West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-09-09

NV" '"J onONn tnhL I've Will
make a Senator ot whom his state
and section will be proud.
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Republicans would rather not
t'lk about the deficit of about
twenty-six million dollars shown
oy the official figures of the gov.
ernmSnt's receipts and expen
ditures for July and August, the
Arst two months of the new fiscal
Year. They have alrea,ly done too.
much talking about the surplus
Chat the new tariff was certainly
gong to produce.
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Mr.. John Russell Young, the
new Librarian of Congress, Is now
having a hard wrestIe with the
more than seven thousand appli-
elnts and their friends, who were
disappointed when he, this week
announced the appointments to ten
OF the best positions at his disposif.
lie still hHs forty or fifty small
places to dispose of and althoug
shey only carry small salaries the
pressure to get them rs sonsothing
awful to contemplate.
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1T has always been considered tho
proper thing to make support on
the National platform of political
party the test OF mans loyalty to
hrs party. The platform adopted
BY party in National convention
IS the only authentic declaration of
the principles of that purity and
must be so considered until an.
other National convention meets
AMI adopts another platform.
Phese facts are so self evident that
mention Of them seems almost un-
necessary, yet objection is being
saiset becauso Democrats are in
sIsting THAT the platform adopted
by the Chicago convention must be
accepted as the principles Of the
Democratic party. Tod anything
else would be a radical departure
5rom all political precedents.
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There is clash Of authority in
she Interior Department between
Secretary Bliss and Indian Com.
missioner Jones that may end in a
Big row among prominent Repub-
Acans. Mr.. Jones present assist
ant is MIR. Thomas z. Smith, who
Is Democratic hold over. Mr.
Smith has made a tip-top record
and Mr.. Jones would like him TO
7emain IN bis Office. Boss Hanna
directed sometime ago that one of
his Ohio prcteges-TawAer, by
name, who has been serving as
the private Secretary Of Secretary
Bliss, should be appointed Assist
ant Commissioner, and the appoint
ment was about to be nN,fe- when
Commissioner JONES heard about il
and notified Secretary Bliss ,has he
would not have TawDer for his as.
sistant. Then there WAS high
old time in the Office Of Secretary
Bliss, and the relations between he
and Commissioner Jones are very
much strained, but Fawuer has not
yet been appointed. OF course, IL
Boss Hanna insists he will be-, and
II Jones doesn't Ike it he can 10
sign. j. is a custom 70 consnIs the
wishes Of bureau cbiefs IN selecting
thoIr assistants, and upon that
gistom COmmi sHoncr Jones relies.
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Representative d. GraHsurcid.
81 AcNas' isl 10 Nushiugt)D. Speak
jng Of wheat and silver be sid
"Onr farmers are this year blessed
With abu1ispt crops ord tbo whoa,
producing countries ON the other
SIDE of tbc ocell have short crops.
In other WORT, Che demand Tor
American wheat is almost greater
thha tbo supply; hence ,1y biz
prices which the spectators are
just nov getting. ) am sorry to
say this sili not Msays continue.
ior next scar The demand Or wheat
BY reason u good orop5 oD lhe
Ofhcs ade MY Je only normal, and
~ tDat event our farmers VIII rot
receive any more for their whg,,
ihan formerly. Lev tbc miuts Of