Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-01
POLITICS AND THE REFORM
SCHOOL.

POLITICS AND THE REFORM
SCHOOL.
Grafton Leader.
The Sentinel in commenting upon
the removal of Hon. d. w. Shaw as
Superintendent of the Reform School at
PruntytoWn to make place Tor he
publican simply because he is a he
publican and ought to have the place,
grayely proceeds to make the assertion
that when the Democratic party was IN
control in this State it never so much
as allowed Republican to serve on
board of directors of any institution,
much less hold an Office with COM
Portable salary attached" 1t is hardly
necessary to point the average reader
to the fact, much less man who has
had charge of a public print for sew
eral years and who ought to know
better that the Democrats of the State
were the first to make provision Tor
bipartisan boards and allow both ma
jority and minority representation
thereon. Also, it ought to be matter
Of local remembrance to the editor OF
the Sentinel that Superintendent
Shaw's predecessor was Republican,
and held, under a Democratic edmln-
istration, "an Office with comfortable
salary attached. We congratulate the
Republican postmaster-edito upon his
conversion to one of the cardinal DEM
ocratic principles fathered by Andrew
Jackson that to the victor belongs the
spoils"; and in case the people are
fortunate enough to elect Democratic
President next year, we will bear in
mind this public declaration of the
ce-holding editor of the Sentinel and
will expect him to put into effective
practice what he is now SO vOciferously
preaching.
KICKING ON THE RINGS METHODS
Parkersburg Gazette (Rep)
yesterday after the meeting of the
board Of public works a Republican
conference was held, in which all the
state officers in the city, including Gov
ernor Atkinson, took part. County pol
itics were also represented by Grant P.
Hall and Postmaster o. A. Petty. 1t is
understood that the question of the
organization Of the state central COM
mittee was discussed. Secretary of
State Dawson will continue to remain
chairman, and Collector A. B. White
secretary. Major C. D. Elliott will be
made treasurer. Mr.. White was not
present at the conference, but will
probably arrive here to-day"
We hope that the foregoing clipping
from the Charleston Gazette is not true.
we are reluctant to believe that men
who have been favored by the rank and
file and elevated to position through
hoi oh hot
tion and power to perpetuate them
selves without even saying to the
masses who do the voting, "by your
leave" Such work would smack Of
"bossism" and eventually lead to the
downfall of the Republican party. Oh,
no, we think there is some mistake
in this matter Wise and discreet lead
ers, who have the best interest of the
people at heart, don't do business that
way. 1.....
WEST VIRGINIA RAILROAD DEALS.
Tyler County Star.
West Virginia has figured largely in
contemplated railroad deals this year,
and more miles of new road are on the
lips of Dame Rumor than for many
moons, beside that in the course of con-
struction. The States mineral and
timber resources are attracting the at
tention of capital for investment, and
1t is not an idle dream to predict that
the unlimited coal lands alone will turn
all eyes to West Virginia in a decade
or two. The railroad is the advance
agent of the manufacturer. In its
wake comes the rapid development Of
adjoining territory, and a fifty year old
native is amazed at the metamorphosis
this statement has undergone since the
1ocomot@re first awakened the noun
tain .ecnoes. The latest project affect
ing West Virginia that is talked of in
the railroad world is the proposed
north and south trunk line from Cleve-
land to interior West Virginia to be
secured by an alliance of the Wheeling
& Lake Erie, Cleveland, Canton &
Southern, GAINESVILLE & Ohio River, and
the Little Kanawha roads. This pro-
ject will not come about in day; such
undertakings do not. Officials in touch
with the movement assert good grounds
for their faith in believing the deal
will go through, and its consumption
will mean much to this State.
A PLEA FOR ELKTNS.
Charleston Gazette
The Martinsburg Herald has written