Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-07-05

a isss pure And KfrA minded TfStssns1 Hss IN.
representative In eonsress q the lager trust would
b snhsseed advantagsousy In the next session
to extort contributions for the nsxt esmpsign."
surprising The Pres should dszist ios awhile
from assauiting Mr.. Bsbe0ck and look ssswhsrs
on the Republican si&s q the fence for another
target. what woeld II sncounterf n wosad dis
cover Republican nswspapsrs in all sections iron,
porting the reform PROPOSED by the Wisconsin
Congressman. One Of thsse h senator Hswley's
paper. the Hartford Coorant. which An It's issue
OF June I says. We have no need to protect prod
ucts that are sold IN foreign markets in oompsti-
ton With the rest Of the world, least Of ali n
they are sold there cheaper than In the country
that protects their manufacture"
A man does not have TO be a free
trader TO tndorse every syllable Of The
Posts article. Such papers as The
Economist might as well realize az
once that such men as Senator HawIey
cannot be whistled down the wind.
Another Kick.
While The Post, Brother Babcock et
al. are thus cavorting about and using
violent and tumultuous language cal
culated 10 disturb the peace of the Hon.
Serene Is. Payne. chairman of the com
mittee on ways and means and ex
ofbcio bellwether I'm chief OF the
house Republicans, the Baltimore News
gets up a vigorous kick OF its own
which Is not calculated TO Increase
Brother Payne's equanimity. Speaking
of the tariff on works of art, The News
says:
The peculiar absurdity OF Il resides in the fac.
that practically all American artists Of any reputs
we do not mean only those OF high rank-ars
opposed to IL.
Congress, however, looks at these things in its
own peculiar way and imposes a penalty Of 20 per
cent upon any American citizen who desires TO In
troduoe European art treasures into this country.
Mr.. J. Pierpont Morgan seems to be particularly
averse to paying this penalty and has. therefore
deposited in the South Kensington Museum Lon.
don, the Mannheim collection Of medieval works
OF art, which he has just purchased and which q
valued at about 81. 10000. II would be a great
addition to the attractions OF New York II Mr.
Morgan were 10 present this collection TO the
Metropolitan Museum OF Art, il IL supposed he
naturally would do IL he were not met by the un.
pleasant demand at the custom house. However
good natured a man may be. he does not like "a
have his gift horse looked in the mouth still les
TO pay heavy fee for the examination Perhaps
this exhibition on large scale OF the nature and
working Of our foolish antiart tariff laws win tend
20 open the eyes of congress
Now, 1 am not setting up as either
the spiritual or political adviser Of The
Economist or of Brother Payne. God
forbidl But I make free to suggest TO
them that there j. but one thing for
them to do IL they would be saved, and
that is to take the editors OF such
papers as the Washington Post and
the Baltimore News out and shoot
them as unceremOniously as General
Diaz would shoot Mexican guerrilla,
and while they have their hands in
they had better work or" such pes
tiferous agitators as Mr.. Babcocll and
General Hawley. Nothing short Of
heroic measures will settle the hnsh OF
those people who are against the
trusts. A French savant once declared
that il Is the unexpected that happens,
and If The Post & Co. keep on whoop-
ing 1t up till majority Endorses them
MIR. Payne may join I'm the chorus,
changing his mind as radically as he
did in the Porto Rican matter.
His Def.
General Francis Marion COckreH.
senior and perpetual senator from Mis-
souri,, makes no epigrams and Is not
much given TO rhetoric, but he carries
around on his shoulders n level head.
and recently delivered himself Of one
short sentence which all Democrats
and many Republicans will indorse.
Being interviewed as to the third term
idiocy, he sententiously remarked, LET
them try IL, IL they want tor Now,
that is not so gorgeous as Macbeth's
famous defiance to his antagonist:
Lay on Maodun.
And damned be he who first cries: "Holdl
Enoughv"
But it amounts to the same thing In
the end. Democrats would welcome
such an issue. knowing certainly that
the victory would be theirs.
Requiescat.
Death has invaded the Texas delega-
ton and taken from the busy scenes
and fierce contests OF politics one OF its
stalwart members. Hon. Robert EN-
met Burke of Dallas has fallen in the
very flower of his years. He was Just
entering upon his third term in the
house, and when the Fifty-sixth con-
gress adjourned sine die at high noon,
March 1, he appeared to have as good
chance for length of days as any of
the 361 representatives and delegates
composing that body. He was begin
ming 10 take high rank among his
brethren, being recognized as an hon
est. capable and industrious man
faithful to his principles, his constitu.
ency and his country. He was a good
soldier N time of war and good citi-
zen in time of peace. Three of the
Fifty-seventh congress are dead
Crump, Brosius and Burke