West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-03-23
ALL ABOUT Tnr posr.orrlcE.
Interesting Reading for the Patrons
or the kingwood Office.

We did not intend TO say any
thing in this paper about the post
office fight here, as we much pre-.
| ferred to have these matters settled
quietly and peacefully in our own
party and without airing the mat
ter to the whole world, and nothing
has been said whatever till last
week. We would have said Moth
ing then, but the card from the
Chairman of the Democratic Club
hero forced us to state our position.
Again we had intended to say moth
ing this week about it or about the
farce last Saturday night, but the
matter has been piling in on us,
and Us We are trying to run news
paper for the general public and
not for any one man, ring or fac
ton, we never refuse our columns
to anyone desiring to reach the
public, in proper manner. SO in
regard to the post-office fight, we
give below, first, proceedings of the
Club meeting held last Saturday
night:
Pursuant to the published call of
the President Of the Cleveland
Democratic Club of Kingwood, met
in the X. of Il. Hall.
The President read the petition
under which he was requested to
call the meeting.
On motion, +. j. Jackson was
elected Secretary pro tenn in the alb
sence of j. s. Brown, the Secretary
of the Club.
The following resolution was
unanimously adopted
Resolved. LIST, That the Clevt land
Democratic Climb of Kingwood, now
in session, pursuant to a call of the
President, proceed TO indicate its
choice, by ballet, for postmaster at
Kingwood-the members voting for
sucn persons of their choice as may
be nominated at this meeting and
who are willing 60 submit their
claims to vote thereof
Resolved, End, That tho nominee
receiving majority of the votes be
declared the choice OF this Club for
said Office.
Peter Voltz and F. N. Murdoch
were the only persons nominated,
and as between them the vote stood,
Voltz 10, Murdoch 8. There were
ten votes cast for j. S. Brown,
which could not be counted, as his
name was not presented to the
Club, and under the above resolu-
ton, the Chair decided that Mr..
Voltz had majority of the votes
cast for the nominees, and was de-
clared the choice of the Club.
On motion, the Club adjourned
sine die.
F. j. JACKSON, Sec'y, pro tenn.
In regard to the above proceed
ings, our readers will remembe
our statements last week, that we
did not expect to go iRto it and
most of our friends staid away from
the meeting, as they were satisfied
that it would only make more trou-
BILE, as it has. We said further,
that half of the members would not
be present, and there were not, us
there were but 81 out of 81 present.
Then, agaIn, q set Of ''cut and
dried" resolutions were introduced,
as we expected, that would have
shut us out anyhow, but certain
gentlemen present kicked on these
so that they were voted down and
are not given in the proceedings
above.
The following card, by "Mr.
Voltz," is published IN the journal
this week. A copy of it was sent
to this Office, but no name signed to
it. Il was type-written and came
from a certain law office in town,
as follows
A Card TO the Public.
Since the meeting of tho Cleve-
land Democratic Club, held last
Saturday night, at which ! received
the endorsement of said Club for
postmaster at Kingwood, learn
that there is some dissatisfaction