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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-01
REPUBLICAN VOTE III,
FOR SENATORS.

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CHARLESTON. W. Va, Feb, i
AS the Republicans OF the Legislature
mad not caucused on candidates for
United States Senators, the vote was 8
scattering. Senators Scott and Elkins
figured prominently in the voting IN
me senate the Republicans were not
compelled to? vote and two Democrats ,,rtdt
We're excused. but In the House some.
what arbitrary ruling made BY the
speaker that all counted present must
vote evengafter Delegate Campbell,
Democrat moved TO excuse Republi.
cans. After the speaker ruled stroth.
er.sthe floor leader Of the Republicans,
passed around word for the Republi.
cans tolvote for whomsover they pro- ,r,
posed.s IT. \ = '.,,5
lnnthe Senate among the Republl.
cans:was as follows: K
For long term: For Senator Scott
Flynn. Hearne, Hood. Smith (t
,Roane); Sutherland. Hatfield, Craig.
For Howard Sutherland Grimes. 4
y Not oting-England, Coffman, John.
son,&Meredith, shinn, Smith (of Ca.
BELL. White. s7, '5
For short term: For Senator Elkins
Flynn, Smith (of Roane); suther-
land Il y ~ !, Z.
For A. B. White-Craig. PAY
For II. D. Hatfeld-Grimes. II
For Isaac T.. Mann-Hatfiell. II
Not voting - Coffman, K England,
Hearne. Hood. Johnson. Meredith,
shiinn, Smith tot cabelD White. RI
In the House. y.
Long term: For Senator scott-Bar.
low, coburn, Epling. FELTON,, Goody.
koontz.{ Henry, Huey. Johnson. Law,
Lillor, Miller, Moore, Ours, Steele.
strother, vanmeter, Wildman.
For W.$P. Hubbard-Porter.
For Charles c. Beury-Morton, Nut
tai, skagss, Y u h.
John John w. Mason Courtney. 1
Short term: For Senator Elklns--
coourn, FELTON,, Johnson: Law, L'Illllsr,
Huey, Vanmeter. u
For Hubbard-Barlow, Courtney.
Henry. Moore, Ours. Porter. Il
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-01
DEATH Z 1: A 4: /: ii E /:
lThos. =. Riley, Of fTunneltcn, sueeunb.
5ed,to lnjurlesh Received festsrday.

Thomas J. Riley, whose, home wasln
Tunnelton, was ibrought the Miners
hospital last night, having been ini1rs|
ed yesterday while Z at work, HIS
death occurred at I 80 this morning.
The realms were taken In charge Nv
Undertaken R, g. Jones and this after
noon were taken TO elton on No
14sfor3 interment. v, II
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-01
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-01
TH e REPUBLICAN VICTORY.

33sSifAAAeSW siAepuDilcHll newspapers anu
Republicans Of prominent who found
fault with the attitude of the Repub.
,slican State senator's at Charleston
must by this time feel that they acted
Without good information. The fact
Democrats have receded from
sthelr5antast and arbitrary programme
and have met the Republican senators
pn fair and equal grounds is the best
! proof of the equity OF the Republican
contention: Men who hold the whip
hand and who believe that they are
right do not surrender.
EN- II Is granted that the refusal Of the
.lRepublicantsenators 10 enter the State
Senate and take part in the .organlza.
zion was an extreme, not to say rev.
$;to'lntionary, proceeding, but It was the
only process by which the Democratic
policy Of aggression sand high.handed
robbery could be met. That pro.
sgramme Included the unseating Of two
Republicans who had been legally
elected to the State Senate; the com.
Splete dominance of the State Senate
Slby the Democratic party, and the pas.
sage of "a series of partisan bills de.
signed to limit the right OF ballot, and
80 to sredistrict the State SO as to fix
Democratic dominance upon West
Virginia for many years. The Repub.
i lean senators saw clearly what was
4 before them and recognized that once
8insthe Senate chamber, in a body pre-.
sided over, by such "a man as R. F.,
3 81, they would be practically help.
less IN refusing TO participate in the
Senate until assured OF some reasona.
sb1leSand fair conditions they did the
i. one "a thing aud only thing that they
could do for themselves and for the
State. When men are fighting for their
lives and for the lives Of their organl.
y szation they are mot !. expected to be
very choice as to the Weapons chosen
!, S Or manner Of using them. In such
contests results tell&the story The
results ne nsthis case prove the wisdom
sotsthe Republican position and insure
S ;t,} West Virginia the organization Of
the State Senate on decent and hon.
sornble lines This Is great deal, and
u Eifor y u the people of West Virginia are
Indebted to the courage. devotion and
sincerity q the fifteen Republican
State y Ct. !, senators.swho endured unjust
criticism. personal: Inconvenience and
voluntary 4 exile in support OF their,
Content Ions. Wheeling Intclligenccr.
NJ n x X - u q
Mrs Henrietta Warder and daugh,i
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-01

