West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-05-12
NATIONAL NEWS NOTES.
A Brief Review Of The Work Of The
Late Congress.
Some sample Cases OF the Chinese
Exclusion Act.
From our regular correspondent.

. 49, 'HANh Hoo aOnC HO-
thing but spend money" has dis
persed itself to forty.fve States and
four Territories and two islands of
the sea, Beyond making appropri-
atoms i has done barely two Of the
forty or fifty important things
which il Came to do. The required
legislation must wait upon party
exigency. -Four territories applied
for admission to the Union as States.
They can wait. The Panama Canal
zone is in state of anarchy. Laws
1t gravely needs; but 1t can wait.
Alaska is practically without Courts
of Justice and Senator Nelson de-
clared the other day in a burst Of
righteous wrath that Congress had
mot done dam thing" for Alaska.
lAllusion was thus probably made
to the tinker's dana slight OBJ
struction which tinsmiths make in
their soldering pot to prevent the
solder from spreading.1 But Alaska
can wait. Porto Ricans will enjoy
for while longer their inability to
naturalized as American citizens or
to practice law. Congress must
hurry home. Porto Rico can wait.
The people we're promised that
trusts would have a terrible over
hauling. But the trusts have given
notice that they can wait. Repub-
cans felt that to tackle any of these
matters was playing with fire--dan-
gerous business. Besides, they
hadn't time,
1t has been settled at last that
Mr.. Hearst is not confined to the
Journal and American as means
of expression. He was called on
in the Judiciary Committee the
other day to defend his resolution
calling, for the punishment of the
more raPacious trusts, and he show
ed clearly, in few we'll directed
sentences, that he knew what he
was talking about and could give
the committee a variety of points.
He was self-possessd. tactful, and
vigorous, was not too dignified to
use slang or too grave to crack
jokes, keeping the purpose of his
resolutions all the while in mind.
1t was discovered that he had vocal
organs and even lung power, and
was not merely a ''yellow peril"
His epigrammatic remark about the
Attorney General having sat on the
coal-trust evidence for eighteen
months '1ike an old hen trying to
hatch a door knob" has taken its
place among the tropes of history.
III
Columbian University in this city
is being revolutionized. To avoid
the ambiguity occasioned by the
resemblance of its name to the
Columbia University of New York
City, the trustees have resolved that
1t shall hereafter be known as the
George Washington University.
Moreover, it will be moved from its
present site half mile southwest
ward, down back of the State, War
and Navy Department; aud it will
get enough for its old building
opposite the Shoreham to erect sew
eral far finer ones on the new local.
ity. Eight magnificent marble
buildings will be constructed, sur
rounding the site of David Burns
cottage, and 1t is believed that the
University will assume a new posi-
ton among the educational institu-
tions of America.
TIT
The old Riggs Bank, opposite the
Treasury is being demolished and
the historic structure is now little
more than a memory. 1t was built
by Nicholas BiddIe during Monroe's
administration and sheltered the
famous United States Bank. It's
public functions ceased when Roger
B. fancy by direction of Andrew
Jackson removed the deposits. On
its site will be erected the most
spacious financial temple in Wash.
ington.
TT
A couple Of months ago Cover
nor Taft, proconsul to the Philip
pines, told your correspondent that
he was in favor Of freedom when
the Filipinos we're eft for it." Now,
he charges the hundreds Of states.
men, scholars, and college presi.
dents with 'fntermeddling" because
they favor self-government there.
Intermeddle, indeed, upon what
meat doth this our Caesar feed ?
Is this The language Of a servant Of
the Republic
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