West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-09-16

october. That is more however.
than Gen. Lee has said.
NM
Rev. Sam. Small left Washington
This week for Kentucky and Ohio.
lie Will take an active part in the
campaign in both States, nlaking
democratic speeches. We has few
equals ms an effective stump orator.
lie recently had conference with
Mr.. Bryan, and he will probably
tell the Kentucky and Ohio voters
some of the things they talked
about.
oihclals OF the marine Hospital
Service have taken stops which
they believe will prevent the spread
OF the yellow fever, which is now at
Ocean Springs, Miss, and state.
ment has been issued chasing the
yellow fever at that place as mild
form Of the disease which is proven
by the fact that many of those at
tackled have only been slightly in.
eonTenienced thereby for several
days. There is no occasion for any
yellow fever scare anywhere.
EHfE
Firealarm Foraker and John
Sherman confering together re.
minds one of the saying about poll
liics making strange bedfellows.
Although these two men have not
always been close friends, they are
now IN the same boat-both are
compelled by circumstance to seem
TO desire the election of Boss
to the Senate and to seem 10 be
working towards that result, when
neither OF them want Hanna I'm the
Senate. Boss Hanna would doubt.
less have been edited, if not pleased,
II he could have heard the CONVEX
sation Of Foraker and Sherman at
eheir long conference, in the Secre-
SarY's Office at the State Depart.
ment-
Senator German was at the
Treasury Department this week
and called upon Secretary Gage for
the first time. The newspaper
men who tried 10 interview Mr.
German on politics met With the
usual result-he interviewed them
and found out what they knew, but
didn't tell them what he knew.
Whether Senator German intends
to retire from public life at the ex.
piration of his present term is a
question that isstill being discussed
both By his friends and his enemies.
but whatever may be his intentions
about retiring, there is no doubt
about his intention TO REGAIN Mary
land for the democratic party, nor
Of bis confidence in his ability to.
accomplish that result. HIS ex-
pansiye smile when existing repub.
lican dissensi0ns in the State are
mentioned shows his satisfaction
with the situation.
Wide it is generally known in
Washington that Pension Commits
sioDer Evans has had several wran-
giles With the Civil Service Copmis-
sim, because OF bis yiolatIaDs Of
she civil service law and Tules, and
that Secretary Bliss has made him
feel bis authority IN more or less
Illuminating way, upon several oc-
customs, the Tumor that DO kas
become sufficiently disgrunllcd to
contemplate resigning finds few
believers. Mr.. Evans says he
docsn's intend TO resign, but tbey
always talk that way Ofthe nine.
teen divisions in the Pension Bureau
there I5 only one That has the same
chief il had whom Mr.. Evans took
change q the oBce; the other eieh-
teen have either been Teauccd or
removed.
1919
Senator Bacon, ol GA, WAS iu
Washington ibis week. lie Thus
sized up the condition Of The people
Of BIS state and section 'Jf YOU
put n man ID wilderness PC wiz
ultimately gtt ont Of It some Of
ths eomforts Of lie, and 30 did oaT
people. They ays now mailing a
Lttle Jo0hsy; uDt mneb, but they
arc gr0yjbg strong and steadily iDl.
proving. Not 70 BIZ 81 30 is dine 10