmed by the Court, and two years hay-
ing elapsed since the qualification OF s..
". Washington as administrators Of said
six parties, respectively, and no debts or
demands appearing against any OF said
| estates, upon the petition Of Albert }.
FentOn and others, heirs Of Mary Fem
ton, deceased, the petition OF Adelaide
A. Florence and others, heirs OF Robert
ii. Florence, the petition OF Joseph Flor
ence and others, heirs OF John Florence,
deceased, the petition of Annie T.. Felix
ner, heir OF Susan Florence, deceased,
the petition OF Ellen Simpson and 9TH
ers, heirs of Sarah Seymore, deceased,
and the petition of Florence V. Vance
and others, heirs of Alfred A. Florence.
deceased, filed by Forrest w. Brown.
their attorney. for the payment To them.
as such distributes OF the estate OF the
several deceased parties above named.
il is ordered that notice be given sever
ally to the creditors and all others con-.
cerned of each OF the above estates, to-
wit: OF Mary l.. Fenton, RObt. ii. Flor
ence, John Florence, Susan &. Florence,
Sarah SeynIore and Alfred A. Florence,
to show cause on the 9Th day OF August,
1885, against tie payment and delivery
Of the estates OF the several deceients 70
their respective distributes. Notice
shall be given rs required by law.
Ordered that the division of the differ
ent Railroads in this county between
the different districts and corporations.
for district school and road purposes be
as follows, viz:
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-05-25
COUNTY COURT PROCEEDINGS
MAY TERM, 1888.
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,

STATE OF WEST NlHGlNIA,
Jefferson County, set:
At term of the County Court of JEFF
ferson county, w. Va, begun and held
at the Courthouse i'm said county, on
Monday, May Z, 1888.
Present-W. H. T. Lewis, President OF
the Court. and John q. Shirley, j. w.
Rider, Lee Ii. Moler and William Beall.
Commissioners.
License to sell by retail spirituous and
malt liquors, wines and mixtures thereof
until April 30, 1889, was granted t. the
following named parties, on their CON-
plying with the law, viz:
In Charlestown, in said county, to
Morris J. Kane, to John s. yesterday,
to Fayette b. Souders, to Geo. w. Thorn
as and to Jas. Watson.
In Shepherdstown, in said county, to
John c. Lambert and to s. V. Yantis, jr.
In Harper's Ferry, in said county, to
T. NJ. Conner, to Thos. j. Burleigh, to
Chas. J. Drew, to Jas. Conway, to Jas.
McGraw and to t. A. Kirwan.
At Summit Point, in said county, to
G.. l.. Beck.
License to sell by retail malt liquors,
wines and mixtures thereof in Bolivar.
was granted to Mrs. Mary Weber.
License to sell bv wholesale malt IL
quors was granted to JAS. McGraw in
Harper's Ferry.
License as druggist at Harper's Ferry
was granted to II. V. Daniels and X. IL.
Cavalier until April 30. 1889.
License as druggist in Charlestown
was granted to Aisquith 81 Co, to Geo.
T. Light and TO G. Frank Jones until
April 30, 1889.
Ordered that the county surveyor of
this county survey and establish the
lines OF the public road along the farms
Of Jas. III. Moore and Geo. +. Mcintyre
on the county road leading from Wage
ley's shop to Browns crossing on the
Balti,-.ore Il Ohio railroad, and report to
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-05-25
Vut Virginia Democrat.


