Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-06-28

eat their owu product.
CONGRESS is about ready to adjourn.
The railroads are safe and are willing
to let their representatives go home.
WE shouldn't object to Mr.. Bryan
az a presidential candidate if 1t were
not for that old rule. third strike and
out
THE President was going to do
great things with Congress, but for all
his buster there has been very little
accomplished.
CONGRESS having decided on the
sort of canal we want at Panama, the
ditch may be completed within the
next forty or fifty years.
Hon. GEORGE G. Sturgiss swept the
platter clean in Berkeley county yes
terday. He got all the delegates from
the county-the other candidates had
no show whatever.
The Jefferson county Republicans
seem to be anxious to repeat the role
they assumed at the last congress
ional convention, when they simulat-
ed the part of the poor boy at the
frolic.
SENATOR TILLMAN says ne doesn't
want S. o. branded on him. But
Standard Oil is indelbly written on
a majority of tue United States Sem
ators, including those from West Vir-
gina.
THE daily papers say that Senator
Elkins and Senator Tillman came near
having collision on Monday. The
former is quick on the trigger, but
he'll be up against the real thing II ne
tackles the South Carolinian.
It's singular how obedient the
Jefferson county Republicans are to
the bosses. A dozen ofhce-holders
here and in Washington manage the
rank and file as if they owned the
voters.
The Virginia authorities are about
to take steps to require the railroads
in that State to sell tickets at two
cents a mile as required by a recent
act of the Legislature. The railroads
have so far absolutely ignored the
law.
The railroad rate bill baving been
amended so as to be entirely satisfac-
tory to the railroads and unobjection-
able to the Standard Oil Company,
will soon be made law
But what's the use? 1t won't ben
eft the shippers or help the public.
The railroads are getting ready to
profit by that provision of the rate
regulation bill which throws disputes
into the United States Courts. They
have just succeeded in having Presi-
dent Roosevelt appoint as United
States District Judge for the Southern
District OF New York Charles NJ
Hough, an attorney for the Pensylva-
nia Railroad Company.
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WHAT howl would go up if ordi-
nary folks Ignored the law as the rail.
roads do The legislatures of Mary
land and Virginia both enacted laws
requiring railroads to sell tickets at
two cents mile, but not one of the
railroads has complied. Are these
corporations to be permitted to entire
iy Ignore the law? Ii the Governors
of these States had the proper amount
OF sand they would call the legisla-
lures in session to enact such drastic
measures as would bring the railroads
to their knees in short order.
The Republicans of Jefferson coun-
ty have come in for good deal of
censure for their hasty action in in
structiug their delegates to the con-
gressional convention for N. g. Keim.
As is well known, this was done by
command of the office holders, under
instructions from Washington, and is
regarded as direct clap at the State
administration. No couuty in West
Virginia will receive more benefit
from the new tax laws than Jefferson,
and that the Republicans of this Sec
ton should permit themselves to be
used by the opponents of this system
is extremely foolish and ungrateful.
There is talk among some of the
more thoughtful Republicans of de-
lnanding another convention in order
that uninstructed delegates may be
selected, as it is said that the recent
convention was illegally called.
JUSTICE seems usually to travel as
with leaden feet, but she gets there