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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-09-30
State News.

The Normal school at Fairmont
opened this year with LOG students.
w. D. Alper, an insurance agent
at Huntington, has skipped the town,
owing several persons
An effort is being made by the
citizens of SistersviIle to put stop
To the speak easy business at that
place.
Sistersville has water works sys
TEN. 1t is probably the smallest
town in America to enjoy such a
luxury.
Corley Davis, a youth about IA
years of age, was stealing a ride on
a freight train at West Union, aud
fell under the cars He died in two
hours.
+. j. NJ. Polling has recovered ver-
dict Of $50 against Roane county for
injuries to his horse caused by a bad
road. Five dollars would have fixed
the bad place in the road.
An old lady by the name of Furby,
who resides near Market, Doddridge
county, met with an accidental death
The Supreme Court of Appeals of
West Virginia, before concluding it's
session in Charles Town, rendered a
decision in favor of Parsons as the
future county seat Of Tucker county.
The cohrt on Tuesday adjourned for
the term, to meet in special term in
Charleston.
Fred Brown shot and killed Chas.
Watts at Rush Run, Fayette county,
last Sunday evening, and all about
a pocket knife. 1t seems that
Watts had possession of Browns
pocket knife, or at least one he
claimed, that he had asked Watts
for the knife, but Watts refused to
giveit up. Brown told Watts be
would give him until Sunday noon
to return the knife. When the time
arrived Brown demanded the knife,
but Watts jokingly refused to give
it up. and Brown shot him. killing
him instantly. Brown escaped and
is still at large 1t has been but a short
time since boy named Otley was
murdered about barlow knife in
Fayette, and the murderer is still at
large.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-09-30
A NEEDED REFORM.
Sinecure Committee Clerkships Abol.
ished nj Last.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23-By finally
adopting to-day the Paynter substitute
the report from the committee on ac-
counts the house cut off 16 of those
sinecure committee clerkships which
have long been a scandal. There are
a number of committees of the house,
as of the senate, which practically
never meet and never have any bills
referred to them, but which, neverthe-
less, have heretofore had clerks assign
ed to them.
These clerks were paid at the rate
of So day during the session, for
which they did absolutely nothing
The clerkships went to relatives or
political hangers-on of the members
who got the chairmanships of the
committee. The cutting off of Is of
these sinecures is gold beginning, and
it is to be hoped the house will deal in
the same manner with other places
under it which are Of the same nature.
Now that every member of congress
not chairman of a committee is al
lowed clerk to look after his CORE
spondence, the last justification for
the existence of the places has been
removed.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-09-30


In speaking in favor Of the retention
Of tariff on coal before the commit
tee on ways and means Governor Mac
Corkle was unwittingly. Of course, led
to apologize for his position by the as
sumption that the tariff on coal is a
revenue tariff. As matter of fact the
Governor was misinformed. Instead
of being revenue tariff it is exclus-
lively protective tariff.
A tariff for revenue is one laid so as
to produce revenues TO the government.
A protective tariff isone laid TO keep
out the competition of other localities
and leave the market to local poducts.
i look at the treasury receipts from
the tariff on coal shows that they are
practically nothing, and except when
vessels bound hitherward use it for
ballast in the absence of other freight
very little foreign coal ever reaches
this country. And that little is con-
fined to a few seaboard towns.
Mr.. Elkins stated in his speech at
the Worlds Fair on West Virginia
Day that nearly all the ocean steamers
on the Atlantic use West Virginia
coal. The reason is that the tariff be-
ing protective no other coal could be
had at their ports on this side. If
the tariff were one for revenue the sea-
ports would be full of Nova Scotia pro-
ducts, and then the best coal for the
purpose would be used. The competi-
tion under revenue tariff is not a
matter Of price, as under a protective
tariff, but of quality, A protective
tariff, such as the Mckinley law pro-
yided is really prohibitiye tariff.
Last fall the people of the United
States Joined with the people of West
Virginia in voting for the complete
destruction of the protective tariff sys-
tenn, and in favor of tariff for reve.
nue. only. That is the issue upon
which the democrats won the great
battle, and by that result the party
must stand or fall. And the tariff or
coal coal must take its place with all
other tariffs and come to a revenue
basis. -Sentiael.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-09-30
GEO. C.. Steele,
HARD TIMES.

