West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1902-11-06

ocioIc, PROMISES 10 gam no auvant-
age for that party but on the other
hand will help our cause.
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The greatest satisfaction is cx-
pressed at Democratic headquarters
that the Ohio legislature has com
pleted its work in time for the voters
of that state to appreciate how
thoroughly the interests of the
majority of the people have been
sacrificed by Senator Hanna and the
Republican bosses to bossism. 1t
is said that the new code will cost
the Ohio Republicans thousands of
votes. In order to continue un-
disturbed the Supremacy of George
B. Cox, the Republican boss OF
Cincinnati and the Supremacy of
Hanna in Cleveland the interests
of every small town In the state have
been sacrificed and large and un-
warranted expense has been forced
upon them. 1t is an example OF
Hannaism which ought to last the
Ohio Republicans for many years.
In New York, Mr.. Hill has un-
earthed some very unsavory facts in
regard to Gov. Odell, whereby it is
shown that the Governor is directly
interested in concern which is
furnishing most of the supplies to
state institutions and despite Mr..
Odell's efforts to show that he mere
ly held stock as security the people
persist in seeing through the deal
and are condemning the Governor in
round terms.
From Omaha comes a startling
story of forgery. 1t is alleged that
Representative Mercer has been re
printing pages of the Congressional
Record after altering the proceed
ings To suit his own ends and has
been sending them out under his
frank. 1t is stated that Mercer is
sending out an alleged excerpt of
the Record which represents that he
voted for bill providing for gov
eminent control of public utility
corporations, which bill was never
discussed in the House but was re-
ferred to the Committee on Judiciary
and there killed by the Republican
majority. AS Mr.. Mercer is known
to be particular friend of the Sec
rotary of Agriculture his alleged
conduct reflects seriously on Mr..
Wilson and to some extent on the
administration proper.
The first formal meeting of the
anthracite Coal Strike Commission,
which took place last Monday, was
widely heralded as demonstrating
the success Of the presidents arbitra.
ton policy but as a matter of fact,
although the meeting only dealt
with preliminaries, there was much
in it which might be taken to portend
failure. The most serious develope-
ment was the discovery that there
were a large number of operators in
the anthracite region who were not
party TO the agreement to arbitrate
and who were not represented at the
meeting. AS they own large nun.
Der Of collieries it will be practically
impossible to ask the railway presi-
dents to observe any decision Of the
Commission not observed by their
competitors and therefore the whole
success OF the Commissions work is
threatened II is even claimed that
the railway presidents have purpose
| ly mislead the President 10 regard
TO the proportion Of colleries which
they operate, with a view to being
able to ask him, when the Com.
mission should have rendered its
findings, to compel all the operators
to observe them. That. the Presi-
dent would have no power to do
and because il would be unfair to
compel one set Of operators to OBJ.
serve regulations not compulsory
with their competitors, they would
escape the fulhllment a. their pro
mise to abide By the findings ~ the
Commission. Mr.. Mitchell said
that he had understood that al the
operators we're party to the agree
mcnt but, that Pres. Baer en-.
phatioally denied lie also stated
that while no objection would be
made to Mr.. MitchelPs representing