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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-08-01
CLEABING b. & o. TRACKS.
Force Of Experts from Wilmington
Del, Put to Work.

CLARKsBURG, w. VA, July 2S.-
The extent of the floods fos the last
week is just becoming known. AL
kinds of crops are greatly damaged
Corn, oats, grass and potatoes have
suffered the most, and what prom.
ised to be the best yield for several
years will now fall greatly below the
average.
The B. d. O. Railroad men have
brought force of men from Will
mington, Delaware to help clean
up the slips on that road, and it is
thought that trains can get through
by tonight. This road has been
blocked since last Tuesday, and the
loss on stock and perishable goods
alone will amount to thousands of
dollars.
The West Virginia and Pittsburg
road will not be open for several days
yet, as about a dozen trestles have
been washed out, and in some places
the whole roadbed is gone. The M.
r. road got train through Sunday.
The best estimate of the losses Of
the week by floods foots up 81 ,500,-
600, divided as follows, roughly:
Railroads, $250,000; lumber inter
ests, $250,000; Taylor, Marion and
Lewis counties, 100000; Manning
ton and vicinity, $150,OOO; along the
West Virginia Central, $25O,000;
Tygart's and West Fork Valleys,
5000, 900; Little Kanawha valley,
5000, 900; miscellaneous losses $780,
600.
Thousands of farmers have lost ey-
erything, and provisions are getting
scarce in the interior small towns,
owing to the lack of railroad COM
munication.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-08-01
$4,000
May Be the Democratic Majority
in Wisconsin.
False Pretenses to Snstain the Gold
Theory.


MILWAUKEE, July 2S.-The Demo
Gratis who believe that the best thing
to do is to stand by the Chicago
platform are beginning to be heard
from. The bolt of the gold Demo
Gratis is dwindling at rate that is
surprising alike to Republicans and
Democrats. Henry Hase, who was
one of the district delegates from
this city, announces that he will
stand by the silver platform. He
also announces that his signature to
the address issued by Bragg and
Villas was not authorized by him,
and he is on the other side of the
fence now until after the election
The silver delegates to the conven-
ton will soon hold a session in this
city and issue an address to the vo-
tiers of the state in reply to the one
got out by the gold men. 1t is
claimed that there will be present at
this conference majority of the
delegates to the national convention,
and that they will declare for the
silver platform and repudiate the
stand taken by the gold men. The
gold address is signed by many of
these, but it is claimed that the use
of their names to this extent was I'M
authorized. Secretary Noel, of the
state central committee, is in the
field with claims, and says that if
there is anything in the reports that
he is receiving from all over the
state Wisconsin will go for silver by
majority of 10000
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-08-01
once a West yirginian.

1t is claimed that the father OF
Hon. VIM. ]. Bryan, the Democrat
ic candidate for President, at one
time resided in Mason county, on
the farm now owned by Mr.. VIM
Miller, and situated nearly oppo-
site Gallipolis, and that his grand
father and grandmother are both
buried in Mason county. There
are numerous families of organs
in Mason county, and in Gallia
county, Ohio, who are blood rela-
tives of candidate Bryan. Mr.. j.
W. Bryan, engaged in the harness
business in PIT. Pleasant, Will Bry-
an, of the firm of Bryan & Young,
Grocers, and Mr.. Nat. l.. Bryan,
one of the proprietors of the Phoe-
nix Hotel, are cousins of Hon. VIM.
J. Bryan, the Democratic candi-
date for presidcnt.-Randclph En-
terprise.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-08-01
A Tribute to Bryan,

James Creelman, the great cores
pondent of the New York World, in
a dispatch to his paper, says: "Tht
more l see of this earnest, stainless
man and the more learn of the way
he set out in his childhood to be
President of the United States, never
hating for moment in his purpose
the more | am convinced that purer
patriot does not live. He seems tc
be absolutely without self-conscious-
ness. His nomination was accom-
plished without deals or intrigues,
and he acts here like an unmortgag.
ed man, free to do or say what he
pleases. No politician has any spe-
cial access to him. He feels so sure
that the common people will over
whelm McKinleyism that he refuses
to make pledges Of any kind.
MARY" he said to his wife when
he was nominated, "if am elected
l will be President myself and / will
be the peoples President. 1t is
impossible to be with Mr.. Bryan out
here without being impressed with
his independence of leaders or bosses
He proposes to be the leader himself
No man has a mortgage on Mr..
Bryan
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-08-01
The County Convention.

