West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-04-09
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
Virginia Debt Case Once More In
Supreme court-PeeuIIar Situation
OF Republican and Progressive Ma
tionai Committeeman from This
Stste-Pensions Secured Through
Efforts OF Congressman Brown
Gro. w. SUMMERS

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court the credits TO which West Virginia
claims TO be entitled, was filed with the
Supreme Court OF the United States with
in the last few days. The same conten-
tions AZ TO credits are made i'm the brief
that were made in the proposition of
West Virginia TO Virginia few weeks
ago. IL they should be sustained. il
would be shown that West Virginia owes
but s., 300 900, instead of the s., ls2. 900,
which the Supreme Court has designated
as West Virginia's part Of the old state
debt. The case will came up for final
hearing on April Is, and a final decree is
expected soon after that time, unless the
court accedes TO West Virginias request
and reopens the case.
People in Washington are discussing
| the peculiar situation in West Virginia,
where the State is represented on the
Republican national committee by
| Progressive and on the Progressive
national committee by Republican.
| Efforts have been made TO remove each
but each refuses TO be removed and sticks
to his place. William Seymour Edwards,
who has been removed but declines to
recognize the authority which removed
him, is the member of the Republican
national committee, and w. NJ. o. Daw-
son, who was recalled because of his
efforts 10 disrupt the Progressive party
and make it an annex of the Republican
party, but who refuses to recognize the
recall when applied To himself is the
member of the Progressive national COM
mittee and is called a Republican by the
| Progressive State committee The whole
thing only shows the bitterness of the
antagonism between the two parties and
emphasizes the impossiblity of their
getting together as they did once before
] TO the sorrow OF the Progressives.
Remarkable prosperity is shown to
exist in West Virginia by the reports of
the national banks of their condition at
the close of business March T., last. The
statements prior 10 those for March 4
were for January 10. In the interval
between those dates the deposits in the
national banks of the State had increased
from $50, los, 1922 to SCI ,421 1882, an in
crease OF s., 1916, 7l0. showing substantial
growth in the business of the State. The
loans and discounts in the same time in
creased from 500, 006, 075 to $50, 7S9, 52S,
showing healthy growth in business
with more money deposited than borrow
ed. Coming on top of the statement of
State Labor Commissioner / V. Barton
that he had never seen industrial con-
dltions better in the State, this shows
remarkable prosperity.
The charges recently filed at the White
House against Judge Daniel Thew Wright,
OF the Supreme Court of the District of
| Columbia, have hitherto proved TO be
| precedent for the charges filed against
/ Judge A. g. Dayton. of the northern dis.
trict OF West Virginia. In each case the
charges were filed with the President and
by him referred to the Attorney General,
who In turn referred them 20 the House
| Judiciary committee. This committee
| held in each case that it had no authority
to investigate the charges till so ordered
| by the House and that it would not ask
the House for authority unless stronger
evidence than was had been shown. Both
cases were dismissed. Now an indict-
ment charging criminal libel has been re.
turned against the man who filed the
charges against Judge Wright, and there
Is curiosity to know what will result i'm
connection with the filing of the charges
against Judge Dayton.
Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Bennett.
OF Weston, who are we'll known all over
the State, will he interested in the an
nouncemeut which has been made OF the
approaching marriage of their daughter,
Miss Agra, TO Mr.. johnson Camden
Mckinley, OF Wheeling, a nephew of the
late Senator Johnson N. Camden. The
marriage will be an event of Easter week
in the national capital, occurring at the
old historic st. Johns Episcopal church
here on April IL. Mrs. Bennett and
Miss Bennett, in addition to having been
presented at court in England have been
frequent guests at the White House and
are well known in Washington society,
where the wedding will attract the widest
attention. Mr.. and Mrs. Mckinley ex-
pect to make their home in Wheeling.
where Mr.. Mckinley is engaged in buH-
ness
Congressman Brown has been com
manded 10y his physicians to leave Wash
ington and spend several weeks in the
south, regaininR his lost strength, follow
ing his recent illness. He had been in.
structed TO leave Washington last Satur-
day or Sunday, but lac determined, even
at the risk Of his health, to remain here
for the vote on the repeal Of the Panama
canal tolls. Mr.. Brown has recovered
sufficiently TO be around and attend to
more or less Of his business affairs bit lac
tires easily and is subject TO colds 80
that his physician has peremptorily order
ed him away till his condition is more
nearly normal
William G.. Lavellc, who was recon.
mended by Mr. Brown for the place, has
been nominated bY the President and
confirmed by the Senate as postmaster
at Tunnelton. lie will assume the Office
rs soon as his commission il signed and
his bond is approved
The pension bureau has granted appli-
cations for pensions filed by Congressman
Brown for Elisha Kerns, Of Sulphur, and
Charles Robinson, colored, Of Charles
| Town.
Bills have been introduced by Congress