West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-03-16
OUR POSITION.


y call from the President Of the
Democratic Club here, for a meet
ing to vote ON Postoffiee candidates,
and being one OF the interested par
ties it may be we'll enough for us TO
state our position. In the first place
We frankly admit that we are not in
favor of the meeting. Everywhere
that this plan has been tried vet it
has created discord and dissatisfac-
ton and amounted to nothing else,
and as for us, we do not propose to
go into any fight now in regard to
the matter. We did our fighting
last fall when the war was on. Now
that it is oil over, for the present,
we prefer to keep peace il possible.
We believe it is generally under
stood among our friends that we
are an applicant for the Post. Office
here, and we say candidly, that we
expect to get it. We are not IN the
habit of blowing our own horn. and
heretofore refrained from giving
any intimation of it whatever in
these columns, but the time has
come now for us to show our hand,
or pass out of the game, and as we
have full hand, we propose to
stay. We believe that we are as
well qualified for the position, and
as justly entitled to it., as any Of
the other applicants, and feel per-
fectly able to discharge the duties
of the office to the entire satisfac-
ton of the public. We do not
know what will be done at the Club
meeting, and we do not expect to
be there. We do not claim to be
sin the hands of our friends"
neither are we responsible for their
actions. IL they see fit TO indorse
our application, we shall certainly
not object to it, but if combina-
tion is made against Us, as is the
real object of the meeting, we do
not think it will stand. We are
we'll satisfied that half OF the Club
members will not be present, in
spite of the urgent appeals made By
certain interested parties. We do
not want to be personal or seem to
boast, but we want to be understood
in this matter, and it is necessary
for us TO speak plainly. Now for q
few facts on the situation. In the
first place, we received letter from
Hon. William l.. Wilson, last No
vember, stating that he expected to
recommend us for appointment as
Postmaster at Kingwood. We did
not consider that we needed any
further recommendation, but at the
request of thoChairman OF the Demo
cratic Executive Committee OF this
county, an application was prepared
asking for and urging our appoint
ment to the position. This was
Endorsed by all the Committee but
two, (sixteen out of eighteen), and
to these tive, the application was not
presented, one of them being a
candidate himself for the same
office. Most OF the mem bers Of the
Committee wrote strong letters Of
Endorsement besides. In addition
to all this, most of the business
men and prominent patrons of the
office have come TO us Voluntarily
and offered to indoise us for the
position. We filed our papers with
Mr.. Wilson in person while at
Washington last week, and again
received his hearty assurance Of
support. He further said to US
that we need not make any other
application in the matter and that
he would go TO the Post-ofiice De-
partment himself and have us ap-
pointed soon as the mill got TO
grinding. Now, IN all common
sense and reason, why should we 20
into any fight about this matter
and what have we to gain by it /?
We hope our friends will consider
this matter carefully and do us JUS
tice, and we do not believe that the
Democrats of Kingwood have any
intention whatever of trying TO turn
down the Democratic Committee Of
this county and our Representative
in Congress besides. We have un-
derstood for some time that the
other candidates had dropped out
OF the night and that the matter was
settled. As near as we could learn
there were only two other candi-
dates, and one of them came to US
two or three months ago, voluntari-
| ly, and said that he had drawn off
and told his friends that we ought
to have the Office, and this gentle
man has honorably stood by bis
promise. Two or three very relia.
bic gentlemen told rs that the o.her
applicant had said that he also was
of the track. Mr.. Wilson also in
! formed us that there were no other
applicants 50 far as he knew. So
our friends can very readily see why
we have not been running around
button-hOling them or boring them
with petition. As we are being
persistently mIsrepresented and
false statements made calculated to
prejudice public sentiment against
rs, VIC are compelled to thus 20