The Democrats of Monongalia
county will meet in convention in
the Opera House ON Saturday next.
at ] o'clock to nominate a county
ticket. There is much more enthu-
siasm among the Democrats than
usual. They have on their war
paint and are going in to win. 1t is
a well known fact that no squarer or
more faithful Democrats are to be
found anywhere than those of Mo
mongolia. They are courageous and
always in the front of the fight for
what they believe to be right.
Notwithstanding the overwhelm-
ing majority against them they new
err finch. This year the situation is
different from the average year. AL
ready several hundred conscientious
Republicans have indicated their re-
solve to rebuke the bosses by turn
ing down the ticket nominated by
by the Republican primary. 1t is
not the yaporing few disappointed
office seekers but the quiet resolve of
careful men who do not approve of
the methods used by some candi-
dates to secure nominations.
This being the state of affairs a
good ticket composed of our best
men will cause CONSERVATION in the
camp of the enemy There are also
a number of old time Republicans
who will vote the Democratic ma
tional ticket because they believe in
the free coinage of silver.
Altogether the signs are very pro-
pitious for the Democrats.
Every Democrat in the county is
invited to attend the convention on
next Saturday.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-08-01
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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-08-01

HoLLAND-Died at her home in
West Morgantown, on Friday July
oath, Mrs. Jane Holland, colored,
of heart disease. "Aunt Jennie''
as she was universally called was a
very excellent woman, respected by
all who knew her. She leaves some
property chat will be divided
among her son "Gabe" and her
three grand children. The inter-
ment took place Sunday afternoon
in Oak Grove cemetery.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-08-01
West Virginia is all Right.

The gold standard newspapers
throughout the country persist in
placing West Virginia in the gold
column this fall, bat we well remem-
Der that up till the time of holding
our district conventions to send del
egates to Chicago, these same author
tiles put the entire twelve delegates
from this State for the gold stand
ard and against free silver at the
convention.
If all the other States were az GER
tain to give the cause Of free silver
as hearty a support as West Virgin
ia will, Bryan's election would be
unanimous. twill be almost that
way KdpapAs Gazette.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-08-01
Running ON Time.

As illustrating the degree Of eff
cheney to which the present manage
ment of the b. 4 0. r. r. hat
brought its motive power equipment
and esprit de corps of the operating
staff, we call attention to the fact
that during the months of April
May and June the passenger trains
and fast freight trains have almost
invariably arrived at their respect
i've destinations on schedule time
The very few exceptions to the gen
eral rule were due to causes insepa
rable from railway operation, and
against which no forethought car
wholly guard. 1t may be safely
said that during the period named
no road in America, comparable in
magnitude to the B. 4 o., can sur
pass its record for punctuality in
train movement.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-08-01

Ex-Secretary of the Treasury
Foster testified before the ways
and means committee of the House,
five weeks before President Cleve-
land began his present term, that
the revenues yielded by the Nc
Kinley tariff would not be enough,
in his opinion, by $50,00O,O00 a
year, to provide for the needs of
the government. This one fact
knocks ont all the arguments OF
Mckinley and the partisan press
that the present tariff is the cause
of the embarrassment of the Treas
ury and the retardation of bust
ness. Because the Supreme court
declared unconstitutional one fea-
ture of the present tariff law to
which the Republicans as party
made no opposition whatever the
revenues are insufficient. But they
are possibly larger than they would
have been if the Mckinley act had
Hmained in force
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-08-01

