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to them that they will be glad to purchase 1t
when the only price we ask is to do us justice.
believe we have in our hands the means of peace
able coercion.
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Thomas Jefferson said:
If there be principle deeply rooted
than any other in the mind Of every American, it
is that we should have nothing to do with con-
quest.
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OF Government: The only orthodox object Of
the institution of government is to secure the
greatest degree of happiness possible to the gem
erll mass of those associated under it.
Unless the mass retains sufficient control
those intrusted with the powers Of their govern
ment, these will be perverted to their own op-
preston, and to the perpetuation Of wealth and
power in the individuals and their families Sc
ected for the trust.
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Jefferson's opinion Of European monarchs was
thus clearly expressed: The perpetual re-elgi-
bty of the President fear will make an office
for life and then hereditary. 1 WAS much an
enemy to monarchy before came to Europe.
ten thousand times more so since have seen
what they are. There is scarcely an evil known
in these countries which may not be traced to
their King as its source, good which IS not
derived from the small fibers Of republicanism
existing among them. I can further say with
safety there is not crowned head in Europe
whose talents or merit would entitle him to be
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49, jefferson ON the Dangers and Duties of AmerC

have gone over to these heresies, men who were j
Samsons in the field and SOlOmons in the coun- s
c but who have had their heads shorn by the +
harlot England. In short, likely to pre- !.
serve the liberty have obtained only by :
remitting labors and perils. +
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TO Lafayette Jefferson wrote in 1892: While 3
you are exterminating the monster aristocraey =
and pulling out the teeth and fangs Of its as 5.
sociate monarchy, a contrary tendency is dis :
covered in some here. sect has shown itself +
among u.s. who declare they espoused our new +
Constitution not as good and sufficient thing Z
itself, but only step to an English conStitu- 4.
ton. You will wonder to be told that :
1t is from the east ward that these champions 1!
for being lords and commons, come. They get i
some important associates from New York. 3
+ Too many of those stock -jobbers or king +
jobbers have come into Legislature, rather !.
too many of our Legislature have become stock :
jobbers and knS-jobbers. +
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From Jefferson's inaugural address: I believe =
this, on the contrary the strongest Government 5
on earth. believe it the only one. where every Is
man, at the call of the law, would fly to the +
standard of the law, and would meet the inva- !.
sons Of the public order his personal s
concern. Sometimes it is said that man cannot +
be trusted with the government Of himself. Can j.
he then be trusted with the government Of 9TH :
ers? Or have found angels In the form Of 1!
Kings, to govern him? Let history answer this j.
question. Z
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elected vestryman by the people of any parish :;
in America. Go George Washington, written :;
in Paris, 17SS)
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jefferson believed in the people: 1 myself !
persuaded that the good Of the people will !
always be found to be the best army. They may :.
be led astray for moment, but will soon correct
themselves The people are the only censors of :
their governors; and their errors will tend !
to keep these to the true principles of their in
stituton. To punish their errors too severely
would be to suppress the only safeguard to pub
lie liberty. Go Edward Darlington, 11s1)
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To Lafayette he wrote: The aspect of
our politics has wonderfully changed since
you left us. In place of that noble love Of lib
erty and Republican government which carried
us triumphantly through the war, an Anglican
monarchal and arlstocratical party has sprung .
up, whose avowed object is to draw over us the y.
substance as they have already done the forms OF
the British Government. The main body OF our .
citizens, however remain true to their republic
an privileges; the whole lands interest is
publican, and SO is a great mass OF talent.
Against us are the executive, the judiciary, two
out Of three branches Of the Legislature, all tho
officers Of the Government, all who want to be
officers all timid men who prefer the calm Of
despotism to the boisterous Of liberty, Brit
ish merchants and Americans trading ON Brit
fish capitals spectators and holders in the
banks and public funds. 1t would give you a
fever were to name to you the apostates who
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for an hereditary King with House of Lords i.
ing between him and the people. Hamilton has !
indeed singular character. OF acute under !
standing, disntereSted, honest and honorable in :
all private transactions, amiabe in society. and :
duly valuing virtue in private life, Yet so be
witched and perverted by the British example as
to be under thoroug gh conviction that corruption :
essential to the government of Il nation.
(Anas, 1791)
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OF Representation: When the representative :
body have lost the confidence of their constitu- .
ents, when they have notorousy made sale Of
their most valuable rights, when they have as =.
sumed to themselves powers which the people
never put into their hands, then indeed their
continuing in Office becomes dangerous to the .
State, and calls for exercise of the power Of
dissolution. From "A Summary View" 1774)
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Jefferson said Of foreign entanglements: / join
you In q sense Of necessity of restoring freedom
to the ocean. But doubt with you whether the
United States ought to join In armed
federacy for that purpose; or rather satis-
fed they ought not. 1t ought to be the very first
object Of pursuit to have nothing to do with
the European interests and politics. Let them
he free or slaves at will, navigators or agricu-
tural, swallowed into one government or divided
into thousand, we have nothing to fear from
them In any form. TO take part in their CON
ficts would be to divert our energies from
ton to destruction Our commerce is SO valuable
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= OF Hamilton's monarchfcal tendencies jefferson
! wrote: But Hamilton was not only monarchist :
: but for monarchy bottomed corruption. In !
= proof Of this. 1 will relate anecdote for the :
: truth Of which attest the God who made !
: Before the President out his Southern tour !.
: In ,ri 1871, he addressed letter of the 4th j
: of that month, from Mount Vernon to the Secre Z
: tarics OF State, Treasury and War, desiring that
!! puG snoIes luG JImporant cases should arise !
s. during his absence they would consult and act
Z them. And he requested that the Vice Presi :!
+ dent should also be consulted. This the !
: only occasion in which that officer ;:
! quesed to take part in Cabinet question Some ::
+ occasions for consultation arising, invited these !
: gentlemen (and the Attorney General, we'll :
: on the subject After the cloth was removed, !
: and our question agreed and dismissed, eonver- :;
! sation began other matters and by some Cir !
! cumstance led to the British Constitution,
8 which Mr.. Adams Observed purge that Consti. !
! tuition of its corruption, and give its popular
i branch equality of representation, and 1t would
8 be the most perfect Constitution devised By
!; the wit of man" Hamilton paused and said:
! purge it of its corruption and give to its popular
8 branch equality of representation and &. would .
: become an impracticabe government; 1t
! stands present, with all its supposed defects,
Z it is the most perfect Government which ever .
!. existed" And this was assuredly the exact line
: which separated the political creed of these two
6 gentlemen. The for two hereditary :
/ branches, and an honest elective one; the other
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YOMEN need physical and intellect
wv ual exercise as much as men do.
W Between the physical and moral ed
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MARTINSBURG.

