West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-12-08

pectcd TO BE Crowned the Heroes
He aud Morley Make Application
For the Kingwood Post Office and
Are Turned Down by the Jim
Committee.
There are as many different kinds
Of Republicans in the county as
there are pie hunters. There is not
such great difference between Re-
publicans and pie hunters as the
oracles of the county fondly suppose.
AS a close observer Of Preston coun-
ty Republicans / find they are of
different characteristics, such as
courage, cowardice, vanity, pride,
constancy, ambition, Incidence,
selfshness, self sacrificing and all
the faults that belong TO the tribe
of plehunters. 1t pains me to have
to record these facts against my
own party and personal family.
Family quarrels should be kept out
of public print in order to save fun.
eral expenses. When you get a po-
litical family stirred up there is no
telling where it will end. Itmay be
carried to the White House or the
penitentiary and cause thousands
to mourn that they started the fam.
NY quarrel.
entered the last political cam
paign from patriotic motives, just as
Comrades Ed Messenger, Bill Me-
near, Lee Shaw, A. c. Scott and
scores of others of the brave boys
from Preston, when we shouldered
our muskets and went forth in de-
fence of our beloved country, which
was threatened to be put in the hos
pital for repairs Every school child
knows we saved the country, and
out of the bountiful revenue coming
into Uncle Sans claws we are car
ried on the pension roll in handsome
style. AS our inhrmities increase,
which mine has been doing gradu-
ally but surely, especially when
was following my brother spellbind-
ers, Morley, McCrum, Brady and
others, felt that there should be a
double increase on pension day. In
my spellbinding tour l felt that |
was serving my country for the Sec
ond time. can always be relied
on when my country is in danger.
The Jim Committee told us it was in
imminent danger this time and that
they would have to call forth the
Demostheneses and Ciceroes to
arouse the people of their dire peril.
AT the risk of being egotistic point
towards Washington and Charleston
and shout: "Behold what Worley,
Brady, McCrum and myself done
tor the State and Nation" When
we returned home after the crue'
jawing match was over we expected
to be crowned the heroes and the
laurel of victory placed upon oul
brow We imagined, and rightly,
we thought, that there was no office
within the gift of the County, State
and Nation that did not belong tc
us for the asking! My hand refuses
to follow the pencil when / recall
the greeting of the two inns: "You
are soldiers, but you don't wear the
uniform This we learned was the
answer OF the two Jims to rejected
applicants. The Jms seem to have
a prediction for pie. They CAM
get enough Of IT,.
Now | enlisted in the campaign
to help lick the Democrats, and
was innocent enough to think thai
alter we licked the Democrats Their,
would be no more fighting for two
years. Peace and harmony woulC
prevail and all we bad to do was tC
burn led fire and shout and max,
faces at the Democrats. So much
for my innocence. Bill Worley wal
suffering from the same hallelujah
which he sang to Jehovah, on tn,
top Of Gregg's Knob, after we hac
finished our last cracker and agreed
that the country was saved. an
belraying no secrets when relat,
this, for Bill Worlcy has the sam,
ambition to go down into history al
myself that we have been cruely de