The Republican convention at Par
kersburg was forced to declare posi-
lively against any settlement of the
Virginia debt question. No Demo
cratic convention was ever called
upon to declare in any way or man
ner upon this subject. During all
the years the Democratic party has
been in power in West Virginia there
has never been suspicion that the
holders of the West Virginia certifi-
Gates could shape legislation in theil
interest, but just as soon as the Re
publicans got both branches of the
Legislature, active steps were taken
to fasten that debt upon the State;
and it is piece of unwritten history
that there was quite strong pres
sure from many Republican leaders
to induce the Legislature to take it
up for action looking to the settle
ment ON some basis that would be
satisfactory to the Virginia bond
holders. So strong was this senti-
ment that the resolution declining
to take APP the question hung fire in
the Legislature for several weeks,
and at one time it seemed doubtful of
passage. Knowing this sentiment
the convention was forced to declare
against settlement. The conven-
ton probably had the very best
ground for being suspicious, and felt
that it could not trust Republican
Legislators when brought under the
potential influence of the Virginia
bondholding syndicate without in
struction. But the people are afraid
to trust them on the subject, in the
light of the history of the last Legis-
lature, with or without instruction.
linden.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-08-01

During the last two years Repub
lican leaders like Mr.. Reed and Mr.
Mckinley, to say nothing of the sal.
aried high tariff stumpers, have
been lodging the silver question
They have had confidence in the
power of McKinleyism to gain a
victory for the this year. Last
year when Mr.. Carlisle and other
Democrats were making a brave
fight against the silver idea the Re-
publican leaders folded their arms
and said nothing. But change
has come. They are now dazed to
find themselves in the midst of a
political revolution; they are ill
prepared to grapple with the de-
fection in their own ranks; and it
is doubtful whether their party
management is competent to deal
with the emergency intelligently
and effectively.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-08-01


1t seems that there is prodig-
ieus amount of ignorance abroad
concerning the money question.
We are in bad way, whichever
way we turn, from all accounts.
First there comes from New York
a doubleleaded special dispatch to
a Republican newspaper stating
that all the Democratic newaspa-
pers and their editors will bolt the
Chicago nominees and platform.
Because, the special says: "They
know full well that if the country
should go to silver basis, panic
more terrible than any the world
has ever yet seen would desolate
the country, close its mills and
factories, shake confidence every
where, send business houses crash
ing down and involve in its ruin
every man, woman and child
in the United States. They know,
too, that our gold would go abroad !;
that ever security and bond held
by European capitalists would be
rushed back for sale or redemp-
ton, and they know that if this
hazardous experiment were tried a
return to the present standard
would at once be demanded"
Now let the reader steady him.
self on that deliverance a moment
while he reads something from
not free silver paper-but some-
thing from Senator bill" Chand-
ler's paper, the Monitor, published
at his home at Concord, N. H. 1t
is signed editorial by Chandler,
and although he supports the Re-
publican nominees of the Presi-
dental ticket and is opposed to
free silver at present, yet he dis
tinctly affirms that gold monomet-
allism tends to make the erich
richer and the poor poorer" and
then when it comes to decision
between permanent single gold
standard and silver standard he
declares that he will not be found
on the side of gold. This promi-
nent Republican Senator says:
The existing gold standard must
be preserved, if it is SO decreed,
only until it is possible to restore
the double standard by interna-
tional agreement or by just and
reasonable safeguards of United
States legislation. Whenever the
choice comes, if it ever must come,
between permanent acquiescence
in the single gold standard and the
adoption by the United States OF
the single silver standard, the Mon
itor and Statesman will not be
found on the side of gold. Such a
monetary system will everywhere
tend to make the rich richer and
the poor poorer, and will inflict
grinding poverty and the intensest
woe ON the great masses of helpless
mankind all over the world.
1t does seem that with all this
difference of opinion the country
needs thorough discussion of this
financial question. Some city DEM
ocratic editors prophesy disaster
and panic with silver monometal-
lism and Senator Chandler, a Re-
publican, gives it as his opinion
that gold monometallism makes
the rich and richer and the poor
poorer, and yet he has not the
courage to denounce the st. Louis
convention. Monometallism of
neither metal is desirable. The
middle ground of bimetallism is
the demand of the Democratic par
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-08-01
Married.

