West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-10-29
CAMPAIGN JOTrINGs.y
written for Tn. Anou..

ihS his oIner"lSe unoccupled time
in telling the good people what a
gigantic fraud is on foot to enrich
the mine owners by coming their
silver into 80 cent dollars" and
how the sheep man has been ruined
on account of the Wilson bill re-
dncfng the price on wool Z cents per
pound. So far he has failed 20
harmonic his first proposition.
Neither has he explained why the
price on wool went down from 81
cents to AZ cents IN one year when
silver was demonetized, although
we had high tariff, and continued
to fall under the same high tariff un-
til when the Mckinley bill was adopt
ed 1T was only 30 cents, and right
under the Mckinley tariff 1t fell
from 30 cents to 81 cents, and un.
der the Wilson tariff it has fallen
from II to IA cents. MFR. Heer.
mans has no time to devote to such
trlfles, but must devote his time to
crafty that vindictive spirit of envy
that has so often marked and
clouded his course in life.
For years he followed and fought
Hon. w. NJ. u. Dawson, and that
gentleman owes much to the hos
tility of Mr.. Heermans. for in
every single contest the masses of
the people arrayed themselves on
the side of Mr.. Dawson and Mr.. III.
would be relegated to the back
ground, the boldest move being the
Mccormick affair, which was so
abruptly terminated in Dawson's
favor by an Intervention of Provi-
dence, that for time Bro. Heer-
mans was almost crushed. How
ever, when it was whispered that
| Chairman Dawson had a guberna-
torlal bee buzzing in his bonnet.
friend Heermans could not stand it,
and his tai! form Was seen in the
distance. However, this proved to
be false alarm, but our neieh Dor
had on his war paint and thirsted
tor gore. and about that time our
genial and jolly townsman, Neil j.
Fortney, a Preston county boy, a
self made man, we'll qualified for
the position to which he aspired,
but a comparatively young man.
thought he could Fill the Judges
chair IN this circuit, but failed to
consult MIR. Heermans, who at once
marshaled his forces and the fight
was on, aud what was known as the
Judicial muddlc resulted.
And now Junior Brown. his
neighbor, the only son of his old
friend, aad a Young man who, like
his father. has shown nothing but
kindness for Mr.. Heermans, dares
to aspire to place of distinction
contrary to MIR. Heermans' wishes.
and straightway, not having any.
thing else to occupy his time, hav-
ing retired from business several
years ago, he throws himself into
the fight. And his course in any
proposed enterprise has been the
same.
1t Is fresh in the minds of his
neighbors how, when despite his
efforts TO defeat the project, the
hIngwood railway was an assured
fact, he did all he GOULD to defeat
the sale OF the bonds, and did sue
coed in depreciating them in the
markets by Misrepresentation, all
to the detriment and actual loss of
his neighbors aud business asso-
GATES. AS we said. owing 10 a
spirit of jealousy or envy, for we
cannot attribute it to anything else f;
we wish we could. 1t cannot be
that he has strong convictions as to
his duty in supporting only men
who he believes are peculiarly dtted
for the positions to which they as.
pire. II that was so, with his strong
and aVowed temperance views, he
would not be supporting men for
local offices that he is now, and has
IN the past. At any rate, without
questioning Junior Browns fitness
for a member of Congress, he is
using might and main to defeat
him, and it is the purpose of this
article to hold these two men up
aud turn on the light, that the
public may see who is entitled to
consideration.
What we have mentioned is not
mere assertion, but is we'll known
to all of our people. So far as is
known, Mr.. Heermans has never
contributed one dollar towards any
business enterprise in this State
except Banks, and we are reliably
informed that while Director OF
this Bank his vote was always re-
corded in favor of investments out
side the State, i'm the West aud
South, and his own private funds
have been 80 invested, and to day,
outside Of a little timber land In
Valley district, IL he owns or pays
taxes on a garden spot, it is not
known.
Now, Mr.. Heermans has q per-
feet right To do all this--a perfect
right, and the writer will not pre-
tend to deny this, has no disposi
ton to deny him this right, but we
do take exceptions to anyone who
has done as he has TO pose as the
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