The cry has almost out. Mills and factories are
most all working extra time the cry oft Calamity Howl
has about its but with the short cry few
hurt but they say Its i'll wind that blows nobody
any good and during the slight depression made hay
while the shining and bought in heavy while prices
were low and customers will reap the benefit of
bargains We offering better Boys suits s25 and
than sold at s2oo s2as better mems suits
ST. So $500 and 5000 than offered So 90 sSo
and $1,000 1t may be little early talk you
but it to your interest," closed out lot of fine
dress in Melton cloth in light brown dark brown
light grey and dark grey all the factory had formerly sold
500 and started at 525 and o75; the chance
last long they going fast On heavier grades
equally well supplied We cant the largest and smallest
Our stock of boots shoes hats caps Shirts underwear
complete to fit all Sizes Our stock of necwear the finest
and richest shown Our prices all less than the
manufacturers claim they make them for Mems boots
So Mems fine shoes Las, Mems fine white shirts so
Mems undershrts and drawers at We have the
best grade and quality mems gloves the finest and nobbest
styles of hats stiff and soft shapes all colos Trunks
valses and telescopes in all qualities grades and Sizes
Our Merchant Tailoring department is the most COM
pete with between 500 and GOO different qualities of
ia select FROM fit and workmanship guaranteed Those
who take advantage of this opportunity will long remember
with pleasure and profit themselves We bought heavy
and determined to force them early the
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-09-30
GoIng so tEse Fair.

own people 90. this week, to the
Worlds Fair A large number have
gone before. and there are more to
follow.
The time set for closing the Expo
sition is fast approaching. and those
who do not see it within the next
month will not see its like again
within their generation. Other coun-
tries-notably France--have already
given notice of Worlds Fairs to be
given in the pear future, but it is
safe to say that no country will give
such an extravagant display, or in
cur such an expense as that which
has been undertaken by Chicago. 1t
is possible that the actual exhibit
may be equaled but it is not prob
able that the preparations for the
exhibit will be ordered on so lavish
scale as that at Chicago. 1t is
this that ELECTS the wonder and ad
miration of the world.
A great many people are going to
the Fair, however, who do not get
the worth of their money They are
not ready to acknowledge this, be-
cause its immensely is fully up to
their expectations. But they dissi-
pate their time and money by lack
of a wise system, or no system, in
seeing it. A person ought to know
in advance what is there to see. and
then determine what part of it he
wants to see, find out where these
things are located, and proceed to
see them, without vainly wandering
about looking at things in which he
is not specially interested, and re-
tracing his steps in an effort to find
what he is after.
The exhibits are not all dumped
together but classified and arranged
in separate buildings according to
their character, and it is very easy
thing for person to find the build
ings that interest him and avoid
those which do not, by first getting
a map Of the grounds and locating
the buildings. If he is specially in
terested in machinery, or horticul
ture, or agriculture, or art, or elec
tricity, he can find any one of these
| departments concentrated under ont
roof and can spend his time there
| Ii he does not care much for mines
and mining, or any other single de
partment, it is as easy to avoid thes,
as to find the others.
If some system is observed in see
ing the Fair, the average man car
see all he wants in week. By tina
-
time he will begin to lose relish ant
his capacity for appreciation will b.
pretty thoroughly gorged and ex
hausted.
The Fair is a big thing, and it i.
great satisfaction to any one wht
can afford the expense, to see it. Bu
1t is not absolutely essential to hi.
future salvation here or hereafter
that he does see it. There are farm
ers here at home that have seer
nearly everything Of the kind dis
played in the Agricultural Building
NOT so much in one pile. and som,
things are bigger and better than b,
has seen, but he has virtually seer
the whole show on smaller seal,
before he goes there. 1t is so. 10 {
greater or less degree, with special
lists in all other departments. Tn,
interesting and instructive featur,
is to see the comparative exhibit o
several countries of the world sid,
by side.
We say, therefore, to everybod,
who can afford it, that it pays to go
but to those who cannot, it is not 81
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great misfortune as to entail ute
and irretrievable ruin.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-09-30

