Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-01-20

600 workers in the cotton mills Of New
England went into effect on Monday,
one hundred and fifty mills having
agreed to put in force lower sched-
ule of prices to their operatives. Some
10000 or $4,000 persons refused to
accept the reduction, which amounts
to about 10 per cent. and have gone
out on strike. The mill owners say
they are obliged to make the reduction
because of the competition of cotton
mills in the South, where manufac-
turers have cheaper labor and the ad-
vantage Of locations where the cotton
is grown.
New England went solidly for "prO-
lection and prosperity" at the last
election. The first fruits are now
showing themselves.
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THE Maryland Legislature began
voting for United States Senator on
Tuesday. The Democrats voted for
Arthur P. German, and gave him AZ
votes. Judge Louis E. McComas got
"a of the Republican votes, Alexander
Shaw IL, and the balance scattering.
Yesterday Mr.. McComas gained two
votes, running him up to SO. He is
the choice of the majority of the Re-
publicans, but is prevented from gain
ing the prize by the action of the
eleven Master Republicans from Bal
timore, who refuse to go into caucus
and who swear they will not vote for
Judge McComas. The friends Of the
Judge confidently assert that he will
finally be elected.
We learn from the Harper's Ferry
Sentinel that Mr.. T. B. Miskimmon, of
that place, has been appointed as one
of the attendants in the State insane
asylum at Weston. Mr.. Miskimmon,
the Sentinel says. sis now staunch
Republican, having deserted the Dem
ocratic party at the last election. So
far as the Offices are concerned, the
Democratic deserters of Harpers Fer
ry have decidedly the advantage over
the old Republican warehouses, for the
former are the only ones that are get
ting their noses into the public crib.
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No matter whether the Democrats
or Republicans carry the West Vir-
ginia Legislature next election, there's
going to be a spirited fight for the
senatorship. Somehow or other, the
more we think of it the better we like
John w. Mason's idea of having the
senatorial nomination made by State
convention. The selection of Sena-
tor is matter that ought not to be
permitted to monopolize-as it often
does-an entire legislative session.
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THE Hon. David B. Hill has Just
announced that he really voted the
straight Democratic ticket in 1896,
Bryan and all. An Irishman who
was fond of sucking raw eggs was in
the habit of swallowing the contents
quite rapidly. On one occasion he
heard faint peep" as he gulped
down the egg. "Begob," said Pat,
"yOu spoke too late that time.
Mr.. Hill speaks about year and
a-half too late.
SENATOR MORGAN is making him
self ridiculous in his efforts to bull
doze the United States into annexing
the Hawaiian Islands. In the Senate
on Tuesday he made the astonishing
assertion that unless Hawaii was an
nexed this country would be involved
in a war with some foreign power
within ten weeks. Senator Morgan
is riding his hobby too hard.
THERE is talk of making Senator
German chairman of the Democratic
campaign committee. We think it q
rather good idea. He will soon be out
of a job, now, and could give the work
all his attention. The appointment
of the crafty Senator would cause cold
chills to creep up and down the Re-
publican spinal column.
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500 Reward 500.
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all its stages, and that is
Catarrh Halls Catarrh Cure is the
ONLY positive cure known to the medl-
cal fraternity. Catarrh being a constl-
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