West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-06-29
And the Governor are Suffering From
the Nightmare and No Amount
Of Praying Will Stop II.
BRO, GEORGE BYREB AND
HIS BARkYARD ROOSTER
Responsible For the Condition Of
Governor Dawson and
The Rambler.
Boss Pcsten Writes Pathetic Letter
and Tells Of the Loss Of One Hun
dred ana Twenty-Five Men in
The Battle Of June Sixth.

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Did you ever play horse with the
nightmare fyou have you know
how to sympathize with Gov. Bill
Dawson and myself That's what
we have been doing for the past
three weeks. The nightmare in all
its hideousness has been our Mem
esis. Since the morning of June 9TH
when Bro. Geo. Byrne displayed
his barnyerd rooster in the daily
| Gazette to crow over the resurrec-
tion of kid Davis and the Demo
cratic party we have been powerless
to escape from the nightmare. No
amount of praying before we retire
will chase the nightmare away. AS
prayerists the Governor and / have
few equals and no superiors. We
have been told by our enemies that
"the prayer of the wicked availeth
nothing" But the people back in
Preston know that the Governor and
myself have too much respect for
the blessings that cometh to he who
prayeth in just cause. When we
are planning to capture a political
convention or beat an enemy at the
polls, and have wickedness in our
heart, we do not indulge in prayer,
but we hunt up the boys in the back
alleys and the wards where we have
every reason to believe that they
would respond to the call OF the
coin of the realm Speaking for
myself, no stone bruise, tooth ache
or the boils Of Job could prevent
me from answering to the call of
arms when tho eagles were beckon-
ing me TO come and save the coun-
try. l am a fair specimen Of the
weakness of mankind when the AL
mighty dollar is appealing to come
TO my arms.
Some one has mailed me copy
of Chairman Willie CampbelPs de.
claration that the battle in the Sec.
ond Congressional District was won
by "the boys in the trenches" This
confirms what have said about the
boys. If you expect TO win a vi,-
tory you must get tae boys out OF
the alleys, wards and cornfelds and
get them ~ the trenches. II you
can get the boys in the trenches be-
fore the enemy makes the attack it
is ninty-nine chances out of one
hundred you can win the battle.
Comrade Leader Shaw can verify
my statement that this is how we
licked the Johnnies by getting the
Yankee boys IN the trenches before
the Johnnies opened fire on as.
This explains why Willie Campbell
licked Noah Keim in the battle Of
June 9th. Noah must have put his
boys on the hill tops with instruc-
tions to shout when they saw the
enemy approaching. 1t does not
show good generalship TO put the
boys on the hill tops to yell until
after the battle is won. CampbelPs
victory over Keim is complete.
There is not a Keim soldier left TO
tell the tale. 1t is worse than the
Napoleon Waterloo. Some Of those
patriots survived 20 draw a pension
aud appear in the dime museums.
Not so with the Keim warriors.
They arc all laying outside the
breast works groaning and lament
ing the loss Of the pie, the first one
we have lost in the past twelve
years To say that / am desolate
but family expresses my desolation.
] have just tre-readOratorHughes's
inspiring oration which he delivered
at the Keyser convention. Il is a
regular shouter 80 one could re-
frain from shouting after listening
TO it. am almost convinced that
| Orator Hughes's oration was the
cause Of Cen Keim putting the
boys on the hill tops instead Of in
the trenches.
] am thinking very seriously oil
rcsigning my position as Promoter
and returning tc Preston to reorgau.
ize our shattered army. It's in a
far worse condition than the Rus.
sian army. The last reports we had
from the Russian Generals thcy
stated that they managed to save
their red liquor and champagne.
] Gen. Keim wired US after the battl,