Pension Commissioner Lochren
submits the annual report of his office
for the fiscal year ending on the LIST
of July. There were 80, 900 pensioners
added to the rolls during the year, and
the number now on the pension rolls is
966, 012. The number is now doubt
less 1000, 900, or very nearly that pre-
posterous figure, with III, 900 cases
pending. If one-half of these claims
are allowed the pension roll will be
swelled to upward of /, 200, 900. There
are not a million survivors of the civil
war living. Last year me amount
paid on account of pensions was 1855,
740, 900. For the next fiscal year the
commissioner says he will want 1892
600, 900. He makes an explanation of
the recent rulings of the department.,
so much canvassed, from which it APP
pears they originated in the pension
Office and that HoKE SMITHS part
was in modifying certain orders sus-
pending pensions during the investiga-
tions into their legality. So all the
indignation heaped on him was worse
than wasted. Commissioner LoCHREN
concludes with the declaration that he
recognizes 'sto the fullest extent that
my sole duty is to execute and admin
lister the laws as they are enacted
fairly and honestly Interpreted. ~
Phtsburg Post.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-09-30

There is a great deal of nonsense
circulated by some newspapers of
the intentions of the House WAYS
and Means Committee and about
manufacturers being afraid to con
tinue at work lest the new tariff
should ruin them. AS matter of
fact any manufacturer can ascertain
by addressing Chairman Wilson or
any Democratic member of the com
mittee-the Republicans on the com
mitiee also know it, but they would
be tempted in order to make political
capital To suppress or distort the
facts-that the committee proposes
70 give ample time to every industry
before the new tariff goes into effect
for every manufacturer to dispose of
stock on hand and to make his ar
rangements TO meet the new and
lowered duties. The Democrats have
no desire TO ruin any body; their aim
IL to make such changes as viii wipe
out for the future the enormous prof
It's which have been legislated into
the pockets Of certain favored classes
Of manufacturers at the expense of
The people.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-09-30


Hon. S B. Elkins, few DAYS ago
in Chicago, spoke as follows of West
Virginia; ''It is the general belief
that West Virginia is a small State
Compared with some of the large
States she is, compared with some
of the smaller she is not. She is more
than twice the size of Mar, land, two
and one half times the size OF Mas
sachusetts, that has two million pop
ulation, and larger than Massachu
sets, New Jersey. Connecticut and
Rhode Island comhine,l-The king
dom OF Belgium and the Netherlands
have together population of more
than 100000. The area or West
Virginia is greater than the area Of
both combined. Her natural resour-
ces are in proportion greater than
Der size, and she ean support pop.
ulation equalto that Of Belgium and
Holland"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-09-30

Considerable discussion is going
on as to what shall he done with the
West Virginia Building at the
Worlds Fair.
We can answer the question salts
factorily:
Send it to Morgantown; re.erect
it ION the States property at the Uni
versity; ill it with the exhibits al
ready in the Univeraity museum, to-
gether with those at the Fair; and
thus preserve it as perpetual source
OF instruction to the young men and
women of the State who flock here
from all parts of the State for an
education. 1t will be an object les
son to them in all time that will
help them to know and appreciate
the resources of their State more
than any text book that can be fur
nished them.
Thus the youth of the State for
generations will learn by actual OBJ
servation what their State offers
them, and where it is to be found,
and be thus induced to stay at home
instead of wandering away into 9TH
er States to seek their fortunes when
their education is completed.
What more proper or profitable
use could be made of the State build
ing therefore, than to establish it on
the States ground at the seat of the
University? 1t will be perpetuating
it for the very purpose for which it
was designed. 1t will he perpetn-
a source of education and advertise
ment of the States resources. Here
is where information on such sub
jects would Unexpected to be found
And here the people Of the State as
well as the visitor would most seek
and appreciate it.
There is plenty of room and many
choice sites for such structure on
the University grounds. The State,
of course, has right to appropriate
them for that purpose, and our sug-
gestion offers solution of the
whole controversy, because every
body will recognize the propriety of
making such use of it.
Send it, then, to Morgantown
which will he putting it where it
will do the most good.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-09-30

