West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-11-16
THE TRIUnvIRATE.


hsth okA h nfB u&to uuu htVu Dli-
eanism---0ne and the Same Thing.
The ARGUS is watch tower and
temple for the people Of Preston
county. Guard is kept by day and
vigil by night that none may DO
deceived by the Ring organ. The
attacks of the Ring organ and It's
henchmen will not deter IL from
doing its plain duty. 1t is one Of
the people and stands valiantly by
the people. The good people of
Preston county have been groaning
under an abominable and outrage
GUS taxation for years, and when
the ARGUS refers to it the Ring
organ and its hackers accuses is OF
"misrepresenting and lying about
public men and measures. An
examination into this "misrepre-
senting and lying" will interest the
taxpayers and may possibly amuse
the organ in denying the "twaddle"
Of the "disordered brain Of the
ARGUS man." A specimen Of Re-
publican taxation ia Preston county
at the present day, which is taken
from the tax receipt of 1898, shows
that we are paying tax Of one
dollar and eighty cents on the 800.
Pretty high tax, is it not, taxpay-
ers of Preston county This is
Republicanism pure and simple.
Now for sample of Democratic
taxation. The tax for State and
State school tax is thirty-fve cents
on the 800, difference Of one
dollar and forty Eve cents in favor
OF Democracy. You pay your
money and take your choice. The
Journal defends and upholds this
high rate OF taxation in Preston
county and the ARGUS condemns
it. Which is right !? Let the peo-
pie decide for they pay the tax.
Now for the endorsed-sh avcd
orders. The Journal says it is
"the law of the State, enacted by
the Legislature" If this be true
which the ARGUS has doubts, it
does not mitigate the crime one
whit. 1t is an internal outrage on
the taxpayers, and if State law,
should be repealed by the next
Legislature. But the Journal tells
as it is just law and should stand.
1t makes difference which master
you are serving.
1t is not the intention of the Ar
GUS to misreprent the outstanding
orders. 1t based its calculation on
the statement of Sheriff Shaw that
there were 1920, 900 outstanding or
ders," which it took to be correct,
coming, as it did, from the Sheriff
OF the county, who is a Republican
himself. The Journal states that
there is only "s5. 313.O9 uncollect-
ed taxes upon which the county is
paying the interest, for the reason
that the Court. through miscalcu-
lation at its levy term in 1892. !"
which must be correct, for the
Journal is the authority. Now a
curious public would like to know
how they came to make this "mis-
calculation" and if, perchance,
they had not made this 'miscaIcu-
lation" in the levy il it would make
any difference in our tax for the
year 1898? The people will ask
these questions, and they have
perfect right to, for it is their
money that pays the freight. When
the Ring, in any political party,
has punched the tax payers to as
high pitch as the Ring thinks
they will stand without making an
cutlery and wreaking vengeance up
on the Ring, they call halt and
try TO throw chat in the public eye
to conceal their misdoings. But
the public eye is wide open and will
dodge all chaff flying through tie
air as a pretext for high taxation,
and the ARGUS proposes to lend
itself to tho public TO discover the
cause Of this high tax.
A SURPRISE PARTY.