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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-10-24

ment (zesular session The expenses
of the regular session OF the Legis-
lature OF 1893, lasting IS days, were
$30.749. Those Of the Legislature Of
1897. lasting the same time. were
$s4,437. a difference of 1858 in favor
of the Democratic body.
Thus it will be seen that with refer
ence to such funds as are not set aside
for specific purposes and may be ex-
pended mostly at the discretion of the
heads of the different departments, the
LegislatuIA of 1897
INCREASED THE APPROPRIA-
TTONS
very largely, when the size Of the
funds are considered. It need hardly
be said that funds Of this kind are the
ones that may, without violation of
law, be most used to indirectly reward
party services, and help along party
organizations.
In reference to the amounts appro-
priated by the special Acts, it will be
observed that the Republican Legisla-
ture sustained its general reputation in
this branch also. Appropriations OF
this kind however, are to be considered
each on its own merits, and cannot be
readily compared. 1t may be noticed
in passing, however, that the chief item
of this kind appropriated by the Legis-
lature Of 1898 was for the purchase of
the new Executive Mansion for $23,660,
while the principal expenditure by spe-
cial Act of the Legislature of 1897
was the payment of military claims,
$19, 159. AS to the first of these items
it may be said that the State still has
the purchased property, as to the sec
ond, it ought to be remembered that
they are claims a third of a century old
and were refused to be paid a quarter
Of century back by a large majority
of a non-partisan Legislature.
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were discharged precisely Is tney knss
been n Al other years. leaving Ne
above honest and legitimate balance
subject to check In the State Treasury.
The Auditors report shows that tho
State owed at the end OF this year an
aggregate of 1922 9S, that would have
been paid If there had been suficient
appropriations to meet it. BY REFER
ring to the item Of deficiency appropri-
atoms, it will be seen that most Of tho
above amount is due to the fact that
the Legislature of 1895 ill-advisedly de-
clined to appropriate the amounts call
ed for by the Auditors estimates Of ex-
penditures for the years 1895 and 1896,
and absolutely refused In one instance
to make the necessary appropriation
to meet large deficiency then due and
payable.
II, however, this amount, that would
have been paid but for the culpable re-
fusal and neglect OF the Republicans
Legislature of 1895, Is deducted from
the amount on hand September S0th,
1898, it will be seen that the balance
would still be SIG. ,6s, and that this
balance corresponds roughly with the
balances usually found in the Treasury
under Democratic rule. at times when
there We're no controversies on the
question, is apparent from glance at
such balances since the beginning Of
the present decade. They were:
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BALANCE IN THE TREASURY.
A Complete Answer to a Standing Repub-
iican Charge.

lean Charge.
The balance in the State Treasury at
the end of the fiscal year Of 1896 to the
credit Of the State fund. was $685.
9S0s3 The Republican officials have
attacked this item with peculiar acri-
mony. Seeing In it a constant and Eff
fectiye refutation of their reiterated
charges OF Democratic extravagaace
and mismanagement, they have sought
to demolish it by every possible means.
the most usual being to charge that il
is due to the fact that amounts owed
by the State at the time were not paid.
and that IL such amounts as the Repub-
licans have been compelled TO since paw
had been liquIdated, this balance would
have vanished.
The answer to charges Of THE kind il
thar AL such amounts as by law were
payable before the end Of the fiscal
ysax. md had hsen appropriatsd To-.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-10-24

