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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07
SPECIAL CROP REPORT.
Review for the Winter.
Friday. April rst. 10

Friday. April Ist, 1904.
The past winter will long be re-
membered as the coolest expert
enced in many years. Some saw
that the winter ISs6-s7 is the only
one to be compared with it. While
the minimum temperatures were
not nearly as low as those previous.
iy reached, the maximum tempera-
lures were much lower, there being
but few days when they got above
the freezing point. The preciplta-
non was also greatly deficient and
was mostly in the form of snow.
December was the coolest of which
there is any record, the mean being
8, 4 degrees below the normal; the
precipitation was also more than
one inch below average. Novem-
Der, January and February were all
cold months with precipitation con-
siderably deficient. The mean
temperature and precipitation for
March were above normal.
Reports indicate that winter
wheat, rye and grass are In very
poor condition, and that some fields
will have to be plowed up. Owing
to droughty conditions in Septem-
Der, blowing and seeding were
greatly delayed, and were not COM
pleted until the middle of October.
Weather during the month, sand the
trst half of November, was not
favorable for growth. The dry,
cold weather of December, January
February, with not much protection
from snow, also had a very injur-
ious effect. No blowing or other
farm work was done up to the first
of March. The mild weather and
good showers of the fourth week
started vegetation, and at the close
OF the month, grass was green,
fruit buds were beginning to swell,
little blowing had been done, and
few potatoes planted. Stock
wintered fairly well, but feed was
getting very scarce. The prospect
were never better for a good fruit
crop of all kinds it is not believed
that the freeze of the 27th and a8th
did any damage to fruit as it was
quite backward.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07

moved 70 Kingwood and discarded his
furality for city life tLaughter.) am
compelled to make this humiliating public
acknowledgment on account Of Deacon
Brown who has commissioned The Ram.
bier to make a notation of every original
word which may escape my lips. "a great
uproar in which several shonted: XIII
The Rambler Kill himi') Stop Stay
the hand OF wrath that may grow eloquent
aud equal the oratory OF Demosihenes and
a great Caesar feel the life blood cbblng
through my veins. which tells me the soma
torial pie is minel" (wild cheering
Thus ended the second joint debate be.
tween Col. Montgomery and Maj. Flynn.
II my rations hold out I expect to follow
them from one end of the county to the
other. am now recognized as war cor
respondent and a necessary evil. THE AR.
Gus having the exclusive right to publish
my letters. il behooyes the people OF Pres
ton to subscribe for the paper at once in
order to keep posted on the progress of
the war. IHF RAMBIER
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07

The sentiment for Hearst for the
Democratic nomination for the
Presidency is sweeping the country
in spite Of all opposition from the
gold Democrats and so called ere.
formers" Rhode island, Californ-
ia, Arkansas, aad nearly every State
so far that has declared on the sub
jet has instructed for Hearst and
he has just won a big victory in
New York and Brooklyn over the
Hill-Parker Cleveland crowd. He
has also won another big victory in
the Supreme Court and the Ant
hracite Coal Trust. Hearst is
the coming man.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07
REPUBLICAN, HYPOCRISY
On the Trust Question and How the At
tOrney General Views 1t.
DY cHARns \. EDwARps

Special Correspondence OF The Argus.
, WASHINGTON, DC. April :, 1904
In this connection there is much
talk here anent the interview with
the Attorney General of the U. s.
Immediately following the Northern
Securities merger decision by the
Sumpreme Court. There is an un-
written law here that the President
and the Cabinet officials cannot be
interviewed, and no matter what
they might say to any newspaper
man here they would not be quoted
in the papers without their full and
free consent. SO, the conclusion
is irresistible that the Attorney
General sent for the representative
of the Associated Press in order to
say what he was quoted as saying
the very next morning after the
merger decision was rendered.
That interview was clearly "sop"
TO the trusts. In order to allay the
ranking feelings of the trusts over
the merger decision, he gave it out
in clear and unmistakable terms
that this was to be the last fight of
the administration against the trust
and they might rest easy the bal
ance of the year, or, for that matter
the remainder of the time that
Roosevelt occupies the White
House or that Knox is the Attorney
General. In the language of the
Attorney General, the administra-
ton "does not intend to run amuck"
with the business interests of the
country. If that does not mean in
substance what l said above then
do not know the meaning of the
language of the average national
politician and my work here has
been in vain. have maintained
all along that this is exactly what
the people of the country might ex-
pect from this administration. 1t
has been endeayoring with might
and main to get the people to be-
lieve that it was "agin" the trusts,
but the decision of toe Supreme,
Court by bare majority vote
against the merger was as much
surprise to the Attorney. General as
il was to the criminal combine in
yolyed in the decision, hence he
made haste to get to the trusts of
the country with disclaimer that
they intended to pursue the matter
further. II is very unlikely, then,
that the resolution recently intro
duced by the Hon. William Ran
dolph Hearst citing the existence
Of criminal trusts ali over The coun.
Try and their expressions of the
people and asking that a committee
Of the House Of Representatives
be appointed by the Speaker to in
vestigatc the matter Of these trusts
with power to send for persons and
papers and administer oalhs and
report as soon as practicable viii
ever be passed by a Republican
House Of Representatives. Mr..
llcafst proably kacw 70 would not
pass when be introduced 81, but he
also knew chat il 20 did not it would /
put the Republicans in a hole on
the trusts question where the public
could 90 up and view their real at
titude ON this matter. 10 is every
day becoming more apparent that
the trust question, as Mr. Hearst
said u would be, will be the burn.
inc ieeuo Of the car.refor
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07