The goody- goody's will nov pro-
coed to abuse Second Comptroller
Mansur Of the Treasury department,
who has made official complaint of
the inef!iciency of clerks furnished
him by the Civil Service Commission.
If every bureau officer of the govern
ment would speak as fearlessly as
Comptroller Mansur has done the
members of the Civil Ser rice Com
mission would soon be in search of
new job.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-09-30

The laboring people of the United
States have been told by the adyo-
Gates of protection that the tariff was
especially designed for their benefit.
That their employers might be able
to pay them good wages, that the
many comforts and even luxuries en-
joyed by them and which are I'M
known to laboring classes of Euro
pean countries were due to the tariff.
They have been told that it was de-
signed not only to benefit them but
their childen and generations yet I'M
born. That the difference between
their wages and those paid to the
same class in the thickly populated
countries of Europe was due to the
same cause. In the face of all this
the Republican editors and orators are
continually saying that protection is
cheapening the products of the fac
tories. During the past few weeks
we have been reading daily of manu-
facturers appearing before the Com
mittee on Ways and Means asking
that the present duties be retained
and in support of their argument
they state that their products have
been cheapened under the Mckinley
tariff. Such arguments would puzzle
a philosopher, much less the ordinary
working man. One class, principally
the politicians, those who are talking
for votes, tell the working people that
protection increases the market price
of the products of the mills and fac
tories and that thereby the mill own
ers are able to pay them better wag-
es, and then the other class--the
manufacturers argue for protection
upon the theory of it reducing the
market price.
The two propositions are absolutely
incompatible and it is no wonder that
working men are constantly in state
of unrest and dissatisfaction.
Mr.. Carnegie, widely known as a
champion of protection and benef-
ciary of the tariff now states that
manufacturers should not protest
against tariff reduction and still fur
ther surprises the country by saying,
that, ''any economical advantages the
country may derive from protection
are dearly bought if one class is set
against another" The only conclu-
sion to be drawn from Mr.. Carnegie's
remarks is that while protection may
foster one class that all good derived
thereby is dearly bought by the hos
tilities it engenders between different
classes. -Mdrtinsbauy Statesman.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-09-30

We cannot help feeling degree OF
commiserafion for the organic Repub-
iican editors. They are 50 hard up for
political scare For twenty-five
years they have been conducting their
campaigns with a terrible spook of
some sort as the center-piece Of their
politico-theatrica properties.
The '.rebelsn served them admirably
for decade and more after the war
was over and all the swords had been
beaten into ploughshares and the
spears into pruning hooks. Even as
late as 1884 many of their leaders
thought there was "ene more Presi-
dent In the bloody shirt
Then the British bugaboo was
pressed into service. Every proposal
to reduce the tariff bounties enjoyed
by the promoters of Republican cam
paign funds was met by the cry OF
"British gold" Other variations OF
the efree trade scare were invented
and played with great ingenuity and
no little success.
Finally the people refused to be
frightened any longer by campaign
spooks and elected a President and q
Congress commissioned to rednce the
tariff.
Fortunately for the scare workers,
but most disastrously for the country.
a genuine panic set in over the tenden
cy of the Republican silyer-purchast
and approximation law to force the fl
nances to a cheap silver basis. See
what comes of electing a Democratic
PRESIDENT shouted the authors of thu
disaster.
The strong vote in the House in
favor of repeal, in response to the
Presidents recommendation stopped
the panic, and business and industry
began at once to revive right in th'
face Of Republican declarations thai
tariff agitation had caused the trouble
The battered old free trade spook hay
ing failed to brighten anybody, the or
gans have, with ludicrous inapposite
ness, revived the older cry of the
"Rebel Brigadier,n and proclaim onc'
more that s'the South is in the sad
dlen and that '.free ballot Is il
danger The fact that the South hai
remained peaceful, prosperous anC
Democratic for dozen years unde
home rule, with the Republicans il
control of the Federal Government
most of the time, does not effect tn
alarmist. They must have bugabo
of some sort.
A stage tragedy that makes every
body roar with laughter is pro
nounced success compared with the at
tempt of the acknowledgements to ge
up scare that will really frightel
anybody, to take the place of the Re
publican panic, which awaits only tn
action of the Senate to completed
disappear.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-09-30
Best and Cheapes. In Chicago.

