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REPEAL THE WAR TAX.

Secretary Gage, in his response to a
House resolution Of enquiry as to
whether the existing revenue laws
were creating a surplus, and If sc how
much, made a statement so greatly
at variance with the facts as to be
astonishing. He reported that the
war tax in 1899 realized but $45, 900, 900,
when the truth IS it brought in $685.
100000 and in addition he estimated
the probable receipts for the fiscal year
1900 at but $40, 900, 900, whereas the es-
innate of the Internal Revenue Com
mission is s95, $751; 20.
The Secretary's object in thus Jug
Cling with figures is difficult to de-
tect, but probably, rejecting the adj
ministration policy and hope, he fam
cied he might be able to maintain
the wal tax, provided he could show it
had produced only about s45, 000, 900 in
revenue, while realizing that if it were
made plain to the people that the tax
brought in more than twice this
amount there would be much difficulty
in preventing Congress from taking
strong corrective measures.
The most competent experts in reve-
nue. matters in Washington agree
that the var revenue taxes are
certain to increase at the rate of s25.-
O00,O 0O a year. Secretary Gage figures
the annual increase of the war tax rev.
enues at $4,000. 900. To fully under
stand the enormous Importance of the
error, 1t should be borne in mind that
when on April 2 the House adopted a
resolution calling upon the Secretary
of the Treasury for an opinion as to
whether or not the present laws for
raising revenues were creating or
would continue to create a surplus in
the Treasury and If SO to what extent;
also calling upon the Secretary for an
estimate Of the probable receipts Of the
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18
MISS GOGGINS AGAIN.

Readers of these columns will recall
that a week or SO ago a brief summary
was presented of the reasons given
by Miss Catherine Goggins, of Chicago,
as to why she was single. Miss Cog
gins gave ten reasons, the last being
that she had never had a proposal.
Her statement attracted a great deal
Of attention, and, it appears, has re-
suited in a number of formal propos-
ais of marriage, all of which the lady
has declined, and answering an inquiry
remarks: why should any man want
to marry me because of what 1 said"
Miss Goggins is certainly a peculiar
woman. She should reflect that most
men marry because of something a wo-
man has said, ever if it is but the lit
tie word yes" Miss Goggins invited
the proposals she evidently desired.
She should accept the result cheer
fully.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18

sent Of the governed. not Of some Of
them. but Of all Of them" / will
stand with the fathers OF the Repub-
lican party. No"
The effect was dramatic. As Mr..
Hoar pronounced his peroration the
stiffness in the chamber was intense.
Applause swept over the galleries, but
it was hushed quickly by the Presi-
dent pro tempore.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18
Pith and Point.

"Will there be a fight?" Well said
the pugilist, Il shouldn't be surprised
That man has threatened to whip me on
sight If / don't quit bothering him with
challenges. Star.
1T is better to laugh than to cry said
the young and innocent girl. brightly.
Not II you are trying to manage a hus-
band" said the woman.-Ind-anapolis
Journal.
Sir" began young Timkins as he en-
tered the presence Of the dear girls
father. II want to marry your daughter
oh. don't come 20 me with your
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18
REPUBLICAN FALSE ASSERTION.


A day or two ago., in reviewing the
effect and scope OF the Puerto Rican
tariff bill. the Register set forth, with
absolute e~xactness, a list of the offices
the President would have at his dis
posal under the law, and suggested
that it being a campaign year, when
patronage was badly needed, the en-
forced passage of the bill under the
party whip was probably accounted
for.
The Parkersburg State Journal re-
prints the Registers remarks. and
then adds:
The foregoing is quoted mostly for the
glttering array of its inaccuracies. It H.
Illustrates how beautifully a Democratic
1t desires.
The Puerto Rican bin " not ubiquitous:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18
Simple business Methods.

New York Post.
The recent death of a member Of a Sc
dalia, Mo-, firm disclosed the fact thai for
thirty years the firm had kept no account
books. 1t did a strictly cash business. and
divided the days receipts each night.
share and share alike. When a bill OF
goods was purchased, each member of the
firm paid one-half of the money, carried in
his pocket.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18
No Wonder.

