The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-01-20

an applicant for the position of
Warden of the penitentiary has
been turned down by Governor
elect Atkinson, and the appoint
ment has gone to Mr.. Sam A.
Hawk, of Huntington. We had
fondly hoped, as had the many
friends of Judge Redmond in this
county, that he would be appoint
led to this position; but it seems
THAT Mason county is not in il, g
with the incoming administration.
j The Judge was superior man for
the place, being a kind and hui
name man, and under him the
penitentiary management would
Ihave been free from scandals. The
secret of his defeat, as we learn, is
from opposition to him with some
of the Republican leaders of this
county who have taken upon them
selves TO farm out the patronage in
this county, both State and Ma
tional. He will find out the .:ene-
mics in his own party, some of
these days. OF what use is the big
Republican majority Of Mason
county, unless there are some re-
wards2
What do the men who voted for
Mckinley under the Impression.
that they would aid in the resto-
ration of confidence, think now?
What say the men who followed
the advice of the goldbug orators
who insisted upon declaring that
the defeat of Bryan and the silver
tissue would restore confidence and
bring an era of prosperity unpre-
cedented In the history of the
countryp Where are the profess
l'sional howlers of the goldbug
camp who succeeded in counting
majority of votes for Mckinley
and what have they to say in de-.
Tense of their ridiculous position?
Is there a man in the United
States who will say that the gold
lite prophets have been sustained
by events? lis there man who
will not admit that the promised
prosperity has not come and that
events since election have branded
as false, hypocritical and insup-
portable, the political arguments
advanced by the enemies of bimet-
tallism9
Before election our Republican
friends held that all that was need
ed to restore confidence and make
good times boom was the assurance
of Mckinley election. Mckinley
was elected and still the boom does
not come. This disheartens them,
but they are again plucking up.
heart and whispering that after
Mckinley is inaugurated the boom
will come certain, sure. All right.
boys; inauguration day is less than
seven weeks ahead, and we will
wait until then, but understand,
there must be no more postpone
ments.
A seven column paper, says a
contemporary, could not contain
the accounts of the disasters of
failing banks and reductions in
workingmen's wages which are.
taking place since the restoration
of confidence" This is quite pro-
voking to the Republicans, but
still they are the people who gave
us this overdose of confidence
and prosperity.
If President-elect Mckinley is.
superstitious it is remarkable that
he should have overlooked the fact
that since the foundation of Gov
eminent in the United States but
twelve extra sessions of Congress
have been called. He has decided
to convene an extra session and
that will make the thirteenth.
One good thing that should be
credited to this Congress, now about
to expire, was the defeat, January
IL, in the House of the Pacific
Railroad Funding bill. The result
will probably be the foreclosure of
the Government lien and the sale
of the property.
1t is very thoughtful of the
makers of the New Year calenders
to have the figures SO large and
black. Hang one of them on the
wall and you can tell when a note
falls due without getting out of
.Ihad