Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-04-27

county.
THOSE Kanawha county Republ-
cans are mighty mean lot. They
swindle the public, rob the State and
county, betray their party and sQueal
on each other
THE West Virginia liar seems have
his headquarters at Huntington at
present, and some remarkable yarns
are being sent out concerning alleged
performances along Big Ugly.
You've Mr.. Hydes extravaganza
didn't make much Of a hole in the
surplus of the Equitable Life Assur-
ance Society, but if the lawyers once
get hold of it they will make those
millions look ike thirty cents.
GOVERNOR DAWSON means that the
Republican party IN West Virginia
shall be the Dawson party. He has
knocked out Mr.. Teter again by taxi
ing the props from under Ira E. Rob
inson in the congressional convention.
THE Treasu y deficit so far this year
amounts to $3O,1l6,434 Consider
ing the way money is being squan-
dered, this is not surprising, for even
Uncle Sans pocketbook has its limits
More taxes will have to be put upon
the people.
The preachers are still arguing as
to whether John D. RockefeIlers mon
ey is clean or not. We shall not pass
judgment as to this question, but We
think it is better to use it for doing
good than to have it devoted to ques-
tionable uses. Probably Mr.. Rookie
Teller can stand the test as well as
most men who are not nearly 50 rich.
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THINGS could be made very inter-
esting in West Virginia if the truth
should be told about the whiskey ring
in Kanawha county; if Judge Golf
would say what he means to do about
running for the Senate; if the real
reason Of Judge Jackson's resignation
should be revealed if Blizzard and
Elliott could be gotten on the witness
stand if George Mcintosh should tell
what he really thinks of Senator FL
kins and Senator Scott; if Charley
Swisher should have leave to print
what he thinks about the law turning
his fees into the State treasury-and
few other matters.
An exposure of official corruption
in Charleston, this State, last week,
gives an idea Of the rascaIty prac-
ticed by the politicians and Office
holders Of Kanawha county. J. F.
Hudson, who is now land assessor,
preferred charges against Judge A.
G. Shaver, of the county court, aO-
cusing him of having accepted bride
of 500 a month, for eighteen months,
from Sheriff John A. Jarrett. The
money was paid Shaver in return for
voting for or against applicants for
liquor license according to Jarrett 5
desires. He is also accused of accept
ing money for the same purpose from
former postmaster o. B. Petty and
from various saloon-keepers Shaver
at once resigned and a successor was
appointed. There is practically no
doubt of his guilt, it is said, but it Is
doubtful if he will be prosecuted as
he ought to be, for it would never do
to open up the corrupt performances
Of the Kanawha gang. All the par
ties involved in the scandal are Re-
publiosns, and it has not yet appeared
why Hudson squealed on Shaver.
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THERE has never been time when
so much junketing at the expense of
the government was going on as at
present. Senators, Congressman, gov
ernment officials and their particular
friends are fairly encircling the globe
on these splendid excursions paid for
by Uncle Sam, and the expenditures
will run up into the hundreds of thou
sands. The most imposing Of these
excursions is the trip to the Philip
pines, Japan, and other points in the
far East, which Secretary Taft is now
getting up. 1t is ostensibly to in
vestigate" certain conditions in the
Philippines, but in reality it is the
most splendid junket that has ever
been arranged in this country. In
addition to this, FIVE carloads of Off
Gals will be taken across the CONT
nent to Portland, Ore, in June to at
tend the opening of the exposition
there, all at the governments expense.
The River and Harbor Committee
has just finished trip to the West
Indies Islands on government trans
mort At the same time Sacretarr