West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-07-08
NATIONAL NEWS NOTES.
sbEStaal' and Political Points Picked
Up aEd PGHCiled Down for
Argus Readers.
Vie, Pickles. Plnms and Preserves,
From The Home OF Uncle sam.
WASHINGTON. ID. c., }
July 9, 1897. {

out lIttle acllvltY IN the business
circles OF Missouri mt this time.
Affairs are in somo what Of nm ex
pectant attitu@o. awaiting the ae-
pearancc If the belated prosperity
promised by the Republican party,
which seems To have been side
Tracked somewhere along the line
of It's Journey. Money is idle and
llstleSs. bee use the opportunity
for profitable investment is unin.
Tinng. Under existing conditions
Missouri would probability douLlc
the majority she gave Bryan. The
next House, in my opinion, Will be-
Overwhelmingly Democrulie. and
the Republicans will also lose con
trol of the Senate"
Skin games can no longer be
played with impuBity upon the
oPeduio by interruptions men en-.
gagged in the business of collecting
patents. Commissioner Butter
worth declares that nothing but
straightforward honorable business
methods are to be allowed i'm the
practice before the Patent Office
while he is at Its head, and that
the patent sharks must go, and to
show that he means business he has
within . short period disbnrred
eight attorneys from practice be-
fore tho u. s. Patent Office for
crooked business, and has cited
John Wedderburn & Co.. who are
officially charged with specific in.
stances of fraud and deception in
their dealings with inventors, to
show eanse Why they should not al
so be disblrred.
The Republicans Of the District
OF Columbia who contributed money
and time to elect Mckinley are m.
clined to say cuss words every time
they glance over the list Of seven
JUICY diplomatic places which have
been given to residents of the dis
trict. With the exception Of John
Hay, who is more Of literary man
than AZ politician aud more Of Il
club and society man than of
either, and Lonis A. Dent, who
was the late MIR. Blaine's private
secretary for long time, che aver
age Republican had never heard of
these favored individuals until heir
names went to the Senate. 1t is
probable that the other five gentle =
men were credited to the District of
ColHm bn for the convenience Of
their Congressional hackers, but
That doesn't make it please the
Iec4l pie hunters any better.
THI1
There never was clearer case of
asking for bread and receiving a
stone than the so called anti. trust
amendment TO the tariff bill, pre-
pared by the Republicans of the
Senate Finance committee. 1t
was not their first intention to re-
port any amendment on this sub
jet, bat they became satisfied that
If they did not there was danger
hat the Pettigrew anti-tfustamend.
ment, which was recently tabled by
little parliamentary juggling,
might be brought to "a direct vote
and be adopted. Then they cot
their heads together and concocted
She sham that will be just about as
injurious to the trusts as the Shcr-
man antitrust law has been. and
they actually expect the voters OF
the country TO accept their work as
an earnest and real attempt 10 curb
the power Of trusts, instead Of see.
ing 1t for what IL really is; an at
tempt 20 bamboozle the voters who
don't know any better than to look
to Republicans for legislation adj
Verse TO trusts.
BBBR
Senator Turpie gave the {epub-
lican tariff bill raking fore and
aft in speech in favor Of the
amendment supported by the mi
nority Of the Finance Committee.
70 tax inberitances over $4,000. =
per cent for the next FIVE years.
lie told the Republicans that they
had made the measure prohibitory
and that besides, 20 biiI bad over
been presented that made 90 large
and unprovoke5 a spoliai0u % tic
world's commerce. llo said there
was compound felony 900 nearly
ever schedule Of it. aud HAT the
biIl made D. almost peua. oTebsa
20 carry on trade with the people
Of South and Central America.
while one.third Of 10 was 70 declar4.
tiOu Of war against Eraucc. Cor
many. and the continent Of Eu-
rope lIe added that the rates in
tbe DID we've akin TO bribery and
ra7ino dictated By "bsnditi Of
eyndIcI'cs." lie closed by refer
ing 90 The silver question and ox
pressing Tie opinion ,hst The a5an.
comment OF Che iyoe coinage OF 8I.
vcr Oy Obs government was st.r
30 excess " ths rieb.'nI aufborl,
Of those who md ordered 10 done.
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