West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-07-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
The New Secretary of Commerce in
Dilemma Over the Slccum
Horror.

The Department Of Agriculture Trying
to Save the Cotton Crop From the
Boil Weevil.
From our regular correspondent
WASHINGTON, DC. July o, 1904
Peace and quietude reign in
Washington. Even conversation
is carried on in subdued tones. 1t
would suit Judge Parker as a resi-
dence first rate. Congress and
Catherine wheels, Roosevelt, roman
candles and rockets have gone off.
and smudge is rapidly being dissi.
pated. While waiting for confirma-
tory news from hot St. Louis our
people sit on their shady lawns and
and hail each other with Chow
cool it is ! There is no excuse for
going out of town this SUMNER"
Meantime, the usual thousand or
two come from the Gulf States and
settle down in our hotels and board
ing houses confident that they have
arrived at northern midsummer
resort.
An effort is being made to revise
history. General b. Williams of
Indiana, writes to the Post here
denying that the Rev. Mr.. Buchard
ever used the words "Rum, Ro-
maoism and Rebellion" in the short
salutation in the Fall of 1884 which
it has been supposed defeated
Blaine for the presidency. Now
your correspondent desires to ties.
THY. On the morning after cleo
ton l called on Mr.. Blaine at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, and asked him
how 1t happened that he did not re-
pudiate that salutation on the spot.
He frankly replied that he had
thought of doing so, but there was
hubbub of noises aud, very few of
the persons present seeming to have
noticed the expression, or perhaps
heard it, he thought the best thing
to do was to let it pass without at
tention. General Williams was
evidently not present, and he will
not be able to deprive Parson Bur
chard of his sinister immortality.
til
Two or three of the Filipino
Commissioners" linger at the
capita! and they freely call atten-
ton to President Schurman's tren-
chant remark at the New York ban.
quet that ''if we were able to pre-
pare the Cubans to be fit to self
government in "a months, and the
residents of Panama to be fit to
govern themselves in "a hours, it
ought not to take "a years to train
the Filipinos up to that point. q"
Secretary Taft and Whitelaw Reid
we're present at that banquet and
said whole lot of irrelevant things
but did not reply to this caustic OBJ
servation.
TT
Steamboats, on the Potomac are
running about quarter full on their
excursions, and the owners are sad
hearted at the lack of a dividend.
The Slocum horror hangs upon the
shoulders of Secretary Metcalf of
the Department of Commerce like a
yeritable Old Man of the Sea. A
large part Of his daily mail consists
of petitions and appeals for the
punishment of the criminals who
are guilty of that massacre of a
thousand women and children, and
other large bagful consists of re-
monstrances from steamboat owners
against "mere sentimentalists" rob
bling them of their dividends. The
Secretary is sorry that the dilemma
has two horns and would be hap.
pier Il he we're not allowed any op-
ton in the matter. The President
insists that "the guilty must be
punished" but he did an indiscreet
thing in attending his nephew's
wedding up in New England in
stead of attending the mighty New
York funeral Of FIVE hundred victims
OF his inspectors which took place
on the same day. To be sure, they
were neither Rough Riders nor vo.
tiers, but there are times when senti.
ment seems to be in order. Con.
rasied with this is the persist.
ent refusal Of Grover Cleveland at
the beginning Of his first admins.
tration, to dismiss Republican
Supervisor Of Inspectors who had
made himself remarkably Efficient.
TIT
The Department Of Agriculture
is about 10 muster ants into its ser
vice in the war that is being made
upon the boil wecvil in Texas. DR..
o. = Cook oi that Department ar
rived in New Orleans from Guate