1t is taken as an accepted fact
that the millionaires in the Senate
are strong enough to defeat the
Mills bill even should it pass the
House. The money Of the protected
few de'eat the will Of the unprotect-
ed many.
The men who would be most use
full in the Legislature are the ones
least likely to huckster themselves
for votes.
If the masses knew the money
value to them Of wise laws, a few
schemers about the Courthouse
could not dictate nominations.
1t seems voters prefer politicians
who betray them. Some people APP
pear to want for the Legislature men
who would have no more influence
than the messenger boys who run
errands.
1t is easy for a politician to de-
claim about monopoly; the question
is,-whether he has heretofore tried
to win by trucking to its power
1t is safer to trust men who
preached sound doctrine when it
was questionable to do so.
When the railroad lobby gathered
at Charleston to defeat the Chew
bill,-where were the gentlemen
who now make such loud professions
of desire to promote such legisla-
tion p?
We need in front men who have
the courage to tell the masses what
is best for them.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-05-25

of railroad managers? II SO, then
we may as we'll give up the ship.
Unless the rank and file rally to the
support of the men whom the rail-
road lobby are now attempting TO
cry down, it must result that mega
tivecharacters, respectableimbeciles
or, worse yet, unsupported traitors,
will be sent to the legislature and
nothing will be done, Recollect, the
adroit time server, or the man who
means right but lacks ability to
make himself heard, is the character
of man always preferred by the rail
road lobby:-they have nothing to
fear from either of them. The rail-
road managers dread men of intel
lect, integrity and courage who,
having studied the subject, are
ready to expose the sophistries and
falsehoods with which they are &C
customed to fool the average farmer,
merchant and mechanic.
Elsewhere is printed thoughts on
trusts and combinations. We do
beg voters to reflect on these things
before it is too late. There are
very few of us who are trying to
make this fight. Ii we go down,
Others will be intimidated. Many
who started bravely enough have
become discouraged and have ceas-
ed to resist If the rank and file
stand silent and see this forlOrn
hope slaughtered dark day is be-
fore this State. On the other hand,
ii the body Of the people rally to
the support OF papers like thiss If
the rank and file of voters rally to
the support of the men against
whom the railroad lobby is plotting;
if the non-office seeking Democrats
manifest fixed purpose to vote for
men like Chew, Lucas, Willis Will
son, Henry Flournoy and John j.
Davis, I've could name hundred
such Democrats who have never
truckled to the railroad influence,
and if the non-office seeking Repub-
licans manifest a purpose to vote
for men like Henry Raymond of
Clarksburg, Dawson and Holt of
Preston, I've could name many
such Republicans who will not be-
tray their constituents, then our
managing politicians would find 1T
safer to break up the partnership
which exists between them and the
stock gamblers on Wall Street
whose control of the highways in
this State has paralyzed progress.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-05-25
RINGING RESOLUTIONS.

The following are the resolutions
adopted by the Democratic District
Convention at Grafton on the 9Th
inst:
The Committee on Resolutions
made the following report through its
chairman, Hon. Ii. G. Davis, the re-
port being adopted without dis
senting voice and great enthusiasm
Resolced, First-That the true
end of civil government is not to SUBJ
serve primarily the highest interest
of the smallest class of society, but
to equalize both the benefits and
burdens ofthe community in a man.
ner consistent with reason, and un-
alterable principles of even handed
Justice, 50 that all classes may par
ticipate and rejoice in the protect
ion, prosperity and progress of the
State.
Second-That the free Democracy
of the Second Congressional District
of West Virginia still adhere to the
principles of the great founder OF
the Democratic party, Thomas Jeffer-
son, viz: Frugal government, Repub-
lican simplicity and low taxa
ton.
Third-That the early tendency
to monarchy in preference to Democ-
racy, exhibited by the opposition to
the Democratic party, known at
hrst as Federal" and now as Ere
publican" has never cropped out in
a manner more alarming than in the
policy of the Republican party of to-
day, embodied and illustrated in a
war tariff, in extravagant appropria-
tions to unconstitutional objects, in
an enormous surplus in the Nation.
al Treasury, and in snch wild
schemes to get rid ofthe surplus, as
are unrivaled in European extrava-
gance, and which if contaminated
will cost annually double as much
as the standing armies Of the Impe,
rial Government of Europe.
FOurth-That we honor and en-
dorse President Cleveland because
he has administered the highest Of,
fee in the gift of the American peo-
pie as a sacred public trust and has
made an honest effort to curtail ex-
penditures, cure extravaganza and
reduce taxation to the necessary ex-
penses of an economical operation
of the government, and to restore
to the business of the country the
money accumulated in the national
treasury through the perversion of
governmental and the exercise of I'M
constitutional powers.
Fifth-That We approve and en-
dorse President Cleveland's vetoes
as the interposltion of wise and
conservative executive power against
unwise and improvident Iegisla-
ton.
Sixth-That it is the sense of this
convention that President Cleveland
should de renomlnated by the Dem
ocratic National Convention for q
second term, for the reason that his
record entities him to reelection
at the hands of the people. q
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-05-25
FOURNOMINEES FOR PRESIDENT
ALREADY.

