West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1892-01-21
TnE ~DIssENsloNs."
Dnr esteemed and heretofore ami


was suffering from the influenza.
1t attacks the ARGUS for some i'm
aginary grievance and INDUCES in a
few merriments at the expense of
tho Argus. In a frolesome mood
the ARcUs drove Its sleepy contem-
porary into'a hole on the tariiT Issue
and Uncle Ben Harrison's Scotch
whiskeY several months ago, and it
has been wriggling all this time to
extract itself from its temporary.
let ne hope, abode. Last week it
accuses rhc ARGUS Of divers designs
to disrupt the Republican party of
Preston county, and instead of pro-
ducing the evidence to disprove the
statemcnts of the ARGUS it proceeds
to unburdcn its colossal brain in
personalities. But the ARGU 5
stands rs an adamant OF Truth
against such attacks, and will con-
tinue to go on in It's happy, serene
and unruflled way in exposing the
Vaccinations of the Bosses AMI un-
scrupu lous politicians. The
thoughts Of losing n subscriber or
offending those who are supposed to
WELD an influence which would
make the ARGUS suffer pecuniarily
"ill not deter the ARGUS from tell
ing the truth and denouncing n
wrong. 1t would be well Tor the
Journal to remember this in its
Youthful days.
But let US analyze one of the
fdissensions" which the Journal
alleges the ARGUS is getting up to
disrupt the Republican party, and
let the public be the Judge of its
truth or falsehoed. The ARGUS
published the fact that Mrs. Alice
Paul Smoot had been removed as
postmistress ut Newburg for the sole
reason that she had been endorsed
by chat element Of the Republican
party which refused to accept the
dictates Of t hc sclf-constituted
Bosses. This was the allegation,
and we defy the Journal to refute it,
though it call in the "talent" who
have command Of ambiguous Ian
guage which they could clothe an
explanation" in, which, to the
unlettered it would sound plausible.
Mr.. John Perrill, whom the AR
GUS has naught to say against, for
1T believes him to be an honest man
and a good citizen, who is being i'm
posed on and used as cats paw
by the Bosses, was appointed post
master at Newburg for what
10 punish that element of your
party which had the, independence
and manhood to do their own think
ing and not let the Bosses domineer
over them. Still the Journal has
the audacity to assert that "the
breach is healed up tight-so tight
you can't see where the crack was. F"
And you might have added, with
truthfulness, "to blind man.
But this is not all. If the Jour
nal had the courage of its convic-
tons and the manliness to proclaim
them, it would tell its readers that
the present editors of the journal
were enthusiastic supporters and en-
dorsers Of Mrs. Smoot when she
was an applicant for the Newburg
postofIice, and when it was made
known that Mrs. Smoot had re-
ceiyed the appointment, the Jour
nal editors JOY knew 10 bounds !;
and that it was an outrage which
every fair minded person condemn
ed to remove Mrs. Smoot so the
Newburg henchmen could get con-
troll Of the postOlIico for political
purposes"
But pray, neighbors, tell us why
this sudden change in sentiment in
favor of the man whom the Bosses
have made postmaster at Newburgp
Can it be possible that You, too,
have been ''mesmerzcd" by the
soothing "fn1uence" Of the Bosses |?
Let the public draw its own conclu-
sion. If the removal Of Mrs. Smoot
was iustiiable the Journal should
say so il it was uucaIled for and
unjustifablc the journal should
condemn it in no uncertain terms.
II is q duty it owes the public as
well as its party. Bat it is fIct,
however, that the crack" is still
| discernible in the Grand Old Party
in Preston county, and we can as
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