West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1892-11-03
READ AND REFLECT.
One Careful Reader Calls p Hnit
on the journal and Other Re.
publican PAPERS.

EDITOR ARGUS -
" Sharp Shooter" in a late issue
Of the journal asks all who have
carefully read the newspapers Of
this State TO answer these questions,
" Has there been one word written
against Honest Tom Davis Has
there been one word of SANDER Mt
tered against him ~ And then
proceeds TO heap the Yilest, untruth-
iul siarder upon the head of the
Democratic candidate for Governor.
have read the papers some, and
will say for one | do not remem Der
to have seen anything against the
private character Of any of the Re-
publican candidates. The fact il.
the Democrats do not appear to be
conducting the canvass that way.
IL seems 10 ME party must be very
hard pushed when it resorts to such
methods. In the same issue of the
journal is an article, prominently
displayed, purporting to be from
the Durham GtoJe, of North Caro-
lima, Which has been going the
fouids of the Republican press for
some time, and which they would
intimate 10 the Democratic senti.
ment OF the Southern people, writ
ten by n Democratic editor. The
following extract gives an idea of
the whole article:
" am for the brave Buffalo man
who slapped the dirty pensioners,
who are for the Most part beggars,
in the face. They were tile dirty.
lousy rascals who came to this ooun
try, who abused women, who burned
houses, who stole all that was in
sight, and to to day without an
honorable scar, are bleeding the
country, and ] am helping to pay
for it. D."
have this to say. Shat it would
be a hazardous undertaking for any
man TO utter such sentiments pub
llcly IN Durham TO day. The Dur
ham GLOBE is printed in a small town
in North Carolina, and is not a
party paper. RoWel's American
Newspaper Directory puts its circu.
lation exceeding 400, and SAYS it is
Independent. If it was ever print.
ed In that paper at all, it shows for
itself 1t was in the form Of com
munication, for which tile editor
was not responsible, IT'S the writer
uses the pronoun |, which an edi or
meter does, rs an editor, and in all
probability WAS written by some Re-
publican polite an and paid for, to
be copied in Northern Rcpu bicpn
papers for campaign purposes. 1t
Is very strange if there are Demo
Gratis who have spch sentiments that
you can never meet one personally.
And You can't find a Republican
who OF his own personal knowledge
knows Of any man of any standing
whatsoever who advocates any such
doctrine. 1t always comes second
hand-=some ono has snid that some
ole else had SAID 80 and SO. have
yet to find one Democrat who is not
IN favor of giving every soldier who
is worthy of it every cent the law
Will allow, and none more so than
Grover Clevelotd himself. He has
always proclaimed II in positive
terms Gu every occasion when the
question came up. Mr.. Cleveland.
during his four years term as Pres
ident, signed more pension bills
than the Republican Presidents,
Grant, Arthur and Hayes, during
the sixteen years Of their com bincd
service. During President Cleve-
lands term tile total sum paid Tor
pensions was over $50, 100000 more
than the disbursements during the
preceding four years, both on ac-
count Of general laws approved by
him aud on account of increased
efficiency in the administration Of
the Pension Office during his adj
ministration. lie gaze personal
attention to tlns department in the
interest OF the soldiers, and when
he detected fraud, he, as vas his
duty to do, put mis- foot on it. He
gave clear, explicit, legal and con.
vincirg grounds in his veto mes.
sages for his action, and it is safe to
say that not one out of FIVE hun
dred Who condemn him ever read
one Of them. The following rs
from the Philadelphia Times
The people Of all parties desire that every dc.
serving veteran Of the war shall be literally
pcnsirued, bat tire Official Treasury for the ia.
GAL quarter Of the present dscal year, ending on
the list inst. has more than startled the public.
The payments for pensions during tho first
quarter uf this year eIuouut to SiO,367.575 as
against sj4lo553 in the frsi Quarter Of last year
THIS increase Is simply appalling, Is 70 means
probably as much a. sti0OO0.OO0 in pensions this
year. with the certainty that another year will
swell tho amount 10 over S2oOOOO,OoO II this
enormous sum were paid only 20 worthy veter.
ans, the people would DO content but every
veteran aud every citizen knows that 81 large
proportion ~ N Is paid ~ MN who are z dis-
fOuOf e.. The army and the nation.
VT. Cleveland while President signed rooro
~r. .3l PENSION bills than any other President
ciRht ycars more tlhii Garfield and Arthur and
more than Harrison. lie also vetoed moro hut
hi. Netpes were so clear and conclusive tlYtt
"nly in one o. two inyf3uccs were such hills
IdssFi Oycr his veto. Instead 81 cordor-ninq
Cleveland. cvcry honest soldier should commend
him Tor insisting that the pension roll of the