The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-16
New York Papers
Misquote Elkins
WEST VIRGINIA SENATOR SAYS
HE DID NOT SAY WHAT THEY
CLAIM He SAID IN AN INTER.
VIEW.

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VIEW.
Especial Correspondence to the Yves
virslnlan.)
WASHINGTON. D. c., July 16. :
Senator Elklns has been in town 70
few days. The New York paper
published Monday what purported t
be an interview with him in which hi
was made to appear as a boosters o
Secretary Cortelyou FOR the Presiden
cy. When asked by this correspond
-ent what he had to say about the in
terview, he replied:
"I want you to deny 1T for me.
never gave out any such interview.
was asked by reporter what
thought Of Mr.. Cortelyou's chances
for the nomination, and I simply sale
that it looked to me from what heard
in New York that he had pretty gooc
chance to get the New York delega
tlon. That is all there was to 1t, He
made the rest out Of the whole CLOTH
Senator Elklns still thinks thai
President Roosevelt is the choice oi
the majority Of the people Of West
Virginia for the place.
To Build a New Railroad.
It is reported here that Senator FL
ldns and his associates are arranging
to extend the Old Dominion and Great
Falls railroad west, probably into the
northern end Of West Virginia. 1t was
been rumored for a long time that Il
has been the intention Of extending
the road westward, and has been stat
ed that this was the line through
which the Goulds hoped to get an en-
trance into Washington. Be that as II
may, 1t is pretty well settled that the
o. D. & G. F. road will be EXTENDED
westward, probably to connect wlta
the Elklns-DaVIs lines in West Vir
ginia. It is now an electric line, but
has been built with such excellent
grades, and laid with such heavy type
rails that 1t could be very easily con
verted into steam railroad. The fact
that there has been renewal OF &C,
tivity along the line of the proposed
Burnsville & Eastern and other pro
posed Gould connecting links indicates
that there might be some color in the
report that the extension Of the o. D.
& G. F. has to do with the proposed
Washington extension Of the Gould
lines.
Against Tariff Revision.
It is pretty we'll understood that the
entire West Virginia delegation in
Congress will oppose the proposition
to revise the tariff next year. They
all feel that the country is getting on
so well financially, and that the peo'
pie are so generally and uniformly
prosperous that there is nothing in
the present situation to warrant any
tamperlng with the tariff at this time.
They say that "let well enough alone
was never better advice than it is as
regards the tariff. It IS admitted that
there are some schedules which need
revision, but 1t is pointed out that once
the bars for revision are let down a
real Pandora's box would be opened
up, and 70 end of trouble and conse,
quent unsettled business conditions
might ensue. Every member OF the del.
egation might be characterized as a
stand patter."
No Handle for Him.
Representative Hubbard does not
believe In man wearing a title that
does not rightly belong to him. On
one Of his recent visits a newspaper
man, following long established Gus.
tom here of calling a representative
who has been a distinguished lawyer,
Judge So and so." addressed Mr..
Hubbard as Judge Hubbard, and ask.
ed him how he thought he would like
congressional life.
II will like 1t fine, I think; II you
people down here in Washington will
leave these handles OF my name"
he replied in a good humored way. II
am neither Judge, nor a general, a
captain or a major. I have been Just
a plain prIvte citizen
But despite the protest his congress-
ionl associates will probably call him
Judge" or Colonel" He promises to
be one of the most popular men in
Congress.
Big Sandy River Improvements.
The report OF the engineer In charge
OF the work of improving the Big San.
dy river and It's tributaries, to the
chief of engineers OF the Army, shows
that it will coat $S,S4O0OO to complete
the Federal work Of improving these
streams, There has already been ap.
propriated s1,41S.7O5 for the work,
500, ,5S2 OF which Is yet unexpended.
The amount expended during the past