A. f. Redstone Of Cal, by the In
dustrial Reform party; Belva A.
Lockwood by the Women Fighters;
A. j. Streator of ILL.,, for President
and Chas. Z. Cunningham of Ark,
for Vice President by the Union La
Dor Party, and r. II. Cowdry of I'LL,
By the United Labor Party. Bel
vas prospects are as good as those
of the other three.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-05-25

The North American ReView for May
has an article by W. NJ. Rapsher which
we would publish in full did we have
the space to spare; we cOndense II as
follows:
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-05-25
MONOPOLY.

The North American ReVielr for May
has an article by W. NJ. Rapsher which
we would publish in full did we have
the space to spare; we eOndense 1t as
follows:
We have entered on q dangerous
epoch when hardly fortnight pass
es without some new corporate COM
bination to crush competition and
stife individual enterprise. Unless
a way be found to prevent these ag-
gregations of capital very shortly no
one can succeed in any business ex-
cept as a pensiOner upon their ia
yor. A Trust will outbid for raw
material and will undersell any in
dividual competitor until he sur
renders or is bankrupted, After
breaking down competition, they adj
vance prices and make consumers
pay the expenses. Fourth of July
orators declaim against the power
and wealth of a privileged aristOc-
racy in Europe, which does not in
jure us here, but say little about the
great combinations in our midst,
which are ruling US and robbing US.
Look for a moment at things as
they really are. Practically the ne
cessities of life are controlled by
sOulless and mereenary combina-
tions. These are the fruits Of bad
legislation. Laws enacted by pro-
fessional politicians have erected
monopolies that have already alb
sorbed more than half of the
wealth Of the country. The pri-
mary object Of government is to pro-
tect the weak and prevent the pow
erful few from wrOnging the many.
But if we cannot bring such a COM
pany as the Standard Oil into sub
lection to the law, how will we ever
cope with all those other trusts or
ganized for the express purpose OF
evadlng any law that may be pass
ed. These combinations have at
present such a powerful grip upon
our law. makers that they will not
permit legislation to restrain them
to be enacted. Think Of it! 1t is
estimated by reliable authority that
much more of the wealth in the
United States is now owned and
controlled by corporations and mo-
nopolistic trusts, than by private
persons. Fifty years ago they were
unheard of. Now they dominate all
channels of activity, they control
governors, judges and legislatures,
they make hewers of wood of all who
are outside of their charmed circle,
The first telegraph line ever built
was largely built at theexpense ofthC
Government. Suppose the Govern,
ment had constructed all the tele-
graph lines, would the men managing
it have exercised more political in
fuence than has at times been ex-
erted by Jay Gould and his associ.
ates ? There might have been steal
ing, but there is no probability that
Government officials would ever
have stolen such amounts as are
represented by the "water" in the
Western Union telegraph, on which
the public is now paying dividends.
The same truth applies to the Pa
eifie railroads. The money to build
it was obtained by the sale Of Gov
mnment bonds and Government
land. The men who obtained con-
troll of this work not only paid them
selves an extravagant price for do
ing it, but robbed the Treasury Of
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1888-01-28
READING MEN STILL HOLD OUT
The Conservative Leaders Regret Corhln's
Inromrromlsing Attitndc.

