West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-05-21


atien OF Office seeking. Sheriff Shaw,
who bad been standing candidate
ever since the war up to the last
election of Sheriffalty, but who.
after all. has made the best Sheriff
that the county has ever seen, was
sat down upon at the 'Howesvrlle
Judicial Convention. lie did not
receive one single proper credential
towards making him delegate at
large to the st. Louis Convention,
and oil, too, because his supposed
connection with the dark allied dis
tribution OF the roor back eiYcnlar
being distributed on the srght be
fore elections of the primaries. And
ast but not least, the Hon. Judge
Hoke was defeated in the county
from the Influence Of the roor- back
acting the wrong way upon the
minds of the voters after getting
their,second breath and forever set
tied the cry Of old women, cripple.
headed fanatics of morality, and we
believe that 1T was the only action
OF the excited and 'turbulant Re-
publicans that 10 worthy of intelli-
gent recognition of liberal, free
and independent people.
Some of our old women and
some of our new women have for.
gotten the doctrines and the tradi.
tions Of Roger Williams and Mrs.
Annie Hutchinson of colonial
times; also that when the Savior
was among men that he came to
save the fallen and not the right
eous-uot that we think Judge
Fortney is falling or was the un.
righteous candidate, but that he
proved himself the archangel among
the honest, intelligent sons Of Re
publicanism. The only evasIons or
ebrieties Of qualification to his
cause were exhibited in Union and
Reno districts. The Union district
people were SO thoroughly endowed
with the unclouded wisdom Of
Gabriel idea, their Moses OF per.
petuating the economics at home,
that they should be exonerated
slightly, as we read, Where little is
known, little is required. Reno
was actuated by the influence of a
Satan. You remember that there
are few men in Reno district that
have been candidates at every elec-
ton since the surrender of Appo-
mattox and have been defeated at
every election, and at every election
made kick, so that no one was
surprised to learn of the dog re-
turning to its vomit. Never mind,
Elisha and Robert, the day will
come when the boys of the Queen
City will cry out, What have we
done that we are not heirs, eternal
recognition of the young Republi-
can powers that be? And right here
want to inform Shelbark, the Ma
poleon of the hill side pillow share
department Of the Legislature, If
he did down the gentleman of tenn
perance ideas and foreign proclivi-
ties, that you are held responsible
for at least two hundred votes that
should have been counted for Bank
er Lenhart. You had possession
of The goods, we believe, and should
have delivered them according to
promise. Mr.. Lenhart's advanced
agent arrived here (Salt River) on
yesterday with the card of condo
lence, and to his many, many enc
mics the face Of bis card seems
sweet and pleasant, but VIC are in
formed by his friends that the inner
man IS burning like volcano.
AND now. Mr.. Editor. / am not
at q | surprised to see and to learn
that the Republicans of this county
all want Office at the same time.
To any fair minded MAJ, or any
one endowed with reasonable reada.
BILE powers whose schooling and
teaching has been liberal and not
hampered, cannot fail to see why
1T is the Republicans of this county
make such maniacal strive for the
economies Of good government.
The history Of all ages, ancient,
medieval and modern, have been a
history of conquests, poIitical as
cendancies, religious tolerations
and fanaticisms, all have been NAL.
gamated by ostricism, and blended
with aristocratic power Of Office and
money ever since the day that faith
or Noah sucoumbed to the sponta-
neity Of the influence Of the grape
! juice. Greece, Rome, Carthage,
Chaldea, PhoDoncia and Assyrians
all were great, and oil lost their
supremacy from the same principles
that actuated the Republicans be il.
fore the primaries, Office, and gold
emoluments. The rich Croesus, OF
( the Lydlan ages, enjoyed a financial
( system like unto the gold baron Of
the Republican party Of this coun-
! try. His revenues we're all from o
/ gold basis. Discussions arose among
his people; his empire became weak
ened. Cyrus the Great took ad
vantage Of this, conquered tho great
/ golden baron Of that age, and all
spoils appropriated to another EN-.
I MIRO Go1cpacp tho eyf.. ell -.