West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-10-07

The little gathering Of goldbugs
calling themselves q monetary
commission" and claiming to rep
resent the entire country has, after
dividing themselves up into com
mittees on, Metallic currency, dc.
mand obligations, and banking,
taken recess until October II.
SO far as the public is concerned
they might just AS well have ad-
journed sine die.
TIT
The machinery of the Pension
Bureau is being unblushingly used
to help slong the campaign of Boss
Hanna in Ohio. A number of
clerks have been transferred to the
middle division, in which Ohio is,
from another division, in order to
expedite all applications for pen
sions for citizens Of Ohio now pend.
ing, and in order that all pension
inquiries made by Ohio congress-
men may be answered the same day
they are received. or course, this
is not fair towards applicants for
pensions in other states, but 1t al
lows the Ohio voter to seq what a
pull Hanna has, and after the
election Ohio applications will cease
to be specially favored.
TIT
Mr.. Mckinley has returned to
Washington, but his travelling isn't
quite over for the season, as Boss
Hanna needs him in his business,
and has arranged another trip to
Ohio for him. 1t is understood
that this trip will DO made the lat
ter part of this month and that
while in Ohio Mr.. Mckinley Will
make ut least one speech for Hanna.
If little thing like consistency
cut any figure with the Hanna
Mckinley combine, it would be
pertinent to ask if there was i'm
propriety in the Secretary of State
taking part in the Ohio campaign,
why the President can do so with
propriety
TIT
When man adopts questionable
methods in an avowed attempt to
get rich by catching "suckers," as
Mr.. John Wedderburn, head of the
business Of John Wedderburn &
Co., did, he knowingly accepts all
the chances of having himself
officially branded as fraud.
Therefore no sympathy was wasted
on him when it was announced
that the Commissioner of Patents
had decided to disbar John Wed
derburn & Co. from practice before
the U. $. Patent Office, for fraud.
and that the postal authorities were
being pressed to act upon the re-
quest to put the National Recor-
DER" John Wedderburn &c Co.'S.
paper, on the fraud list. Mr.. John
Wedderburn although still a young
man, has so far made use of four
aliases in his efforts to catch "suck-
ers"-Tke Examiner Claims Blu.
reau, The Press Claims Co., The
National Recorder, and John Wed
deburn & Co.
TIT
There was a very warm time in
the office Of the Postmaster Gen.
eral this week, which resulted in
an apology from the Postmaster
General 20 "Dick" Kerens. the
Missouri Republican boss. The
row started when Kerens produced
a pcrcmtory order from Mckinley
directing that o man selected for
postmaster at Krkyille, Mo-, by
the Postmaster General, should not
be appointed. Mr. Gary got 60
mad that be accused Kerens OF
wanting to have embczzlors appoint
ed postmasters in Missouri Then
the Missouri boss got con bic ear
and made things SO hot for Mr..
Gary that be was glad to close the
incident by making an apology.
What really made Mr. Gary mad
was that Mr. Mckinley would not
allow him TO appoint % man post
master who was opposed by Kerens.
TT
The Treasury deficit IL sr'l the
hy iu tne admuistratiou's milk