The Teter gang in the Housewife
convention last Saturday, were
about the sorriest looking crowd
we have seen for long time. They
looked like they had been caught
stealing sheep or had met with an
accident of some kind forty miles
from water
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07

Lynchiug niger In Republi-
can State is demanded on moral
grounds, but down south it is en-
urely on account of politics and
race hatred. We have gotten
this into our head from reading
northern newspapers.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07
A RED Letter DAY
For Howesville Last Saturday
A Crowd Of 800 at the Repub-
liean District Convention.
Dawson, FortneN Flynn. Tax Reform
and Anti-Dayton Almost
Unanimous,

The Republican Convention for
kingwood District, held at Howes-
vile last Saturday afternoon was
the biggest little Convention we
ever attended. There were about
500 people present, enough for a
State Convention and only Dis
trict Convention in one of the eight
districts of the county all held at
the same time to nominate delegates
to the State, Congressional, Judi
cial and Senatorial Conventions,
it was certainly a record breaker
and showed great interest in meu
and measures.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07

AT Fairmont they recently elected
a minister for Mayor and now they
refer to the Mayors Office as the
Parsonage" The City Clerk is
also preacher and 1t is said that
Rev. A. A. Bunner is a candidate
for Chief of Police, and Rev. w.
II. Wiley wants 10 be Street Com
missioner. When these officials all
get together to discuss matters,
1t will surely be a conference ses-
sion. Fairmont is having lively
time with SO many Crews" and
Revelations.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07
ID. A o. POLITICS
And How They Came 20 Grief II
Preston County.

Possibly the b. & o. Railroad
and their political agents and man.
ayers in this county will begin to
understand now that they do no,
own the whole county and all the
people in it. They started out to
capture this county for Teter for
Governor and Montgomery for the
State Senate on the Republican
ticket and to turn down everybody
who opposed them Last Saturday
the Republicans of the county held
district conventions to elect dele
gates to all the various conventions
and the fight In each convention
was over Teter or Dawson delegates
for Governor. and Flynn and Mont
gomery delegates for the State
Senate. The result was that Teter
did not get single delegate from
the county and not even a compli-
mentary vote. Out of the 4, 900
Republican votes in the county,
Teter did not get $50 all told. In
the Convention for Kingwood Dis.
trict the vote for Teter delegates
was rs out of over 400, Dawson
getting the rest. This was a fair
sample of the result all over the
county. On State Senate it was
about the same. Now will the B.
* 0. be good in this county They
turned down both the Argus and
the Journal on advertising contracts
for this year, because the said pa
pers were opposing their candidates
and refused to be dicated to or
controlled by the b. & o. We
hope now they are satisfied. If they
would import few more carpet
oaggers and peanut politicians into
the county to try to run the Repub-
lican party of the county we might
almost make it Democratic
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07

The Democrats of Parkersburg
held their Convention last Friday
and elected Hearst delegates to
Charleston. The city is one of the
strongholds of Clevelandism, but
the Hearst boom is growing rapidly
and State after State is coming out
for him. The sentiment in Preston
is very strong for Hearst and so far
as We know the delegation to
Charleston will be solid for Hearst.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07

The Republican Judicial Con-
vention for the Fifteenth District
will be held at Philippi, April II
and the Congressional Convention
for this the Second District will be
held at Grafton, April Iath. The
State Delegate Convention will be
held at Charleston, April 18th and
and the State Nominating Conven-
ton at Wheeling, July I2th.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07

1t is perfectly safe to say that the
present occupant of the White
House knows full we'll on which
side of his Republican bread is the
trust butter and he Will not do any
thing to greatly disturb the harmon
ious relations which have for many
years existed between the Republi-
can party and these hundreds of
tariff fostered and franchise trusts.
Certainly not this year, if these
great criminals show their appreci-
alton for favors as they usually do,
by tatiening up the Republican
campaign fund.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07

