West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1892-11-24
SAM JONES HINTS.
This Time He Sails Into Politics.

rush. His text was
4" Now, the days OF David drew
nigh that he shosld die. and he
charged solomon, his son, saving !:
" 30 the wav Of all the earth. be
thou strong, therefore. and show
thyself Il man"
lie spoke OF the towering strength
OF y good character and sand
It's the same way in the political
world. Ii u man has good char
acter he is invu!ncrable. but if there
is the slightest stain resting on him
he had better look out. He will
catch it.
Somebody says Sam Jones is
getting INTO politics. As said in
my letter to the journal yesterday.
m Just MS liable to go into the
Onnco business as into politics. No
candidate could get Sam Jones To
make II speech for him fora million
dollars, but I'll tell my children to
vote for the candidate who has the
strongest charactcr-who is man.
You nominate my daddy for
sheriff, or my brother for Governor.
or my uncle for the Legislature.
and l. he's scoundrel I'll tell the
people that think he is. IN
never vote for any follow and then
tell my boy to keep out OF the com
pany of that damnable scoundrcl.
don care about parties.
don I care whether can d late
is n demijohnicrat or Republican.
or Third parlyite, just so he's u
good, honest man. You boiler
hurrah for Democracy. Yuu blcar-
eyed TOOL. you wnuldn't know the
principles of the Democratic party
# you saw 'em coming down the
road with red flag tied to them.
You Third party people have
gone up North and picked out as
your candidate for President q man
who said few years ago that the
last one of you ought to be shot.
Listen to me. I'll gay something
an you can call me traitor or "A
fool, or anything you want to, but
! think more OF the sobrictv Of my
boys than / do Of any political
party in America. IL saying that
proves me u traitor, put me down
as the biggest traitor since the DAYS
OF Benedict Arnold Ill never
vote for any man. no matter what
his politics are, unless ] can say to
my boys, 'Thcre Is ~ grand man. >
The man that will vote for a
dirty, damnablc scoundrcl is no
better than the dirty. damnablc
scoundrcl he votes for"
" You Third party fellows arc
clever enough. You may get to
heaven, but you'll never get to
Washington. I'll tell YOU my
! platform and then you can guess
my politics. I'm for everything
that's against whisky and against
everything that's for whiskcy.
Now you know me. I'm a conccn.
tratcd, consolidated, eternal, uu-
compromising, c7ery-day.in the
year, ready. Knocked down
and dragged out Prohibitionist."
When any party under the sun
nominates u good upright man, I'll
vote for him. IF ! knew NV vote
: would elect old Grover Cleveland.
he'd be the next President. ]
believe he's the beat President thi,
country ever bad. and that's what
makes me say what say.
You may siy: Brother Jones.
you're making % regular political
stump speech" I'm like Josh
Billings mulc-whcn YOU 20 Ia
/ preach my funeral. you'd bette,
stand at my head when you re at IT.
" You old Democrats don't seem
10 ike what say. You Third
party fellows hole your noses
never got the stink. old fellow.
/ IN going to preach the trnlh. and
/ II You can conyince mo that it ain'l
The truth I'll take it ALI back"
After toucoing up blind tiger.
and cigarette smokers iu bIs usually
vigorous style. he Jumped on tb,
/ pistol 'otcr"
"Id rather keeT n polccot iu ms
I pocket, " said be. ethan a pistol.
/ You miserable little pukcs. somc
time a pistol will 90 OF i'm your