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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-01

Simpsons exhibition of snobbery is
all the more detestable because Samp-
son, himself, is anything but blue
blooded. His father was a poor labor
er at Palmyra, N. Y, and Sampson,
himself, when a young man, worked
ON the streets Of thai village. Yet this
is the man who opposes the appoint
ment of men from the crews to be COM
missioned officers. because they are re-
cruited from a class of men who have
not had the social advantages that are
required for a commissioners officer"
Gunner Morgan, however, On whose
application for promotion Sampson
made this endorsement, is anything but
a low or ill-bred individual. He came
from Erie, Pa, and is thus described N
a despatch from Newport:
He rose from the ranks as a naval ap-
prentice to the 1880 position he holds now
as a gunner. He has always been a we'll
dressed man and one who was known
everywhere for his modesty and good man
ners. He has twice been sent to the tor
pedo station, an honor not often accorded
to a gunner.
The dapper little gunner was much
sought after to-day, but it was found that
he went to the Brooklyn Navy Yard last
night on board the government tug Ley
den. He is the special protege of Rhode
Islands delegation in Congress, Senators
Aldrich and Wetmoro, and of Representa-
tives Capron and Bull, he being the boon
social companion of the latter and a men,
Der of his pet Newport resort, the Law
renee Club, which Congressman-elect OIL
liver II. P. Belmont, Hermann Oelrichs
and other prominent New Workers and
Newport cottagers are members.
He is also a great friend of the Here
sheffs. the Bristol boat builders, several
of the members of that family recently
being MS guests at the Perry House.
M%orgaLis naval record is known. He
has been one of the most efficient officers
at the torpedo station for years, particu-
larly Oh matters connected with the tor
pedo fotilla- He was in charge of the
divers who explored the wreck of the
Maine.
Some time ago he gave a %gunners' ball
at the Odd Fellows Hall, and he had as
his principal guests the officers and their
wives stationed at the torpedo station,
and also at the Wal College. The ball
was q great success.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-01
ROCKS

With these figures in front of him
Mr.. Woodlock drew the following de-
auctions:
1T appears that Federal Steel pre-
ferred is too low by comparison with
the other stocks. while National Tube
and American Sheet Steel are too
high. 1t also appears that National
Steel, Sheet Steel and Steel Hoop are
selling below their exchange value,
while National Tube and Steel and
Wire are selling above it. Federal
Steel is just about its value"
The announcement made by Mr..
Morgan contained not a word about
the basis upon which the Carnegie
properties are to be taken over. From
an authoritative source it was learn
ed, however, that Mr.. Carnegie will
get about 1890 a share for his stock,
the a value of which is 81 900 a
share. OF the bonds, it was said
$3.50, 600, 600 will go to Andrew Carne-
gle TO pay for his holdings of Car
negie stock, and $3.50, 00o, 900 to secure
the entire Carnegie Company. 1t was
also stated that the minority stock
holders in the Carnegie company will
receive for their holdings si,a05 a
share in the common stock Of the
new company and an equal amount of
the preferred stock, or about sl10,-
431, 500 of each kind of stock.
An inspired statement regarding
the organization of the United States
Steel Company. sent out by way Of
Boston Tuesday morning said that
after Mr. Morgan with much reluc-
lance, consented to undertake the
uniting of the steel interests he de-
manded that responsible parties
should agree to place at his disposal
5000, 600, 900. The money was promised
and Mr.. Morgan then began his nego-
tiations with Mr.. Carnegie, who nam
ed his own terms of sale, which were
accepted on Mr.. Carnegie agreeing TO
take securities of the new company
instead of cash
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-01
CONTINUE THE GOOD WORK.

