West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-08-10
At Their Midnight Conference Which
Created Great Enthusiasm
Among The Machine
Members.
WHILE THE GOVERNOR IS
ATTENDING CAMP MEETING
And Preaching His New Tax Laws The
Rambler Will Act as Temporary
Governor.

DiiiOh iSpOIlS tna(
he will not be able TO tax the coal,
gas and oil leases at $500, 900, 900
as we had calculated that we would
do after the Court decision. Bro.
Dillon who has been laboring in
the coal, gas and oil fields finds that
the people owning the leases are
our friends and that they are clever
people who have no intention of
dynamlting our Machine. In fact
they will do every thing they can to
protect us against the insurgents.
For some time after we put our tax
laws on the market we were little
fearful as to the kind of reception
that they would meet with at the
hand of the coal, gas and oil people.
1t was necessary for us to make Ger
tain concessions to the coal, gas and
oil barons before we could get their
written Endorsement showing the
effect it had on them before and
after. We feel that the people back
in Preston can realize the necessity
of us getting the Endorsement of the
coal, gas aud oil barons before the
Governor could ask the poor people
for an indorsement
Commissioner Dillon says that
after surveying the leases he finds
they are not as valuable as we had
decided they were at our midnight
conference. Those who are blam-
ing the Wheeling News, Intelligen.
Ger and Telegraph, Parkersburg
News and Journal and our own be.
loved old family Journal back in
Preston because they circulated the
good news that the Machine would
get $500, 900, 900 of taxable proper
tY in the tax leases will have to
apologize to our Trust organs as
they were not responsible for the
mistake. They are simply publish
ing our bulletins as we issue them
from week to week. Bros. Ogden,
Elliott, Morris and Whetsell publish
the facts as authorized by US.
AT our last midnight conference
Commissioner Dillon impaired the
information that our tax leases
would probably reach 81, 900, 900
which is $500, 900, 900 less than we
threatened to tax the coal, gas and
Oil barons before they would agree
to arbitrate with us at their true and
actual value to us during the cam
paign seasons. Arbitration is a
wonderful good thing for the poor
people in this enlightened age.
When the Governor heard the an
nouncement that the tax leases
would probably reach 81, 900, 900
he arose, and after smoothing his
Prince Albert and stroking his chin
whiskers, he said:
eff what Bro. Dillon says rela-
tive 20 the tax leases be true, and
we have no reason to question the
truthfulness of the good brothers
statement for he has been on the
virgin soil as my representative and
he has observed the Standard, the
Gas Trust and the Companies boz
ing in the hills and in direction of
China where this Government is
meeting with the boycott; then my
loyal Promoter, the Rambler, must
issue another statement to the public
with our apologies. This Machine,
which we have striycn 10 erect as a
monument % the foresight and
statesmanship Of US gentlemen, vino
have been laboring all these years
10 the interest Of the poor people
who have sworn allegiance to US, We
cannot afford 10 deceive such faith.
ful followers We must be manly
men, men Of broad minds and Sun.
day School prOclivilics, and conduc,
our Machine on honest principles, a
reputation which we have made
world vide and which we cherish
more than we do our pies Great
cheering and many voices shouting
in unison, ''You bet, Governor,
but don't forget Steve and the
Wheeling Convention credentials. -
We must be fair and just with our
Trust organs who have whooped for
Us 10 our prosperity and mourned
for US in our adversely They have
been faithful 20 us in all things, and
as I stand mere in the presence of
the grsndest army Of Machinists Of
any country that has ever tasted pie.
] say 10 with disparagementto none
when ] say back yonder in old Pres.
ton there lives the uoblest organ OF