Miss Jessie schieyes an operator In
the Richmond n (lnd.) telephone ses,
change, owes her lie. to the iact that
she left q receiver down at the switchs
board while she went to kindle the
ONCE fire withscoa! oll. The resultant
explosion was heard by ID man who
was using - telephone a block away
He arrived. An time to save her life. =
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-01
,,@EMhAN!pL.a4Wi WON! iE:Ns

F9ssifH:S glare, ot Portland, has a.
spice boxswh has been owned III the
family Tor 800 Years. The box WIS
made In sIand and the splce wood on
which ~ Us made stlll gives fosthstra.
grant doors DESPITE It's great
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-01

J Edltor-We want some oAe ii, ;cdll
the chlldren's departments ~ slang.
The English must be choice.
y Applicant-1hats me T'lnatne guy
you are looking for. h..3
Say, I don't know lust liowtto$ take
Miss Cuttings comment on, my sing
ing ;. .S4:. ,;. 4 !, Z,
$.;What did she say?''SS.Ss u gis9,t3i
"shet said caruso's voice was excel,
lent but mine was better cite i; still, .-7L4lps
pincotts. ;s!ss,II,s 5,i}3 al N; h. d
Servant Announcing, caller Mrs.
Darlington Dlbbs. i!S4S
Allstress-Not at home. u X
servant-she' s got new dress on.
mum. MN Il,
sastres SHOW her y: Byystander.
Young Halloran seems to have a
great admiration for your daughter
Mrs, N cCarthy,"''E lS,, s.,I,;I 81
"sure. twas the same wld ne when
Z was a gerrl, Miss. All. many's the
brave young heart was broke by my
face. Punch. Fl,
Wife; cam see why because "a
woman marrles d man. she; SHOULD take
Il Husband ~ quite You, u
think the poor chap ought have
Something which NE can call his owits
Illustrated Bits. \, !, l.zsS s
n notice J; remarked 3ithc obseryant
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-01
Two Gentlemen.
a HYTilNs THEs 4 PENN,aEs !.

~ TWo Gentlemen. y - 2.
A ,well-known Kansas 4banker.t told a
story to the Kansas City Journal the
other day! about the statue Of limita-;
lions. n, Is s. ~ y
One day an old Southerner walked.
into this bahkerse Of fee eThes South:
erner was q typical gentleman Of the
old school,. ,a
What can I DO for your asked the
banker.
WELL" replied the southerner.
about 50 years ago loaned a man
down South some money-not very
big sum. j told him that whenever
should need It I would let him know.
and he could pay me the money. I
need some money now, SO ] shall let
him know. and ] would like to have
you transact the business for me. :" n 4 !,
MY good friend" replied the bank.
er,2''you have no claim on that money.
The statute Of limitations has run
against that loan years and years
ago" ls'
Sir" replied the soutl,crner. "the
man to whom loaned that money is a
gentleman. The statute Of limitations
never runs against q gentleman"
So the banker sent for the money.
And within a reasonable time there
after the money, came. There was q
courtly gentleman at naSotherS end of
the transaction also. u Z,
Conditional Subscriptions.
"A joke onGMr. Lloyd.G George. the.
chancellor Of the excheqper. is going
around the London Clubs: An Arctic
explorer recently approached him with
a view to obtaining treasury assistance.
for an expedition he had planned.
Mr., Lloyd, George replied that the prop
er course for the applicant to adopt
was first to obtain help from outside
bodies of citizens, such Us the stock
exchange, and then apply. Unnecessary,
to the government. "a
The explorer withdrew but was
luickly,back in the Chancellor's office.
.HHave you been successful n asked
Mr. Lloyd George. ,P3.5,
SI."Partly So" replied the explorer.
HHow much money have Ryou got
from the stock exchange?" rsSF,. ,;S
%only fifty pounds" came the an
swer. but with THE prospect Of a
great deal more on conditions which
require the: cooperation Of the Chan
Scellor. OF the Exchequer. 81
What are those conditions? 2"
".There were two." said the traveller.
zone was that they would make 1t!
$4,000 pounds II ! took you with me
/ to the Pole and $4,000 pounds II = left
syousthere."-London Globe. y;
81
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-01

