The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-09-21
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ENCOURAGED.

ENGDURAGED.
Some Features That VIII Help
Along Democratic Success This
Fail.
WAsHINeToN, Sept II Hon.
John d. Anderson, West Virginia
member Of the Democratic Nation
al Committee, is in the city In con
ference with Secretary Kerr of the
Congressional committee concern
ing the Congressional campaign in
West Virginia. He brought hope
full reports concerning the situa ton
In each of the four districts, which
is regarded here by those who have
observed the quality of the Demo-
cratic nominations and the discord
on the Republican side. as unusu-
ally favorable to the the return Of
solid democratic delegation to
the next Congress from q state
lately regarded as almost hoplessly
lost TO Democracy.
Secretary Kerr of the Democratic
Congressional COMMITTEES shares
this hopeful feeling regarding the
West irginia situation He thinks
at least two If not more of the pres
TENT Republican Congressman will
be retired He says there has
been no demand upon the commit
tee from West Virginia for speak,.
ers, but that reports indicated the
home leaders were conducting
well managed campaign promising
excellent results. The committee
is sending out literature as usual,
and it's campaign book viii soon be
ready for issue.
AS to the general congressional
situation Secretary Kerr predicts
the return of ademocratic majority
to the next house. The war, he
finds, has not been of as great as
sistance politically to the Republi-
cans as they hoped.
"In their campaign book, - said
Mr.. Kerr, sthe republicansa actually
declare the war to have been par
tisan one, pursued with partisan
aim and with hope of partisan glo-
ry. In our campaign book we
shall admit this, and further de-
clare that the Encouragement of
the land forces. resulting in use
less waste of life in field and camp
through illness and disease, is di-
rectly due to the partisan conduct
of the war for party purposes.
Eve have not paid much atten-
ton to the question of colonial
policy, for until President McKin-
ley outlines his purposes to Con
gress we shall not know whether
we are to add to our present acqui-
sitions. But there are other issu IS
growing out of tho war upon which
we are laying stress. The republiz
can party has burdened us with a
bonded indebtedness, and with
increased taxation failing upon
the plain people, filing the treas
ury with a dangerous surplus
and withdrawing money from the
channels of trade. The banks are
already complaining of the restric-
ton of the volume of currency,
while there is $500, 100000 of idle
money in the treasury. With the
acquisition of Cuba and Porto
Rico, both absorbing American
currency in legitimate trade, we
need an expansion of the currency,
one metal being insufficient for
commercial purposes and the
maintenance of prices at a profit
able level. Thus the financial
question is more than ever vital
issue, fact given fresh illustration
by the events of the day.
Our gold standard fakirs who
are in the saddle in Washington
will have moro than they can pos
sibly attend to when they come to
answering the many questions that
will ere long be put to them, why
they starved our soldiers in camp
and in the field, and why they neg
lected the sick and wounded.
There was no time during the war
when those in command at WASH
ington could not find time TO, issue
gold interszt bearing boadsand 10
hob-nob with robbing army con-
tractors, but they allowed soldiers
to suffer with sickness and wounds