Now that the muddle has been settled
and settled most satisfactorily by the
complete ousting of the obnoxious ring,
it is highly desirable that the reform
movement thus auspiciously begun be
continued to all the departments of the
city government.
70 this end let the heads of depart
ments and all other appointees yet to
be chosen be selected first with special
regard to ability. fitness and character
rather than politics. Let business
qualifications prevail as far as possible
rather than mere party service. Every
thing else being equal in the choice,
the politics OF the applicant may not
improperly be considered, but politics
should not be the only nor ever the
main consideration in the selection of
public servants as has heretofore been
the rule and the sole rule of filling
these offices under the regime of the
recent ring.
Let this reform administration do its
work of reforming the personnel of the
departments in earnest and then settle
down and become a business admins
t~ration. such as the proper management
of city affairs requires and which the
| people are entitled to.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-01

city which has been turned down and
out by 4 combination Of Democrats
with Republicans who are disguised
with the situation in their own party.
Three-fourths of the Republicans OF
Wheeling to-day are reJoiced at the
outcome of the Councilmanic struggle
and they don't hesitate to frankly say
so.
The truth is the Inte1ligencer, which
has never represented the decent ele-
ment of its party, does not now repre-
sent anything like a majority of it.
1t represents no one but an arrogant
little ring that had held the offices so
long it imagined it possessed them in
fee simple.
Now the Intelligencer and this lit
tie coterie of which it has been the
INSCRIPTIONS organ are out in the
cold-turned out with the assistance
of the respectable element of their
own party. And no one is in mourn
ing but the Intelligencer itself and the
little, discredited ring it stands for.
The people are well satisfied.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-01
THE MILK IN THE INTELLIGENCER
~COCOANUT.

If the In~telligencer but knew it, it
and the little coterie of Republicans
for whom it stands are alone in
mourning over the present situation
in Council and in trying to stir up
partisan animosity and inname the
uniformed by viciously misrepre-
senting the situation.
the situation.
The whole business is really moth
ing more than the outcome of a revolt
in the decent element of the Republi-
can party against the rule of the ring
for which the IntellIgencer has been
the spokesman, and in this revolt the
Democrats have simply aided. Re-
publicans still retain the majority Of
city ofaces-but THEY ARE NOT
THE RING FOR WHICH THE m
TELMGENCER STANDS.
This is the keynote to the organs
loud wall. Il simply howls for a fac
ton In the Republican party Of this
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-01

that Gage withdrew krom tie Treasury
department for his remarSaDls over
sight in not editing his department
reports with more care and regard
FOR the interests of the steel kings. For
instance, in the latest monthly Sum-
mary of Commerce and Finance, issued
by Secretary Gage, there is an elabor-
ate review OF the shipping industry OF
the United States. BY an astounding ed
itorial oversight the following state
ments appear in it and become "ofi-
cial utterances" of Mr.. McKinley's adj
ministration:
l. That on the Clyde, the chief centre of
British ~shipbuilding, American steel ship
plates are in general use and are sold at
from 50 to S. a ton less than British-made
plates, after paying Sc per ton ocean
freight.
.. That in November, 1900, alone, 15o,0Go
dered by Clyde builders from America be-
cause s25o,Coo was thereby saved on the
cost thereof.
D. IAdl, dCCoiuiiS " MI u. " DiShic'
a leading shipbuilder of San Francisco,
the (Dingley) tariff on steel plates and
shapes enables the British shipbuilders to
buy them cheaper than they are sold in
the United States, and the duty on steel
is no longer a protective measure.
with such facts says the New
York World, "attested by British iron
and steel manufacturers and by Amer
lean ship builders, and put forth as
official documents by our W Treas
emily and persistently press them
selves: Why are ship subsidies asked
for? Why is the tariff on steel main
tained?"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-01

One of the most remarkable cases of
material success in the career of a
young man that this or any other coun-
try has produced is that of Mr.. Charles
M. Schwab, who at the age of thirty
seven is president of the greatest man
ufacturing combination the world ever
saw at a salary of $500, 900 a year and
worth $50, 900, 900. Speaking of young
America, here is a remarkable instance.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-01
THE PUBLIC WELFARE IS PARA

