The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-15
The OLD SOLDIERS FRIEND NJ
p.c,use BE Was One Of Them-se-
cured Large Appropriations for I'm
provement Of Waterways IN the
s,ate-Helped to Save 100000
to the Government in the Sale Of
Bonds. IA

During his service in the senate SEN
,,or EIkins has helped to secure the
allowing for West Virginia:
An appropriation Of a,2oo,ooo to
,ssrep the water OF the Monongahela
,,ysr and make 1t navlgable as far as
4 Fairmont.
To improve the Big Sandy river and
make 1t navlgable, s55o,ooo.
~ TO finish the Improvement on the
nj. Kanawha river. 100000.
To deepen the water in the Ohio river
and make 1t navigable the year, round
IA n po,ut near Marietta, 100000: and
Tho adoption by the government OF the
po,,cy to continue the Improvement OF
Tho said river and make It navigable
during the entire year. to its mouth.
II is estimated from official data that
bc has secured for the old soldiers Of
the state arrears in pensions amounts
Ing to $4,000; besides giving personal
attention to over thousand claims
each year.
He has advocated the maintenance Of
hitch wages and every measure In the
interest OF labor. -
Ya introduced and had passed
through the senate bill making an ap-
propriation for fish hatchery in West
Virginia. HE
He secured In the Dlngley bill duty
NJ s. a thousand ON Canadian. which
has given to the lumber of West Nir-
cln,a home markets In the east and
started every lumber mill In the state
IN n prosperous business which has
continued ever since. This duty also
led to doubling and sometimes TRIPPING
the value of timber lands In the state.
It Is estimated that the duty OF So per
thousand on lumber has added to the
wealth Of the state more than $500. -oOo.-
900. .,... =i5,.
Increased Duty on Coal.
He also Increased in the Dingley, bill
the duty on coal TO sixty-seven per
ton, which has been helpful to the coal
miners of West Virginia.
The Cleveland administration in 1884
sold s6OOOO,o0O government bonds to re-
plerish the gold In the treasury; under
private contract. to a syndicate OF
bankers ut 1919. when the same bonds
were selling on the market for ia to
lis, Selling these bonds at private
sale caused a loss to the government
Of about Sc. 100000. During Senator Ell
q kins' first year OF service In the senate,
Mr.. Cleveland proposed to sell at pri-
4 waite sale 100000 more bonds for the
same purpose. To prevent this. and
that the government might realize
what the bonds were actually worth,
Senator Elkins introduced and had
passed resolution. declaring 1t TO be
the sense OF the senate that thereafter
no :.llPs OF government bonds should be
made under private contract, but the
same should be made only after public
advertisement and to the highest bid
der. The passage OF this resolution
Obliged Cleveland to sell the bonds at
public instead of private sale. and saved
the government about eight millions Of
dollars. A leading flnancier OF New
York telegraphed Senator Elkins that
bis resolution had saved the govern
nlent at least sc0O0,O00.
A Power in Congress.
He is the first Republican senator In
the state elected In twenty-five years;
and during his term OF service West
Virginia has reached position OF pow
or and influence in Congress. with the
President. and executive departments
which It has never enjoyed before.
He has given special attention to the
building up OF American shipping and
to deepsning the water in the harbors
Of the United States. in order that our
country may compete with the nations
Of the world in commerce.
lie has constantly favored the build
Ing Of the Nicaragua canal.
He has answered every letter that
reached him on public business, wheth-
er from Democrat or Republican.
These are among the things he has
accomplished for the state while in the
public service as senator from West
Virginia.
These are among the things he has
accomplished for the state while in the
public service as n senator from West
Virginia. ~ 10y
AS n citizen OF West Virginia, he is
always enthusiastic about Its great
wealth and resources, and seeks every
occasion TO make them known.
For more than twenty years he has
been Investing his own capital In the
state. building railroads. opening
mines. and otherwise developing the
resources OF the state. besides inducing
capital from abroad to invest in the
state.
He Ia now engaged with his associates
In building railroad to connect the
Chesapeake G. Ohio with tho West Vir-
Gnia Central, which gives railroad con-
ncctlon between the northern and
southern portions of West Virginia.
He has helped TO build about two
hundred miles Of railroad in West Viz
GINA, which Is now transporting to the
markets of the world two and one-hnlf
million tons OF the products of West
Virginia Il year. not q ton OF which
found a market before the building OF
this road.
Confidence Of Business Men.
He enjoys the confidence OF the busl-
ness men OF the state. without respect