West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-04-06
TmRN AND Now.

At the conclusion OF a lengthy
and eloquent appeal 10 Judge Goh
TO save the Republican party the
Fairmont Times says:
1t would be a proud day for West
Virginia il the Republican party
should turn TO this state for its can
didate for the presidency, and in
the list OF those named for that dis.
ungmshed honor none seem so well
equipped for the place as Judge
Golf II only he gets actsvlty into the
political harness ready 10 avail him
self of the fortunes that his ability
and popularity should bring him.
What change has come over the
spirit Of their dreams. Will Judge
Golf heed this reckoning from the
wilderness or will he have the bad
taste to recall the days of 1884, 1886
and 1888 when he was the active
Republican leader and when the In
dex, the paternal ancestor of the
Times had a somewhat different
opinion of his talents and ability.
OF course it is ancient history but
the Times people then did not seem
to regard Judge Golf as a state saw
Tor. Wheeling News.
And does the Times remember
the steal its editor upheld IN 1880
when Judge A. b. Fleming was
made the Governor of West Virgin
ia, after Judge Nathan Golf had
been elected to that Office by more
than one thousand majority Then
the Index repeatedly referred to Ma
than Golf as weak man. What has
made him any more attractive to
Owen Switchback of the Times2
His nomination for office would
scarcely be made when this pretend
ed friend would turn on him with
equal force with which it is now
booming him. The Times blows
either hot or cold as the occasion
may demand.-Journal.
A thousand Judge COTS cannot
save the Republican party from its
venality. 1t is soaked in political
corruption. Its reputation for po-
litical larceny is unparalleled. Its
record teens with political steals.
Hast the News and Journal heard
of the presidential steal of SOP Do
the News and Journal sanction the
stealing of the Governorship of Col
orado1 Have our contemporaries
so soon overlooked the political cor
ruption which was practiced in the
primary contest of 1904; corrup.
ton which was voucaed for by the
members of the Republican party?
If the News and Journal did not up
hold a political party that is guilty
of every crime in the category of
political robbery, debauchery and
corruption, their pretense Of expos
ing political corruption in the OPP
posite party might carry some
weight. Until they condemn the
corrupt political methods of their
party they can not hope TO make a
lasting impression upon the public.
The Russian Government is hav-
ing a hard time to get soldiers
enough to send to the front in Man
churia to ill up the ranks so rapid
ly depleted by the Japanese. The
Reserves have been called out and
drafts are being made all over the
country, but the people have no
heart in the war and they under
stand when they arc shipped to the
front in cattle cars, that they will
be shot down like dogs and left to
rot on the bleak plains and noun
tains of Manchuria, and perhaps
suffer untold hardships and misery
from hunger, fatigue, col d and
wounds, from being left lying on
some battlefield, or butchered up in
temporary hospital or even buried
alive, as many of the wounded have
been after night on a hurried re-
treat and when there were thousand
Of dead and dying all mixed and no
time, for examination to find out
who we're yet alive.
The Weston Independent, which
is almost as rankly Republican as
the YalIer Jacket, butts in last week
with the remark Chat Deacon
Brown has begun to slowly feed
himself to the Yellow Jacket" but
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