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

g." Va SSae"in hthk "hu Ciiqut
OF money shavers who have long
skinned the people aad filled their
Golfers, off tho tax payers Of this
county, makes haste in its issue of
last week to come to their rescue
when the ARoUs begins TO uncover
the whole scheme and make it plain
to the tax-riddcn people OF this
county. The Journal make very
bold bluff to try and throw us OF
the trail and seeks to answer our
statements with ridicule and abusive
epithets, which not only brand the
writer as blackguard. bus conclu-
sively prove the weakness of the
cause he espouses. What we said
IN our article, and which aroused
the ire OF the Journal, was simply
n review Of the statements made by
Sheriff Shaw in his card published
in the Journal and which that pa.
per did not pretend to deny. We
had every reason to believe his
statements and figures about the
finances Of the county TO be correct,
since he has been intimately con-
nected with our county affairs for
years. He was q member OF the
County Court for several years and
President of that body, and now
holding the highest and most i'm
portant Office in tho county. He
has examined the law carefully and
is thoroughly posted on all points
pertaining to the duties Of his Office,
and the way he comes back ut the
Journal this week is caution to
tho old fossiliferous relic OF Daw-
sonlsm.
He says the ARGUS is right and
our statements correct, and tho arti-
Gle Of the Journal so absurd and
misleading, that he makes haste
himself even to reply, and sends
ono communication to tho Journal
and another which will be found
in another column Of this paper, SO
its no use for the Journal to claim
that there is any politics In this
question and that "the AhaUs is
trying to manufactuse cheap politi-
cal capital" since tho ARGUS aud
the party it represents had nothing
to do with the election OF Mr.. Shaw.
BY the way, since the Journal is
at last noticing some OF the glar-
ing and hagrapt assertions" Of the
ARGUS, perhaps it will be kind
enough to explain to the tax payers
OF this county, how it camo that
the present Prosecuting Attorney
got his salary raised 800 per year
from tho beginning aud without
struggle, when his very popular and
efficient predecessor bad tried hard
Tor years to accomplish the same
and never succeeded
BY way Of assisting in an answer
TO the above question and replying
to a recent correspondent, who
asked for more light on the subject,
we will say that one reason was
that tho Prosecuting Attorney
stands in with, and his paper IS the
special champion Of, the Ring that
Neil j. Fortney always fought and
never would knuckle to. Another
reason is, that the present incum-
bent controls the Republican organ
of this connty, and every member
Of the Court is depending on it as
their salvation in general and
Banner OF Light to lead them out
Of sIl dark places and wboop them
mp for reelection or into some
other Office.
If the JOurnaI has any other and
better reasons to offer, we would be
glad to have them. Wo haven't
been saying much about it hereto
fore, and the Journal has been as
dumb as an oyster, but now that IL
has ut last found It's voice We want
to hear from 1t. Slncc the .J0graal
is going to be the mouth. piece Of
the County Court, perhaps it can
dgurc out why q new man in the
Office Of Prosecuting Attorney Is
worth 800 per year more than
man with twelve years experience
in tho Office and who is generally
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