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, April 29.-At
the opening night of the bazaar of the
Bethany Rebekah at Lodge No. z, I. o. 0.
F., last night, Tuscarora Lodge No. p
celebrated the eighty-first anniversary OF
the organization of the order.
Messrs. Fred H. Baker, George H. Eu-
bank. Robert A. C1ohan, George L. Viewer,
T. M. Gelrick, Chas. d. Dugan, Dudley
Harley and I. Dew. Gerhardt have been
chosen by the Pillsbcry chess club, of this
city, to represent it in the correspondence
match with the chess club of the Balti-
more City College.
Miss Ida M. Fizer, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. B. F. Fizer, and Mr.. Alger B. john
son, an employe of the B. & o. railroad,
were married at the home of the brides
parents in this city yesterday.
Mr.. Charles Willis Hodges, of Shepherds
town, and Miss Evelyn Miller, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel N. Miller, of this
cocnty, were married at the ~latter's home
Thursday. The groom is a successful mer-
chant of his native place, and is a popular
member of Company /, West Virginia VOL
cnteer Infantry.
Ground has been broken for the erection
OF the chapel part of the new church build
ing for the Reformed congregation.
Several months ago, Mrs. John B.. Trip
lett. a resident of this city, placed thirty
five dollars in the top of a stove for safe
Keeping. Several days ago she started a
fire in the stove and did not remember
the money until it had been consumed. She
gathered the ashes together and sent them
to the Treasury Department, where they
were carefelly examined by experts, who
found the remains of thirty-dollars in sill
yer certificates. and Mrs. Triplett is now
IN receipt of that much good money.
The Republican convention for the nomi-
nation of a candidate for the office of
mayor, to be voted for on the 18th of May,
will be held Tuesday night, and all signs
indicate Mayor Henshaw's reelection.
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TT
DELEGATE

