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Did Good Work,

The session of Congress Just closed Is
not only the shortest Of the first ses-
sion Of a Congress. but 1t il notable for
the amount of work done and its highly
eredItable character. OF course there
are some dlsappointments over legisln-
ton that failed to pass. but it is of such
a nature that delay II anything is bet
ter than hasty action. This is especial
~ true OF the Littleheld antitrust bill
and the Nicaraguan canal measure,
matters that deserve earnest attention
and study on account OF their far reach
ing effects and the important interests
they bear upon.
In speaking OF the work accomplish
ed this session the New York Tribune
characterizes 1t as highly creditable. 1t
points out one difficulty however, "of
the hours spent In hearing honorable
gentlemen inform each other that they
are not honorable, In listening TO SLAM
ders which spite prompts. and to the
responses which such ISLANDERS call
forth, and in seeing the business Of the
body brought to n deadlock by misuse
OF the rules, are too many ut every ses-
sion. Yet It must be remembered that,
IN spite of such delays as the serious
and responsible leaders on either side
cannot desire and might prevent, so
aerly an adjournment has not been
achieved before for long series OF
years.
This year. moreover. Congress has de-
served credit not only for doing much
that needed to be done. but also for It's
refusal to do things lmpatIently de-
manded, Bills have gone over to an
other session. to the great dlsappoint-
ment Of many, which were wisely held
back in view OF considerations which
their advocates have not fully weighed
Probably large proportion even Of the
captlous critics Of congressional action
outside Of Congress will come to realize
that IS was particularly wise IN refus-
ing to go further than 1t did in attempt
ing to make laws for the new possess
sions of the Union. 1t is Of the utmost
Importance that a false start in this
business should be avoided, and II a de-
clslon OF the supreme court can be OBJ
tanned before another session begins de-
tarmining the power of Congress re-
garding many points In dispute It may
save the country lncalculable harm and
loss. For so long as doubts are widely
entertained respecting the power Of
Congress in one direction or another the
proper concentration Of opinion or
strength upon the general policy which
ought to be established is rendered far
more diflcult. Similar considerations
make It fortunate that no Anal action
was reached on various other topics.
such as the contemplated reduction Of
the revenue. which have seemed urgent
~ vJ,anH, pood cItIzaua0
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A New paper,s Wide Fleld.

The OIL Region News is fresh can
dldate for public favor. published at
Mannlngton, W, Va, by Charles A.
whlteshot. The first issue makes a
very handsome appearance. being
printed on calendered paper, and is Of
neat typographical arrangement. 1t is
bound not to be clrcumscribed in It's In
fluence, for its editorial announcement
states that 1t is sold everywhere "old
Glory" floats. and that 1t will be on
sale on all ocean steamers and at the
Paris exposition.
In politics the News will be Republic
can for the very good reason that the
people in the oil regions. 1t asserts, are
Republican in large majorities and have
ever been faithful to the Republican
party.
The editor in his salutatory drops into
some remarkable poetry which reads
like 1t had been shot out OF some oil
we'll. II follows:
The OIL Region News stnh Cheer.
Unity. 1amity. iinGroel
Rightly, jigEity, rummity-ho!
Blimmity, blam and the way we go,
For We are all for The OIL Region News
you know.
It desires to impress upon Its readers
the extent and stability Of the prospert-
ty that pervades the length and breadth
OF the land, informing them that "ow-
ing to the great Republican prosperity
throughout the country, this paper was
delayed two weeks for supplies, The
tyoe and other supply houses are run
ming night and day to keep up with the
orders and are two to six months be-
hind"
one of the most striking features of
the News. for a paper that processes
to represent or cater to the tastes Of
tho oil people, is the entire absence Of
any oil news. But it is a good paper
for ali that, and one of It's chief merits
is its stalwart RepublicanIsm.
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Judging from the trend of the polltl-
cal situation ut Washington It looks as
II Representative DOlllver, of Iowa, and
native West VIrginlRn, the son OF q
Methodist Episcopal minister, stands
an exceedingly good chance Of sbetng
chosen as President McEllnley's running
mate. 1t Is said that no man JRilli be
nominated who is not agreeable to the
President, and as General GrosYenor,
who is close to the administration. and
enjoys its confidence, has said that
''Doiiiver viii be nominated at ,Phiia-
delphla," It is presumed that Ma Me-
Klnley Will make no objection t6''the
choice Of the convention, IL It should be
MI DollIver
The Iowa representative himself is
quoted as saying of his candidacy: 81
am in somewhat the same position as
Secretary Long. so far as not making
any effort to get the place. have
never even announced myself as can
dldate. Offers of support are coming to
me from all over the country. shall
not do thing to influence any one on
the subject, but IL am nominHtedlI
shall gratefully accept, and II some one
else is nominated shall be Just as vol
pleased, and do my utmost In every
way to support him."
AS Governor Roosevelt and Senator
Fairbanks have positively declined to
allow their names to be used in con-
nectlon with the vice presidency, the
only remaining candidate who mas ex-
pressed his willingness to run II nomi-
mated is Secretary of the Navy Long.
However. when the convention meets
another man may spring up whose
ability is unquestloned. and carry on
the honors.
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Hopeless Hopes.