1.-THE secret Of successIn matrimony,
is to marry cne's opposite, quoted
the Wise Guy. Then d man must be,
a fool to marry a brainyg woHan,,.,iaAl--
ed the Simple. Mus.-PhIladelphla Rec
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-01

II they're desirable. there's a Sto.be-
found tenant who wants those rooms.
He answers ads! 3,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-01

Mrs. Henrietta Warder and daughi
Ea vi sliss Edna OF Warrington, have
been guests iof$S friend \ In the city for
several days 4 81 X ..;sS
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-01

Il For many; years at various times X.
Calyillos q ospector, In ahfs travel
through the camobabl mountains.
Arizona, has sat down to rest on a.
large rock at the side of d trail. Az
short time ago he accidentally knock.
ed of q piece Of the rock and gaspee
with surprise when he saw the piece
I.streaked and Sspeckled with free gold.
Or. Marion B. Learned, prof ssor OF
German at the Univefslty on Pennsyls
wanna, has been decorated BY the En.
peror; of Germany a knight Of the Roy.
al Prusslan Order OF the Rod Eagle,
He was given this honor because otihis
services in bringing about friendly edu.
$cational relations between Germany
and the United States. ssS
Dock Fowler, q ell:known farmer
who lives east ot sfallsonyIlle. 81 Ii Z
promoting a railroad or trolley line
from Madlsonville to Ashbysbprg I'M
order to macilitate the delivery Of coal
timber and produce HIS plan ID for
the farmers along the line to grade
their land, to put down the ties, organ
lie a stock company and run d trolley
systemito Ashbysburg, a distance Of 10
.hl.es. III q
p Mrs.. Arshpf NJ Dodge mas been
s;,e3eessd :.preslassg tss,et the New York
STATE ASSOCIATION Opposed to Woman
Suffrage 70 succeed N rs. Francis b.
Scott. resigned. A lie flfteenth an.
:nual meeting 81 III assocla tion; which
took place the other day In New York
the SECRETARY Mrs. George Phillips,
read the sisport. Of ;the} executive COM,
mlttes showing great activity during
the past 7; IN ohths.. Il
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-01

ssupscrihe s ! y Inc west VlrIaIiIniaI,.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-01
TELEPHONES 1s:S,
ltell % 2 n Z. r Consolidated W

I Entered at tho Post Once at Fair-
mont. West Virginia, rs second clasg
matter. 81 a n n : n sll.s si..', III
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-01

Mrs. Gnaggs-l'll never forget the
night you proposed to me. You acted
like aIperfect fool.
Mr.. Gnaggs- That wasn't acting
Philadelphia Record. f3sS
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-01

puELicATIoN OFFICE,
Jacobs Building Monroe Street
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-01
MISUNDERSTANDING

IPublishod Daily5 Except Sunday and
Z. gemi. Weekly IS hyl s tho I Fnirrnout 4 {
West Vtrgfnfan Publishing ~ H
The Washington times., 1911-02-01
WHAT ARE "REPUBLICANISM"
AND "DEMOCRACY7"