Al a meeting Of the Democratic State
Executive Committee of West Virginia,
held at Charleston, on the 25th day of jan
uary, 1900, it was ordered that the twelve
delegates to which the State OF West Vir-
ginia is entitled In the next Democratic
National Convention Ito be held at Kansas
City, Mo-, on the 4th day of July, 1900. to
nominate candidates for President and Vice
as follows:
The Democrats in each county in the
State shall appoint at such time and place,
and in such manner as the Democratic FIX
termine, Delegates TO the Congressional
District Conventions to be held in each a
the founr Congressional Districts of the
State on the
10th Day of May, 1000.
at the following places:
In the First Congressional District, at
Ciarksburg,, in the County Of Harrison; in
the Second Congressional District, at
Charles Town, in the County OF jefferson
n the Third Congressional District, at
Charleston, in the County of Kanawha; in
Pleasant, in. the County of Mason.
Each of said Congressional District Con-
y%entions shall appoint one Delegate-at-
Large, and one alternate. therefor, and two
District Delegates. and two a~lternates
West Virginia in said National Convention:
The basis of representation in each OF
said Congressional District Conventions
will be one vote for each one hundred
vember election of 1896. and each county
Is requested to appoint such number OF
Delegates to each Congressional District
Convention as is equal to the number OF
votes it may be entitled to by the above
ADREW EDMIsToN, Chairman.
WILLIAM A. OHLEY. Secretary.
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BRYAN ENDORSED
AZ = Democratic Mass Meetings.. =
FIonrnoy and ". n. FouIk Fa.
y0red.

~ = Democratic Maes Meetings.. 4.
F~Icnrnoy n ~. ~. Foulk Fa-
vOred.
Special to the Register.
KEYSER, W. Va, April 2s.-At the
Democratic mass meeting held at the
court house in Keyser yesterday after
noon. officers of the County Executive
Committee were elected as follows: ].
K. hardwood, chairman; William M.
Mcdonald, secretary. Others members
Of the committee: w. +. Alkire, H. L.
! WEIGH, w. M. Foulk. W. c. Bischoft.
George B. Shank and Milton Vanmeter.
Delegates to the State and district
delegate conventions were chosen, and
resolutions were adopted fayoring w.
J. Bryan for President, Samuel Flour
noy for Governor, and w. M. Foulk SUI
perintendent of Free Schools. In the
following strong manner:
Resolved, That we, the Democrats of
Mineral county, in convention assem-
bled, do hereby indorse the candidacy
of that matchless Democrat, w. ].
Bryan, for President of the United
States.
And, having learned that the Hon.
Samuel L. Flournoy, of Charles
ton, but formerly of this senatorial dis
trict, has consented that his name go
before the Democratic State conven-
ton as a candidate for the nomination
for the Office of Governor, desire to
express our great satisfaction at his
consent, and knowing as we co, his
ability, his uncompromising ~steadfast-
ness to principle, and all his other
qualities of mind and heart that have
so long endeared him to the people who
know him best, do endorse his candi-
dacy. And we would say to the Demo-
Gratis of the State at large that no other
man can bring out more fully the votes
of the Democrats of this senatorial dis
trict.
And be it further resolved, That we
do hereby favor the nomination of
Hon. W. M. Foulk as the nominee of
the party for the Office of State Super
intendent of Free Schools.
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West Virginia Pensions.

Special to the Register.
WASHINGTON. d. c., April @.-Pen-
sions nave been allowed to the following
West Virginia applicants:
Original-Oliver Piles, Elwell, Sc; Allen
Hadix, Arden, s.. Increase-George w.
Dotson, Horseneck, Sc to IS; Moses Pitcher.
Pa~rkersburg, IS to s12; Jacob s.. Kennedy,
Wellsburg. s. to $40; Harrison Belville.
Wheeling, Sc to IS; Elisha p. Hutton, Ger
rardstown. IS to S.: Thomas Turnbull. New
Haven, s12 to ST: Albert Hyatt, Baden, 81
to ST.; James H. Roby, Kannwha Station,
s2 to $l4; Samuel Smith, Seafat, SIG to s24;
Shadrah A. Badget. M.nnora. IS to S.;
Night Weiker. Hurricane, Sc to $40; Samuel
Ellis, Fairmont, s24 to $50: David H. Bow
ers. Martinsburg, So to s.; Edward ]. VIII
liams. Ripley, IS to SO: Joseph Lewis.
Pleasant Hill, s. to S.; Neri s. Davis.
C~larksburg. s.; Isaac Brock. Halls Mills,
IS; William H. Ray. Keyser, 81; William
NJ Smith, Clifton Mills. S. to SO: Bernard
Schott. Caperton, IS TO SO. Original Wild
ows, etc.-Franklin Fisher, father, Sisson-
vile. $12; Emaline viilers. Lttieton, s.;
Rhoda P. Shear. Fairmont, $l2 Renewal,
Josiah Wright. Eureka, Sc; James p. King,
Charleston. s.. Supplemental, William
Cartwright, Bee, S..
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E VIRGINIA BILLS
Presented in the Two Houses of Con.
gress Lately.