The I~ntelligencer has been
honest or fair in politics, but it has
never before overstepped the bounds
OF decency quite SO far as in its vi
cious attempt to inflame partisan pre-
JUDGE and mislead the public by ma
liciously disappearing the acts OF
the police in forcing the adherents OF
the ring In Couneil to do their duty
and deliberately classifying the acts OF
Democrats in Council.
A charitable view to take OF it IS
that having no representative on the
ground while these proceedings were
in progress it accepted the statements
of o~ver-excited and interested par
tisans.
Suffice 1t to say that neither the po-
lice who arrested and compelled the
attendance of Republican members
nor the Democratic presiding Off
GERS during the session did aught
that was not in accordance with law
and legal methods of procedure. No
doors were broken in, no false arrests
were made by the police, there was no
conflict, with State officers since the
State officers concerned had no legal
warrants, and no motions were en-
tertained or not entertained by the
Mayor or any other Democrat in
Council that was not entirely in &C
cord with the rules OF Council and &C
cepted parliamentary rulings. Our
Republican friends must not expect
to hog all the dement's of the rules
formulated by Speaker Reed for the
guidance of Congress. Democrats did
not originate them, but their legality
has stood the test and it is not in hui
mar nature for Democrats not to re-
taliate in kind with the very rules
that nave so often been rammed down
their throats amid the uproarious
plauditr of Repubnean majorities.
its a poor rule that won't work both
ways, and we have the highest and
best Republican authority for it that
the Reed rules are not that kind.
Moreover in this case they we're ap-
piled to force recalcitrants TO do their
sworn duty and in order 20 carry out
the will of the people as expressed at
the polls, which the Rep. Nican mem
bers defied, and to further the public
business, which has beef held up
since the election.
The overheated partisans who have
beer illuminating about proceedings
for false arrest have NJ ground to
stand on, legal or moral. The public
affairs of this city would soon be in
a pretty mess indeed, if these gentle
men had their way AKA were permit
ted to block public business indeti-
nitely in order TO accomplish the per-
sonal ends of one little clique in the
Republican party which having got
hold of the public teat refused to let go.
Would they have the business affairs
of this city brought to a complete
standsthl in order to serve the private
interests of a few chronic officehold-
ers?
They will find few to agree with
them.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-01

The Register this morning publishes
copious extracts from a long and
thoughtful statement by Prof. L. c.
White as to the causes of and remedies
for the undesirable state of administra-
tive affairs at the State University.
The article is one we'll worthy of peru
sal by all taking an interest in the con-
duct of the institution.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-01

Sampson, WHOM Senator Allen, of
Nebraska, designated as a "conceited
ass and "a rank and arranr coward"
and whom Mr.. Berry, of Kentucky,
spoke of as "the officer farthest away
at Santiago" declined to make any
comment on these remarks. Senator
Allen, by the way, Is one of the most
muscular men in the Senate, while
Berry is a Kentucky ~ire-eater.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-01

1t is said that the production of the
Sampson letter by friends of Sch'ey
will result in hanging up the promo
tons of both of these officers. But why
should Schley be punished for Samp-
sons snobbery? Schley did not take
the Sampsonian view of enlisted men
Tor it was Schley who made the famous
remark after Santiago that the credit
for that great victory belonged to the
men behind the guns"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-01
AN AWFUL OVERSIGHT BY GAGE.

1t is said that Cages remarkable
sugar ruling in the interest Of the
Sugar Trust, which has reacted with
ten-fold force on the new billion dol
ler trust of Mr.. Morgan, will cause
Cages retirement from the Cabinet
the new steel trust being even more
powerful with the administration than
the Sugar Trust. But it Is a wonder
that the steel combines OF the United
States have not iong ago demanded
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-01
AN ENAMEL PORTRAIT.

BERLIN. Feb. 28.-Prof. Hubert Her
komer, who has just finished an enam-
Ell portrait of the German emperor,
has arrived here and was received
by the emperor to-day. His painting
is the. largest enamel portrit in exist
ence, and was only successfully COM
pleted at the cot Of much patient h
Dor.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-01

The Queen Regent of Spain has made
Rear Admiral Cervera a vice admiral.
This is on q par with the promotion of
Shafter and Sampson. Those who do
nothing get most of the rewards, these
DAYS.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-01
REGISTER AGENCIES.