Senator Jones, chairman Of the Dem
ocratIc National Committee. processes
to believe that the Republican party
will be rebuked at the polls next Nov
ember with force that will startle the
country. He says ~ see nothing but
triumph for the ticket we shall nomi-
nate At Kansas CITY," Nr. Jones has
been seeing things before. or rather he
has proEeSsed not to see things that
were plain to everybody else. When he
returned from Europe last winter he
remarked that he could see none OF the
prosperity he had heard 50 much about
abroad. II he was blind then to a mat
ter that was patent to all, we do believe
ne Is perspicuous enough now to foretell
with the slightest degree OF accuracy
the triumph of Democracy In the fall.
There is nothing in evidence TO base
such surmlse upon.
The New York journal affects to have
hopes upon the same line, but they arc
not backed by any tangible grounds, In
studying the returns from OREGON 1t is
fair enough to state that Bryan need
expect no help from the Pacific coast
states, but 1t tries to persuade Itself
that he can be elected without them;
that there are thousands in the east
who can be won over to him, Il meas
ures are taken to delude them in the
platform that will be adopted. It's nd
y,ea to tho Bryan managers is interest
ing enough to quote. however hopeless
Its professions are:
The Pacific states arc for expansion.
They have experienced too much benent
already from the growth OF our commerce
In the Orient TO look with favor upon
policy Of retreat In that quarter. They
Could have boon brought Into line ngnin.t
imperiaiiEm, but not when nntl-imporini.
IAN, vas represented as the Samo thinE as
INC Republican plurality In this weeks
election In oregon geemn % have been
from 1900 To 1000, In 1856 mckinley car,
fisd the state BY 2ilI Bryan carried
Washington by le,ioJ secured o. elctlor
IN California, and cRmc within lSg HoteH
n FrttinE tho other eight But the re-
I,vbiIcan majority In oregon this year "
31Gt ni,out equal 10 tho ono. IN l@s. whgn
ihe Republicans carried Washington ny
ais and California by i9Gl
II h evident, therefore, thnt any pIu-
dent Democratic calculations Tor the com.
hug cnTlpaign rhould leave out o. account
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the four electoral votes obtained IN 1896
IN Washington and one In California. "
not the three Of Nevada That makes
az least i've votes TO be looked tor e lSe.
where, In addition TO the fOrty.eight
Bryan lacked OF majority IN lhs1' IN
other words n Mr.. Bryan II TO win this
time he must get ut least hity-three elec-
toTni votes which he did not have IN lsy6
Are those votes TO be had. They are.
All that Il necessary IL TO 20 after them
In the right way. Kentucky iA good Tor
twelve Of them. provided the Democrats
there repeal the Goebel law and give an
assurance Of fair elections Inat ieayss
Therefore, New York md Connecticut
would do the work with one TO spare, or
New York and Maryland with three 70
spare, or New York and West virginia
With one to spare. Always New YORK;
Let the Democrats carry New York and
they will pick up electoral votes enough
elsewhere In the cast TO make them snie,
no matter how many they lose IN the tar
west. Let them lose New York. and, as
the OREGON election shows, they are gone.
These considerations cannot be over
looked by loVel-hended pontlc0l maine
matlclans who are in politics TO WIN
They can hardly fail to have some innu-
ence upon the construction OF the pat
form on which the Democrats OF New
York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware,
Maryland and West Virginia are 20 make
their gallant effort TO wipe out the plu-
IAllLy OF Aol1VN Llht was pAtVN ny N9s''A@"s
them four years ago.
One thing Is certain, and that iBsO far
as West virginia enters into the calcu-
latlons Of aiding the Democratic party
out of Its dilemma, they might as well
dlsabuse themselves Of any such pros
pectlve aid. In referring to the rain
bow Views Of the Journal the Now York
Times, an able Democratic paper but
a cordial hater OF Organism, has this to
say;
"a needless person. listening to all
that is said in dispraIse Of the McKin-
ley administration, might conclude that
the electoral vote OF this state was in
ioubt-that the Bryan men had good
sighting chance. But at the close OF the
Hayes administration ten New Workers.
were abusing the President where one
is now heard to speak against McKin-
ley; and Garfield carried the state in
1880. Every administration Is de-
nounced as its term draws near its
close, but It is highly unsafe to con-
clude for that reason that the people
really want n change.
The symptom to be studied Just now
is. not how the people feel toward Nc
Klnley, but how they feel toward Bry-
IN. Here and there some Gold Demo-
crut or Independent who was opposed
to him in 1896 goes so far as to say that
he will support Bryan this year III the
platform is right" This is portentous
'1f." But there are great numbers Of
Democrats who either voted for Palmer
and Buckner four years ago or did not
vote ut oil who will vote for Mckinley
this fall without difficulty or mIsgiving.
There is not sign or the shadow of a
sign that W. ]. Bryan is any more ac-
ceptable to the voters Of the east than
he was four years ago.
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The Business situation.