y gress Lately.
Special to the Register.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 29.-Sena-
tor Elkins has introduced a bill for an ex-
animation of the property to the Little
Kafawha Navigation Company with a
view to its requirement by the United
States. The bill authorizes the Secretary
of War to appoint a board of three engin-
GERS to conduct the examination, which
board shall report through the Secretary
of War to Congress at it's next session.
The sum of $500 is appropriated to pay
the expense of the examination. This
bill IS supplementary to the one hereto
fore introduced by Senator Scott provid-
ing for the condemnation and purchase
of the same property and it's requirement
by the United States.
Senator Elkins has also introduced a
bill for the payment to the estate of James
A. Watson, late Of Jefferson county, the
sum of $1,000 for stores and supplies taken
by the United States army during the civil
war.
Congressman Dayton has presented in
the House petitions from j. G. Gibson and
others, of Shepherdstown, and j. H. O'Neil
of Martinsburg, praying for the repeal of
the stamp tax on proprietary medicines.
Senator Scott has introduced a bill grant
ing a pension to Morgan Grimes, of the
West Virginia State troops.
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An Advance in Salary.

Special TO the Register.
KEYSER, W. Va, April 29.-Owing
to the very heavy increase in the
amount of mail matter handled in the
Keyser postoffice, the department has
granted Postmaster Matlick an advance
of 5000 per year in his allowance for
clerk hire. An accurate account was
kept during the week of April 1923 of
the number of packages of mail mat
ter passing through the Keyser office
to and from the sixty-two Offices which
are supplied from Keyser, and the
number was found to be 1881, upon
which excellent showing the advance
was granted.
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THE NEXT LEGISLATURE
Promises To Be a Body of More Thar
Usual Ability.

PROMISES To be a Body OF More Thar
Usual Ability.
Special to the Register.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, April 29.-
One thing in politics is certain, and
that is that the next Legislature, nc
matter which party controls, will be
a body of men of more ability than
those who have composed several OF
the recent Legislatures.
For example, the Democrats of
Nicholas county expect to nominate
and elect ex-Congressman John D. AL
derson for the House of Delegates. He
will doubtless be the first example in
the States history of a former Con-
gresham sitting in the Legislature.
In Monongah county, which is hope
lessly Republican, George G. Sturgiss
mas announced his candidacy.
In Lewis county, w. w. Brannon is
seeking the Democratic nomination,
and the friends of DR.. A. H. Kunst are
about to bring him out for the Repub-
lican nomination for the same office.
In Cabell county it is the intention,
since John H. Holt has refused to be-
come a candidate for the Governorship,
to nominate him for the House of Dele
gates.
Kanawha county Republicans have
secured the consent of Malcolm Jack
son, n of the leading lawyers of
the Kanawha bar, to run for the Leg
islature.
Wood county Democrats are trying
to persuade Col. Geo. H. Moffett to
accept the nomination for the lower
house.
And these are only samples of what
both parties are doing all over the
State.
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Special to the Register.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, April 29s--
There is a great deal of indignation
among the friends of State Treasurer
Kendall because of the refusal OF his
home district, composed practically oi
the city of Parkersburg, to instruct
for him for Congress, Mr.. Kendall
made a personal appeal to the conyen-
ton for its endorsement. He said 1t
had been his intention to ask for a re-
nomination as a reward for his faithz
fulness and his splendid record in the
office of Treasurer, but that when A.
B. White, his fellow townsman, be-
came a candidate for Governor he
abandoned the idea and went with his
friends to the support of White. Then
as a yindieation and an endorsement,
he sought the nomination for Congress
and he asked the voters of his own
home to stand by him and give their
delegates instructions to support him.
His appeal was almost piteous, but 1t
fell on deaf ears, and he was turned
down by those he had befriended.
There is no doubt that if Kendall
had joined forces with Freer in OPP
posing White, the latter could not have
ecured the delegates from this county
and be repeatedly said if he could not
do that he would withdraw from the
race. So that Kendall's withdrawal
from the race for Treasurer undoubt-
edly saved White the nomination for
Governor.
And this is his recompense. Whites
forces jumped on Kendall and tramp
I'D him under foot. White could have
given him this county if he had wanted
to, but his ingratitude was shown when
he turned Kendall down. Kendall has
a large following who are very sore
oyer the treatment he received.
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Special to the Register.
RAVENSWOOD, w. Va, April 2s.-The
body found at Pleasant View, near here, in
the Ohio river, was identified yesterday as
that of E. NJ. Wyatt, a young carpenter,
whose home was at Covington, Va, but
who had been working at Parkersburg.
lie has a sister at Covington. a brother
working ON the West Virginia Short Line
railroad, and two brothers near Charles
ton. He had been recently to Charleston
TO see his sweetheart, who had refused to
marry him. Since then he had been very
respondent and is believed to have COM
mltted suicide. Enough money was found
IN his pockets to pay for his burial here.
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Pianos Moved by thoroughly compe-
tent men. r. ". RAINIER C0
Calhoun Democrats.