New York Herald.
The inhabitants of the Danish West In
dies are protesting against the sale of
those islands to the United States. They
do not want to share the fate of the
Puerto Ricans. Jamaica has lapsed into
an eloquent silence on the subject of an
nexation.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18

WASHINGTON, D. c., April IL
To-day's statement of the treasury
balances in the general fund exclusive
of the s150,000 900 gold reserve in the
division of redemption, shows: Avail
able cash balance 1851, 004, 099; gold,
$S7. 316, SIG.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18
WANTS TRY.
william Seymour Edwards Not Con-
tent With the Beating Judge
Gave Him.

Special to the Register.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, April IT,
William Seymour Edwards, in a card
published in the Mail-Tribune to-day,
announced that he is a candidate for
the Republican nomination for Con-
gress in this district. He was the Re-
publican candidate for Congress in
1898, and was defeated by Judge John
ston, the Democratic candidate. John
ston's majority over Edwards was a
little over six hundred.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18

Twelve thousand four hundred dol
lars of the public money goes to a gar
bage contractor who was not the low
est bidder. This is supposed to be
reform at a time when the city needs
all the cash it can get.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18
OFFICIAL CALL FOR STATE
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

AT a meeting of the State Democratic
Executive Committee, held at Charles
ton, West Virginia. on the 18th of Janu-
airy, 1900, it was ordered that a State Con-
vent.on of accredited representatives of the
Democratic party OF West Virginia be
held at the City of Parkersburg. n the
County of Wood. on
Wednesday,, June 9th. 1900, at IL 100
O'Clock Meridian,
for the purpose of selecting nominees for
the folio wing offic IS: Governor, Auditor,
Attorney General, State Superintendent of
Free Schools, Treasurer, two Judges of the
Supreme Court OF Appeals, two Electors
at-Large for Pres dent and Vice President
Of the United Stat IS. Members of the State
Democratic Executive Committee, and the
TRANSACTION of such other business as may
properly come before it.
1t was also ordered that each County
shall have one Delegate in said Convention
for each one hund-ed 00O votes or frac-
ton thereof of fifty (50) votes or more cast
in such county for electors for President
and Vice President of the United States
at the election of November 9th, 1886, that
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18
The Point.

New York Herald.
Interesting experiments have just been
mad of a system by which a great deal
of money can be saved in the construction
of telephone lines. That is all right, but
the people would like to see some expert
ments in the reduction in the cost of them
of the telephone service.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18
DELEGATE

At a meeting of the Democratic State
Executive Committee of West Virginia.
neld at Charleston, or the 25th day of Jam
aary. 1860, il was ordered that the twelve
ginid is entitled in the next Democratic
National Convention Ito be held at Kansas
CITY, Mo, on the 4th day of July, 800 to
nominate candidates for President and Wee
President OF the United States, be selected
as follows:
The Democrats in each county in the
State shall appoint at such time and place,
and in such manner as the Democratic Elk
ecrttve Committee of each county may de-
1ernline, Delegates to the Congressional
District Conventions TO be held in each or
the founr Congressional Districts of the
state on the
10th Day of May, 1900,
at the following places:
In the First Congressional District, at
harrisburg, in the County Of Harrison; in
Charles Town, in the County of Jefferson;
n the Third Congressional District. at
C,ilarleston, N the County of kaiawha; IN
the Fourth Congressional District, at Point
Pleasant, in the County. of Mason;
srSach of said Congressional District Con-
yentions shall appoint one De.egate-at-
Large, and one alternate therefor, and two
District Delegates, and two a~lternates
therefor, to represent the Democracy or
West Virginia in said National Convention:
Inc bass of representation in each OF
said Congressional District Conventions
Will be one vote for each one hundred
votes and fraction thereof over nifty cast
for w. j. Bryan for President. at the No
Nember election Of 1856. and each county
IS requested TO appoint such number OF
delegates to each Congressional District
convention as is equal to the number OF
votes 1t may be entitled to by the above
ADREW JOHNSTON, Chairman.
WILLIAM A. OHLEY, Secretary.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18