The place that the Legislature of
1897 will occupy in the annals of West
Virginia will be determined by what
1t did, rather than what 1t attempted.
The memory OF most of its abortive
efforts will in time fade away, while
its Acts will lemain. This is, relative
ly speaking, very fortunate for the
Republican party, since the evils that
it did, great as they were, fell far
short of what it sought to accomplish;
but in order to obtain a true idea Of
the bent and aim of the party, the
attitude of the majority Of its mem
bers must be noticed on vital meas
ures that were defeated, as well as on
those that were passed. If it be en-
titled to praise or blame for such bills
as become laws by the action of ma
jority of it's members, it is equally so
for such as were defeated in spite of
such majority. This proposition is
important in view of the fact that some
of the most aggravated schemes
TO LOOT THE STATE TREASURY
that failed to pass were supported by
a majority of the Republicans, and de-
feated mainly by Democratic votes.
The most effective way to make a
handsome return for Jealous party ser
vice Is, after all the regular Offices
have been dished out, to create or
enlarge channels through which public
moneys, however indirectly, may at
least reach party favorites. To do this,
recourse is usually had to oppropria-
lions. Partly on this account, and
partly because the party has always
had strong inclination to spend the
peoples money lavishly, the appropri
ations of the Legislature OF 1897 have
been beyond all precedent extrava-
CANT. To see that such is the case, it
is only necessary to examine the fol-
lowing statement showing in detail the
appropriations made by the last DEM
ocratic Legislature 1888 and the
present Republican Legislature. And
in going over such of these as concern
the Legislature or funds not devoted
to specific purposes, the distinctive
aim of the Republican majority will
be noticed to have been to secure fnan-
cha. benefits for themselves and at
taches at the expense of the State
treasury. Generally, when in an APP
preparation of certain class an item
of increase appears, somewhere, more
or less directly connected with it, will
be +, I'D additional ofTlce-holders, IN
creased salaries, or extrs ps3.
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that the appropriations of the last
Democratic Legislature 1888 were
made, except those by special acts, at
Special session of that body beginning
on the oath day of February, and ter
minating on the 8th day of March, $685.
The above list, however, embraces
every item appropriated either at the
general or special session, except the
pay of members and attaches of the
Legislature for the extra session,
amounting to $5,148.
This is omitted for the purposes Of
comparison, as there was no special
session Of the Republican Legislature
of 1897. The list is intended, also, to
embrace every item appropriated by
the Legislature of 1897.
1t must be remembered that the
Legislature of 1897 sought to evade the
responsibility Of its enormous appro-
priations by designating a considerable
amount of them as Deficiency Appro-
priations" AS there has always been
an available balance in the State Tres
ury at the close of each fiscal year here
tofore, and as it has not even been al
legged that a single unlawful claim was
allowed by the State Democratic admin
istration, any deficiency that actually
existed at the meeting Of the last Leg
islature were cue to the failure of the
preceding Legislature (1s95) to appro-
pirate enough money to meet the cur
rent expenses of the State government
That is to say, such portion Of the al
legged deficiency appropriations as were
really payable in the fiscal year preced-
ing the meeting Of the Republican Leg
islature Of 1897 should have been pro-
vided for by the Republican Legislature
Of 1895, and the excessive aggregate Of
four years Of Republican appropriations
were equitably distributed between its
two Legislatures. 1t will be seen, how
ever, by glancing at the remarks on
Deficiency Appropriations" that the
Democratic Legislature Of 1893 made
an inadequate appropriation for GRIM
Cn&rDAD Aryx-u,
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1T OUGHT FIRST TO BE NOTED

Total ....................$a sci, ego co.'s ,64s s.
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A RE OF
REPUBLICAN RULE
IN WEST VIRGINIA.
Our Existing Regime, and What it
Cost the People
Shown by an Impartial Examination Of the
State Records.

TIE Studied Policy Of the Party in Power Has Been to
Spend Money Lavishly and Unnecessarily and to
Override the Constitution and the Laws, Preced-
ent and Common Decency, That the End in Sight
Might be Reached-A Careful Compilation of the
Salient Features of the Present Gross Msrnanage-
ment of the Affairs of Our State-Every Voter
Should Read and Fully Digest This Arraignnent Of
Those in Authority, and Then Vote and Work for
Better Things.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-27
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS..


