Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-08-17

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HI. SNYDER, Editor and Publisher,
SHEPHERDsTowN, w. VA.
THURSDAY, AUGUST II, 1905.
THERE'S not much doing along the
Panama Canal except spending money.
WHEN there's anything doing in
politics Uncle Steve Elkins always
sleeps with one eye open.
The main reason why the people
like President Roosevelt so is be.
cause he is such a good Democrat.
AN editor up North had his pock-
ct picked of 81, 800. II almost serves
him right for having SO much money.
JUDGE BLIZZARD and his fellow
insurgents are not troubled as much
about the party as they are about
the Offices.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT is putting
up some pretty strong talk against
the trusts. Still, the trusts don't
worry much about talk.
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The Governor of Nebraska de-
clares that he will appoint no one to
public office who drinks or swears.
At last the editors are to have a
chance.
SINCE Judge Dayton has with
drawn from politics it appears like
ly that good many Of his friends
will do lkewise-more or less invol-
UNFAIRLY.
IT now appears that those West
Virginia insurgents have Just been
blufing in order to hold on to the
offices. Senator Elkins seems to have
fixed them by promising them fat
Jobs.
a HEAD.LINE in the Baltimore Sun
of yesterday announced that it would
be a year before the dirt flies on the
Panama Canal.
The money is flying fast enough al
ready.
The New York Legislature has ap-
pointed a committee to investigate
the big life insurance companies Of
that State. The New York Life is
to be the first one examined. 1t is
not yet known what will happen when
the lid is lifted.
We rather suspect that the State
administration is going to get more
tax reform than it bargained for.
There's bound to be a tremendous
kick over the enormous increase in
valuations in counties like MCDOWELL
Wyoming and Mingo.
THERE'S still deal of disputing as
to whether or not We have the real
thing in the way of tax reform in
West Virginia. We are willing to
submit the matter to the tax bills
not this years alone, but those of
next year and the year after.
The Pennsylvania bosses, which
means the railroad managers and the
rich iron and steel manufacturers,
have decided to retire Senator Boise
Penrose at the end of his term and
put Henry Clay Prick, the steel king,
in his place in the United States Sen
ate. Mr.. Frick may be counted on
TO hold up the high tariff end.
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IL an address before the Chautau-
qua Assembly in New York last Fri
day President Roosevelt expressed
his emphatic belief that all corpora
tons engaged in interstate commerce
should be under the supervision Of
the national government This is
good Democratic doctrine, and Mr..
Bryan himself could 60 no further.
A RECANvAss of voters in Phil.
adelphia shows that more than 10000
illegal names were on the lists-the
twentieth ward alone showing up s.
go fraudulent names. It's no won
der the gang have had things their
own way and that the Republican
majority has been so great. We
shouldn't wonder if Philadelphia is
really Democratic on fair count.
DURING the past week the new
land assessments Of a number of ad-
ditional counties in West Virginia
have been reported, Among them
is Wyoming county, which comes up
with an increase Of over 900 pei cent,
the valuation being $lO,497, 466, as