New York mas enacted a law, opera
tive in September next, prohibiting
prize fights. Iowa has passed a similar
law, and the Mayor of New Orleans
has shut down on this form Of sport.
The outlook for pugilism is dark.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18

Council has appointed a special COM
mittee to prepare another refunding
ordinance for submission to the peo-
pie. The Committee will do well if it
will report in favor of refunding the
compromise loan of $780, 900 and stop
right there. Such an ordinance will
pass and all will be we'll.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18

Council last evening sustained the
Committee on Petitions and Remon-
frances and refused saloon licenses
to ten applicants. But will this spasm
of virtue stand? There's the rub.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18

The official call for the assembling
of the Democratic State Nominating
Convention, at Parkersburg, on the
9th day of June, at noon, appears in
this issue of the Register, with the
vote of each county of the State and
the number of delegates each county is
entitled to.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18
Countess Among the Lost.

BERLIN, April IA special dispatch
to the Lokal Anzieger. which gives meager
details regarding the loss near Minecroy,
of the yacht of Count Rudolph Festetics
with all on board save the owner and two
servants. says that among the victims was
the Countess, who, prior to her marriage,
was Mss Haggin, of New York City.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18

What's this! Col. Alexander S. Ba-
con, of the Seventy-frst New York
regiment, accusing Colonel and Gov
ernor Roosevelt of wanting to surren-
der at Santiago, and "exultant blood
thirstiness," in shooting down a fleeing
Spaniard at ten yards range! Col.
Bacon is trifling with a hero who
wrote his own experiences in Cuba.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18

The Senate has just passed eighty
three private pension bills in forty
FIVE minutes. No wonder the pension
outlay grows annually.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18

The Pittsburg season of grand opera
is a great success. Pittsburg people
appreciate music as well as other
things.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18

engagements for the demolition of
the buildings at the Paris Exposition
have already been made, and a Chi
cago firm has the contract.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18

We again cheerfully second the mo-
ton that m of the new cruisers
be named Pittsburg.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18
HOW TO M

Z Send all remittances by Registered
Letter, Express Order. Check or
Postal Note. Patrons run n risE
of losing rcmittances sent in any
other way. All amounts for 5 o
Or less can be sent by postal order
.or three cents. Address
THE REGISTER.
Wheeling, w. Va.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18

troubles" interrupted the old gentleman.
She told me some time ago that she m
tended to marry you. so you'll AVE to set
tie it between yourselves."-Chicago News.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18
AsTo What He Would Do


with the Philippines Mr.. Ta&r said:
Il would declare now that we will not
take these islands TO govern them against
their will.
Il would reject a cession of sovereign
ty which implies that sovereignty may be
bought and sold and delivered without the
consent of the people.
Il would require all foreign governments
to keep out OF these islands.
II would offer TO the people of the
Philippines our help in maintaining order
until they have a reasonable opportunity
to establish a government of their own.
Il would aid them by advice. if they de-
sire it, to set up a free and independent
government.
81 would invite all the great powers of
Europe to unite in an agreement that that
independence shall not be interfered with.
Il would dclare that the United States
will enforce the same doctrine as ap-
plicable to the Philippines that we de-
clared as to Mexico and Haiti and the
South African republics.
Il would then. in a not disbtant future,
leave them TO work out their own saliva
ton, as every nation on earth. from the
beginning of time, has wrought out its
own salvation"
One of the most effective parts of
the address was his fancied roll call
of some of the distinguished statesmen
of the United States on the question
of the retention of the Philippines.
He began with George Washington and
closed with VIM. Mckinley. each In a
sentence giving the reason for his
vote. Every vote was in the negative,
except that of Aaron Burr, who voted
yes and explained: "Tou are repeat
ing my buccaneering expedition down
the Mississippi. am to be v~indicated
at last"
When the Name of VIM. Mckinley
was called he replied:
There has been a cloud before my
vision for a moment, but / see clearly
now; / go back to what / said two
years ago: Forcible annexation is
criminal aggression: governments de-
rive their Just powers from the con-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18
MALE HELP WANTED.