NORMAN & ROBERTSON. proprietors
Of abstracts and examiners of land titles.
No. 16 East Sixth street. furnish daily the
transfers of real estate filed in the record
er's Office at Kansas City, Mo.
Notice-Ali transfers appearing in the
daily reports contain covenants of general
warranty. unless otherwise stated.
February Is.
A. ". Davis to Thomas H. McMil-
len and wife: lot "a. Home places 975
s. o. Richardson and wife to H. C.
Settle; lot A and part Of 43.
George w. Mcknight and wife to
Merchants National bank; south
west quarter of the southwest
quarter of the northeast quarter Of
section %, township 49. range a.. I
Maggie Desert and husband to Rosa
NJ Pate; lot Is, block 2, Vanderbilt
William A. Rule and wife to Emma
Mellen; lot q, block 4. Union park. $50
John R. Ross and wife to Galen B.
Conway: lots "a, % and Is and part
of q, Stewards first addition. 80. 100
QUITCLA1M DEED
Alexander Sutherland to Fannie
Sutherland; lots q to &c, block 3,
Linwood terrace NORTHUMBERLAND.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-27
TAKE CARE OF BABY.
Poor Ventilation System VIII De-
form rs Quickly as Acc
cident.

A great doctor once remarked that bad
Ventilation deforms more children and de-
stroys more health than accident or plague.
Baby should never be put to sleep In bed
or p~erambulator with the head under the
bed clothing. to inhale the air already
hreathed and further contaminated by eN-
aalations from the skin. You are smother
Ing the life cut of your child's lungs an
anxious mother was told not long ago.
How would you like to drink tho water
you wash in? Well. when you cover your
iaby's head up. you force him to use air
that is Just as bad and just as impure"
Never brighten your little ones into obe-
dicnce with foolish threats. Many a timid.
shrinking and cowardly man has to thank
The experience OF his nursery days for this
defect in his constitution. It is wicked and
the black man will TAX him away. or
something equally terrifying. as foolish
nurses and careless mothers have learnt
10 their cost. Small wonder IL the child.
whose susceptible mind has been tainted
with stories of the supernatural. grows up
q helpless, cowardly specimen of humanity.
unfit TO fight the battle of life.
"When a baby screams at night, says an
authority on the subject, "you may he sure
that one of three things is the matter with
him-a pain, q pin or a passion. If II is the
former, put n teaspoonful of lime in a little
milk. and give II TO him; then hunt for the
hin. But II he has been sufficiently and
properly fed at his usual meal time, don't
he troubled about his being hungry. Put
down the bowling TO natural or Inherited
or acquired habit, and get through the
night as best you can"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-27
EDUCATIONAL,


SPALDING'S COMMERCIAL COLLEGE
Incorporated; East Wing New York Life
Bldg, Kansas City. Mo, offers at its Thir-
ty-second Annual Day and Night Schools,
unsurpassed advantages and lowest rates
for bookkeeping. Banking. Actual Business
Practice. Shorthand. Typewriting, Telegra-
ply. English Branches. Modern Languages.
etc. twenty eiegsnt Solese rooms. ac-
perienced Teachers and Lecturers. Latest
and best eth of instruction. Penman-
ship awarded First Premium for twenty
years. Thousands OF Graduates and former
Students filling good positions in this city
and wher Catalogues free. Tel. ll7i.
BE sure to visit or address this College
before going elsewhere. ]. F. Spalding, A.
M. Prest.
DAVID c. BANGS School of Modern
Acting. Elocution, Voice Culture. Send for
circular. Old Y. NJ. c. A. bldg.
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wANTED-TO RENT.


WANTED-l2 to "a room house; must be
modern in all respects and good location:
strictly tirst-class tenant: will pay good
rent. SILLS. NORTHUP & Co,
Keith e. Perry bldg.
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EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES.
wANTED-AGENTS.

WANTED-AgentS to sell Murat Hal
pleads great Cuba book; all about Cuba,
Spain and War; great excitement; every
pne Buys 1t; one agent sold eighty-seven in
one day: another made s13 in one hour; 600
pages: magnificent Illustrations; photo
graphs. ETC.; low price: We guarantee the
most liberal terms: freight paid; twenty
days credit; outfit free; send six two-cent
stamps to pay postage. The Bible House,
B2i Dearborn St, Chicago.
WANTED NOW-Agents to sell Sash
Locks and Door Holders. Sample Sash Lock
free for &c stamp; immense; better than
weights; burglar proof: so a day; write
quick; Address BRoHARD eco, Dept. 90.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-27

