West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-11-09

timely arrival of the American Gov
ernor with his famous tax laws the
Gomez Insurgents would be issuing
the Cuban Pie under another name
and proclaiming to the world their
glorious victory over our beloved
President Palma and his faithful pie
men
eve owe the Great American
Tax Reformer and Pieman a debt
of gratitude that We can never hope
to repay. Nothing else could have
stemed the Insurgent tide but his
tax laws. They are the wonder and
admiration of mankind /
''For forty long years Spain strug-
gled to subdue Gomez and his In.
surgents. Spain was rewarded with
a fiat failure. For the last FIVE years
our beloved President Palma has
been heroically fighting to drive Go
mez out of Cuba, but each day the
stern fact was stalking before him
that unless a Moses came TO his as.
sistance that he would not only have
to give up his pies but the ghost as
we'll But il is said that the Lord
is always on the side of the right
eous, and we verify believe this, in.
asmuch as all piemen are of the
righteous mold.
Cuban piemen, remember what
Spain could not accomplish in forty
years and President Palma failed to
do in FIVE years, that the Great
American Tax Reformer and Pie
man accomplished in two days after
landing on Cuban soil-drove Go.
mez and the Insurgents out of Cuba.
He accomplished like feat before
leaving his native country. We read
in American history that Gov. Daw.
son drove Gen. Chas. +. Teter and
his Insurgents from the land Of the
free and the home of the original
piemen.
"Is there a Cuban pieman who
will not agree with the Cuban Pie
that we should have a Dawson
Thanksgiving Day2' II there is he
should at once JOIN Gomez and Tet-
er. He is an enemy to Cuba and
her pies.
"Many of our piemen, in the ex
uberance of their Joy, have express
ed themselves as willing to make the
American Governor our President,
but he has steadfastly refused all
such overtures looking to the Pres
idency of Cuba. Herein again he
shows his great patriotism and
phlanthrophy Even a Washing
ton, whom the Americans proudly
boast of as the Father of his Coun-
try, did not refuse a Presidency
when he captured the pies from the
British Government and taught his
countrymen that to the victurs be-
longed the pies Think of this Gu.
ban piemen, and in the sacredness
of the family circle offer up a sup.
plication for the American Cover.
nor that generations yet unborn may
sing his praise when we are gone -
This is what makes me feel like
surrendenng the Temporary Cover
norship and taking the first tug on
the Kanawha and sailing for Cuba.
The Governor is having all the glory
and l am left to fight Gems. Teter
and Gomez and their Insurgents.
The pie is not worth the sacrifice.
The last issue of the Cuban Insur-
gent has just reached me. 1t ac-
knowledges that the cause which it
has fought for is lost. In an edito.
rial, addressed to the Insurgents, it
says:
"To the patriots who fought and
sacrificed life for what they believed
to be right the Cuban Insurgent is
sorry to announce that this is the
last issue that will be published on
the Island of Cuba, under its pres
ent management at least. For over
forty-hve years the Cuban Insurgent
battled with the Weylers and the
Palmas. 'Tis true they had the Iu-
surgent in close quarters az times,
but it never failed to wiggle out.
It's course was the cause of the pat.
riots of Cuba, and a patriot never
acknowledges a master, though that
master may be as famous as the
American Governor who styles him
self the Great American Tax Re
former and Pieman The Insur-
gent has reason to believe that this
American Governor, who accom-
Phshed our down fall, was driven
out of the United States by the pat
riotic Insurgents The brutal Pal.
ma will be fortunate indeed II the
American Governor does not de
prive him Of his pies when we are
gone.
"Our grand and patriotic leader.
Gen. Jose Miguel Gomez, is now
safely in the United States, where,
let us hope, he has found Gen.
Carlo reter, the leader Of the In
surgents in that country.
Gas the last parting shot the In
surgent would say, beware, Brutal
Palma r. the American Governor
is the pieman he represents himself
10 be the Insurgent does not envy
you your pies You will be hunt
ing the cane fields like Butcher
Weyler was hunting the road back
to Spain !"
There is tinge Of sadness in the
"Cnban InsurRenrsn last editorial