The general trado situation Of the
country is settling down to normal pro-
portions, and while the process OF read
justment causes complaint In some
quarters, affairs are far from unsatis-
factory. As Mr.. Henry Clcws, in his
weekly review Of the financial condi-
tons of the country. says: Business
conditions us whole are sound. and,
when prices reach reasonable level
and production Is carried on with some
regard to demand, we may expect a re-
sumption Of satisfactory condItions-not
a repetition OF last years BOOM"
which would be a calamity In disguise
and not blessing. 1t Is quite likely
that speculative conditions will be more
or less deferred Until after the elections.
the eject Of which. however. upon leBl-
innate trade is much less than generai-
~ supposed. An Important factor also
is the crop situation. Continued drouth
IN portions Of the northwest seems TO
have caused considerable damage to
wheat; but II Is altogether too soon to
formulate any opinions on the crops as
n whole; thsre Is room for compensation
in one district for damage in another,
or for larger yield In one crop to offset
the shortage in another. So no very
serious attention need be paid to sensa-
tiouaI damage reports yet, Railroad
earnings continue very satisfactory,
making handsome gains over the high
returns Of n year ago The Industriais
have been neglected. and speculation in
these has fortunately been so restricted
that they do not form the menace that
wns once feared. The public has been
perslstently warned against dealing in
these by commission houses and bank
ers who conscIcntiously protected their
customers interests and the latter have
benefited as well as the community nt
large"
The stock market at present is labor
ing under n variety Of conflicting cir
cumgtnnces. the outbreak In China in
ieetlng new factor in the transactions
that cannot be ignored. American in
trrrsts in China" says the authority
quoted above, are far creator than Is
popularity supposed; for there Is no Sec
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ton Of the world which offers markets
for American enterprise so promising
as China. Our far-sighted iron and
cotton manufacturers are fully alive to
the po,putialities Of the China market,
ana the administration at Washington
should be encouraged In taking a strong
position in regard to American inter-
ests in that part OF the world. We do
not want an inch of Chinese territory
but we do demand the same opportunt-
ties for trading and enterprise that any
other nation possesses. We cannot Idly
submit to any excluslonist policies: ana
fortunately our newly acquired strong
hold in the Philippines gives us an Inn
portant vantage point in future nego-
tlatlons."
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COL. JACK cH1NNs HERE.