It is characteristic of the curious
and iflogical development of institu-
tions that this country is just coming
to face a final decision as to what is
"Republicanism" and what is Dem
ocracy." For more than half a CEN
-tury the two great parties have been
called Democratic and Republican.
What do the two names mean? What
is the essential difference in govern
mental ideals that the two words
connote? And do the people of the two
parties really know to what differences
they subscribe when they avow them
selves members of one party or the
other?
The Supreme Court is going to de-
eide, in the next few months, what
is a republican and what democratic
form of government. 1t will pass on
the appeal of a case from Oregon, in
which the democratic governmental
system of that State, based on the
initiative, referendum, and recall, is
involved. The initiative and referen-
dunn provide democracy; of that there
can be no doubt. The people may pro-
pose and pass their own laws. But is
that more than can be done under a
republican form of government?
The Constitution guarantees a ere
publican" form of government to all
the States. Oregon is going to find out
from the Supreme Court whether, in
adopting the initiative and referendum,
it has overstepped the definition OF
republican" The dictionary meaning
of the two words, commonly accepted
as practically synonymous, makes
them decidedly different. If the die
tionary be accepted, Oregon's plan, just
now so popular in all radical sections,
has no chance at all. The dictionary
makes a republican government a gov
ernment through elected representa-
tives of the people; not by the people
at all. II the dictionary gets literally
vindicated, Oregon's plan will be in
the way of demolition. For Oregon
has specifically provided machinery to
eliminate the representatives elected
by the people.
No more interesting case has come
to the Supreme Court in many years
than this one; and certainly few more
important. The initiative and referen-
dunn movement is making progress
whose like is difficult to recall in our
history. If the Supreme Court should
declare that the whole plan is uncon
stitutional, it would certainly pre-
cipitate a crisis whose ultimate sig
nifcance few would dare to conjecture.
The Washington times., 1911-02-01

Page said the conservation question al
ways was a live one, and expressed the
hope that the speaker might see fit to
make a few remarks on the conserva-
ton and development of Presidential
timber. Mr.. Wilson smiled grimly and
began where Ambassador Bryce left of
in the discussion of facts as the es-
sentials in politics as well as in jour-
nalism.
Spotlight on Taft Regime.
The master OF ceremonies also sug-
gested that the Secretary Of the Treas
ury, who had in his charge more money
than any member Of the Press Club
possessed. might tell how a married
man was to couple his duty as a pa
trtot with the commands of his wife
when he was ordered TO smuggle foreign
goods through the customs houses.
The Secretary thought the time was
too short for such a weighty problem,
SO he stuck manfully to his written
speech. which shed considerable light
on the inner workings of the Taft Ad-
ministration. He created considerable
The Washington times., 1911-02-01

interest by his concluding statement
that President Taft and Theodore
Roosevelt had just been laughing up
their sleeves at the widespread reports
that they were enemies or even dis
agreed.
General Wood was introduced as a
protector. not a belligerent
General Wood started on the premise
that a more complete development and
organization of the country's available
military resources is necessary.
General Wood also described the
status of the militia, and explained the
purpose of the bill now in Congress,
which provides the detail for four years,
of 325 officers with the militia.
Publicity in Politics.
Publicity in politics was the hobby,
or high horse, that Governor Wilson
chose to ride. The governor declared
that private business could no longer be
conducted without an acknowledgment
of public responsibility, and asserted
that neither could public business in the
future be transacted behind the closed
doors of committee rooms.
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opinion, and when he cannot control
them to go with them. The fact is
that with public sentiment properly
alert the direct primary has cut the
claws of the boss. He can probably
swing an election where the strength
of candidates is fairly equal, but he is
no longer a leader. He is trailer. The
only thing needed to make him in
nocuous is careful inspection OF
serious candidates SO that no reae-
tionary in disguise can slip through.
The direct primary presupposes that
there will be political organizations
but it does not presuppose that the or
ganization is composed of or dominat-
ed by camp-followers, office-seekers,
and perennial candidates. 1t antici-
pates that voters who are interested in
politics because they want good gov
ernment and believe it can best be had
through the party with which they are
affiliated will interest themselves
enough in selecting candidates to re-
lieve the boss of this burden, making
the organization what it ought to be
representative of the wishes and the
hopes of the best, rather than of the
worst, citizenship in the community.
The Washington times., 1911-02-01
SOME STRIKING VIEWS SET
FORTH ON HOBBY NIGHT.

