The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-03-01
aslliIl ON City Notes

West virginia il. stiIf in The throes
OF y SATISFACTORY: settl elent Of the sin;
llatioI which arose 1.-THE spl .tling Of
OF Nest Virginia from the mother;
hes mo adequate Legislation, one that
satisfied both sides of the case. Tho
Diof,: nan nfts cars thai have been
iinteryencI since the birth III the Noun
tain state. have not made IL any easier
TO diasect Well estab 1ished states that
la part: OF ttleir tel litory and popnIa-
( ton might be formed into a new STATE.
During tie stress OF tho Civil war
the western counties or Virginia We're
cut a Way to create West Virginia, a
proceeding which led TO much con-
ttroEersy and ill feeling, aud the alter
nlstt OF which has been tn e prolonged
discussion over; what the Just share OF
the indebtedness is to the original
state. It's less likely, in the opinion
.of tnose Who think they know in the
ca ital tia il an thing will come of tile
loyement. 5eca use a rich and we'll set
ted region is invoked In the creation
of the new state called Lincoln. When
West Virginia was fornled. her re-
sources were almost entirely undc-
ITeloped. and. it is prohablE that very
factor in the case that makes West
Virsinians so loathe TO burden them
selves with an accumulated debt, that
has been earned by them in, their own
endeavors since their separation from
the mother state. so state desires to
part with taxable Rroperty, and the
West Nirginians in Washing ton. who
are following the case. with interest
because il is the FIRST proPosed split
ting up OF a states territory since
West Virginia's admission to state
hood. are inclined to III ink that the
prospect OF another star in our flag
1:isaat away is not bright. a .85
Internal Revenue Collector Sam "a.
HAYS, who was in Washington for a
of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion. hes returned to his home il
Parkersburg
Economy, in Congress has passed
the billion dollar mark As usual
the Democratic talk of economy in
the approp riatipns OF Congr has
proven meaning less With the end
of the short session near at hand, and
the appropriation measures being
hurried Tapidly toward enactment in
the final rush, 1t Is possible to tell
with close appra1ima ton to accuracy
what the total vii II be of the bill which
Uncle Sam is called on to foot in the
coming fiscal year, Including g the riv-
Ter and harbor bill as it8has been re
ported to the Senate, the total will
reach the staggering :s,l nof 81 .l332.--
o., $50. IS. The river and haIhoI bill
Will, in all probability be reduced
from its present figures, but, on The
other hand there are some scattering
appropriations which have not been
considered in ma king up the whole
of the total of this estimated figure.
Car Tom Reeds talk Of two de.
cades ago about billion doll Cons
Eress can be supplanted vita talk OF
a twoEand-a-quarter billion Congress,
| Ben I1ubin, formerly OF Huntfng ton,
who hos been in Washin ston for the
| last few months, has felt tile cali OF
Huntington where he viii resume his
former position as publicity man Of
the Dickinson Furniture Company, oil
which he is part owner. 5s
The first absolutely ny, congress
man has arrived In Washington. lie
| is Charles IL. Randall, of Los Angeles
80 first protested prohibit ionist 10 be
(gelccted to Congress. and he is elteft
with the avoWed Intention OF seeins
lust what the othe. congress men 81
the retiring Congress look like, and
isjest how w ct Cong ressmen transac,
the country. s business Mr.. Randall
ispredic.s that the election Of a1sS will
! see TIE liquor issue acute III, almost
iieYery congressional district in the
igcoitntry and thatsan overwhe lminE vic:
l.torSssNsiu be be Won by those com.
United to thc fed eral mendment idea.