The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-01-06
From Preston County.
WEST UNION, /
December 23d, 1881


better than which none exlsts-lccated
within genial cline, among people
Of hospitable hearts, open doors and
happy homes, we stretch our hand
across the space which divides us from
the old county Of Wood, which nestles
herself down upon the sunny shores
OF the histrionic Ohio. and bid you
and your readers, in all exuberance and
honesty of heart, a merry Christmas
and happy New Year. Peace and
prosperity, JOY and happiness go with
you, one and all, down TO the edge Of
time.
THE FREE PIPE BILL,
We thank thee for regular copy OF
the Lnbyteator, and especially do we
thank thee for a copy Of the paper con-
tanning the burlesque of our old friend
Five Mile Johnson-uron the free
pipe bill. We are curious to know
how Scott OF Richie, and the snob,
Caldwell, of Writ, voted upon this all
absorbing question to the oil men Of
West Virginia. Can you not give us
more information upon the proceed
ings OF these gentlemen during the
adjourned. session /? The people all
over the State are clanoring icr more
light upon the public acts of their SER
wants; and it is high time that Demo
cratic papers, at least, as guardians Of
the public veal, should break the seal
of silence, and speak to their constitu-
ency Of the things whereof they do
know which are contrary and in direct
opposition to the best interests Of the
people of this State. We have been
sending gentlemen to the legislature,
endowed with the law-making power,
the most sacred trust within the gift
OF a people, who are either publicly or
clandestinely engaged in subverting
common justice by pressing bills upon
the attention OF that august body, and
from it upon the attention OF their
constituency in the form of laws,
which are, to draw it mild, yet bluntly,
an insult to the understanding of any
man who is capable of the manage
ment Of an ordinary stud horse.
We remember to have seen in the
hands Of one OF your prominent oper-
ators, before the converting OF the leg
islature, the draft of free pipe bill
which was simple and just OF itself to
the oil men OF the State, and asked no
advantage not accorded to the rail-
roads, or any other corporation Of like
nature, only condemning so much
land as was absolutely needed for
the laying of pipes, and providing for
the return Of the land, free of cost, 20
the owner OF adjoining lands, when
the pipe line should be abandoned or
removed. Its application was to be
general all over the State, without any
distinction in favor OF this or that mo-
nopoly-this or that railroad magnate.
What became of the above bill ??
Why was it not introduced in the
lower House, or in the Senate, as an
amendment to the bill introduced by
Five Mile Johnson ?
WHERE is OUR PET?
Where is Senator Camden, and
what is he doing, that he does not pro-
test against this discrimination against
the oil producers of the State, as to
where they shall make their market,
on whose railroad they shall ride, and
where they shall buy their grub /? Is
it possible, as it seems on the face,
that Johnson and Caldwell and Scott
are only the strumpets OF the King in
the person Of our pet Senator, and d.
rector Of the Baltimore s. Ohio mo-
nopoly, and only wag their jaws at the
bidding Of a master behind the throne?
We hope not. We do not like to be-
lieve i'll of Mr.. Camden-we do not
like to believe i'll Of any member Of the
State government whom the people
have honored with their suffrages, until
BY negligence to the interests Of the
masses, they have forfeited their right
to the respect which is the due OF hon.
orable and just dealing men. We hope,
for the sake Of justice toward deserv-
ing and enterprising set of men, as
we'll as justice to himself, that the
Honorable Senator from Parkersburg,
will break the silence which has closed |
his lips for so long, upon a subject so
important, and declare himselfin favor
of an unconditional free pipe bill-in-
dependent Of railroads or railroad Off
Gals.
WHAT PENNSYLVANIA DOES FOR
HERO MEN.
1t has been the earnest LABOR of the