catalogue explains how We
teach barber trade in s weeks without ex-
pense, mailed free. MOLER BARBER
Chicago. Ill. aprl4e&dv
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18

The Republican nomination for Vice
President is still being peddled around.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18

There were no Easter bonnets in the
East Madison venue Presbyterian
church of Cleveland, last Sunday. The
ladies of the congregation wore their
cid head coverings, and put the money
the new would have cost in the con
tribution boxes. The result was $1,000
toward paying a church debt, and the
men of the congregation made up the
rest.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18

IOtaIS go. ....... ...... T1,4SS Jfo
1t was also ordered that such delegates
be chosen at the time and in the manner
prescribed by the County Democratic Elk
ecutive Committees of the several coun-
ties. respectively; that no county elect
more delegates than it is entitled to under
the above apportionment; and that the
delegates present in said convention from
any county cast the whole vote of the
county.
by order of the State Democratic Exec
utive Committee.
ANDREW JOHNSTON.
Chairman.
VIM. A. OHLEY,
apr1Segi Secretary.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18

s NNOTNCEMEST-T hereby announce
Amyself as a candidate for County As
SCISSOR. country district, subject to the de-
cis.on Of the Democratic primary election,
May z lso. NJ A MADDEN
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

4 NSOUNCEMENTJ. Wilson White. Of
y Union district, himself a
candidate for County Assessor. City Die
trict. subject to the Democratic prs-
maries- aprl5e&d to maf2
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18
FEMALE HELP WANTED.

WANTED-At once, a lady shoe clerk:
must nave had experience, none other need
apply. Adde'S, X. Y. H., Register office.
aprlSer
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18

The British trap at Wepener failed
to work.
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GROWING INTO An EMPIRE
Continued From First Page.

when he swallows his victim. Ours
is the expansion of Thomas Jefferson.
Yours is the expansion of Aaron Burr
1t is destined to as short a life and
to a like fate.
In every accession of territory to
this country ever made we recognized
fully the doctrine of the consent OF
the governed and the doctrine that ter
ritory so acquired must be held to be
made into States.
you have tried governing men OF
other races than your own at home
for a hundred years You have dealt
with the Indian, you have dealt with
the negro, close at hand, knowing all
about them. And now you go forth
to lay your yoke on ten million of
them. 1 suppose you feel encouraged
by your success. There are ten mil
lion more, 1000 miles away, of whom
you know nothing. You go forth
jauntily and boastingly as Louis Ma
poleon went to meet his doom at Sc
dam
Mr.. Hear discussed at great length
the Filipino rebellion and the causes
which, in his opinion, led up to it.
He made an earnest and vigorous de-
tense of the Filipinos, especially Of
Aguinaldo, who, he declared, was
Grave, Honest and Patriotic"
In the coure of his eulogy of Aguin-
aldo he said:
HE deserves to be remembered with
that small band who have given life,
and everything dearer than life, to
their country in a losing cause He
shall live with Kossuth, with Dom
Paul, with Joubert, with Emmett. with
Egmont and Horn, with Nathan Hale,
with Warren, with all the great mar
tyrs of history whose blood has been
the seed of the church of liberty"
Mr.. Hoar maintained his we'll known
position that the Filipinos had achiev-
ed their independence, that the United
States had made them it's allies and
was bound to recognize their independ-
ence, and that they had proved them
selves fit for such independence and
capable of self-government. AS one
bit of proof of their state craft he de-
clared:
"The state papers Of Aguinaldo, the
discussion of the law of nations by his
attorney general, the mastery appeal
of Mabini, are products of the Asiatic
mind. They are not unworthy of the
Asiatic mind, the vehicle through
which came to us the scriptures OF the
old and new testament, the poetry OF
David, the eloquence of Isaiah, the wis
dom of Solomon, the profound phil
osophy of Paul"
The Senator presented an elaborate de-
Tense of the Filipinos against the charge
that they were responsible for the present
war, fully justifying their action in re-
ststfng the American forces.
no What Ia VVnnId no
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
puritan GAS RANGES.

Have all the latest improvements; easy
stoves.
NEsBITT & BRO,
wed sat 1912 Market Street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18
WANTED.