All the Men in Kentucky Who Need
1t to Be Hanged, Legally, for
Choice.
From the New York Sun; Colonel
Jack Chinn was in town last evening.
Probably he is here this morning. All
his friends, many of them from Ken
lucky, were reaching for him at the
Hoffman House last evening; ono or
two reporters strove to get word with
him, and altogether 1t was a busy night
for the colonel; but his fighting blood
was up. and he was ready for them all
and entertained them with vigorous
assurances that AL ;he men in Ken
lucky who needed hanging were going
to be hanged presently and tfnt he was
going to do a mans share IN bringing
the Bourbon barbecue about When
the colonel emphasized air one OF the
other Kentucky men objected hat tho
contract WINS too big, hut the valiant
colonel declared II not so.
And Jack Chinn has been NIL afound
the world" he said to n Sun reporter
afterward, land anyone viii tel you
that he always has heen and Is now
nUlp 10 ltlkt cure ~ NAaltH.' ~ NNS NAA'NN'
The chief man who was going TO he
hanged as sure as there are just fttes
with Colonel Chinn to help them. was
Governor Taylor. There we're several
reasons why the people Of Kciithcky
should and would hang tin. Md
mike the public prediction that he VIII
be hanged" said Colonel Jack, and
ask the public II he oughtn't TO be7'
A little later Colonel Chinn was
speaking Of Jim Howard who he said
was under Indictment for the murder Of
Bob Baker, and appeared unexpectedly
in Frankfort the day OF the Goebel
shooting. only to declare afterward
that he would prove an abb aud show
that ne had not been there. But. Jim
Culton testified that Howard told him.
the colonel said. that he, Howard, had
thought Jack Chlnn was game. but that
he never saw man who ran like Ghlnn
after the shooting Of Gocbel. Now I'd
like to know" said the colonel, which
sight OF the rifle he was looking out "
when he saw me run-for was with
Goebcl and he was looking either az
Gocbel or ut me-"
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500 Reward, 500.

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased TO learn that there is nj le0st
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all It's stages, and
that Is CRtarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Cat0rrh being
constitutional disease. requires con-
stltutionnl treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken Internally. acting direct
iy upon the blood and mucous surfaces
Of the system. thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease. and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature In do.
inn it's work. The proprietors have so
much faith In It's curative powers. that
they offer one Hundred Dollars for any
case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list
OF testimonials.
Address.
+. J, CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, Ijc.
Halls Family Pills are the best
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THE POTTER.

Do you recall when We were boys,
These many years ago,
The lad who always tried to run
The whole blamed blooming shown
And do you mind that when he'd ind
He couldn't have his way,
He always sUlkod and bawled and whined,
II amt a-goin' to play!' tHll
However good tho game he spoiled,
II mattcred not to him:
He'd ruin cVerybody'B sport
TO crafty his within.
Self-wllled. uOrnse and petulnnt,
He'd grab his toys and say,
"If YOU don't do the way ! want,
amt a-Goin TO play!
Well, mon are only Erown-up boys;
When they are In life's game,
II things don't go their way, you know,
They bolt II Just the same,
II they can't be the whole blamed thing,
They kick and break away
And, like n siX-year'old. they sins
~ Amt a-goin' to play"
Rocky Mountain News.
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Mrs, Langtry, in an interview with
London reporter, is represented as say
ing that 1.-THE Americans are very just
people. When preachers preached
against my play the whole population
came to see The Degenerates' for them
selves, and one man told me he Intended
to bounce his pastor for making a fool
of himself" 1t would be interesting to
know the name and character of the
man who desired to bounce" his pastor
for condemnlng such a prurient play as
1.-THE. Degenerates" proved to be.
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Mr.. F. S. Laudstreet, general man
ager Of the Davis Coal and Coke Com
pany, of West Virginia, in letter to n
prominent trade Journal, referring to
the expectation OF American coal to
Mediterranean and other foreign ports,
says: The American shippers are find
ing great trouble is securing vessels for
Goa! transportation at reasonable rates.
l believe any decline in ocean rates
would bring largely Increased orders
from abroad"
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In referring to the extent of the coal
deposits in West Virginia the Manu-
facturers Record says that a mine is
being worked near Montgomery which
was opened nearly seventy-flve years
ago. 1t is claimed to be the first mine
worked in West Virginia and among the
first operated in the United States. 1t
is owned by the Cannelton Coal and
Coke. Company. and is sim producing a
large tonnage. The quality of the coal
is as good as when operations began.
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STATE PRESS a1EAN1Nas.

