Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1886-03-25
From he Karqicba Ga-ette:

ring people ana e>- \ h5ilild ~ l4O"N VA III
Kohinoor
From He Kqr4rba Ga-etie:
The editor of the West Virginia Demo-
cyat seems to believe as firmly rs Socrates
ever did, that his mission Is to make man
kind In general conscious of their ignorance
and thereby put them in the way OF becom-
Ing wise. We cannot ielcitate him upon
his success so far. Indeed it is much to be
feared that the result of his labors ~ to
date has been the exact reverse Of what he
intended. Instead of convincing us all OF
our ignorance, he has simply made plain
his own.
The latest difficulty into which we have
all fallen, ON account of our neglect to con-
suit the oracle at harlestown, is in respect
to the Blair bill. 1t turns out that we
should not have smiled upon the efforts OF
the friends of education in Congress to pass
that bin, but we should have irowned upon
them.
The oracle, contrary, we believe, to the
custom of these beings OF heavenly wisdom,
coudcscends 20 give The reasons why he has
set his lace against the Educational bill.
lie Is also kind enough TO say, as he does
indeed about every other opinion that ema-
mates from the same source, that everybody
who takes the trouble to investigate tins
subject is of his opinion, unless his Judg-
meut is warped by wrong influence. Our
readers will Oe anxious 10 become acqualnt-
al with the magical reasons which have
caused, before they were published, every
body To agree with the disc0verer OF them,
with tine exception noted They shall not
be disappointed.
Mr.. Mason starts out 10y giving thc amount
that would Ue appropriated 10y ,he Olll, ana
SAYS Congress would get The money by tax
iug the people "Ihc I. =. t0N-cOlector
Viii take from each person q certain amount
,f money and then Congress viii give a
n.. pr of II back TO the same people IN the
,ylv of helpinr TO educate their children -
r,,,t ON the sinpie articleof sugar West Viz
.,,ni, NAYS into the L. = Treasury $4,000
every veor He then sumsup iu the follow
inc paragraph:
."Ne are to continue a revenue system
which makes sugar cost West Nirginiars
S532 600 more than it would cost ii the tariff
f.,. WAS removed after this S532. GOO is tu
ken ont of our pockets and sent 10 Wash
inoton. $4,000 will come back to help ed
uc4te our children"
His reasons have been discovered in the
,bove and remarkable reasons they are.
Ne viii venture the assertion that there is
,ot another nerson i'm the State who could
bsve been i,duced 10 DEGRADE his intelli-
~cnce Inv 5asinr his opposition 20 the Blair
6ilI mon such grounds. I'm the first place
the money is not to be collected and put in
to tbe Treasury 60 be thus appropriated. It
ba. already been collected and is now i'm the
Tr.s.nry Bn- were n trne that ii is to be
-oliecrsJ the onesfion world NOT be As Mr..
~, nm. i, ,r6atber \Vest VIRGINIA ought
~ wiIlino To- nav into the National Treas
ury $50 000 n ear for the purpose of get
,inr i'm return from the Treasury Sl2O,0 600
per wear To- educate our children" The
matter would stand thus: West Virginia
paws into the Treasury OF the United states
according To- Mr.. Mason. 1892, eco per year
ON account of the tariff on sugar TO say
nothing OF what she paws bv reason of the
tariff ON other articles-shal we agree to
accent 500 600 per wear of this back "to
holm educate our children or shall we be
n, wise AS Mr.. Mason and refuse to take
ANYTHING?
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