West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-11-14
WASHING NLETTER.
The Defeated Tammany Candidate
for Mayor Spoken Of for Gov
ernor Of New York.
Secretary Long in Trouble Over
CrOwBinshield's Promotion.
FI0m our reguIar eorre.pondent.

FROM our regular correspondent.
WAsHiNGToN, Nov. 9, IooI.-
The election returns are the chief
topic OF interest in Washington to-
day and everyone is discussing the
effect of Tuesdays results on the
more important elections Of the
next two years. The fact that, with
all the Republicans, large num-
Der Of Democrats and the usual dis
gruntled element against him, Mr..
Edward M. Shepard received over
5000 more votes than did Van
Wyck in the last election, has re-
suited in considerable discussion of
Mr.. Sheppard as a likely Demo
cratic candidate for the Governor
ship next year and a potential can
didate for the Presidential nomina-
ton in 1904. He has back of him
a remarkably clean record, and the
most careful scrutiny Of his oppo-
nents in the campaign just ended
failed to reveal the most trivial ac-
ton which could be made the ground
for criticism, The Fusionists con-
fined themselves to pointing out
what they held to be inconsistency
on Mr.. Shepard's part in accepting
the nomination from Tammany, and
Mr.. Shepard replied that he pro.
posed, as Mayor, to give the city
an honest, clean government, and
that he considered that the impor-
lance of victory to his party far out
weighed the narrower view which
held that the party ought to be sac
rificed in order to obtain fancied
mprovements in the municipal adj
ministration from the hands of men
who had never been put to any test.
AT this writing Mr.. Shepard, after
having withstood the heat and fire
OF most bitter campaign, stands
stronger with his friends and with
his enemies than when he entered
the fight, and there is little doubt
but that he could, in a campaign
where Democratic and Republican
lines were clearly drawn, carry
Greater New York by handsome
majority.
/ ! !
Much satisfaction is felt in Dem
ocratic quarters at the results in
Maryland, which insure the return
of Arthur p. German to the Senate.
He is an able and experienced man,
and one who has the interests of his
party at heart. He will prove
valuable addition to the Democratic
side of the Senate and to the leaders
of his party, which will respect his
advice on all important issues. The
returns from Pennsylvania show
greatly reduced Republican MAORI
ties, but the Republican machine,
with Matt Quay at its head, proved
too strong to be overthrow by the
advocates of honest government.
However, the results of this years
tight should be regarded as encour
aging, and continuance of the
ring in power will insure still
greater reputation the next time
the anti-corruptionists array them
selves against it.
/ / /
An evidence of the existence of
the high degree of brotherly love
which exists in the War and Navy
Department was given yesterday
morning when the General Com
handing the Army, Miles, and the
Admiral of the Navy, Dewey, both
absented themselves from the we'd
ding Adjutant General Corbin and |
Miss Edythe Patten. Both had re.
ceiyed invitations, but they sent re-
grets. Another conspicuous alb.
sence was Lieut. Colonel Heistand,
who it will be remembered, is re-
lated to the late President. Pre-
sumably that little hemp affair will
account for it, as / understand that
Colonel Heistand was not invited.
but the disclosures of the Senate's
Investigating Committee we're hard
" such as to warrant so direct a
snub.
IA
The scarcity Of Washington news
which now exists, and will until
Congress convenes, is resulting IN
the sending out, by some of the
Washington correspondents, Of the
most extraordinary canards. The
latest is the repsrt that the Presi.
dent is going to appoint a Demo
crat to the Cabinet. President
Roosevelt is original and deter.
mined in his ideas and methods, but
he would as soon think of appoint
a Camanche Indian to the Cabinet.
and the appointment would be about