The Republican Judicial Conven-
ton for this district meets at Phil
ippi next Monday and promises to
be lively affair. Fortney has
Preston solid except Reno district
where he lost the delegates by a
close shave and they may yet come
over to him. Holt got Taylor by
a packed mass convention at Graf
ton last Saturday. Barbour dele
gates are uninstructed and Ran
dolph county holds her convention
tomorrow at Elkins to elect dele
gates. It is said that Fortney has
the lead in Randolph and several
delegates in Barbour, 50 that il will
be close.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07
Kingwood, April Z, 1904

Hon. +. Nj. Reynolds of Keyser,
is a candidate for Judge in the new
Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, on the
Republican ticket
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07

The Republicans of this county
are so bitter against Dayton they
are ready to go solid for any good
man who win run against him. Out
in Valley District the Gibraltar of
Republicanism at their Convention
last Saturday, resolutions we're in
troduced by Hon. H.Amos Hartley
an Ex-Member of the Legislature,
instructing the Delegates to use all
honorable means to find candi-
date other than Dayton to vote for
and not to vote for Dayton at all II
any other name was offered. The
resolution was unanimously adopted
by the Convention and sent in with
the official report for publication
in the Journal here whose editor is
Secretary Of the Committee and
postmaster of Kingwood by grace
Of Dayton. Now will he publish
said report in full ?
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07

Don't forget that when you die
this old world viii stillwag on and
net one in ten million will attend
your funeral or even hear Of your
death
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07

When Ben Brady appeared as
chairman some old timer in the
crowd yelled "'Rah for Golf" He
made an imposing appearance up in
a road-wagon for speakers stand as
the meeting had to be held out of
doors. One fourth the crowd
couldn't have jammed into the
school-house and the enthusiasm
would have upset the stove and
broken down the benches anyhow.
Brady made a good chairman, and
does look like Gen. Golf. He was
selected for the position because he
has been football. player and used
TO being slammed down and walked
over and it was expected that a
trough house" would be on tap,
but the Teter- Montgomery crowd
didn't have as much nerve as the
tooth in a wooden-harrow and the
only semblance Of fight was over
Fortney and Holt delegates.
The convention was held in
FIVE acre field and reminded us Of a
Democratic State Convention in
Texas, which has to be held in a
twenty acre field, with the chairman
up a tree and using a megaphonc.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07


The members Of the Igorrote and
other savage tribes Of the Philippine
Islands who arrived at the Worlds
Pair several days ago demand that
dogs shall be served them daily as a
part Of their bill Of fare. Not since
they left Seattle have they tasted
roast or boiled dog, and formal
demand for their fsyorite food was
lodged with NJ. X. Healy, who
looks out for their comfort. Mr..
Healy applied to the city authori-
ties TO furnish him with dogs from
the dog pound, and permission was
granted. The Igouotes, who are
head-hun,ers al home and who will
not wear clothing Of modern archi-
lecture, viii have dog served 10
them hereafter
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07

There was no recess between the
special and the regular session of
Congress, and yet many members
insisted that they were entitled to
draw mileage, not only for the regu-
lar but special session. The New
York World says that the Republican
majority of the House we're willing
to vote this mileage money for
travelling to their homes and back
although the travelling had not
been done. The World points out
that "the legal larceny would have
varied from a comparatively small
sum for the New Yorker to 81. 200
to each for some Pacific slope mem
bers." The situation with respect
to this proposed steal is described
by the World in this way: ga pro-
vision to pay this mileage was actu-
ally drafted into pending bill. 1t
was even carried by a yea and nay
vote. But when tellers were de-
manded, when every member knew
that he must go on record, not one
man stood out for the steal. Its
open advocates in private speech,
the men who had raised their voices
for it in oral vote, were afraid to
stand out in the open. And now
these virtuous statesman are hop
ing that the Senate will restore the
mileage item in the urgent defici-
ency bill and compel the House to
accept it, Not if publicity can
prevail. The same fear of public
opinion which impelled the mileage
grabbers to unhand their. spoil will
again be potent to restrain them.
Thieves do not plumber where a
bright light burns"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07

a woman may be able to keep
her own sofrets, but IL is pretty
hard matter fo' her 70 help any one
else keep one.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07

A news Bureau in this State to
collect and furnish news to the pa
pers of the State is one of the latest
moves in the current history Of the
press Of the State. Mr.. NJ. C..
Bowermaster Of this place is or.
gaining an enterprise Of this kind
with headquarters at Charleston
and will have it in full operation
for full and complete test at the
coming special session Of the Leg
islature to convene shortly. Mr..
Bowermaster is an al around print
er and newspaper man having been
raised AZ the business and spent
years on the Journal Of this place
and having established The Leader
and conducted IL ell recently.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07

He lost his coat-tail, and his car
pet-bag and was glad to escape with
his clothes tied up in a red -bandsna
hand .kerchief
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07