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT-Notics IL here
by given to all creditors and others interested in the
estate OF John McQueeney. deceased. that !. Mary z.
Mcoueeney. administratrix Of said estate. intend to
make 4 fnal settlement thereof at the next term Of
the probate court OF Jackson county, to be held At
Kansas City. Missouri. on the cist day Of February.
lSsl NARY E. NcoUEENEY. Administrative
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-27

On Sunday. March 6, Drs. Thornton &
Minor. the famous specialists in piles, ifs
tula and all diseases OF the rectum, will
publish a half page lad" In The Journal,
containing many names and testimonials
from prominent people all over the coun-
Try, whom they have cured. II you are
AFFLICTED. Watch for this ad.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-27

NoTICE-Notice is hereby given to the
creditors Of James c. Tobin that on Saturday. the
18th day OF March, 1898, at the opening OF court, or
as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard. 1 shall
apply TO the circuit court OF jackson county. MIS-
souri,, at Kansas City. Division No. :. for the dis
charge from my trust as assignee of James C. Tohiu.
B. HOWARD SMITH. Assignee.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-27
TITLE GUARANTEE COMPANY.

A. l.. o. SCHUELER, mgr. examines and
guarantees titles in Missouri and Kansas.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-27

NOTICE is hereby given that letters of administra-
ton on the estate of Robert T. Wilson. deceased.
were granted to the undersigned by the probate
court OF the county Of Jackson. state OF Missouri. at
Kansas City, on the Esd day OF February. 1898. All
persons having claims against said estate are re-.
aulred TO exhibit the same to the undersigned for
allowance. within one year after the date Of SAL!
letters, or they may be precluded from any benefit
of said estate, and II such claims be not exhibited
within two years from the date OF this publication
they will be forever barred.
' ALFRED N. GossETr, Administrator.
Dated this 2tth DAY Of February, 1893.
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HELP.

name and address of men
shd girls who have worked In jewelry fac
tories and understand either hard solder
5ns, stone setting, polishing, presswork or
iaha engraving. Please give experience.
tlhc or work familiar with, and last place
~ employment. w. +. Main Co., Iowa City,
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HAuprox1Ay SCHOOL OF GERMAN.


2os NEW YORK LIFE. Glasses day and
evening. Terms, 81 per month.
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SITUATION wANrEp-MALH.

WANTED-Situation by young man, mid
dle-aged: speaks German; understands gro
Gerry business: willing to do any kind OF
work. Address w pa, journal office.
WANTED SITUATION-By practical ex-
perienced hotel or restaurant cook; country
preferred. Address w 3O2. Journal office.
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POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
CANDIES,

LOVERS of choice candies will find that
no candies made in Kansas City can equal
in excellence our pure genuine homemade
specialties. ATHENS TRUE CANDY CO.,
Ill East Twelfth st.
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SITUATION wANTED-FEMALE.

WANTED-Situation by middle-aged
woman with one child, wishes to obtain
work In family: general homework or cook
Ing. Address w 2l0, Journal office.
WANTED-Situation: by a good colored
cook, in a boarding house or small family.
Call or address 1907 Dripps street.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.: Practical middle
egeC nurse wishes work; ref. Address w
S37. Journal office.
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BUCHANAN STORAGE COMPANY.

STORAGE, moving and packing by ex-
perienced men. Separate locked rooms. II
desired. A 81. 900 bond approved by the
circuit court for protection of customers.
Tel. $40. l215-1217 MCGEE.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-27

Passengers going East and wishing TO
avoid the incline TO the Union depot can
take Santa Fe Route trains at Twenty-sec-
ond and Grand avenue station. Best dining
ears in the world.
Santa Fe Route ticket offices. northeast
Corner Tenth and Maip streets. 1850 Union
eyenue. Union depot. and Grand avenue
station.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-27
X. c..s PRIVATE DETECTIVE.

