West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-09-21
CHARCOAL SKETCHES.
A Highly COlorej Account OF a Dark
Affair at Charleston.

From the Hampshire Review.
West Virgiuia's assine Governor
rivalled the Texas Justice, who sat
as Justice, Coroner and Jury in -
single case, one day last week when
he resolved himself into Judge.
Jury and Counsel for two opposing
factions of colored politicians.
1t was time. Aug. both, place
the reception o in the State
Capitol at Charleston. Hon.
Nelson Anderson, colored, had
been removed from the position of
cuspldor cleaner in the Capitol and
the Hon. Chas. Davis, colored
appointed to the place. Fifty
colored friends Of Anderson an.
peared before the Governor Of this
great Commonwealth, with fire ia
their eyes and razors bel ween their
teeth, Ala Roosevelt demanding
Davis removal. Fifty friends of
Davis also appeared, equipped and
armed as azores id. demanding his
retention. The great aud dIgmilied
Governor sat as Judge, Jury and
counsel for bo:h factions. The
charge against Davis was that he
had belonged to a colored
atIc club. This WIS proven.
and the Judge, Jury and Governor
aforesaid, was about TO Danish
INN forever into utter political
darkness, when he suaye ana wIlv
VIM. NJ. o. Dawson, Secret.r y of
State aud Chairman Of the Reuub
ilcan State Committee. appeared.
"G Yes SAID D,wson. ''he did ioin
that club, but | had him to do 1t.
lie was q spy. True he took the
oath OF allegiance, but 1T WAS i'm
order that he might report the
proceedings of that cUlored Demo
cratic CLUB to me-" Whereupon
the Judge, Jury and Governor
Aforesaid pronounced this a great
and p%atIi)tlc service and demanded
to know where was the person who
would have this man emoveJ .
$500 kNA q
TINS mar who was 80 loyal TO the
Republican pa ty that he would
p%erjure himself and betrny his
colored Democratic brethren for
the good of the cause. (Cheers
for the high minded and Christian
Governor by me Davis coons.) But
Bro. Steptoe Tinsley, colored.
whose idea of honor is different
from that of the Governor, thought
u man who would betray his
brethren WIS not the kind Of u
nan TO clean from the Capitol
c%uspldors nicotine squIrted theron
hy the high and mighty G@o,ernor.
lie SAID so IN emphatic langu y
much TO the discomfort Of liz
Governor aud Judge, who assumed
more dignity than did Solom n n
all his glory while trying the mucn
mooted baby case. The opposing
factions got warm in the colln~.
The Governor sought 30 restore
political harmony and cried. "'eet
together, boys, get together"
" i0b'NIVk bulb lot u call TO NFmR
stink pots we're u|ncOrked. razors
were snatohed from hip pockets
and the opposing factions we're
getting together in dead earnest.
Struck with terror the righteous
Governor and Judge, who endorses
perjury and trcachery, fed through
q back door, yelling rs he went
that he would decide the contro
versy satisfactorily to both factions
in the near future.
The Capital was gradually
cleared aud fumignted aud Bro.
StoptOe Tinsley, whose sense Of
honor was outraged, Is said TO have
remarked "lf dar is a man in
dis world who can find % bigger
fool dan dat man Atkinson, he
could make a fortune turpen
Arle5ltu wells inside out and
peddIin dem fsr tclcgr,f pol,s. "
Tins this m]OmUntOus occasion
ou4eI.