The Teter crowd was composed
D. r. Jackson, w. G.. Conely, Col
Bill Teter, Ex-Sberif Shaw, Frank
Pierce, a. w. Albright, a. G..
Hughes, Buck. Fairfax, Hen Gidley,
Scott Fizer and few more from here
and function, but they we're like
the fellow who fell out Of balloon
they wasn't in st. The Hon. Bill
Teter said he thought he was in
Preston County politics Gll that
convention came off but has now
decided that he has never been in
IL At all
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07

Here is snapshot OF Bio.
Hughes Of The Leader and his mar
row escape last Saturday from the
Housewife convention, after going
there to act as Secretary for the
Teter organization
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07

The Leader is very kind indeed
% devote 50 much valuable space
70 the Argus this week. They
Published fairly good cut Of the
Argus Printing House engraved
especially for the occasion right in
the middle Of their first page this
week. Il was big Improvement on
the plate matter they generally IN
up with.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07

q
b. * o. candidate for State Senate
received IS votes out of over 400
and Major ]. W. Flynn, the rest.
The vote between Fortney and Holt
was closer, Fortney receiving asa
to 1870 for Holt. For the Congress.
sional Convention solid Anti
Dayton delegation was elected and
the joke of it was that Col. Bill Te-
ter, himself made the motion elect
ing them.
TT
While the tellers were in the
School house counting up the votes,
the crowd were calling for speeches
and were entertained by the Chair
man and Secretaries and Col. w.
II. Mcdaniel, Mayor James G..
Menear. Maj. Luther E. Swearn-
ger and Labor Leader. Mr.. Nc
Daniels made the best speech of the
whole convention. 1t was dignlfied
and scholarly and mostly Demo
cratic. He denounced monopoly
and the tyranny of capital over
labor, which was pretty good,
coming from Senator Elkins'
special representative in this county,
the richest capitalist and biggest
monopolist in the State.
I I I
The Mayor of Kingwood mount
ed the Pie Wagon looking very pale
and wobbly, but he made a good
point. The miners were hurrahing
for Holt and the Mayor said: Gen
tleman, l am for Fortney and we
will admit, that your man has the
advantage over our man. Your man
has belonged to three different par.
ties and our man to but one" This
was good place to quit and His
Honor sat down. Then Col.
Swerenger took the forum and de-
clared that he had known both can
didates longer than anyone else
present. Henry Wright was whoop-
ing for Holt and the Col. told him
that che might have been born
Wright but he was dead wrong
now" Just then some enthusiastic
individual shouted out that he had
known Holt for IS years and that
upset Col. Swerenger so that he sat
down and labor leader got up and
said ne was from the great Republi-
can State of Pennsylvania and had
always been a Republican but did
not want Senator Scott reelected.
because he had said that "the
Union Miner had became a common
nuisance" At this Juncture there
we're fierce pulls at the speakers coat
tail and he was hauled down. The
result of the vote for Governor.
Judge and State Senate was then
announced and on motions the dele
gates were instructed for Dawson
for Governor, Fortney for Judge
and Flynn for the State Senate and
It was all over but the shouting.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07

ajax" OF a Jackass, just which
ever way you prefer to pronounce
It in his latest contributions to the
Teter organs in this county, criti-
cised J. w. Flynn for declining to
engage Col Montgomery in Joint
discussion, since he did not pose as
a speaker, declared that 'the coun-
~ did not want to send a voting
machine to the Legislature, but
some one who could also make a
speech" Has anybody ever read
any Of "Ajax's speeches delivered
while serving two terms in the Leg.
islature1 We would be glad TO be
favored with few copies for peni-
tential reading.
Possibly the Teter crowd should
circulate some Of them in this eoun.
ty as campaign literature.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07

The convention was the most
complete in its arrangements of
any We ever saw as there was a fine
hearse or funeral car on hand to
haul away the dead in. George w.
Hartman of Tunnelton drove up
about the time they were ready for
business with a funeral car and a
fine team of gray horses and stood
right there ready in the midst of
the surging multitude to carry
away the slain. We succeeded in
securing snapshot of it and here
with present it to our readers.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07

The Second Joint Debate Between Col.
Montgomery and Maj. Flynn Takes Place
at Fellowsville.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07

gates for the various candidate
and conventions were peddled
through the crowd but the problem
of voting them without repeating or
missing some one was a hard one,
but was finally solved by driving the
crowd all over into field and then
sta'ioning tellers at a gap in the
fence TO collect the ballots in their
hats as they came through. Even
this way it was hard to keep from
repeating and quite number voted
several times including some enthu-
siastic Democra,s, one in particular
from the mountains of Portland
District who had his hat in one
hand and Fortney votes in the other.