]. A. MMAHON. rooms II and 10, 1I2o
Main st. Consultation absolutely conhden-
tial: q general detective business; advice
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-27

NOTICE IS hereby given that letters Of adminIs.r,-
ton, with the will annexed. on the estate OF Ros, I
Prall, deceased. were granted to the undersigned Inv
the probate court Of the county Of Jackson. state al
Missouri. at Kansas City. on the 9Th day Of February.
1898. All persons having claims against said estate
are required TO exhibit the same to the undersigned
for allowance. within one year after the date Of said
letters, or they may be precluded from any benef, Of
said estate. and II such claims be not exhibited with
in two years from the date OF this publication they
will be forever barred. THOMAS ]. EEHOR
Administrator. With the Will Annexed.
Dated this 10th day OF February. 1898.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-27

The Burlington Route.
The best line to Chicago.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-27

IN the circuit court Of jackson county, Missouri.
at Kansas City. Assignment OF NJ. Holman. Nc.
3l9st. Notice TO Creditors and Others:-Notice is
hereby given that on January 18th. 1898, NJ. Hoi-
mann made a general assignment OF all his property
to the undersigned as assignee for the benefit Of all
creditors. Notice is further hereby given that tbs
assignee has appointed THURSDAY. March 2ith. 1898.
as the day. and his law Offices. S33, S34 and Sos New
York Life building. Kansas City, Missouri. as the
place, when and where he will proceed publicly to
adjust and allow demands against the estate and
effects Of N. Hoffman,. assignor. The assignee will.
for that purpose. attend in person at that place on
said day and during two consecutive days there
after. at Q a. m. and until ) p. H.. continuously,
on each OF said three days. All persons having de-
mands against said estate are required to present
same at time and place above or they may be
barred. GRANT l. R0SENZWETG. Assignee.
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Personal.
LEGAL. NOTICES.


sHERIFF's sALE-By virtue and authority of a
transcript execution issued from the office OF the clerk
Of the circuit court of jackson county, at Kansas
City, Missouri. returnable to the April term. 1895. OF
said court, and to me. as sheriff, directed and de-
livered in favor Of Philip Johns and W. NJ. Stelp, as
Johns and Stelp. and against John Andrews l have
levied upon and seized all the right. title. interest and
estate OF said defendant. John Andrews. in and to the
following described real estate. situated in the county
of Jackson and state OF Missouri, to-wit: North
twenty-siI and one-half tesiG) feet Of lot eight hun
bred and seyenty-eight 1878, and south ten QW feet
of lot eight hundred and seYenty-seven tsIT, block
siyty-three t63). McGee's addition to Kansas City,
Missouri; also west Z of southwest quarter OF south
east quarter OF section 20. township ~. range 81,
also north \ Of northeast quarter Of section %.
township IL, range 80: also southwest quarter OF the
northwest quarter of section 20. township A.. range
80. in jackson county, Missouri; also east twenty
eight (2S) feet of lot nineteen lsI, and the west nine
t) feet OF lot twenty t20). in block B. Mary Stew
art Place, an addition to Kansas City, Missouri:
also east twelve and one-half G2i) feet Of west
twenty-seven and one-half t21h) feet of lot seventy
one Oh, South View. an addition to Kansas City.
Missouri. and I will, on Monday, the 2lst day OF
March, A. D. 1898. between the hours ot nine o'clock
in the forenoon and FIVE o'clock in the afternoon OF
that day. at the south front door Of the county court
house, in Kansas City. Jackson county. state OF Mis-
souri,, and during the session OF said circuit court, at
Kansas City, Missouri, sell at public vendue, for cash,
to the highest bidder, all the right, title. interest,"
and estate Of the above named defendant, John An.
drews. in and to said real estate, to satisfy said exc
cution and costs. ROBERT s. STONE. Sheriff.
Kansas City, Mo-. February 25th. 1898.
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Is LESSONS IN BOOKKEEPING,

tenmanship M rapid mathematics. by ex-
!ert accountants; strictly private; qualify
70 Keep any books: no tedious school meth
Cos; day and evening: 10th year: list OF
references on application.
Office 3Z3 Ridge bldg.
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S240 CHICAGO to Dawson CITY

With one years provisions. For informa-
ton. address ]. 8. Matthews, X. & P. bldg,
Kansas City, Mo.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-27

TO RENT-Very desirable brick house: 6
rooms, hall and bath; Maple ave. and Hale
month. Inquire Of owner at 1114 Jeffer-
son st.