West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-12-15
THE RAMBLER
Receives a Letter From An Admiring
Friend In Valley District,
WHO ASKS SEVERAL QUESTIONS
Which The Rambler IS Expected to
Answer-Tells Who is the Real
Leader in Preston County.

The letters FROM The people are
still rolling IN on me shall use
M best endeavors TO answer all of
them ia due course OF time. rea-
bzr ,ha, the people appreciate my
forts to deal wholly impartialy
with the seekers after political in
formation.
The following letter is written in
a strain of edrnestness and appreci
atveness:
"MAsoNrowN, Dec. 7, 1904.
TO The RAMBLER.
Klngwood, w. Va
My Dear Sir:-I want to tell
YOU | am a Republican aud always
vote her straight am also a sub
scTlber to 1HE ARGUS, the best pa
per ever published IN Preston coun
". Ii is a great pity you are a
Democrat. We all Ike you. Your
pspei IS always full OF good things
and we surely enjoy reading It. The
only trouble in our family is when
The ARGUS arrives. Every member
Il The family wants to read it first.
So we have adopted plan to draw
lots to decide who shall read il first
and prevent a family row.
What want you to tell US is who
ls the real Leader in Preston county,
There seems 10 be an epidemic of
Leaders since the election and the
hing is spreading. Where is 1t go
ing to end2
We Republicans out in Valley
don't get any OF the pies but we
produce the dough that makes them.
We don't mind that so long as they
permit us To vot" the straight ticket
and ask no questions. We would
bc lost ~ the wilderness If IL was
not for THE ARGUS which ksers us
posted on what IS gong on in the
county and how the. Bosses distri
oule the pies What would like
'o know IS how you find out all these
things, you being Democra; ?
Now don't throw this letter in the
waste basket
Yours Truly.
ALEX WoRKNoT."
take il that Alex is a friend of
mine haveo many Of them
throughout the buckwheat territory.
He is duly impressed with the cor
rect Hypothesis am glad to learn
that Alex is Republican and 'votes
her straight | become Joyous
when he says he wants no pie, al.
though he contributed his perlon Of
n. Guckwhei' -four thai produced
hr dough This IS the s,ry essence
o' ra,r"usn. Long MA, he live
nd vcI change his mill on the
Pie question There are more Of
u, pa1rots hat are always wanting
pie than the Government can man.
ufaclure. The dough for Preston
count, his be~o exhausted and the
suppN 1T piss is going 10 be limited.
This vi cause remorsc aud heart
aches to us who were promised that
the supply YOU'D be unlimited il we
elected Teddy. Billy aud Aston and
saved Tax Reform from an iguom-
mious walIop'ng, all of which We
done in our scared condition We
might nave lone better II he scare
had not come pn so early in the
campaign We would have done
much worse had we knows lh,t the
suppl, ~ pies were tu b. limited.
# is q pleasure, Alex o. hear you
say YOU aud our family ruj,y TIE
ARGUS and that it sruuses the pug.
nacious,ncss Of the family To- do
stunts when u arrives Keep your
eye on The fat iron and broomstick
If the better half should .raw thc
short straw I speak fr.m expert
ence and have fsl, the fol- smatus
when failed 90 duck or s.dcJep.
Don't confound inc ei,h Deacon
Brown lem Republican also,
and vote il straight. know sh'ch
side Of The street tne pic wagon has
the right OF way. bave been
promised PIE too ir"g % desert tte
Grand Old Party on my to4d Go
Dolagc may never reach She
goal 20 Piedom. bot so l1ng as tfc,
hold the key Co The pantry you viH
find me stsndirg 90 lhr don 1I
voting it straight. Deacon Br1wu
has never bad his appetite tuned lp
to the full apprcciatvencss 90 :bc
succulent pie lie is still gorging
himself on tho pies that mother bsk
ed. They were all right 10 their
day, but Uncle Sam mas put brand
on the market that sets you bowling
once you taste them. I have been