observation-disclosures July
22nd, 1896, by Rev. NIL. Rowland,
Mr.. John Long, of Mt. Morris, and
Miss Alice Stephens, of Kirby,
Penn, at the home of the bride.
The happy couple left on the same
day for a trip to the seashore to
remain until Aug. LIST when they
will return to Mt. Morris to make
their home.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-08-01

Hon. George w. Atkinson was
nominated by the Republicans OF
this State at Parkersburg for gov
ernor. George is a very nice man.
He has been arepublican, Prohibi-
ZIONIST, saloon man and almost eve
rything that he thought would get
him vote or an office. He is a
very ordinary business man, poor
lawyer, and if elected will make a
poor governor. Many Republicans
here say they will not vote for
him on account of the appointment
he made of postmaster here sew
eral years ago. He stands about
as much of chance of being elect
ed this fall as we do of being elect
ed president.-.SistersuiUe Oil Re-
riem.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-08-01
Tuesday, the 11th day Of August, 1891

The congressional committee has
called the convention to meet in
Fairmont on Tuesday, August 18th
at 10 o'clock. This is the day be-
fore the state convention and will
give delegates an opportunity to
attend both conventions on the
same trip.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-08-01
Reduced Rates 10 the Seashore. pop.
ular Excursion via b. so,

The b. u 0. r. r. will run anoth.
er one of those delightful excursions
to Atlantic City, Cape May and Sea
Isle City, Thursday July 30th, from
Pittsburg, Wheeling, Parkersburg,
Lexington and intermediate points.
The excellent train service and other
arrangements that proved so salts
factory for the former excursions will
prevail.
The tickets will be good II days,
and permit stop off at Washington
on the return trip.
We give below list of stations in
this vicinity, showing time of trains
and rates of fare
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-08-01

In the death of Hon. A. G. Sny-
der ex-Judge of the court of APP
peals the state loses one of its best
men. Judge Snyder was co-work-
er on the bench with Judge John
son. The latter gentleman speaks
in the highest terms of his excel
lence as man and his ability as
jurist.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-08-01
Now Is the Time to Make your Wife
a Present Of a
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Over IS, 100000 Now in Use and All
Purchasers Are Happy.

Easy payments, and the humblest az
well as the richest iamny can afford to
own the SINGER MACHINE. They
are guaranteed to be kept in order ire
spective of time.
The SINGER COMPANY is the only
responsible firm In the United States,
that employs e,0J0 hands the year
around and pays $4,000 day to its
working hands.
II you want good machine get the
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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-08-01
He Had to go.