Without doubt the best rooms in
Chicago are to be found at "The AL
pine" European Hotel No. SO II Pine
street. Rates. one person in room
so, 70, ani.$1 per day. Same rooms
for two persons 70 cts. 81 and 81. rs
per. day. The Alpine is in-1he heart
Of Chicago, twenty five minutes from
Fair grounds
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-09-30

Some of the clerks furnished by
the civil service commission have
lately been rejected by chiefs of the
departments. The civil service is a
farce and fraud. 1t was gotten up
chiefly to keep republicans in office
and democrats out. Over three
fourths Of the employees of the Gov
eminent are republicans and are
likely to remain so
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-09-30

Charles M. Shinn who has been
one of the owners of the Fairmont
Vest Vtrgiaiaa for a number of
years has withdrawn from that pa
per and Lamar Powell is now the
sole owner and editor. Mr.. Shinn
will reside in Washington.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-09-30

Senator Sherman took a needless
bit of trouble when be denied having
enlogized President Cleveland. Ev-
erybody. knows that Senator Sher-
man eulogizes only one man-John
Sherman.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-09-30

If Senator Faulkner's amendment
to the Voorhees, bill is carried he will
at once be one of the most famous
statesmen of the United States. As
it is, he stands high. West Virginia
is proud of her u. S. Senators.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-09-30

State Superintendent Lewis has
fixed upon Nov. 10th as Arbor Day
for this year. Arhor Day is in effect
a tree planting festival. and the 100,-
600 children in the schools of West
Virginia expected to take part in
it. Each teacher will report the
number of trees planted by his school
to the County Superintendent, who
in return will report to the State Su
perintendeDt.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-09-30

yellow fever epidemic in Georgia"
Who can estimate the number of
heart throbs caused by the flashing
of those five words over the wires of
the werld 1t is fortunate for the
country that frost is near at hand,
for it is better weapon than even
- gu much boosted of science, to fight
tycllow iacko with.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-09-30

Some of those who appeared before
the House Ways and Means Com
mittee at Washington would better
have remained away, so far as their
personal interests are concerned.
They gave protection dead away.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-09-30

"Fame is thin, ignorance thick, I"
says the New York Sun, and it might
have added that fame is scarce and
ignorance over plentiful, without
stretching the truth.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-09-30

Wonder if there are any republi-
cans now who believe that the dem
ocrats are afraid to tackle that hy-
dra headed monster of iniqulty-the
tariff?
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-09-30

Over in Ohio republican stumpers
yell that the late money panic was
caused by fear of Cleveland and tariff
reform. The democrats answer this
by showing that Cleveland left n
surplus of 800, 900, 900 in the Treas
ury; Harrison left IL Emptg.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-09-30

We have heard numerous compli
ments upon the first number of the
AthenneuM which was issued last.
week. Its editors will keep it up to
that standard during the year.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-09-30

THIS office does Job work and just
now is doing great deal oft.
MEN's fine shoes reduced from
*l.25 to 4l.0O 1T Hirsehman'e
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-09-30
New Barber Shop.

Joseph Diges has opened hand
some shaving parlor under the Hotel
Conner. No better barber was ever
in Morgantown, and persons desiring
a smocth shave. fashionable hair cut
or first class shampoo should call on
Joe. If.