West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-09-28

to be good. The object is to get
hold of the pies that is to come in
on the November tide which is due
in 1907. Once we get possession
of the 1907 cargo of pies we shall
renew hostilities and make all kind
of declarations of war against the
Insurgents. This is what is known
as diplomacy when the other fellow
has you licked. When Gov. Daw-
son left for Canada il was an ac-
acknowledgement that the Machine was
licked. / realized this and confided
my realization to Senator Elkins
and the rest of the piemen. told
the piemen that l had gone the limit
in bluffing the Insurgents. ! served
my four years in the war Of the late
unpleasantness, and did not pro-
pose to 60 as substitute for Gov.
Dawson to battle with the Insur-
gents for an equal distribution of
the pies. / had something to live
for besides pies. | am drawing a
good sized pension with hattering
prospects for an increase when DR..
Thomas Fleming Lanham submits
his examination of my physical dis
abilities. DR.. Lanham writes me
that would be foolish to enlist in
war for pies which does not pro.
vide pensions for those who survive.
He says that the survivest of the
fittest is those who hold fast to their
pensions and labor for a yearly in
crease.
Gov. Dawson has worked the pie
business like have worked the pen
sion. Since his first piece of pie,
which he captured back in Preston,
he has gradually enlarged on the
size of his pie. Gov. Bill has been
a pieman just the same number of
years that | have been a pensioner
forty years. We are both artists
in our line. Gov. Bill works the
people and | work the Government.
Those who believe that we are work
ing for the prosperity of our fellow
citizens and neglecting the bung
hole in our barrel for revenue only
are believing something that Gov.
BilPs and my political ethics don't
teach.
Since | have explained how the
Gov. Dawson interview for recon
struction was brought before the
public trust the people will give
me due credit for il. think it was
President Hayes who lead the band
wagon in the former reconstruction
period.
am receiving some protests from
the ''stand pats" on our new tax
laws. They take exceptions to
where | have advised in my Dawson
interview that we must revise some
portions of our new tax laws. To
all such | would say that the idea of
revising our tax laws did not origi.
nate with Gov. Dawson, Senator
Elkins or myself. We were equally
as pronounced in our standpatology
as our friends before we heard from
the people, whose voice we have al.
ways needed when il was shown to
us that the voice crying out in the
wilderness held mortgage on the
pies. This voice Of the people,
which has just reached us, has a
peculiar shrlllness 70 it which pene-
trates our ears and leaves an indeli.
bic impression on the drum. Gov.
Dawson writes me from Canada that
this voice had been terrorizing his
ear drums for several weeks before
he left on his campmeeting evangel
izing tour which finally landed him
in Canada.
For the past year or so we have
been standing pat just like the good
old Family Journal and the rest Of
the friends Of the Machine back in
Preston, but since the people have
been Increasing the volume Of their
voice to have our new tax laws re.
pesled or revised, we, as piemen,
think /, the part Of wisdom to silence
the voice. This IS Why / was so
particular in my Dawson interview
TO emphasize that part which relates
to a revision Of our tax laws. Il
would not be the part of statesman
ship ot the generosity Of piemen to
not heed the voice Of the people
when it is eNpressedly agreed that
when We revise our tax laws the
Machine is to have full control of
the pies without further moIeststion.
Now this is the only inducement
that would make piemen listen to
the plaintive voice of the people.
feel that when the friends Of the
Machine fully understand our mo.
tive for agreeing to revise our tax