West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-05-02
OUR washington Letter
Bryan Will Be Democratic Nominee
for Presidency
ATTITUDE OF THE ADMINISTRATION
New counterfeits In cireulation-Las
Joke Of corgress-Interesting
Exhibit at jamestown.
From or Regular Cortespondcn,.


IL IS taken as almost an assured
fact in poli,i:al circles here tina,
william j. Bryan will be the next
Democratic nominee for the PresI
dency. OF course Washington be.
tween sessions is not the best Mace
IN the world to gain political i'm.
pfessions aside from the party in
power. But that seems to be the
way opinion is now pointing. Mr..
Bryan's last statement as to his att.
tudc toward government control of
railroads was a very popular one,
largely because it put him closely in
touch with President Roosevelt.
who is looked upon as the greatest
exponent of corporation curling.
SO If Mr.. Bryan is the nominee the
lines of distinction between the par
ties so far as their attitude toward
corporations is concerned will be
very slight indeed.
There is another story going the
rounds so remarkable that il can be
given only under the caption of
important if true" 1t is that the
attitude of the administration 10.
ward Mr.. Bryan has changed might
lily, and that he is looked upon by
the administration as the next best
thing to a Roosevelt Republican,
for 1t must be understood that Re-
p%ublicans these days are chiefly di-
vived into Roosevelt and anti Roose-
welt factions. The rumor goes that
Mr.. Bryan is being held in reserve
as a last card, and that il the choice
Of the President for the nomination
is beaten and a confessed corpora.
ton man is nominated, that the in
huence of the President will be
thrown toward Mr.. Bryan, not OBJ.
strrsiyely, but at the same time eff.
fectively, as he will be considered.
the lesser of two evils. Additional
reason is assigned for this report
from the fact that it is not believed
that Mr.. Roosevelt will take the
nomination again under any circum
stances, and he thinks that the
chances for his winning if nomI
mated in 1912 would be greater
against a Democrat than against a
Republican. This is a rather sensa
tional story for anybody to swallow.
But the hot weather is coming on
when we will have all sorts OF ru-
mors, and we might just as well get
in on the ground floor and take the
liveliest one while they are hot.
Warnings are being sent out from
the treasury department as to new
counterfeits that are appearing, and
one Of the latest is in regard to a
$40 bill on the Troy National Bank,
a counterfeit done apparently by a
new photo.engraving process and
made up on two thin sheets Of paper
with the silk threads that distinguish
the real government bill carefully
s%dndwiched in between them. 1t is
said to be a very clever piece of
work, and to mark a decided step
forward in the line of criminal art.
The department is having a good
deal Of trouble now with counterfeit
coins OF genuine silver. OF course
during the time when silver was at
the loves. market price, there was a
good profit in buying the metal in
bulk and working it up into silver
CONS Of all sorts. Some Of these
are excellent pieces Of work, and as
there "ss nothing but pure silver IN
th-m .a,y we're rather hard to .llI
irom 'he genuine. The principal
work now, however, seems to be
rccOiniuR Mexican and South AMER.
can silver currency with the Ameri
can impression ON them. This is a
labor saving device in a way. be.
cause the silver is already shaped
and even mil'ed, and all that is nee.
essaty TO DO is TO stamp il. A Gu
rIous fact has developed, however,
ia the study Of these counterfeits.
and tha, is that it Is almost impos-
slbIe to obIIlerate the original i'm
preston. Il may be struck out
with the fresh dies so that il is zone
TO all appearances. Buff the coin
IS %"Pickled" in a mild acid solution
for 48 hours the original impression
will come out again, very family it
is true, but so tina, it may be read
with The glass. IL is a continual
race between the treasury and the
coun'crfcilers as 20 which shall cir
c1mycnt The other. But so far the
The secret service has managed to
keep ahead Of the game, and as
soon as q new ,uck is invented by
the criminals the government ex-
per,s find a new one in the protec
Two LLnc MI gill an h.