West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-01-21
TRUTH TAXATION.
As Elucidated and Practiced BY the
Mckinney Times.

statements, NOT 10 say downright
falschoods, that we cannot allow il
to pass unnoticed.
The attack of the Times is really
directed at the President OF the
Association, although he tries to
lampoon him over the back of the
Secretary. We accept the challenge
and now have few remarks to make
on the subject ourself. Bro. Nc
Kinney has been chewing the rag
enough about that address of Hon.
w. p. Hubbard before the Associa.
ton at Charleston, and making in.
situations and Misrepresentation
about the why's and wherefores Of il,
till we have gotten very tired of his
rantings and vaperings over the
matter. In his article in late issue
OF the Times he grows SO childish
that he should be spanked and put
to bed. At the Association meeting,
and at every opportunity since, he
has persisted in the belief that there
was some kind of skull -duggery in
having Mr.. Hubbard address the
Association on the subject of estate
Taxation" and held forth the idea
that the Republican State officials,
the Governor or Secretary of State,
were responsible for securing Mr..
Hubbard, and that it was political
move, pure and simple.
In the first place, we do not even
yet understand that estate Taxa
ton" is a political move of any
kind, but We do know that it is a
subject of great Importance to our
people, irrespective of politics,
creed, color or previous condition
OF servitude, according to the Con-
stitution, Mr.. Dayton and his
'twenty lawyers of national reputa-
tion," 20 the contrary notwithstand-
ing. We stated publicly at the
time, and have so stated since in
this paper, that we invited Mr.. Hub.
bard to address the Association on
this subject "of our own free will
and accord" and so far as we know,
no one else had thought of it at that
time. We spoke or wrote to one or
two members of the Executive Com
mittee about it afterwards, and they
heartily Endorsed the matter. Neither
the Governor, Secretary of State, or
any other Republican official, had
anything to do with it, and yet Bro.
Mckinney has worried himself INFO
woeful condition of mind over it,
till he can't rest night or day, but is
continually haunted with the horri-
BILE specter of this profound sus-
picion as to the actions of the off
GERS of the Association"
In another column we take the
liberty of publishing Mr.. Hubbard's
letter to us in regard to the proposed
address. This letter was written
August grid in reply to one written
by us a few days before, inviting
him to talk to the Association on
the subject of estate Taxation, {"
and we hope Bro. Mckinney will
read it carefully, and perhaps it will
assuage his grief and relieve his
sorrow to some extent over this
"Conspiracy of 1908" We we're
gwen full power and authority by
the Executive Committee to prepare
the program and secure speakers,
and we proceeded. just as we had
been doing for the whole five years
we had the honor to serve as Presi-
dent Of the Association. The Nc
Kinney Times makes this startling
statement:
The program made up and sent
out by the officers of the Associa-
ton TO its members in advance of
the meeting contained no reference
to any speech to be delivered before
that body by Mr.. Hubbard.
This is absolutely untrue, as can
be proven by almost any member of
the Association and every other
newspaper in the State. The pro-.
gram as prepared by the President
and printed in this Office and sent
out by the writer, the week before
the meeting, contsined the follow
ing paragraph:
State Taxation-Address by Hon.
w. P. Hubbard, of the Wheeling
Bar"
A copy Of the program was mailed
to every member Of the Association
and to all the papers Of the State,
according to our list. II was pub
lished in some Of the dailies in ad.
vance Of the meeting and in this
paper A copy was mailed to the
Times, and If it was not received or
thrown aside as being a circular
matter Of no importance, it was
surely not our fault. The plain fact
Of the matter is, that Bro. McKin-
ney came to Charleston on purpose