West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-04-27
THE RAMBLER
Has Concluded 10 Remain in Charles
ton at the Urgent Request Of
GOV. DAWSON AND STATE OFFICIALS
His Friends in Preston Are Of The
Opinion that the Bowery and the
Red Light District Has too
Many Charms for Him
to Leave the City.

The last time wrote you had
fully made up my mind to leave
this town, but all the State officials,
whose laborious task il is 10 look
after the welfare of the poor peo.
Pile, Joined Gov. Dawson in Wig
orous protest against my going. To
convince the people back H. Preston
that am the man of influence
which represent myself to be,
will append the note Of protest that
they may judge for themselves. 1t
reads as follows
Charleston, April IS, 1905.
To the Honorable Rambler,
City,
Honored and Beloved Brother:-
Having learned with deep regret
. that the environment Of city life
has collided with your former rural
habitations, where you were free to
roam the fields and woods of yCur
native county In quest of buckle
berries and chestnuts without fear
or molestation, we beg of you to
reconsider your resignation as Pro
moter of our Administration and
remain with us. 1t would b. moth
ing short of calamity for You to
leave us at this period of the benev-
olent assimilation of our new tax
laws. AS ruaiist, who has been
reared on a farm and. corn and
buckwheat fed until you came to
this city, we declare without reser-
vation that there is not another man
ia the State who can perform the
part of the demonstratoT in convinc-
ing the poor people that the new
tax laws were placed on the statute
books wholly and solely TO promote
the happiness of the poor people
and place the burden of taxation
upon the shoulders of the souless
corporations. For years we have
been laboring to bring about this
era of good feeling between the
poor people and ourselves and to
hurry up the millennium In the
misty distance we see il dawning.
You have been chosen to brush
aside the cobwebs that the rural
people may see and inherit the
Promised Land What mission
you have to perform! II the time
ever comes to canonize political
saints your name will be the first in
the catalogue! We earnestly ap-
peal to your self sacrificing and
TreE L
owe the people and the administra-
tiOn that the new tax laws be kept
fresh in their memory. AS a spell.
binder, journalist and rualist you
are the best fitted for this noble
work. Will you decline2 We know
you have been initiated into the
double-lfe Of the politicians. and
with this knowledge, if you saoud
leave us and return to your rural
life, we fear that you may be seized
with another fit Of remorse and
break forth with a few chapters on
"Frenzied Politics" and create a
greater panic among the politicians
than Tom lawson did on Wall
street. This must be religiously
guarded against. We are the com.
mittee who propose to guard you
and see that you are kept out Of the
reach of remoTseness.
would ask my friends back IN
Preston to read the above protest
carefully. would say to my
friends since l have been in Charles
ton that have been reading the
Constitution as written by Tom
Jefferson and the other simplcists,
that it guarantees TO every voter and
repeater the right to protest The
administration officials were simply
exercising their right as loyal voters
of the State in protesting against
my leaving Charleston The protest
has prevailed. / shall remain in
Charleston. am anxious to wit
ness the millennium which they claim
will put in its appearance in honor
Il the new tax laws.
don't want Comrade Lee Shaw
to know anything about the near
approach Of the millinenium. This
is one Of the surprises / have in
store for him. have planned for
the millinenium to stop in the Lead
er Office when it is rounding up the
worshippers of the new tax laws.
We arc having a great deal oil
trouble distributing the pies among
the patriots. Too many patriot,
and not enough Of pies is the cause
Gov Dawson and myself for tn,
State, and Senators Elkins anc
Scott for the Nation Tn,
other state officials and tn,
Congressmen have been eliminated
from voice in the distribution o
the pies They are authorized e
promise all hungry piemen a piec,
to keep them in harmony withou
aspirations. Without harmony IL