PHuApuruI.. Jan. 2i-The leaders OF
Reading strike are disposed 10 strongly re-
sent Mr.. Corbin's manifesto Conservative
men were disposed TO believe that the Road
ing president was in favor oi a compromise
aud desired the employees 90 resume at an
early day. They believe that ho would so
point out the errors of the more radical
leaders that the conservative mon, es-
pccally In the district round about Read
ing, whore they are clearly in the majority,
would have taken heart and by the slightest
encouragement from MIR. Coroin would
have "the bun by tho horns ia the coal
regions and ultimately carried the majority
vote 10 return 90 work
Instead of that, Mr.. Corbn besides de
flying both labor organ cations, undertakes
10 prove by figures that the company can
not afford 10 pay the miners the : per cent
advance The news expressed In tho Read
iLg presidents manifesto has intensified
the spirit of bitterness among the mon
both IN this city and from every quarter OF
the coal region, aud there arc no signs hero
OF weakening
Joseph 4 Cahill. Secretary OF tho ENccu-
tive Committee of the Reading Railroad
Employees Convention, has replied IN a
written statement He declares the rail-
readers strike TO bc Just and that they
were forced into II bv the dcspoltc action
the company John w HAYS Secretary
of the General Executive Roard, Ia st n
hopeful and defiant, aud sure that the mon
Will WIN
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1888-01-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Gov Martin Of Kansas has appealed "a
the people Of the State, asking assistance
for those suffering In the southwestern
part OF the State.
Mr. Scveilion Brown will soon rclinquish
the position Of Chief Clcrk of the state De-
partmcnt aud will he succeeded Dy j. Fen
ner Lee OF Maryland.
The residence OF Perry Trumbull was
burned IN Chicago Sunday HIS family
had a narrow escape, and many valuable
paintings were destroyed.
There are four sets of claimants Of the
estate of the late Thomas Bean, who died
IN Bonham, Tex, last July. leaving an
estate value at S,,5jl, 90.
Officer Don shot a a killed Albert Peter
son, "A burglar, m san Francisco, Sunday.
Tho officer received "A bullet in the groin
but is not fatally wounded.
The Hon Charles Gaycrre of New Or
leans is seriously ill, and may not recover
He is the oldest eX- United States senator
having been elected ln ISIS
The Central Baptist Church Of Middle
boro, Mass, was burned sunday Tho
SUNDAY School was IN session when tho
fire broke out, but the children all escaped.
The Montreal fire brigade is badly cup-
pied. Ouly six men are ~ for duty, tho
rest beng either hurt or frost bitten, Tho
ST.. James street wa, very destructive, an
the loss wlllreach $4,000.
Two Of the largest business blocks in
Laharp. H., were burned saturday night,
and Stella and Dell Green, who had rooms
In one of the buildings, narrowly escaped
perisWng. Loss about Sl5,OJO.
Paul Redmond who attempted suicide in
Philadelphia, IS tho NTH husband OF lreno
Van Xant, WHO eleven years ago shot and
killed her hu sband, House, Of New York
An English syndicate has informed tho
Austrian Minister OF Commerce OF its IN.
tention 10 embrace The project OF coustru 1.
ing metropolitan railway system IA
Vienna.
The Citizens National ranli Of Limestone.
J. a, was robbed on saturday and the CASH
Ter killed Citizcns-or the town rallied and
killed one OF tho escaping robbers. Four
citizens were wounded.
Richard Osborne elopod with Miss NelliS
Osborne OF Randolph county, Mo. 4 young
man named IRud held the cnrdgcd fth1r
of the giil by man iorco white the couple,
driving away 10 b. marucd, got out OF
reach.
A prominent railroad official stated Sat
urdny that lhc Atchison, Topeka aud
Santa Fc intending purchasing 10000
bushels Of sCed wheat and sending IL out TO
the southwestern part oi Kansas where the
farmer. have suffered the most from last
yesr's failure Of Crpps.