West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-02-13
LAST FRIDAYS LOVE FEAST
Harmony With a Bigger r."
The Mccormick Men Weaken and Let
Boss" Dawson Into the Fold.
The "Deposed" Wins the Day and
Slides In on the Gloyerites and
They Agree TO Throw up the
Sponge.
No One TO Wear the Mantle OF the Late
Samuel i. Everything Lovely and
The Goose Hangs High, but
Look out for Breakers.

The great transaction is done, or
rather it is just begun. 1t has been
conceded all along that there was no
II to take the place of that shrewd
and able politician, the late Samuel
p. Mccormick, and last Fridays
proceedings proves this beyond a
doubt. The two republican COM
mittees of the county, or rather The
Committee, rs they have claimed all
along, and the bastard committee,
met here to make arrangements to
open up the campaign, and the Re-
publican Central Committee, in
spite Of all their boast that they
would not compromise, surrendered
bag and baggage to the enemy.
Made a child's bargain that if one
would quit the other would. Agreed
to give up the field and resign in
favor of another committee, after
claiming all along that they 1gere HE
committee. Now if they really
believe this, why didn't they stick
to it and discharge the duties of
their Office? Why accept any prop
osition from II committee acting
without authority, as they claimed,
and which they had hitherto ignor-
ed How easily they swallowed the
seductive bait thrown out by the
willy and insinuating Dawson. Alas
we thought they were made of better
stuff than this. Bro. Dawson being
the under dog in this fight and being
Il very sly II has been preaching
peace and making o%vertures for a
compromise. lie even invoked the
assistance of republican leaders from
abroad to help pour OIL on the
troubled waters and he has not
wrought in vain, for everybody
agrees now that he has the matter
just where he wants it, snd is
chuckling away up both sleevs at
the innocence and simplicity of the
other side. The "AIc" wing has
been very bitter all along in their
denunciations of the rule or ruin
policy of the bosses, and one i'm
particular who carried the republi-
can party of the banner county i'm
his vest pocket so long and whose
edict was as iron bound and inexo-
rable as that of the Gar of Russia.
and they had sworn by the great
horn spoon that they would never
again allow him to get his mailed
hand upon their throat, so it was
not thought possible that they would
open up the campaign Of 1890 by a
square b~ackdOwn. But let us ex-
plain more fully to an interested
public. The committee met last
Friday as per the call of their
chairmen, and proceeded to transact
such business as come before them.
Bro. Dawson, who had lain awake
of nights and lost considerable sleep
here Of late, in praycrful meditation,
had hit upon q pacific measure, that
caught them slick enough. He had
his committee to send word to the
other that if they were through with
their bushes, TO allow them to come
in and meet them as republicans of
the county, with the good Of the
party at heart, and discuss matters,
to see if anything could be done for
the good Of the cause. SO the Glover
men, thinking that the Dawson
party were coming over to them,
agreed to this and when they all
got together, it was funny to sec how
each side hung back and watched
each other, like two tom cats out
on the back yard fence. II was
finally agreed to form a joint assem-
bly,, and elect q chairman from
side and a secretary from the other.
Mr.. Glover was elected chairman
and Neil j. Fortney secretary. A
resolution was then introduced and
adopted, agreeing to call a couvcn-
ton to meet in Kingwood, April T..
first day Of county court. and both
committee to resign to this conveu-
ton and let it elect a committee to
be THE republican committee Of the
county.
This carried and 10 was further
agreed that the Peace Congress
should settle the matter Of having
primary elections and adopted o set