Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-03-20
Washington Letter.
From ceo.W. Summers. J

glnia is an expensive proposition &C
cording to statements filed with tn
Secretary of the Senate by some o
the defeated candidates for that Office
Under the federal law an expenditur
not to exceed 500 is authorized b,
candidates for the Senatorship. Isaa,
T. Mann who was defeated by judy,
Golf kept within the limit of the Law
by only narrow margin, according t.
statement filed by him few days
ago. According to this statement his
total expenditures in his campaign fol
Senator aggregated SO. 678 90, which
was only 1921. is short of the legal limit.
In addition to the amount reported in
previous statements, Mr.. Mann's final
statement shows that he expended for
general expenses at headquarters.
81 OPT. 80 and for hotel bills 81 O4s.
A. B, White, who also ran for Sena-
tor reports a total expenditure of
$3.50 80. The largest amount of this
was for hotel bills and travelling ex-
penses of himself and assistant 1':Mr.
White reports that c. T. Hiteshew
contributed $3.50 to his campaign.
William P. Hubbard who was car.
didate for Senator reports that he
neither received or expended anything
whatever in his campaign for Senator.
Congressman John w. Davis has
received a large amount of encourage
ment in his candidacy for appointment
to be Judge CT the United States Cir
cult Court 10 succeed Judge Nathan
Golf when he resigns to become Sena-
tor from West Virginia The House
Committee on the Judiciary of which
Mr.. Davis has been a member fer two
years has adopted resolution endor-
sing Mr.. Davis for the appointment by
unanimous vote of all members of the
Committee present, Mr.. Davis being
absent
Congressman Brown who has been
i'll at his home in Kingwood has not
entirely recovered and will take a good
rest betw en- row and the converting
OF the extra ession of Congress. The
work Of his Office, however, has not
been neglected by him even during his
sickness.
For three success i've times aWest Viz
ginia Democrat has succeeded in saving
to the coal OPP ,rators of West Virginia
a large market for coal in The Un;ted
States Navy. There has been a per
slstent effort in making appropriations
for the Navy to have provision insert
ed in the bill prohibiting the use of
eastern coal by vessels of the American
Navy stationed in the Pacific Ocean.
Two years ago Withthe d delegation from
West Virginia in the House of Rep
fesentatives. solid'y Republican, the
House passed bill pr hibiting the use
of West Virginia coal by the Navy in
the Pacific Stnator Watson, who had
Just taken his seat, knock ed out this
provision of the bill and saved the coal
market for the West Virginia operators.
Last wear Coperessman Littlepage de
feated similar proposition made in
the House and a few days ago when
the same prooo .ition came up again
Mr.. Littlepape made a speech in the
House and although several speeches
were made iii favor of the amendment
to prohibit the use of West Virginia
coal, Mr.. Littlepage succeeded in having
the the amendment defeated. Two
years ago there was not a Republican
from West Virginia in either branch of
Congress who would raise his voice to
save this large market for West Vlr-
ginia coal and three successive times
it has been necessary For Democrat
TO step in and prevent this great loss to
the coal producers and miners of West
Virginia.
bill introduced by Congressman
Brown granting pension to Henrietta
Stewart, of Martinsburg, has passed
the House.
Congressman Brown obtained several
hundred copies of a farmers bulletin
Sis entitled FIFTY Common Birds of
Farm aud Orchard, :" It is beautifully
Illustrated and Mr.. Brown will mail
on request as long as they last
With the exception of Senator Chill
ton every member of the West Virginia
delegation in Congress has returned
to West Virginia, some of them to re-
main and others to return for the
special session to begin about
the first of April. Senator
Chiffon was compelled to remain here
on account of the extra session of SEN
ate called by President Taft before the
expiration of his term of office for the
purpose of confirming nominat lions sent
in by the new President. Up to the
very last hour of the session members
of the West Virginia delegation continu-
ed to work in behalf of their constituents
regardless of whether they had been
reelected or defeated The record made
in the last two years by the West vir-
ginia delegation for looking after the
interests of their constituents was
maintained up to the hour of adjourn
ment on the fourth day of March.
Congressman Davis during the closing
hours of the last Congress introduced
a bill to authorize the Magnolia power
Company to construct two dams across
the South Branch of the Potomac River
one near Springfield and the other near
Greenspring. Mr. Davis had no hope
when he introduced the bill that it
would pass at the last session, but he
wanted to get 1t before a committee
for consideration so that the committee
might be ready to report early the