West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-01-05
THE TOWN ELECTION.

mistake OF dragging the town
government into politics. A gear
ago both parties got together to
carry the bond question aud elect Il
mixed ticket. and all pledged TO n
non partisan administration of
town afriirs.
But now few hungry Rspubli-
can politicians are determined 10
gobbie up everything in sight and
crowd he Dem ocrats clear out OF
any participation in the affairs of
the town. The latter went into
the provement business ia good
faith and now the Rcpu blicans seek
10 violate the general agreement ut
The very first opportunity.
We believe there are number
OF coolheaded. sensible Republic
cans of the town who are opposed
TO this partisan scheme and will
vote against it.
Che excuse offered against the
old Council IS the cu forcing 81 the
Hog Ordinance, and yet when
prominent citizen started out with
a petition to the Council to allow
the voters to decide the matter at
this election, not one of the kickers
would sign it and gave as reason
that they wanted to run straig hit
Republican, ticket and use the Hog
Ordinance TO down the old Council.
Then again other parties who either
did not know what they were talk
ing about and didn't want to know
or else simply wanted to lie about
il, have persIstently reported that
no Republicans were allowed to
work for the town or could get
work under the Town Sergeant be-
cause he was Democrat. This
is talked all over town in the face
of the fact that you can go among
the hands ut work for the town any
day and find two Republicans for
every Democrat and the pay roll
and books of the town show that
out Of every dollar of the towns
money expended the past year, at
least four dollars have gone to Re
publicans for every dollar paid to
Democrats and this too with II
majority Of the town officers Demo
cratic. The hauling and team
work for the town has nearly all
been done by such good Republi-
cans as Geo. a. Mcnear, Will
Blaney and Charley Stone. Nearly
all the supplies for The town, such
as brick, Iiling, lime, cement, hard
ware tools, &c has come through
ID. r. Jackson and it, amounted TO
Il big bill too. The Electric Light
Plant WAS purchased Oy n. j. Fort
ney. he stone aud brick work douo
by Boone and Messenger and the
stone for the siie walks all pnrchns
ed from Republicans aud the CON
tracts for laying given to Republi-
cans, while the most of The street
work has been douo by such Re
pa blIcans as The three Gidleys,
TWO Ridenour boys, jim Messenger,
Henry Cook, Horace Tucker. Clint
Shaw and others at different times
In fact the Democrats have gotten
very little out of it except the
Town Sergeant and no better man
could have been secured for the
position. So that the talk Of no
Repu bhcans being allowed em ploy-
ment is not only absurd and ridicu-
lous, but a stupeudous falsehood,
with no grounds whatever for the
assertion. When Major Orr lost
his temper and resigned from the
office of Mayor the Council voted
unanimously to request him to re-
call his resignation and sent "a COM
mittee urging him to remain in
office, but no positively declined.
1t was then offered to N. j. Fort
ney, j. A. Lenhart and other Re
publicaRs, who refused to accept it
and finally j. x. Monroe was
named for it by J. w. Flynn,
Oh 'irman Of The Republican Com
mittee. Now will any one show Us
any politics iu the aGars Of the
town for the past year?
The only business like Wow for
tho Citiz0us 10 take is 70 re elect
the old Council and require them
70 complete all tie work on hand
then if u Is failure they know
eY4cflV yvhore Ia ploon tho hfato,