The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-28
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TwASHISGT0N, .. G..SMarch pa!
ide1egationeof citizens Of Williamson
headed by State SenatotfW Wells Goodysi
ikoontz appeared before the House
committee on publicFsbuildtngs THIS
informing In behalf of Congressman
Edward Cooper,ss bill for aglargsrsaps
}propriationzyfor "a public building ~
:Williamsontthan was SprovldedLlnstne
act 'ofsE1913s The present bule asks
for an appropriation E0fF$l6gD00. ME.
Cooper escorted theSdeleEatlopsto4 the
committee ihearIng@and introduced Q
visitors from Mingo county
The Baltimore conference .ofs-the
Methodist Episcopal church. South,
which has been. I'M session at Alex
andria.. adjourned ltoaay.4A number OF
wsst Virginia counties IN the eastern.
and southeastern part oflthe; state are
members Of this conference One TEA
ture of the. conferenc > was the ceie:
bration of It's golden Jubilee; There
were ten men present who ,were1ini at
tendance at the conference In Rlexar-
dria 80 y~earssagoEund one of them was
ii Greslce. OF sheph srdsfown.iW Va.
and another William Hcdges,tof Mar
tinsburg. Among. the Ave elders or
dafned at this conference was Glsn
G. Mertin, oflkeyser.. The;appolntmen:
Of ministers under the fcnr year &C;
cupanicy ruio Sa4 announc d late this
evening.
I not long ago a!constitutent; who Z
long on breyity, addressed "a letter to
%U. S: S! Chiffon" TTanslated in the
mind OF thefc6rsE pond Mt this mean.
United States gSSerato:I Chiltoas But
the post office authorities looked
ii another: WY. They sent the letter
to the navy department.. thinking i
meant United States Ship; Chiffon. A.
the navy department the. clerk looii
ed W the tfstfok ships did found no7T
caleb Chiffon: They marked on ths
l.tter mo such siiip'eand sent it bac.i
to.tae post office. ,There,tke true Light
dawned at last and the letter finally
found its way to, the, capital. ~
Congressman Edw. Cooper is in re-
ceipt. Of a tequ st from one OF his
constituents requesting that The gov
errment serd MIN a pair OF false teeth
at once
0|a T., --- .r" Vs.
4 Congressman Littlepage has n com.
m%unicatiGn from an x.mcuber OF the
state Legislature making q plea for
several invalids in hits community. Civ.
ing their namcs, addresses aud all
ment. having g en- III the papers that
the Third district Congressman had
been successful with some bills be-
fore the House committee on invalid
pensions.
Congressman Hunter Moss. whose
experience as a member of the COM
mtttee on pensions of:thes House quail
fled him as an expert. has figured
IT. out that the pensions paid to vet
eTans of.tEe CIVIL. war,::et the prssepF
rate will in ceven years equal tho
Tremendous cost Of, that WarSs5,371.-
D00.000-with pGn"io1s already aGgrc.
eating. S&,62&,o9Ge9Q.
The.sufr %ca,npaigns fund in West Virt
Giinfa will coon b. enriched by a few
.lollars gotten together asst result Of
% chicken and waffle dinner given on
Sunday evening at the Rhode Island
avenue apartments of Mrs. Coleman
a daught:r Of that famous old war
rior OF the sixties. Cot. John u.
Mosby. It was attended by, score. Of
native West Virginia men. Eald swo.
men who are, willing to eat waf1ee
and chickeIsany day for tic good Of
the "oause;" go -
No NOR; Interesting. speeches than
those delivered in the House on the
immigration bill h~aveiDasn heard dur:
ing this Congresg.. for ~thelreason that
thy touched. upon,a wide range of
topics of universal public interest.
Then. too, there we're some unexpec:
ted happenings. an dover 1t nllsiangs
the questton5-what Will the. President
do with the hill when it reg ches Inn,
as 1t. most certainly viii borne by 4
House and Senate majority which VIII
make a vote look like going toSa Hui-
cide's grave. Virtually thu same but
has been twice vetoed. once by Taft
aud again by WILSON. on the grounds
Of the literaeY test clause Il: con.
ttalred. The. pres mt bill carries p-ac-
ttcally the SEINE clause.
The literacy test clause would be
better named II it were. callEd tile
political clause. There is more of oolf.
tics init than;any iron.bound:provision
that will work as we'll as some bslteye
It is supposed to be chpck full OF
POLITICAL pitfalls and. thu ~eoreigl.born
citizen and HIS descendants. express
Ing themselves through their organ
lied societies. are. very much opposed
To- the ali gad' cducat.:onnt test, which.
amounts to this much and little more:
an, applicant at Ellis Island must be
able to correctly read thirty words
IN whatever language .hn elects and
have in his wa.;ets $40 limited on til
weu known H9lA standard. II Ii; cruel