West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-10-13
washington LETTER.
Our Next Congressman In Washington
aud The Democratic Campaign Book.
News aud Notes or National Interest.

from our Regular Correspondent.
WASiuNGroS, ID. C.. Oct. !. Ioo4. Repre-.
sentative Cowherd. chairman OF the Con.
gressional campaign committee Is back al
his headquarters in the Riggs House, after
visit TO New York. That visit seems 10
have been productive. as MFR. Cowherd was
engaged drawing checks when your CORE.
spondent called yesterday. lie is greatly
pleased. not only with the Democratic
handbook which is out after running the
Manhattan gauntlet, but especially with
Judge Parkers letter of acceptance. which
he is issuing as a campaign document by
the millions. Chatting with Mr.. Cowherd
was Stewart w. Walker OF Martinso ourR.
w Va, candidate for Congress against
representative Dayton lie is making a
whirlwind canvass and declares that he is
/ sure OF winning. The State now has a
solid Congressional Republican delegation
In both Senate and House. but Mr Walker
thinks that the Democrats will this year
elect two and probably three members
The Democratic campaign textbook now
being sent out in cart loads consists of
over 900 pages largely occupied with the
lveliest speeches Of the leading Democrats
IN Congress. The most space Is given TO
imperialism aud the tariff and trusts %
Great emphasis is placed on the we'll known
fact that Americans are compelled to pay
much higher prices for our own manufac.
tured goods than foreigners do. Nearly
all kinds OF hardware implements. ma.
chinery tools. paints. oils. ammunition.
watches, baking powder. condensed milk
canned goods, and nearly every kind OF
steel products, are shown to be sold to our
consumers at prices a quarter larger than
those paid for the same goods by EURO.
peans. Ample demonstration Is furnished
that almost all OF our exports Of iron and
steel merchandise. amounting to sIIt ooo.-
600 last year are sold In the European
market at about four hfths the price charg.
| ed TO Americans. This. Of course results
from our iniquitous tariff The tariff
amounts to SIrI to each American. family.
OF which only $I6. s7 goes into the u. S.
treasury. and the balance S9l per family
or 81 600, ooo.oo for the seventeen million
families in this country. goes TO the pro.
tected trusts. This is regarded as the most
effective arraignment OF the Republican
party that has yet been made
The Presidents letter of acceptance Is
| being vigorously overhauled. In il he says;
ut is not creditable to us as a nation that
our great export aud import trade should
be well nigh exclusively in the hands OF
foreigners, and he bewails the fret that
little American shipping is seen in the har.
bors OF Europe. The President is not ac.
| quainted with the subject. When the ship
subsidy bill was before Congress twenty
| I IL
| chant. II. b. Chahin in New York, and
interviewed him. He was a Republican
but lie said People OF the United States
| cannot afford to own sea.going ships.
| Building and owning ships is about the
poorest business In the world. have sold
my ships and would no more think OF own
ing another than of cartng my own trunk
home on my back when arrive at the
Grand Central depot. We have a thousand
kinds OF business that pay better. Let the
paupers OF Europe do our porteTsge," The
President ought TO have consulted some
great importer or exporter before writing
his letter. 1t might have taught him that
bloated tariff was quite as bad as a subsidy
bill and that the paupers Of Europe ought
to be permitted to make for us the things
VIC NdHHOt mako AZ ptOht.
very lively interest is felt in this city in
the career Of prince Cupid. do not
now allude to the little blind god. son Of
Vulcan and Venus. whose wings have been
| clipped by Corbin lately. but to that tawny
scion Of the royal family Of the Sandwich
Islands who is known In the blue book as
! Jonah Kuhio Kalsnianaole and who sits In
the Congress OF the United States as dele
/ gate from the Central Pacific. The last
| Honolulu newspapers print the proceedings
OF the convention which renominated him
| sent across the water from the island Of
Hawaii by wireless telegrsphy. The prince
was escorted to the stage amid . scene Of
wild enthusiasm to the music Of Hawaii
\ Ponoi." lie is a very enthusiastic and con-
| vivs Republican. and his return will be
welcomed in all the saloons here as one Of
the most exhilerating and engaging states.
man that ever shot up Pennsylvania Az.
snue.
DR. Ainsworth X Spoaord OF the Con
gressonal Library. has returned from =
comprehensive European tour in behalf Of
his pet institution. His search for desira.
BILE books seems TO have been successful
ln France. Spain and Italy he obtained
over 200 catalogues from old book stores
and the purvcyors Of rare books and make
an arrangement with them and with famous
auctioneoFs by which he will receive an.
nouncements and catalogues OF future
| sales Dr. SpoHord also enlarged his &C.
quaintance with ditinguishod publishers
and made note Of the whereabouts OF var
ious procurable literary treasures. lie
visited celebrated libraries and made re-.
ciprocal agreement for profitable er.
changes The veteran Librarian is deter.
mined TO bring his shelves 40 10 the level
of the greatest Libraries OF the world.
The White House is very jubilant over a
letter from Luke Wright. Governor General
of the Philippines. in which he says that
Democratic talk Is having bad effect on
The natives. To quote. "The effect Of the
continued discussion as 20 the capacity Of
the Filipino for self government and bis
immediate or ultimate independence. 90
The President Of the AutImperialisi
League here Dr. w a. CroHut exclaims
% is certainly distressing and iamentable
| that the Presidents viceroy 1T Manila
thinks that Judge Parkcrs letter Of &C.
/ ceptaucc so terribly injurious 20 the Fili.
pinos Tie probably thinks it almost treas
/ enable. But then. come 90 think Of a. isn't
that just what George lil. and Lord North
thought and even said about the conduct
OF Franklin
The autobiography Of Admiral Schley
I called Forty Five Years Under the FLAG