The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-27
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zach we are going to take take.
serS thing from President down to
school comm ssioner. believe
rfatswe will draw the line onsthe state
Educational Association, and let II be
said that the Democrats We're the only
persons TO officer it with politicians
strictly from their own ranks. inns
never before heardof thing was done.
last week in S1organtown- 1t shows
that they are still up TO their olo
tricks, as it will be remembered tnae
when they had control OF the state
for twenty odd years every 1nst11u-
fiou was run by men OF their own
Kidney. giving no representation to
the minority party. In this county
the same course was pursued Every
ONCE was filled by Democrats, and
thew went still farther, their County
Court having passed an order to the
effect that no printing should be pafd
for except that which should be done
in the index office. This was done 10
prevent Republican othcehoider
(there being one when the order was
passed) from patronzinS the west
yirsinian, hoping to starve 1t out.
OF course this narrow and splteful
proceeding was a help to our paper,
as hundreds OF names were soon add-
ed to its subscription list. We men-
ton this to show what bitter partl-
san course was pursued. Has the
Times any right to howl when we say
we are going to provide for our own
political household to the exclusion
of all others, Democrats in particular:
We think not. But it is bowling ana
will how--a thing that should amllse
rather than annoy any Republ1can
The Times thinks the city cannot con-
tt,ue TO prosper unless the business
men stand together. and he accuses
the West Virginian or its editor OF
keeping them apart by its TRADES Oh
abuse of individuals. Now the editor
of the Times must imagine that ne is
a good sized community within HIM
self 1t is true that we have taken
occasion TO say some things ABOUT
him that we're not intended to be COM
p1imentary, things he alone provoked
us to say, but we defy him to point
to an Individual other than himself
whom we have referred to in an Often
sive manner.
AS to the business interests OF the
CITY we claim that We have done our
share in furthering them-they have
been uppermost with us alWays-Dut
we are aware that we nave not
blown our horn over what we nave
done individually SO loudly as some
Others We are directly interested in
some of the citys industries and TOT
years have aided and are still aiding
in tangible way several Falrmont
citizens who are SO Interested III
number OF enterprises we are proud
TO saw that we are associated with
many OF the lea aiding business men OF
the city, and With all these we are
and always have been on the most
friendly terms. We know from long
and intimate acquaintance that none
of these gentlemen aDolosized for our
course against the general Interests
of the city by saying what appears in
the Times as coming from certain
Republicans: oh they mean moth
| ing 1t is a mere personal eNDresSloni
OF one man. and you know how
much value his opinion is along any
line in this city OF course, this
was coined for the occasion. is what
is commonly called Democratic
| lie, but we take it as a compliment,
for in view OF our business aSsocia-
tons above referred to we must be
ma king little advancement: in
other words were going some.
! The Times has reached an age
! when it torgetS. as it says II has
never assaiied any one along personal
lines except possibly in one instance
where the prtvocation was great
Now in reply to this we will say.
and our files will bear us out. that in
every personal controversy we have
engaged the Times has been the az
gres Sor-made the first dirty fling.
1t has been our policy from the be-
| ginnino; OF our ne"-Spa per career never
| to attack any one personally. but
when attacked 10 dispose of the at
lacking party as quickly as possible
| We have always known or believed
| that long drawn-Out personal contro-
versies We're embarrassing and dis
tasteful to our readers generally,