West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-03-17

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notion to veto the bill appropria-
ting 1888 600 to reimburse the pub
fishing house Of the Soui hern
Methodist Church for war damage
g. Its property. which was tins week
passed by the Senate, the Metho-
dist brethren will soon get the
money.
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The National Association of
Democratic Clubs, which has made
arrangements to celebrate the I55th
birthday anniversary of Thomas
Jefferson, by subscription dinner.
on Wednesday. April 18th, ut
which Hon. William j. Bryan and
Senator Jones. of Arkansas, Char
man OF the Democrrtic National
Committee, will be guests of honor.
has issued circular letter urging
all Democratic Clubs to Gel, braie
IN some way by joining with the
National Association sin "A COM
mon homage to the memory of the
great apostle OF American liberty,
the author OF the Declaration Of
Independence, and the founder OF
the Democratic party, and in a
fresh expression of our unalterable
determination to preserve the herit
age of freedom as 1T came to us
from our forefathers, and to resis.
by every lawful means in our power
the encroachments OF organized
wealth and monopoly upon the
constitutional rights of the people. 4"
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At last the administration and
Congress have clught up with the
people on The Spanish question.
Congress has been all right all the
time; it has only been waiting for
Mr.. Mckinley To indicate what he
wanted. TINS week Ike broke 81
lonce, and the result was tn It in 48
hours a bill appropriating $50, 00), :
600, to be expended vt his discro
ton, had been unanimously plssed
by the House anil Senate and car
ried to him for his signature. 1t
does not matter whether It was the
request OF Spain for Fitz Lee 8 re
call. which WAS so promptly refused
by MIR. Mckinley, or the certainty
that the Court Of Inquiry will re
port that he Maine was blown IN
from the outside, that has aroused
the administration to the necessity
OF preparing to lick Spain. 1t
enough to know that it is now
pushing war preparations in dead
earnest. Having given him all the
money that will be needed before
the actual 6ghting begins and left
him entirely unhampered as to how
1T shall be spent, Congress is pro.
ceedlng with its routine business.
and holding itself ready for any
furih action that may be consid.
cred necessary. The only thing to
to DO regretted is, that Mr. Nc
kinney had not asked for this on
preparation month or two ago. A
month ago fighting ships might
have been purchased in Europe
that cannot now be had, owing to
European war clouds and other
reasons. We have got navy enough,
however, even If the naval officer
sent to Europe doesn't buy single
vessel, to lick anything and every.
thing that flies the Spanish flag, as
will be proven in short order after
tho shooting starts.
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There may have been worse vio-
lations Of the canons OF good taste
than that Of the Providence, (R.I ~
Board OF Trade, in sending a cir
sular letter to each Senator and
Representative, in which the at
tempt is made to use the destruc-
ton Of the Maine and the proba-
bilitY OF war with Spain as an
argument for the gold legislation
asked for by the Indianapolis
Bankers Convention, but none
such is recalled just now. Repre-.
sentative Freeman Knowles, Of
South Dakota, who is serving his
first term in the House, is so far ~
known the only man in Congress
who has answered this extraordi-
nary circular letter, but tho answer
Of Mr. Knowles was very warm
document, as may be judged from
the follOwing quotations therefrom:
81 can find no language TO express