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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-26
FEDERAL AID.


A ccORDING to dispatches from Washington Gov
~ ernor Hatfield has notified the War department that
West Virginia is not in need of federal relief in the
Cabin creek and Coal river flooded districts. The action
appears OF have filled the Democratic brethren with mixed
feelings, the most poignant. apparently, being amazement
that any one should decline to thrust a hand into the pub
lie money bag clean up to the elbow when the mouth was
held invitingly open. But it would be wise for them to
wait a bit before threshing themselves into a frenzy over
the incident. 1t might not be so.
Doubtless if there is need for aid for the food sufferers
from outside the state Governor Hatfield will accept it;
if. after careful investigation he finds that the situation
is one that our own people can take care Of, he will do
what any honest and honorable private citizen would do
Withdraw the application for aid from the government
The State Of West Virginia is not a mendicant. 1t would
be perfectly proper for it to receive aid from the govern
ment if conditions were such that aid was needed, and it
would be grossly improper if the opposite were true.
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Clerk Carrier Exams
at Local Postoffice

An examination for clerk and car.
rier will be held OF the p~ostotfice in
this city on September 2. The age lin.
1t for this examination Is IS to As years
on the date OF the examination. Mar.
ried women will not be admitted to
the examination. This prohibition,
however, does not apply to women
who are divorced but they are eligi.
bic for appointment only as clerk.
Applicants must be physically sound
and male applicants must not be less
than 5 feet 4 inches in height In bare
feet, and weigh not less than LES
pounds without oyercoat or hat,
For application blanks and for full
information relative to the examina.
tons. qualifications and duties, saIa.
ries, vacations. promotions, etc, nd.
dress Immediately the Secretary,
Board of Civil Service Examiners,
Post esiss Eatr@opt, w. Va.
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(hY coNDo.)

Cameron G. Lewis. We know full we'll
that something was bound to snap
soon. With five or six state head.
quarters, all expecting to handle the
u%sufruct which make the Democratic
campaigns sizz and boom, and none OF
them getting 1t, we expected some.
thing to bust, but were not prepared
for 1t to come In this peculiar man.
ner.
1t is now charged that Colonel Lew.
is, autocratic and dictatorial, Is at
tempting to inject his wholesale groc.
cry methods into the political cam.
paign. and among his first moves was
an edict to the effect that President
Wilson was to be the big noise in the
campaign, to the exclusion OF all other
issues, both state and national.
A good many Of the fellows who
only make one speech in a campaign,
and commit that to memory long be-
fore the whistle blows. had other ar.
rangements. They had framed a gen.
eral attact upon office holding Repub.
licans in West Virginia, and have this
arrangement interfered with by a new
state chairman, who indicates a de-
sire to conduct a sert OF military in.
spection II the forensic productions of
the candidates and spell binders, has
set very heavy on their systems, and
there are indications Of a general re.
volt against the chairman.
The entire affair will probably re.
suit in a secret manifesto from the
duke OF Baltimore which will quiet
the waters and enable a semblance OF
leadership to be maintained by Colonel
Lewis,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-26
RUFF STUFF
~ RED.
BY RED.

Bare limbs are taboo at Atlantic
City. This Is one place where Ices
Run eclipses the jersey resort
Editor R. s,:-why don't you say
something about the Deutschland ar.
irving back home?-Contrib.
The heel Of progress will hence
forth be somewhat cushioned in Ger
many with the rubber they got.
The Tub made the trip. wonder now
will the Iron CROSS.
Some Jackson street fires had bet
That fire on jackson street proved
thai. Fairmont's departments are par
excellence.
The firemen learned that in Unions
there was strength, at all events hun
dreds Of dead soldiers were found af-
ter the onslaught Of the fremen.
The Joint was long On preparedness.
.King Victor Emanuel under gun
fire. Have to shoot pretty low to
catch Vic.
But Napoleon was only four feet 10
and he got hit several times.
Perhaps q we can get I'D o. Old
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state commerce commission into grant.
ing another increase in freight rates.
Considering what he has deemed 1t ex.
pedient to do for the powerful labor
interests during the campaign. no viz.
i'd imagination is needed to forecast
what he would be willing to do for
the railroads after November, II he
should be reelected. And his former
procedure justifes the belief that he
would support their cause then, as
he does the demands Of the men now,
without regard to facts or Justice or
economic consideration.
Finally, the device Of the president
Is typical because it is merely hasty,
desperate and slipshod makeshift, EN-.
ployed to carry the administration
past a menacing problem without pro.
vtding a permanent solution. It Is an
accurate reflection Of the policy that
brought he Sattnnssotstdtaranat and
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-26
A Sad Disappointment.