WANTED-Agents to handle our Inc Of
installment goods: highest commissions,
payable every Saturday: reference requir-
street. aprl7et
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Wbrrlins Resister
CHARLES II. TANEY. General Manager.

The REGISTER embracing its several
editions, Is entered at the .Postoffice at
Wheeling. w. Va. as second-c.ass matter.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18
1T IS THE MUSICAL MARVEL OF THE CENTURY.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

ExCURSIONS-The new Steamer URA-
- MA is offered to excursion parties
CAPT. N. B. DAVIS. or clerk Str. Ruth,
lila Water street. Wheeling. apl2eqb
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-18

government for the current fiscal year
and 1901; also demanding, specifically,
a statement Of the war tax receipts for
1899 and the nine months of the cur
rent fiscal year ending March 81, in
reply figures were furnished by Secre-
tary Gage showing the receipts for 1899
as $40, 724, 1904. The Commissioner
OF Internal Revenue agrees with these
figures, SO far as they go, but in addi-
tion to this amount attaches $50,266,-
442.79, or sos, 800, 9S3.73, all told, the
fifty million and odd difference being
due to increased revenue received from
tobacco, beer and special taxes, these
being omitted in Secretary Cages re-
ply.
The necessity for the war taxes has
passed. The treasury figures prove it.
On April 2, 1900, there was on hand,
in addition to the $3.50, OO0, 900 reserve,
a net available cash balance of 1885,
1872, 995. The excess of receipts over
expenditures for the eight months end
ing with March were SCI, 1885, 73.28, an
average of $7,S29, 1866 per month. or
at the rate of $93, 1852. 1892 per year
money unnecessarily taken from the
people.
The tax law should be at once re-
pealed, if not in whole, then in so far
as it applies to check and note stamps,
telegraph stamps, express stamps, and
the stamps on druggists goods. The
burden is a great one, and there is
no longer an excuse for its existence.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-03-28

river, near OrovilIe, five dredges Of the
Postlethwaite type, two Of the scoop type
and a continuous bucket dredge Of eastern
design.
"The Feather presents exceptional op.
portunities for successful dredging enter.
prises in the neighborhood Of Oroville,
and they will multiply In the future.
Thousands Of acres Of that river bottom
will average IS cents per cubic yard from
grass to bedrock, and the bedrock Is with.
In reach and soft enough to be practically
dug up by the scoops. The Yuba has not
proved as good dredging field as was an.
ticipated, partly on account Of the deep
deposits Of comparatively barren detritus
and partly because the stream shifts Its
bed so frequently.
"The dredging people are generally
close mouthed about their affairs, and
therefore no reliable statement can be given
of the gold produced by dredging. r. II.
Postlethwaite, who Is In an exceptionable
position for judging, estimates the total
production for 1909 at between $4,000
and 100000. Some Of the present dred.
gers have worked but few months.
New dredgers now building and the con.
tinuous operation Of all should greatly en-.
large the output during 1900. The one
operating at Mississippi bar. $50 feet
above the American, has been making
i A 4
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-03-28
Capture Of William Wallace.

Sheriff Livingston, Of Grant county,
passed through Sumpter Wednesday on
his way to Baker City, where he went to
take charge Of and return to captivity
William Wallace, accused Of horse steal
ing, and who broke jail at the latter named
county seat last summer. Wallace was
captured at Weiser, Idaho, few days
since, through means Of intercepted letters
written him by friends. On arrival here,
homeward bound, the sheriff's RESPONSE
bility was added to by the two men,
Turner and keeton, who did the shooting
at Granite Thursday, making it necessary
that they should be taken to Canyon
City.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-03-28
The Sumpter Chronicle.

The Sumpter Chronicle made its ap.
pearance last Thursday, Chronicle Pub.
fishing company, N. e.. Athey editor and
manager. It is republican in politics, and
has much to say of republican prosper.
ity." geographically il is as neat look.
ing sheet as one would wish to see. Il
there is room for another paper in Stump.
ter, the Chronicle will ill the vacancy,
and creditably.