The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-05-22
National
Capitol
lind AND O'sHAUGmNESSY

John Lind and Nelson % O~hanyhnes-y
are among the curlo-iti,.s oi the Capitol -
that IL. il there arr such thing ~ a phys
icsl curiosity in Washington where the
frailties of the great have caused them to
be catalo9ued among other cla--.-- or or
binary clay. The correspondent of th..
Mcdowell Times sat opposite tlis. watch
ful waiter Of Vera Cruz. in the dining
room Of = prominent hotel lew days aro
and had q splendid opportunity to study
the strength Of character and the ,l.-pp
battle scars that furrow tine brow and
face Of Minnesota former governor
John Lind looks the part that he tlaye~l
in the important affairs Of Mexico: and
Washington regards him A. a man who
has made a succesS of very difirult
job. In a short talk with our late rrpre-
sentative at Huerta' court. the iInpr,~s-
ion came home strong To the writer of
this article, that in th the affairs II Mex
100 City. the American government was
particularly fortunate i'm having a live.
wire like O'Shanghne~Sy Ills pol,cy of
using "molassss instead of vinesar'' viii,
hnerta evidently was ;he only WAY 10 So
cure fair play for American citizrn-
O'Shaughnessy was a real hit with
liuerta and he us.Ad the advan.a,,,. la
barking his demands upon the basis of
hi- own personal r,lati"ns With tlecrafty
old Indian, with whom hr usually ended
mp; "lou surely do not want to pnt n,.
IN bad light wite my government" Ry
these persuasive methods O'Shanyhnes~y
secured personally what lac could not have.
obained IN the name of hi- government
The supposed friendship with IIuerta has
brought no end of criticism upon o.
Shaughnesy, but Washington ha- io,n,.d
officially in the popular prai-- aroorl.~I
o'shaughnesy.
GOLD BRICK AND RAILROAD
FINANCINCING
The interference of Attorney General
McReynoldb with the New Haven rail
road inyssfixations has brought ON 49,
rious clnnb; and Commissioner MeChord
bsdketb by senator Norris, who's. r.-olu-
ton was Responsible for the New Have,
investigation, were practically or,Iers~i out
OF the Office OF the Attorney General Ice.
Icanse Of their insistance that former Pres
ident Mullen and other high Officials nt
the New Haven -l'~-lld not Le exru-,-I
from testifking before the Commission
a. requested by McReynol.ls, who yay,.
A. his reasons that the disclosures of Mul-
lens and Others would Interfere with th..
Prosecutions now i'eing carried on tl,.
Department Of Justice. For number of
months there has been AN IMPRESSION that
hcReynolds has been settling tOo many
big cases out of court, and hi- interfere.
ence with the Interstate Commerce. Com
mission. which - considered ~ a -ort eff
Judicial tribunal. - not ct all r.li~l,..l
and has stirn,~i MP something Of q mu--
Mekeynold- may have hght on h,- /
hands u retain hi- portfolio ia the Cab
met. As the New Hayen AMI other rail
road Investigations proc-eI il j. found
that when the ut ricb quick -cllense.- ar,. i,
AL witten uP. Il would l,e an inexrn-al.l.
oversight tO exempt some # tlp. ot~.ra
tons Of railroad promoters from the -tnr,.--
telling oi the artifice- Of gold brick deal
ers.
PARCEL POST AND EMPIRE.
The Buffalo Chamber Of C.,umeree ha-
gOt rai-e' cut of the Postmaster zen
eral, 10y passing a resolution Opposing ala,
increa-s in parcel post weight limit. on
the ground that s1ch action would drf,.
The expre-s COMPANIES out of fn-ine-.
The fo-trna-tsr GENERAL declair- that th,.
parcel pat = a univerai s-ryice. inorea-
ing trade betaern citis- AMI farm ,u.i
That IT. rates sre basel on the c,,-t Of Oh.
-rsting ln both profitable territory. alirl
= defnesi 10 H. tlIe extent 81 th. -,-teu,-
u private express conpanie-. and nn
profitable territOry. into whirh tlie ~
Prs-- eompaDie- never ~. The Pot
master General -ay- tbat the ~ ,,r.--- c.,tl.
panis-- sill not l~ driven out of "pr.,Gf
able territDry' - their limited field 81
OPERATION gise- them the ad,antave over
he parcsl pct. which j. leasIsri .lounu,fl.
"'P''h1a't tFfit,ry.
THE KEALIGNMFNT
Most oi the leading Washington t.,li.
ician- IN the kepul,lican and pr.,yr.--.
ve partis~ are very anxious for q r,.sliyn.
"ent that y % hiring them t,,g,.tl,er in a
init~'i attsck o. recover control II Con
,rez--. Two year- agO Il Wa- a--rrt.~I that
he kepuiican party ~a- left With only
he -tandpatter- o. run "a. To.lay u =
-laimed that '-taDdpat-'' arr IN al,.o.
ute control 81 the Progressive rarty nn
Del~srr, While tie Republican,. arr Tie
'rogre--ise-. Tie Delaware -itn..rtiou =
'ointsd ont - illustrating condition ex- :
sting IN many ~-ctiOns II the country
'io-t q the Republican Senator- ami
Representatives Who supported Colonel
too~evcit two years ago have derIarrd
beIn-eive- - H. members II tie Re,,ul.. q
'can organization, although they in-i-t =
be- position Of Colonel Roosevelt ua- q