West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-02-01
KNGWOOD PRESTON COUNTY THURSDAY FEBRUARY 1906


The mere fact that the people o.
Arizona do not want TO be tied NJ
in statehood with New Mexico is .
side issue. The interests of III,
Republican party demand the ad
mission of the two territories as on,
state and thus il is going to be
The President regrets keeuly that h,
was enticed into the matter at all
Many months ago, he casually prom
ised Senator Beveridge that h,
would recommend Joint statehood
In his message, and he did. But i
was with some mental reservations
and those reservations have grown
since he saw how strongly opposed
the people OF the two territories, es.
pecially Arizona, were TO being tied
up together. But the deed is done
now. The admission of the two
territories as one state is heralded
as an administration measure and
this has secured il much of the pres
tige that it has not heretofore en-.
joyed.
AS TO administration prestige and
the desire that certain things should
go a certain way, attention may be
turned to the recent announcement
OF Mr.. Jacob Riis that the President
would stand for third term. 1t is
hard to conceive of a statement,
coming as it did from close friend
OF the President, that could have
stirred up more speculation, bitter
ness and uncertainty. Roosevelt in
all probability has personal popular.
ity enough il he should run a third
time to get elected, and it would
show that his personality dominates
the whole Republican party, many
OF whom are opposed to him. The
President has however, laid the
third term ghost effectually by re.
ferring all questioners to the state.
ment that he gave out on the night
OF his election November, a year
ago, TO the effect that he would not
run for third term, that he con-
sldered the spirit Of the unwritten
law as more important than its text,
and that as he has served two terms
for all practical purposes, he would
not run a second time even though
he had been elected only once. The
pro Roosevelt people in Congress
have been reading this statement up
and down, cross ways and back
wards, to find out if there was not
a loophole in il that would allow the
PRESIDENT to run again without
offending the spirit if not the letter
of his pledge. But the President
has, unfortunately for them per.
haps, habit of writing very
clear English about whose pur.
port there can be- small question.
So his late pledge is likely to stand.
AT any rate all questioncrs at the
White House are referred TO that
pledge when they spring the third
term proposition on the President
or on anyone in authority.
The arrival of the Imperial
Chinese Commission in Washington
this week was au event of more than
ordinary importance. 1t indicates
that China is working up to the
desirabiliiy Of adopting some ofthe
phases Of western civilization. The
Commissioners are two of the most
prominent men in Chinese national
affairs and they have been shown
everything Of interest and import
ance in the way Of material progress
from San Francisco to New York.
They have been received by the
President and shown all there was
10 see in the government Offices, not
even excluding the Navy Yard.
Both Of the Commissioners have ex.
pressed themselves highly graiifed
as well they might be, at the con.
sideration that has been shown them
and they say that they will take
back an infinite lot of information
that will be useful to China. The
chances are that they will. Butt
China with 400 million Of popula.
tion really wakes up, 1t will mean
that there are strenous times ahead
for the rest Of The world.
TIE United States Supreme Court
has decided that the Federal Circuit
Court had no authority to release