West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-08-31
Is Having a High Time OF II Down
In Charleston as Temporary
GOYefner.
TELLS OF THE GREAT SUCCESS
WHICH COY. DAWSON is MEET
ING WITH In CANADA.
Warns Bro, Reed to Not Put Toe
Much Faith in the Revelations
Which He Claims 10 Has
Gotten from the Spirits,

Gotten from the Spirits.
The last two weeks has seen many
changes in the conduct OF the Gov
ernor's office. have been work
ing it on the rake.of system and |
find it is quite an Improvement on
the old. Everything that belonged
to the old system of taxation has
been abolished by me. am run.
ming the office according to the
Dawson tax laws.
The Governor is meeting with
such great success abroad that
Grant Hall has declared publicly
that he will not return. Owing to
the intimacy and friendship which
has existed between the Governor
and Grant since they were in part.
nership in the red light districts
and the Bowery and | am inclined
to take some stock in CRAFTS de.
claration. Everybody agrees that
the red light and the Bowery has
never attained that degree Of prof
cheney in cnrralling the colored bre.
thren as it did under the firm of
Dawson and Hall. The colored
brethren have been known to vote
as often as ten to twenty times on
the day of the primary and election
on account OF "all coons look alike"
to the election commissioners. The
colored brethren have been one of
the greatest factors in holding the
county OF Kanawha in line for the
Machine. Without the colored bre.
thren the Machine cannot hope to
retain power in West Virginia.
This will account for in a large
measure why it was necessary for
the Governor to go before the
MoundsvilIe Campmeeting and ex-
plain to the pious and good sisters
and brethren why the Governor was
obliged to pardon one of the color
ed brethren who was sent to Jail in
Fayette county for giving a public
exhibition with his pistol without
taking the necessary license which
our new tax laws provide for. If
every colored brother who has TO
carry pistol to protect old speck's
roosting place was sent to Jail it
would reduce our majority to such
low ebb that the insurgents would
capture our pies.
have just issued my first call for
conference tonight to discuss the
investigation which Mayor Weaver
is making IN the City of Brotherly
Love. The latest report / have re-
ceiyed from the Philadelphia Ma
chine states that Mayor Weayer's in
yesiigating committee have striken
from h register books 90, 900
fraudulent names. This is an out
rage. The Philadelphia Machine
says It has taken them twenty years
to collect those names and place
them on the poll books where they
could BE- utilized in emergency
cases. There has been a general
call issued to all Machines to meet
and pass resolutions condemning
Mayor Weaver for allowing his
committee to investigate and expose
the benevolence Of our Machine
work. This could never have hap
pened in Charleston. The invest.
eating committees which we have
had appointed in Charleston from
time % time have never been per
mitted to make public the secret
work Of the Mac hine. Happily our
new tax laws provide against such
exposures. In enacting our new
tax laws we left nothing to chance
for which foresight and experience
could provide for We have no
fears Of investigating committees
for the next four years.
The Governor seems to be enjoy.
ing himself immensely in Canada.
His letters tell me Of the glorious
times ne is having. / would like to
give all Of them to the public, but
space torbids An extract from the
latest received will be of great in.
terest to the people back in Preston.
Here it is:
"What d you think Ever
since my arrival in Canada I
have been taken for al kind of per
sonages. Only last night while at
tending reception which was given
in my honor al the High Ball Castle
one OF the ladies in-waiiing address
ed me thus: Have / the great honor
] to make my profound bow to his