West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-10-25
BOSS LANHAM BLOWS HIS BAZZOO
He Acknowledges That the G. 0. P.
Cannot Elect Dayton.
He ResOrted to All the Dodginy. Nv.
ing and Calamity Bowling Which
Characterizes the Repub-
lican Party.

Boss Lanham appeared before a
fair crowd here Saturday night, but
many Of them were boys and wo-
men, and he succeeded IN disgust
ing many Republicans.
No pirt of his harangue could be
called argument by man Of sense,
but from first to last it was TRADE
of abuse piled upon VIM. l.. Wilson
and the Democratic purity. He
quoted history which never was seen
in print, made it to SUIT the occa-
sion, and misguoted Democratic
leaders IN every case. There is not
a Democrat in Preston county who
could not, on JOINT debate, pick his
so-called argument to pieces and
expose his dirty fallucies. He took
the Southern Coufeieracy by the
neck and he shook and howled like
a puppy exhibiting his bravery to
his master by fighting a dead bird.
While he was defying and taunt-
ing a crushed and fallen South. a
man in the audience cried out.
Southern Brigadiers - When
Southern Brgadiers were in the
deld fighting; when the fate of the
country hung in the balance, this
same man stayed at home and feath.
cred his nest with the profits of
trade. Now, when the South is
conquered, he never tires of taunt-
ing and hawking at the corpse.
| Shame
Boss Lanham said all the intelll
gence of the world is found in the
North and South Temperate Zones.
and that was the reason the people
Of the Southern States were always
wrong on all points they do not
know any better. Now. if it is not
an insult to the intelligence Of
Preston county for a man to pre-
sumo to instruct the people how to
vote when he himself don't know
that the Southern States are in the
North Temperate Zone, the ARGUS
gives up.
The Boss also SAID Hill, of New
York, opposed the Wilson Tariff
Bill this the Boss knows is false.
| or perhaps be is no better informed
IN politics than he is in Geography.
Every well informed man knows
Hill was not opposed to anything
excep. the Income Tax part OF the
Bill. But the Boss was cunning
enough to avoid saying anything
about the Income Tax, for he could
not hold that feature Of the Bill M
to the working man and howl ca
lamity.
The Boss got on TO VIM. l.. vii.
sons visit to England and he mis-
represented Mr.. Wilson in every
possible way. We do not say the
Boss Intentionally lied, for it Is
more than likely he never read Mr..
Wilson's speech before the Board Of
Trade. lie intImated that he never
read Democratic papers, and il he
has not, he has not read Mr.. Will
sons speech for no Republican
paper can be induced 70 publish IT,.
Republican papers prefer TO garble
/ 1t, repuhctuate parts OF IL, and
mako 1t read TO suit them. They
arc afraid to publish it rs it was
delivered, for they know IT would
| gain him votes. Has the Journal
published 1t? Why not? They
must have it., for they have been
publishing little bits OF 1t which
had been changed at Republican
headquarters. Why will not the
JourHm publish the entire speech ?
But The thing that Disguised the
Republicans most was, Just after
the Boss had che Republican part
Of his audience feeling good over
his bloody shirt TRADE, he stopped
short and said " We have not
enough Republican votes IN the
I Second District 20 elect Dayton.
and We call on all Democrats for
| Gods sake to help US" Vow, this
plea fell like q vet blanket on the
epublicans present, for the Jour-
mi has been trying 10 make them
believe there is some show for Day.
ton. But the Boss forgot himself
anr FOR once during the evening he
told the truth, and there was a