West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-07-27
THE IDIOTIC IDOLIZER.

lican." 1t is too weak to emInate
from the brain of anything short OF
an idiotic idolizer of the Machine
and the Ring. The Ring has evil
IDENTITY promised him some Office at
the ensuing primaries and he feels
incumbent upon himself to rush
into print to display his dormant
talents to the admiration of the
Ring that it maybe persuaded to
believe that they have unearthed a
genius who can save the Ring from
righteous condemnation which will
be visited upon its head at the hands
of the honest Republicans at the
coming primary. The ARGUS is
not mistaken in the identity of ere
publican" and at the proper time it
will lay on the cat-o-nine. tails in a
manner that will make the CALLED
jade vince. If it is billings gate
that he prides himself on he shall DE
given ample opportunity to exhaust
his vocabulary in his own defense
when we turn the cat o-nine-ta S
loose on him. The chip shall not
rest lightly on his lofty shoulder
without receiving that recognition
which his inflated brain deserves.
Republicans" attempt to reply
to the letter OF "Only A Farmer, &"
in which he takes up about four
columns of space, proves that it was
the truthfulness of the Reno writer
that penetrated the rottenness of
the Ring and exposed the fallacy
of the new tax laws. His character
ization of "Only A Farmer" as a
damned fool" and can ;gnoram-
ons" is as unwarranted as it was un-
called for and shows the desperate
straits into which the Ring and its
cohorts have fallen. They cannot
realize that any Republican in Pres
ton county could have the temerity
to think for himself on the subject
of politics. The Ring has had such
a supreme control of the party whip
so long and it has met with such
eminent success in whipping those
Republicans into line who had
the courage to defy them and think
for themselves that the Ring has
been driven to the extreme of delir-
iousness that it could not whip The
Republicans into line to support
the Machine ticket. All honor to
the Republicans of Preston who
have at last determined to do their
own thinking and defy the Ring and
Its cohorts.
"Only A Farmer" is not only a
farmer OF Reno District, but he is
an honest and upright christian gen
tleman whom Republican" will
find worthy of his steel in the field
of decent journalism. He IS an in
telligent man and needs no defense
at the hsnds or The ARGUS. He
has always been a Republican and
staunch supporter of the RepubIi-
can party, and THE ARGUS has fire.
quently heard him say in a jocular
way that "The Journal is my poll
teal bible" But he has evidently
discovered the false teachings of
the Ring organ and has resolved to
cut loose from it. He is not alone
IN giving the organ the marble
heart" Hundreds of the most in
telligent and thinking Republicans
of Preston have at last arrayed
themselves in opposition to the
Ring rule in Preston. Hereafter
they are going to demand a square
deal, and when that square deal is
given the Ring will be a thing of the
past. The Republicans are Just be-
gining to fud out how easily it is to
crush the Ring. For years they
imagined the Ring all powerful and
suicidal on their part 70 oppose the
Ring. They know different now.
The Ring is a weakling. Tn c
source Of Its strength heretofore
laid IN the solid and never wavering
rank and file Of the party. The
men at the head OF the Ring pros
pered and grew rich. The Ring
had no more interest and sympathy
in the rank and file of the Republi-
can party than they had in the
Democratic party. In fact not as
much. If they found a Democrat
whom they thought had influence
and could help the Ring they gave
the Democrat an office to ioin them.
Our Republican friends who had
been voting the ticket all their life
was asked TO take a back seat and
allow the Democrat 70 take the
front seat and receive the pie.
This was sli right with the Ring as
il was going TO "help the party 2"
"Oh, party, what crimes are com.
mitted ia thy name" But u is
rank treason for the rank and file
Of the party TO refuse TO support