Secretary McAdoo, who is enjoying
the cool weather Of New England and
at the same time seeking light on the
manner In which the Farm Loan Bank
legislation is being received, Has sur
fered Q serious disappointment. It
was expected that the enactment OF
this legislation would constitute n
Of the strongest talking points OF the
administration in this campaign. On
the contrary, Mr.. McAdoo is finding
that there has not been and Is no de-
mand for a government bank to make
loans to farmers In the New England
states. He has visited Maine, New
Hampshire and Massachusetts and In
each has been informed that the New
England farmer can get all the money
he can reasonably expect from the
savings banks and similar institutions
with which he Is accustomed to do
business. 1t Is becoming evident tina,
only where the Federal Loan Bank is
prepared to loan money at consldera.
bly, less than its market value will It
be particularly welcomed. 1t is posi-.
BILE conditions may prove different in
the west, but the Wilson administration
can make little capital out Of this piece
Of legislation In New England.
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troll of transportation facilities. The Transportation plank
Of the Chicago platform reads as follows:
Interstate and intrastate transportation
have become so interviewer that the attempt
to apply two and often several sets OF laws to
Its regulation has produced]c conflicts on author
ty embarrassment in operation and inconven-
fence and expense Of the public.
The entire transportation system Of the
country has become essentially national. We,
therefore, favor such actiopby Legislation. or,
81 necessary, through an amendment to the
constitution OF the United States, as will re
suit in placing 1t under exclusive federal con-
troll.
This means that If a Republican President is elected
and a Republican majority is returned to both branches
Of Congress one of the first things taken up will be legis-
laton to create order IN the railroad world. and it safely
may be assured that the necessity for taking such legisla-
tive steps as are necessary to prevent a recurrence of the
danger that now threatens the country will not be over
looked or ignored.
No matter what the outcome of the present negotiation
is, the settlement will be a makeshift affair and there will
not be the slightest guarantee that the men will not return
to the charge two years or four years from now with even
more onerous demands and seek to force their acceptance
with a political threat. But if the government is placed
in the care Of the Republican party something fundamen-
tai will be done.
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&C. II. AND TRANSPORTATION.

W. HlLE the country anxiously watches the combat
w now going on at Washington where a powerful
body representing organized labor and an even
more powerful although not nearly so well organized body
repressntng capital struggle over a troublesome wage ques-
hon while d President who has absolutely no legal powers
looks On and seeks to make political capital out Of the situ-
adon. il may do some good to remember that the Repub-
lican party. through the committee which drafted the plat
fom adopted at Chicago in June, has done some construc-
hive thinking about this very intricate problem Of the con-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-26
Truth viii Out.

Those Democrats who bitterly re.
scented the Republican charge that the
President advocated a tariff commits.
sion purely as q matter Of political ex.
pedtency have become deeply concern.
ed over their realization that they have
provided salaries Of only $500 a year
for the six members Of the Tariff Com.
mission, whereas the members OF the
Farm Loan Board will receive $4,000
a year. This is, OF course, simply a
further proof that the Democrats gen.
orally have little faith In a Tariff Com.
mission and that In creating 1t they
were merely obeying the President and
not enacting what they regarded as
legislation Of Importance. An effort
has been made to put responsibility
for the lower salary Of the tariff COM
missioners on the Republicans.-who
have extremely little faith in q tariff
commission to be appointed by Presi.
dent Wilson-but investigation proves
that the man who was really RESPONSE.
BILE for $500 salaries is Rep. Cullop,
of Indiana, q tariff for revenue only
Democrat. As compared with the S12,-
900 q year OF the Federal Reserve
Board and the $4,000 a year Of the
Farm Loan Board, the $500 OF the
Tariff Commission looks small.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-26
Wilson VIII Campaign,