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Welcome, Gentle Spring!
ROOSEVELT PREPARING TO GO

NEW YORK, February 2S.-vice
President-elect Theodore Roosevelt is
busy at his home in Oyster Bay, L. l.,
clearing up his private business pre-
paratory to entering upon his duties
as vice president Mr.. Roosevelt has
arranged to leave Oyster Bay on Sat
urday for Washington. He viii be
accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt and
his children
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-01

song, selected, Mrs. n. Hipkins: song.
selected, John Thomas; song. comic,
selected. Joe Durham; glee, The
Merry Mill. choir.
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-01
VALUABLE STATISTICS
Mammoth Steel Combine. With
Reference to the Comparative
Values of Common and Preferred
stocks. Both New and Old.

The New York Sun of Wednesday
published the text of the official
statement given out by ]. p. Morgan
& Co., Tuesday, and printed in the
Register of even date, and made
some interesting remarks concerning
the comparative valuations of the pre-
and new corporations.
The offer to be made for stock in
the various old companies, heretofore
printed, is republished as an essen
tial feature of the matter, as follows:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-01
3bftlns 8esptsr
CHARLES n. rANEY, aenl Manager

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS.
Dal.x rer week To be paid weekly. 10c
Dsiiv per mont. 44c
Daily and Sunday, per week......... !5c
Daiiv and Sunday per month..... &c
Daily, single copy, &c; ~Sunday.......... &c
Weekly SC
DAHL AND SUNDAY, BY MAIL.
Postage Prepaid.
Daily, incl. Sunday. per year.........-SS W
Daily. incl. Sunday, six months........ W
Daily, incl. Sunday, one mouth ~
Daiiy civ months 3 90
Daily three month";. / so
DaiIy 2 davs q week. per year........ 3 90
DAILY > DAYS . week ner year....... 2 SO
DAILY one day a week. uer year....... / %
sunday onlv, ner veal. 2 60
SUNDAY only for six months.......... 20
Weekly per wear. in adyance........ / 90
Arizona republican., 1901-01-12

The objection eff the Holland 3D. clalists to the payment of an $SO.O0O
 annuity to the Duke PROVIDING of Mecklenberg- -Schwe- FUNDS rin In the event of the A-PLENTY. death of Queen wilhel-
 nina, has stirred the anger of Europe's girl que en. and 1t Is said to require no telescopes to discov- CT war clouds lowering over the Hague. The socialists are unfee!ing enough to declare that Queen Wilhelmina's fortune is sufficient for the protection of her future husband. and that ,in-as- much as Wilhelmina popped the to provide her husbands spending mon- ey without calling upon the taxpayers. As for the Duke of Mecklenberg- schwerln, he has maintained discreet silence in the matter--a silence that &C., cords very well with h.s becoming and almost glrlish modesty and demeanor when Wilheimfna asked his hand. He has wisely let his future spouse con- front the cold. unromantic socialists, and as result he is now confronted with the not unpleasant prospect of having enough money to make him li- able to the plots of k!dnappers.
 Plainly there is nothing of the swear
 
 ce. and the discovery of that fact ought to be worth $SO.OO0 year to the Hollanders. who dread nothing more than throne change that is likely to involve a radical departure from the existing order of things.
Arizona republican., 1901-01-12
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, JANUARY 12, 1901.

was permitted by this government to overrun Oom- Paul Kruger's country. Mir. Davis was assistant secretary of the interior. as we'd as republican,
 until he visited South Africa. Now he IS no: only popocrat of high degree, but is also rapidly approaching the state of that most hateful of all ob- jects to popocracy. to-wit. q plutocrat
 with big "P.". He is putting up with
 his own money block after block of ex- pensive buildings in Kansas City. His sudden flight to affluence. even better than his experience in statesmanship, shows the opportunities open to young Absaloms" in America. provided, of course, every "young Absalom" has the emotional temperament. the silver tongue and the frugal habits of the Hon. Webster Davis. We thought Brother Mark knew what he was talk ing about when he charged Mir. Davis with accepting slOO60O from Dom Paul.
Arizona republican., 1901-01-12