Special to the Register.
PARKERSBURG. w. Va, April 2s.-The
calhoun cocnty Democrats held district
conventions yesterday. No Instructions
were given on the State ticket, but it is
beiieved the whole delegation will be for
IaVenner. One district instructed for John
M Hamilton for Congress. but he is not
a candidate and the delegation will be
ABOUT solid for II. S. Wilson, of Parkers-
purg. Ten out OF the twelve delegates are
tor J, b. Wolverton for Senator and one
district instructed for him,
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POstmasters Appointed.

Special TO the Register.
WASHINGTON. D. c., April 29.-The fol-
lowing fourth-class postmasters nave been
appointed in West Virginia: Cleophas
Saunders, Curry, Logan county, vice J. F.
Barker, resigned; w. e. Bell, Henrietta,
Calhoun county. vice S. P. Bell, resigned:
M. S Booth, Lille, Greenbrier county, vice
r. A. ,Jeffr.es, resigned; J. l.. Toomey.
Manganese, Wood county, vice ]. NJ. Eek
els, resigned: J. F. Schaffenaker. Yellow
Springs, Hampshire county, vice Asa Cline,
resigned.
Star service has been established from
Walton to Looneyville, Roane county.
three times a week.
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WIEN TRAVELLING

Whether On pleasure bent or business,
take on every trip a bottle of Syrup
OF Figs, as it acts most pleasantly and
effectually on the kidneys, liver and
bowels, preventing ~feyers, headaches,
and other forms of sickness. For sale
in 50-cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co. only.
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Special to the Register.

special to the Register.
AAMLIN, w. Va. April 2s.-one night
Isst week Mrs. John McComas, who lived
near Green Shoals with two small chill
dren and her parents, got up out of bed.
left the two little babies in her bed, and
walking to the G%uyandotte river, waded in
and drowned herself. The crying of the
children awakened their grand parents,
who followed Mrs. McComas's barefoot
prints to the river bank Next morning
he body was found in the river with only
her night clothes on.
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OFFICIAL CALL FOR STATE
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION,

At a meeting of the State Democratic
Executive Committee, held az Charles
ton, West Virginia, on the 18th OF Janu-
airy, 1900, It was ordered that a state Com
yent.on Of accredited representatives Of the
Democratic party of West Virginia be
held at the City OF Parkersburg, IN the
County OF Wood. on
Wednesday, Jun 9Th, 1000, mt 1900
O'Clock Meridian,
for the purpose of selecting nominees for
the following Offices: Governor, Auditor,
Attorney-General, State superintendent OF
Free Schools, Treasurer, two Judges OF the
Supreme Court Of Appeals, two Electors
at-Large for President and Vice President
of the United States. Members OF the state
Democratic Executive Committee, and the
transaction OF such other business as may
properly come before II.
1t was also ordered that each County
shall have one Delegate In said Convention
for each one hundred 600 votes or frac-
ton thereof Of fifty t50) votes or more, cast
in such county for electors for President
and Vice Presidents OF the United States
at the election OF November 9th, 1896, that
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