Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1894-06-13

there are no UeMOCiAlo IN INC SV1>Ol ~A--!
The Martinsburg papers are more belhg-
erent since the municipal election than be-
fore it,
There is so much of interest in sugar just
new that revival of Sugar in the Gourd"
would not be surprising.
By plurality only the Republicans car
risd Oregon in the recent elections. The
Democrats and P0pulists together outnum-
bered them but they didn't pull together.
In the House of Representatives speakers
are timed by a 99-eent nickel clock; in the
Senate by an hour glsss-anything less an
tique would shock the old Romans Of that
dignifed body.
In refusing the contribution from Gov.
Mckinley the miners were somewhat face
tons: They said they were unwilling ito
accept a mite from the hand that assisted
in s-miting them"
T.. Grove Campbell, of Ann Arbor, Mich,
thinks that Hon. VIM. L. Wilson, Of this
State, is the logical candidate Of the Demo
cratic party for President in 1896, and writes
TO the New York World to that effect.
The Point Pleasant Register has just
passed the SSrd year post, and the Morgan
town Post has recently registered its Slst
year Both are good papers and deserve a
long-eOntinuei lease Of life and we hope
they will both attain to fullness Of years.
The proposition to repeal the 10 per cent.
tax on State bank issues was defeated in the
House of Representatives Wednesday,
ayes lO2. nays 10. Hon VIM L. Wilson
voted in the afirmative-Messrs. Peudleton
and Cspshart, Of West Virginia, in the
negative.
The Parkersburg Journal Republican,
says, Senator Camden wants it distinctly
understood that he is a Democrat first and
a patriot afterwards" That's all right
To be a genuine patriot just now man
must first be a good Democrat-at least it
seems 50.
Jacob 5. COxey, the Reincarnated Re-
former and incarcerated Commonwealth, has
accepted the nomination for Congress in the
Eighteenth or Mckinley district Of Ohio,
in a letter to the Peoples party committee,
dated at Washington, "ParlOr g., United
States Jail"
A well-known resident of Washington
City, who has just returned from the Sew
enth Kentucky district, says that there will
be plenty Of shooting before the Breckin-
ridge campaign is over and that it is going
to commence pretty soon. If so we'll deter
our visit TO Kentucky until after the cleo
ton.
The assertion that Coxey's "Industrials
won't work must be. modified. After the
Generals" release from Jail, when he had
passed beyond the District line, portion
Of his army met him and detached the
horses from the vehicle, and then proceeded
to haul him into camp. The worked in the
traces admirably
The Sun correspondent says that while
the defeat in the House of the movement
for unconditional repeal of the State bank
tax disposes efectually "of the proposed
restoration Of State banks independent OF
the Federal government, there Is likely to
be further consideration Of a general bank
ing bin which will place State banks upon
an equal footing with the national banks in
other respects"
The conference Of coal miners and opera
tors at Columbus, Ohio, which has been IN
session since last Saturday, resulted Monday
night in an agreement for settlement OF
the strike on a basis Of 90 cents a ton for
mining in Ohio and 65 cents for Western
Pennsylvania. The agreements not to take
efFec. until next Monday, the miners desir-
ing week to submit the agreement to the
various districts.
Gen. Spillman is in command Of the bril-
Vade of West Virginia soldiers protecting
the railroads and facilitating the movement
Of coal trains in the vicinity Of Wheeling,
Moundsville, &c. For the purpose OF pro-
tecting property and resisting lawlessnes''
Governor MacCorkle has now large Por-
ton of the State militia in the field. He
deserves commentator for his prOmptness
Of action in efforts TO preserve the dignity
Of the State.
twas very fortunate for The FREE PRESS
Of Charles Town, that it could fill up ITS
paper with taxable matter Immediately al
ter so sweeping a victory as the e.. y, L.
gained in Martinsburg last Monday weeks. !;
for il gave that shrewd, silyer-hsired edi-
torisl sage a relative political loeJaw.-
Pioneer Press.
Our silence was golden last week. An
sleven-column legal advertisement gave US
unspeakabe satisfaction. We are willing,
occasionally, to submit to the pains and
penalties Of lockjaw if so suPerinduced
Senator Camden's tariff speech Of May
Slst. A business-like review Of the eomPh-
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