There is about all the anti-imperial- ists' clamor over the Philippine situa-
 ton the same indefinite MORE TALK ness that appears in ABOUT Senator Hoar's speech. THE They are eager for the PHILIP supreme court to dncide PINES. that the constitution
 follows the flag. ignor- ing entirely the fact that if the court were to decide in that way all possibil- ity to get rid of the islands. of allow ing the inhabitants to rule themselves. would be destroyed. If the court so holds, then the islands will be as much parts of the United States as New York or. Pennsylvania, th;ir citizens will bc endowed with all the privileges of cit zens of the United States, and the present insurrection will become open rebellion of American citizens against the government, and those participant ing in 1t will he guilty cf high treason d sion to treat the Philippine people as the CGbans are being treated, for that would involve ultimate indepcndenca, and congress has no right to promise ultimate independence to the people of any integral raU of American terri tory. The only way in which the peo- pie of the Philippines could receive the full privileges of citizenship would be through the conversion of the islands into states of the union with all the tariff and other regulations which ap- ply to existing states. This would pre- cipitate condition of affairs compared with which the present Philippine problem would be trifie. In fact. nothing except a constitutional amend ment would enable us to solve it.
Arizona republican., 1901-01-12

New York friends of Major General Henry W. Lawton are complaining that the bill to give his widow a pension of sl00 month has been amended in the senate to the extent of cutting ihe amount down to $50 month. The principle which apparently has gov erned the senate in thus cutting down the amount is that the widows of all army officers killed fin the Nine of duty should receive uniform $50
Arizona republican., 1901-01-12
TO THE LOSER.

So you've lost your race, lad? Ran 1t clean, and fast? Beaten at the tape. lad?
 Rough? Yes. but 'tis past. Never mind the losing
 Think of how you ran; Smile and shut your teeth, lad Take 1t like Q man! Not the winning counts. lad. But the winning fair; Net the losing shames. lad,
 Burt the weak despair; So. when failure stuns you. Don't forget your plan Smile and shut your tueth. lad Take 1t like a man! Diamonds turned to paste. lad. Night instead of morn? Where you'd pluck rose, lad, oft you grasp thorn? Time will heal the bleeding Life is hut a span: Smile and shut your teeth lad. Takn it like a man! Then. when sunset comes. lad. When your fightings through, And the Silent Guest. lad.
 Fills his cup for you, Shrink not-clasp it coolly- End as you began; Smile and close yomr eyes, lad And take 1t like man! F. C. Lester in January Success.
Arizona republican., 1901-01-12
A PROMINENT CHICAGO WOMAN
 SPEAKS.

Professor ROXa Tyler of Chicago, vice-president Illinois Woman's AL llance, in speaking Of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, says: Il suffered with a severe cold this winter which threat. ened to run in;o pneumonia. tried different remedies, but l seemed to grow worse and the medicine upset my stomach. A friend advised me to try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and ] found it was pleasant to take and it relieved me at once. I am now entire. ly recovered. saved a doctors bill, time and suffering, and will never be with. out this splendid medicine again." For sale by all druggists.
Arizona republican., 1901-01-12

Generals stuart and Forrest were close competitors of Gen. Morgan in
 daring and success. OTHER Stewart in June, 1862, RAIDERS. started off on a recon
 nosance which was en- liven d by a number Of raids, during which he made the completn circuit of 'Mcclelland's army when 1t was in front of Richmond. His force was only 2,500 cavalry and two pieces of horse artillery. but with these he did an inn mense amount of damage. It was the information gained by these raids that enabled Gen. Lee to plan the opera tions called the seven days battles. Stuart continued these raids until death in 1864. having earned an un- matched reputation in warfare of this kind. Gen. Forests chase and capture of Col. Streights command in Alabama in May. 1863. was one of the most re- markable feats of daring and endur- ance during the whole war. In one of Morgan's raids a remarkable use of the telegraph was made by a Canadian named Ellsworth, skillfui operator attached to the generals stan. By tapping the wires he interfered with the arrangements of the federal gener- als sending their troops In wrong di- rections by forged orders which he despatched in place of those hc inter- cepted
Arizona republican., 1901-01-12

Speaking of the proposition to extend the presidential term to six years, the Cincinnati Enquirer CDem) contends that the experience of 125 years has shown that the fathers were wise in limiting thn term to four ycars. There is no just demand for change. If there should be one the term should be made shorter inst ad of longer.