The White House announced that
President Wilson would not go on the
stump. Then Gov. Hughes started on
his western tour and began to expose
the Wilson administration record and
It was promptly announced that the
President would go on the stump and
go over much the same ground as had
Coy. Hughes" Then Chairman Mccor.
mick rushed overt Washington and,
after a talk with the President, an.
nounced that Mr.. Wilson considered
It incompatible with the dignity Of
the Presidency" to go on the stump,
Now Mr.. Mccormick has announced In
Chicago that President Wilson will
speak there and In q number Of OTHER
sections Of the west before the cleo.
ton. All of which recalls the plant
Of the Democratic members Of Con.
gress who, when appealed to to stand
by the President, replied, "It's pretty
hard to stand by a man who wont
stand still"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-26

We CLEAN that those who are in charge of the an
nual fair here" have been communing with themselves
and have determined to do something that will produce
a fair next year which will attract great crowds every
day, instead Of Just the one day." Well, they might
begin by making it more of a fair. But there is not
the slightest hope of accomplishing anything in that
direction unless they are willing to put into it more
brains and energy than have been going into the annual
event in recent years.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-26

Judging by the way the Democratic newspapers keep
talking about the Republicans who voted for General
Lilly at the primary election, the s~trategists on that
side Of the fence have made up their minds that they
cannot hope to win unless they get them all. That
being the case they might as well shut up shop and
save the money that a campaign would cost them.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-26
NEW YORK LETTER
tFrom Our Regular Correspondent,
President wilson has named.
afrOnr Nfarfenn Nnmrnfreinr In

Rrom Our Regular correspondent.l
President wilson has named
. strong Mexican Commission, IN
Secretary Lane, Judge George
Gray and r. John r. Mott. q general.
~ conceded, Secretary Lane has
pretty keen grasp offthe Mexican stu.
alton, as Is evidenced by his frank
waving aside Of all the ~balderdash
about the first invasion having been to
force q salute Of the American flag
and his frank ayowal that its sole pur.
pose was to drive Huerta out. Judge
Grey Is O man OF demonstrated Judi.
cial attachments little given to extreme
~partisanship. And Dr.. Motifs wide ex-
perience In connection with the Y. NJ.
C. A. is likely to prove yiluable. And
yet, in the light OF past experience and
present events, that this commission
has any mission other than to tide
over the Mexican situation until after
the election Is difficult to perceive.
Funston has recommended the with.
drawal Of American troops from Mex.
lean territory and Pershing reports
that Villas power Is crushed. As the
declared primary purpose OF the con.
ference was to discuss conditions on
which the troops would be withdrawn,
Its reason for being appears to have
passed before II am into existence.
There Is, OF course, another phase.
Carranza wants money and President
Wilson wants Americans to advance 1t.
Possibly, after all. the chief purpose OF
the conference. aside from tiding over
the situation until after election, Is to
provide American funds for Carranza.
The American Commissioners will
probably spend several delightful
months at the %sea-shore, at the gov.
ernment's expense, and yet they prob
ably are entitled to sympathy because
Of the great likelihood that they will
be made fools Of, as were the Mexican
delegates to Niagara Falls, two years
ago.
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danger in the Mexican matter.

danger in the Mexican matter.
Such q strike as was threatened
by the railroad br%otherhoods would
be intolerable and calamitous; to that
catastrophe any settlement, perhaps,
Is preferable. But the clearest lesson
Of all history Is that Issues which are
not settled INDEPENDENTLY econ.
omtc issues-are not settled at all.
And the most optimistic observer will
not argue that President Wilson's arbi.
trary action, based upon expediency
and taken without knowledge OF or
regard or undetermined acts, is likely
to prove either Just or permanent.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-26
Editorial Comment
on Current Subjects
WILSON loPPoRTuNlsr