The demands of politics seem to be
very arbitrary in this campaign. In
st. Louis the gold men summarily sat
upon the silver men and in Chicago
the silver men returned the compli-
ment with usury. If this state of af-
fairs were confined to politicians it
would not matter so much, but it
reaches to business and employment as
well. In some districts employers
have no use for 'sgoldbug,n and in
Others the silver man is regarded as
disqualified for employment.
| One of the most notable cases in
the last named line is that of Banker
| William p. st. John, of New York,
who resigned the presidency of large
bank in that city few days ago, be-
cause he had to. The cause was his
free coinage views. He has been pres
ident of the Merchantile National
bank Of New York since 1883, and
under his thirteen years presidency
the bank trebled its deposits, paid reg
ular semi-annual dividends, and accu-
INFLATED $1,000, 900 of surplus earn
ings. When elected a member of the
finance committee of the New York
chamber of commerce in 1894, the
chairman urged him, as the junior
member, to devote research to the sill
yer question. He began that research
as a pronounced gold man with
strong prejudice against silver. After
six years Of thorough investigation
he reached the conclusion that he had
been wrong in his antipathy to silver
and he presented minority report
when the finance committee sent in
its conclusions in favor of the gold
standard. Three years later-that is,
after nine years of study and expert
rnce-he boldly advocated equally
unrestricted coinage for gold and sill
yer in unlimited legal tender money,
and asserts as his confident belief that
"there can be no return to fairly
permanent prosperity, either for the
banks or anybody else, without the
restoration of silver, because we need
a growing volume of every thing else.
Prosperity begins at its fountain head
in order to be continuous, namely,
without our producers, principally
with the tillers Of the SOIL"
This stand was sufficient for his re-
moval. Not all his business ability
could avail against the pressure of
the other bank representatives and
the gold advocates. His case is an
illustration of the facts that in more
than in mere politics people are being
compelled to take sides. AS the Cleye-
land Plaindealer susserts: ''The lines
are being rapidly formed for the COM
ing great battle of the standards, and
those who do not leave OF their own
accord the side with which they are
not in sympathy will be driven out.
The coming practice seems to be divis-
ion rather than union.
-------------.- -
"All the power of money and or
ganized wealth, corporations and
monopolies of all kinds will be
against us. Justice is in contest |
for industrial independence and for
freedom from the domination of
foreign powers and foreign capital.
lists, and it does not seem possible
that in such a contest before the
American people, justice should
fail and wrong prevail 'A-,Seaator
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-08-01
Reasons of a Convert.

George Fred Williams, a Massa-
chusetts banker, was one of the
Bay State Delegates that made a
strong fight for free silver, and was
noted as the only banker in the
convention who fought for the
platform as adopted. He presents
some of his reasons in the follow
ing manner:
Here are some of the reasons
which have led me to the advoca-
cy of the free coinage of silver by
the United States at ratio of Is
to /:
In the first place our present
money system is failure. It
brught us in 1898 to a panic, in
which one quarter of the railroads
were brought to the hands of re-
ceivers, and many hundreds of
millions were lost to the industry
and labor of the land. We conf.
IDENTIFY expected that the repeal of
the silver purchase law, known as
the Sherman Act, would remedy
the evil; we had slight show of
improvement, and then matters
grew worse, until the whole coun-
try is in despair. Prices, which
have gone steadily down for twen-
ty years, have fallen faster in the
last three years than ever before !;
gold, which is our greatest nccessi-
ty in this emergency, is leaving the
country by constant drain upon
the Treasury; and it is clear that
the gold standard is under such
terrible strain that another panic
may result, which will involve the
failure of the gold standard, and
we shall then arrive at a silver
standard, whether we wish or not.
There is no hope in the present
situation, and it is difficult to see
how system, which is topping
under the administration of Presi-
dent Cleveland, can be expected to
stand and be strengthened under
such man as Mr.. Mckinley.
The Democratic party offers the
remedy of free coinage of silver.
No man can say exactly what the
results of free coinage at this time
will be, as the problem is really
new in the worlds history. But
the highest financial authorities
agree that the steady fall of prices
for twenty years is due to the de-
monetization of silver by the great
nations of the world between 1870
and 1881, and that only the resto-
ration of silver to its former digni-
ty as money metal will rescue us
us from the downward course of
prices, which, of course, means
bankruptcy. AS appears in the
Republican platform, the desira-
bility of bimetallism is admitted,
but it is claimed that the United
States is not strong enough single
handed to lift the price of silver,
to the price at which it is ex-
changeable for gold at Is to 1,
namely, $1.29 Ia an ounce. The
Democratic party says confidently
that the opening.of the minis to
silver will restore the status of
1873 and give the whole world the
acknowledged boon of bimetallism.
The Republican party says that
we must wait until the great ma
lions of Europe join in the effort,
but it is perfectly clear that Eng
land will refuse, so that there is
no prospect of international agree
ment until by the adoption of free
coinage in the United States, Eu-
ropean nations are driven to it.