Nowhere else in the country would
it have been easy to assemble SO dis
tinguished an array of speakers as
those who "rode their hobbies" In the
rooms of the National Press Club last
night, and nowhere would it have been
possible for those speakers to start
their views on a course of such univer-
sal circulation. Public interest will be
most particularly directed to the clear
cut and compelling advocacy of public
ity in all political affairs expressed
by Governor Woodrow Wilson, of New
Jersey, and his denunciaeion o. the
old hugger- -mugger system of making
nominations and managing public af-
fairs behind closed doors. The mis-
guided "sentimentality" of the anti
vivisectionists could not have been ar
raigned by higher authority than DR..
William H. Welsh, of Baltimore. Half
a century of contact with the press Of
every civilized country gave to the
British ambassador a clear outlook
upon the divided functions of those
who give the world news and views.
A sane preparedness for war regarded
as certain, based on the logic of the
past, as urged by the chief of staff,
and an intimate glimpse of Mr.. Taft,
the man and the magistrate, presented
by the Secretary of the Treasury,
rounded out an evening over which
glowed the genial charm peculiar to
Thomas Nelson Page, whether as au-
thor or toastmsater.
The National Press Clubs second
annual Hobby Night" was its own
abundant excuse for being, and the
"hobbies" set forth by men of acBnowl-
edged authority will become the basis
of fruitful discussion throughout the
country.
The Washington times., 1911-02-01
SUPPLEMENTING THE PURE
FOOD LAW.

The Committee on Interstate Com
merce, in the House, has reported fav-
orably one measure that cannot become
law too soon. 1t requires that the
actual weight or measurement of con-
tents shall be plainly printed on all
containers of goods sold by weight or
measure.
LET the label tell" was the slogan
of the crusade which compelled the
passage of the generally excellent pure
food law. The label tells-as to quail
ity and contents, but it does not tell
as to their quantity, and the evidence
startlingly suggests that at these i'm.
portant points trade custom has
adopted as it's motto, "let the label
lie."
In most cases, it seems, the label
doesn't actually lie. Take the case
of a food preparation sold all over
the world under an established trade
name that is probably worth as much
money as all the factories in which
the goods are made. It is said that
this article was put out originally in
two-pound packages. The contents
weighed two full pounds, and the pack
age was marked 1.-TWO Pounds" That
package became known everywhere as
the two-pound package of that article,
Then the 1.-TWO Pounds" was taken
off, and the weight inside the packet
was reduced from 80 to "a ounces, and
then, according to the testimony, to
still less. The public didn't notice
that the guarantee of weight was re.
moved; it went on buying, as a two
pound package, a parcel that is said
to have been finally reduced to pol
ounces of actual contents. g.
It would seem that the whole realm
of package foods has been reached by
this insidious device of underweights
goods advertised and sold as of full
weight being systematically pinched
Nowadays there are millions of people
whose chief supplies of food are bought
The Washington times., 1911-02-01
WHY THE POLITICAL BOSS
MUST LIE LOW.

The direct primary presents very
different proposition to the political
boss from that which he faces when
nominations are made in conventions.
This is the reason why he has so little
to do or say about the various booms
that are launched. In the convention
the boss has the delegates and can
name his own man in defiance of pub
lie sentiment if he feels that he can
carry him through at the polls. In the
direct primary his candidate must run
the gantlet of public opinion.
Of course, if there are a half dozen
candidates in the field, the boss can
solidify his followers-the organization
behind one candidate and probably
win out. But there are many reasons
why he must bide his time in determin-
ing where to throw his support. He
wishes to win, whatever else. His cue
b to study the currents of public
The Washington times., 1911-02-01
ELK|NS FOR SENATE
TWO YEARS HENCE
On Visit to Taft, West Vir-
ginian Says He'll Run
in 1918.

Senator Davis Elkins of West Virginia
will be a candidate for the Senate two
years from now, when the term of his
Democratic successor expires. He made
this announcement today. at the White
House, when he called to pay ffs re-
spects to the President.
The Republicans expect to carry the
State next year. They have played for
that during all the negotiations with
the Democrats at Charleston in an ef-
fort to organize the Legislature. They
believe now that the State will be re-
claimed by a substantial majority, and
with this prospect before him, the young
Senator who was appointed to succeed
his father, the late Stephen B. Eliins, is
preparing to enter the race.
This means that the fight will be be-
tween Elkins and Clarence W. Watson,
who today received the vote Of the
West Virginia Legislature for the Sem
ate. Mr.. Watson is expected to come to
Washington tomorrow and present his
credentials. These will be signed In
proper form by Governor Glasscock un-
der the compromise agreement whereby
the two United States Senators will be
Democrats and the president OF the
When seen at the White House to-
day Senator Elkins said:
LAS the situation now appeals to me.
l shall be a candidate two years from
now for the United States Senate to
succeed Mr.. Watson 1 think we VIII
have control of the Legislature, and
so I shall make the fight"