Those who examine the presidents
course lin the railroad strike situa.
toni will be struck by the manner
In which Il follows his personal and
official characteristics. His action,
for example, Is lopportunism itself, and
BIO 70 above all an opportunist. It is
arbitrary, and arbitrariness is his
prominent trait.
Thoroly Wilsonesque is the intima.
ton that u the railroads submit to
DE dgrsee b vw dragon the inter.
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Going to the
Customers
Home

Dan A. Carroll, Of New York
well known in advertising ctrcIef!y
q man OF wide experience and ercev
tional ability, is o firm; believer in til
efficiency Of the evening paper as d
means Of reaching the buying people
which he calls the ;reatii middle class.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-26
SATURDAY EVENING. AUGUST %, 1915
.Amaiea Fist and America Efficient
II MEASURE OF

best measure of the worth of any man is what
no ihas. done, but it is always interesting and some
tmes Illuminating to hear a man give a candid ea-
preston on bis opinions about fundamental matters.
For instance, every intelligent citizen Of West Virginia
known In more or less detail the public and private record
Of Judge Robinson and they recognize in him an able and
honest man who has served his state faithfully. Never
theleas even those who know him best got a better insight
INTO hs conception of his duty at a time like the present
BY studying his now well known Huntington speech.
Ihese IS one part of that speech which we would like
to see put into the hands of every voter in the state. 1t is
Is follows:
The Republican party is an organization
with % high mission-the promotion of the
general interests Of the people. This mission
NislcaMed to perform not merely for its own
numbers but for all the people. members Of
other political parties as well. No ring play,
personal ambition. selfish interest or petty
thought of politics shall ever thwart this true
mission OF the party In West Virginia as far
asE1tam concerned. I aspire not to the name
OF politician, but to the name Of statesman.
aspire only to leadership in building for the
general good, and thus promoting the fair
nsines OF our state. AT no time shall I stand
Tor petty lines of political play interfering
With the best interests Of the people whose
chief representative / SHALL at the November
election, be commissioned to be.
That IS an exalted creed for a candidate in this day,
but the people know that Judge Robinson after having
publicly and solemnly subscribed to it will live up to il
faithfully. He will be the governor of the whole state
and Of every man in the state, irrespective Of political afil-
iahcps And by the same token he will be the creature
Of no man or set of men. 1t is safe to vote for Ira E.
Rcbinscns for governor because he will play fair and at
the same tune be a progressive and intelligent chief execu-
tyc n whom the people of West Virginia may take pride.
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The shinnston News says: I'VE
didn't think Sam Davis would ever try
to wrest honors from the farmers In
any. such . way. but he has done gopes
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Man Trachoma we might IND ousseiy.
es no longer blinded hereabonts.

Man Trachoma we might find. ourseiy.
es no longer blinded hereabouts.
Darn right" says he, sticking his
Nettleton on the %accelerators Com.
pany ! got IL recruits at the FART
There are four bar rooms and q
brewery at Consumers Park, In Brook.
Ign where the bali teams play. This
Is probably the reason Ring Lardner
wants Brooklyn to win,
Speaking of the Isonzo front, why
not call the Austrian.Italian battle line
Water street?
million copies Of Neely's speech
to be printed" They won't go very
far out Of West Virginia, and perhaps
may not migrate as far as this dIs.
trict.
What in "The worldn would not a
Democratic paper copy7
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-26

1t is announced that Portugal is going to war with
Germany. The funny part of it is that Germany has
been at war with Portugal. according to official declar-
alton, since last March. A one-sided war, so to speak.
Huntington Observer,
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II the provision Of Congressman Howard Sutherland
is yet as good as 1t was before the primary his predic-
ton of a great Republican victory in West Virginia may
be regarded as prophetie.[Weston Free Press.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-26

We don't care much who plays the world series, but
we do hope nobody beats Cincinnati going south.-Par-
kersburg News.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-26

A good-sized flying squirrel, which
has been placed in the Cash store
display window at Si%stersyille, is at.
tracing no little attention as the little
animal Is SO very hard to catch that
many people have never seen one. The
squirrel was found In rather Q peculiar
manner. During Monday night It flew
into VIM. Boston's home and MI. Bos-
ton succeeded IN catching 1t.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-26
THE STORM HAS BROKEN.

