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service win Be- given an opportunity to
make Themselves eligible. for civil.
service examinations have been ordered
to be held on August 18th at Wheeling,
Huntington, Charleston, Parkersburg.
Martinsburg and Blnefeld. Collector
Hays has At present fun force Of Re-
publicans who were in the Office when
he assumed charge He wants Demo-
Gratis under him and Il Democrats snc-l
coed in standing at the top Of the list
under the new examinations he will
probably appoint them to places under
him. tits expected that large nufn-
Der Of Democrats viii take the exami-
nations.
Republican candidates for Congress-
man from West Virginia will find con-
ditions in next years campaign vastly
different from those of last year, if
present indications are worth anything,
From the best information available in
Washington it would appear that the
Progressive party does not intend to be
at any time or in any place mere APP
pendage to the Republican party, as it
was in West Virginia last year, but in
tends to become separate party with
as little connection with the Republican
party as it has with the Democratic
party and CANDIDATES. There seems to
a
be determination on the part of Pro-
gressives that there shall be no repe-
tition of last years program in West
Virginia either in that State or in any
other, and open declaration has been
made by leading Progressives that can
didates for Congressman will be put up
by their party in every district in the
United States and that they will not be
the Republican candidates either. In
West Virginia it is well known that
the Progressiyes elected all the Repub-
licans who were elected. The Progress
sives outnumbered the Republicans by
more than 20, 900. Still the Republi-
cans got the offices and the only Pro-
gressive who got anything was w. M.
| @. Dawson, leader Of the Progressives
who sold them out and got S.. 900 q
year position for doing so. For Cong
ressman on the Progressive ticket sew
feral men in each of the five districts
have been mentioned and it is almost
certain that there will be Democratic,
Progressive and Republican candidates
for Congress, and that they will receive
votes IN the order named. In addition
to having opposition from Progressives
as well as Democrats, the Republican
candidates will find themselves in many
counties with no representation on the
election boards, for the statutes pro-
vide that the election officers shall be
selected from the two political parties
which at the last general election cast
the highest number Of votes in the
magisterial district in which the cleo
ton is about to be held. This will
mean that in the majority of magisterial
districts in the State the Democrats
and Progressiyes will have the election.
officers and the Republicans will be I'M
represented. All of which tend to make
| it harder than ever for Republican
candidate to be elected.
Throughout the controversy which
has marked the consideration of the
new banking and currency bill by the
House committee on banking and cur
| rency, Congressman w. G. Brown, who
is a member of the committee, has
been consistently on the side Of Presi.
dent and the administration. Mr..
Brown admits that thebill is not abso-
lutely perfect. but holds that's a great
deal better than it would be if the
committee We're permitted to attack it
and amend it in every way desired by
/ different members. He is for the bill
as it stands, regarding it as an admins
tration measure and he has hesitated to
tell some of the members of the COM
nittee so. The result is that the bill is
expected to be reported to the House
without change. just as it was present.
ed to the committee with the approval
of the President and the Secretary of
the Treasury. Should the Democratic
caucus see fit to amend the bill, Mr..
Brown will stand by the caucus, as he
did on the tariff bill, although disagree
ing on one provision. But tits not at
| all probable the caucus will undertake
amend the bill
i Post office matters are occupying a
great deal of the time of Senator Chill
ton and congressman Davis and Brown.
4 Mr. Davis has been unable to decide or
whom he shall recommend for the post.
masterships at Smithfed and Jane Lew
and has called on large number of
Democratic, voters there to express
their preferences. Even IN this way h.
/ finds it difficult to get the actual senti
ment of the communities. At Smith.
field the applicants for the Office are o
P. Mcintyre, H. L. Mcintyre, K j
Bryant, J B. Robinson and J.. {. Price
At Jane Lew there are O. C. Dawson
4 and r. E. Jackson. Mr. Davis will tr.
! to act on the advice of those he hear
from in the two communities.
: Congressman brown has recommen
ed Owen n. King for postmaster a
c Elkins. where the term nf lanes +