II the only American line engaged in
our trade with Europe were wiped out
and for that every enemy of Amerl-
can shipping is diligently striving-the
proportion of our imports and exports
in our trade with Europe carried in
American vessels would be but two
tenths Of 1 per cent.-Charleston Mall
Tribune.
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We notice from the Nicholas Chron-
lele that candidates for county offices
were only taxed 81 each, and district
officers only fifty cents each for the
purpose of defrayinG expenses of hold
Ing the Democratic primary. 1t is
much cheaper to run for office In Mich
oias county than In Observation-Disclosures
IndeDendent
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That was quite an amusing offer Of
Susan u. Anthony TO the Nauona!
Brewers Association in session at At
lantic City, to have distinguished
public speaker appear before them and
address them on the evils Of intemper-
ance.
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After reading the Democratic state
newspapers about the "harmonious"
convention at Parkersburg, 1t is quite q
revelation to read in the Republican
press just whit split there was be-
fore TavenneF was acknowledgements
town Post. -.
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The New River Reporter is advertise
ing for an editor. The ad. does not say
that he must be six footer," but we
think-thls is very important He should
be familiar with the McKell doctrine
before he assumes his duties.-Hinton
Leader.
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Republican National Convention,
Philadelphia, June 10th.

For the accommodation OF delegates
and others to the convention, q Sleep
inc car win be attached TO train No.
I. leaving Wheeling at 3 y. III. Satur-
day. June 10th. For space IN this
sleeper apply to
Passenger aud Ticket Agcpi Il. 4 o.
Il. r.. Wheeling, w. Va.
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Mark Twain's presidential candidacy
had the humorous right of way until 1t
encountered the Sioux Falls and Gin
cinnatl observation-disclosures Record
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FAMILY WASHING.

Rough Dry Washed, starched and
Dried B cents per pound.
Flat Work, Washed and Tronod, 5
cents per pound,
All hand work finished 10 cents
per pound. At LuTz BROS.
Home Steam Laundry.
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II Senator Jones is able to see victory
in sight for the Democrats, then what
do the Republicans see2
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YOU are cordially invited TO attend
the Planola and heollan Recital Mon
day afternoon. from 3 TO {. II you are
IA lover OF music don't fail 10 attend.
l.. W. BANNER CO.
1910 Market street
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The editor of the Clarksburg Mail
was an active participant in the state
Democratic convention. He has in his
paper Of this week the declaration
"The ring won" Strange to say, he
is not referring to the obvious truth
about his own convention. but some
trivial occurrence among Harrison
county Republicans. - Parkersburg
Journal.
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"Maccorkle plead for harmony" and
harmony prevailed with a big. big H
with birthstone Misunderstanding
ton Herald
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U. s. =. PItzer. who has welded the
editorial gum on the MartInsburg Her
aid during the past year, has severed
his connection with that paper. owing
TO his eXtenRive law practice and other
important business matt9rs.--Reyser
Erhn
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Yesterday was a rare day in June.
indeed.
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BEEcHAMs PILLS viii dlspcl tho
"blues"