Democratic state candidates In West
Virginia and Democratic leaders are
the outs with their new, state chair.
maRswtthstho military. title, Colonel
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-26
SHORT AND SNAPPY.

OF course Maine appreciates the responsibility Of vot-
ing in September the same way the Union is supposed
to go In Observation-Disclosures Mail.
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ANSW
Dominion, efforts r now being made
to secure a captains commission in the
coast artillery service of the United
States army for Creed G. Sheppard, OF
Warrington Mr. Sheppard Is a grad
uate of the University engineering col.
lege and Immediately after leaving
the University took the examination
for a commission in the coast aruI-
lery service. He was q member OF
the University cadet corps for four
years and his training assisted him in
passing a good examination. He re.
ceived his second lieutenant's COM
mission and ros to the rank Of first
lieutenant. About a year ago he re.
signed to accept a responsible post.
ton with an eastern manufacturing
concern. Had he remained in the
service, he y. .uld have been elevated
to the rank Of captain before this
time. 1t is believed that he will be &C.
cepted In the service once more. Mr..
Sheppard is well known here and his
wife, who was Miss Hardesty, Of Man.
nington, before her marriage, was for.
merly a student In the University and
is well known here"
The Graduated Nurses Association
Of West Virginia will hold a meeting
in Martinsburg on September 26, 81
and Is. The complete arrangements
have not been made and the meeting
place has not been decided upon. The
president of the association Is Mrs,
r. ]. Billiard, of Martins Ferry, o.
The Huntington Herald Dispatch
tells the following story:
Imprisoned in the vault at the West
Huntington building in which the Cen.
trail Banking company is soon to re-
open It's doors William Clutter, q work.
man engaged in the restoration Of the
banking room, had a peculiar sensa.
ton yesterday afternoon. Clutter got
into>the vault and was there for some
minutes after the door was closed on
him before he succeeded In attracting
attention. When his plight was dis.
covered there was q near panic be.
cause no n there knew how to open
the great door. Shortly some one had
an inspiration and a hurry call was
sent to the old quarters OF the bank
to Miss Hazel Harer, probably the only
person in town who had the combina,
ton. Miss Harer called a taxi cab
and was soon SPEEDING toward West
Huntington. After her arrival the
! work Of %liberating the prisoner waa
the matter of only a few minutes. Mi.
Clutter, who is an elderly man, was
little If any the worse for his expert.
ence. He was in the vault thirteen
minutes"
OF the 26o teachers enrolled ct the
Cabell County institute In session this
week at Marshall college. only one,
Henry Lambert of McComas district,
has been In service for more than
fifty years. Figures given out yester.
day show that there are two teachers
enrolled who have served for forty
years or more; three who have served
between thirty and forty years; two
who have served between twenty-five
and thirty years; and three who have
served between twenty and twenty-five
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-26

1t is hoped Paris will get SO busy with the European
war that she will forget to change Americas fashions
more than one half dozen times in the next IL months,
Hinton Independent Herald.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-26

The summer meeting Of the West
Virginia State Horticultural Society
will be held at Berkeley Springs on
next Monday and Tuesday. An excel
lent program is being arranged. An
opportunity to inspect the cold stor-
age plant. at that point will be afford.
ed. The Maryland society will be in
session at Hancock at the same time.
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and done 1t. Tuesday morning he was
exhibiting four tomatoes raised in his
garden which weighed seven pounds.
The largest y eighed Q pounds and 3
ounces, and they were fine looking
specimens"
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Five thousand New York BARRIERS have gone on
strike. and five thousand trained spokesmen stand ready
to discuss the issues.-Charleston Mail.