West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-05-23
CALLING DOWN CRITICS.
Special Reading for Some Of the
Democratic Papers or the State

Several of the Democratic papers
of the State have been criticising
Governor Whites appointments on
the various boards of control of the
State institutions and particularly
the Democrats appointed, alleging
that the Governor was not appoint
ing straight out Democrats" but
democratic Republicans, whose
acts of party perfidy seem to be the
only qualification required TO Sc
cure an appointment at the Gov
ernor's hands" etc.
Several of the leading Democratic
papers of the State have been pub
fishing such stuff as this and doing
such a gross injustice TO some Of
their best friends and libeling and
lying on some of the best and
staunchest Democrats of the State
that we can not hold our peace any
longer and remain silen, under such
thoughtless and uncalled for critic
ism, since we are directly concerned
in the matter ourself. The Char
lesion Gazette, Parkersburg Senti-
mel, Wheeling Register, West
Union Record and Fairmont Index
are the contemporaries we have
reference TO and who have been
trying to read some of their Dem
ocratic brethren out of the party
simply because they had been APP
pointed to honorary positions by
Republican Governor, who under
the law is compelled to appoint a
certain number of Democrats and
shows his good taste and apprecia-
ton of the "Press Gang" that he
was so long identified with, by fav-
oring as many of them as possible,
but because he does not have
enough appointments to go around
and give all the boys place they
are fighting mad about it and lam
pooning the favored ones viciously
over the Governors back.
Now let us get right down to bus
mess and make specific allegations.
For instance Col. George w. Tip
petit, of the Point Pleasant Register,
was appointed on the Reform School
Board. Harry l.. Snyder, of the
Shepherdstown Register, appointed
on the Normal School Board and
the editor of THE ARGUS Regent
of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Insti-
tute at Romney. Are there better
or more reliable Democratic papers
in the State than the above &? Is
there anything wrong with the
Democracy of the editors of those
papers ? II so we would like to
know it and insist that some of our
kicking contemporaries file bill Of
specifications. We know for SIRE
for certain that one of this trio
never voted anything but the Dem
ocratic ticket and never expects to
and we do not believe that there is
Democratic paper in the State
that has been more consistent or
done more loyal work for the party
against greater odds than The
ARGUS, and we do not propose to
have our Democracy impeached
simply because Republican Gov
ernor under the law is compelled to
appoint some Democrats to office
and we happen to be one of the
appointees.
To go further and drop the news
paper appointees, what's the matter
with b. d. Gibson, of Charles Town
in good old Jefferson county the ban
ner of the State Democracy, and
Senator Cyrus II. Scott, of Ran
dolph county and G.. w. MILAN, of
Marion county all appointed on the
Board OF Directors of the Hospital
for Insane, at Weston. And how
about II. r. Howard, of Point
Pleasant, appointed on the Spencer
Hospital Board ? Also will any of
the carping Democratic papers re-
ferred to in the beginning of this
article stand up and specify that
b. J.. Butcher, of Fairmont, Benia-
min S. Morgan, of Charleston and
Virgil A. Lewis, of Mason City who
were all elected State Superintend-
ents of Free Schools on the Dem
ocratic ticket and who have all
been appointed by Gov. White to
positions on the educational boards
of the State, care Democratic Rep
ublicans" and guilty of acts of
party perfdy and dishonor ? "
What's the matter with Henry G..
Davis, Of Elkins, who has done as
much for the Democracy Of the
State as other man in it2 He has
already received two appointments
from the Governor and probably
spent more money IN the campaign
trying 70 defeat him than all these
disgruntled Democratic papers Of