West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-06-01

should be some protection TO a man
who can point out TO US the errors
of our way, even though he has to
begin four feet below our brain.
But 10 be brief: Under the old law
| paid so for a hotel license and
under your tax law ! have Just paid
SIS. Is this what you call reduc-
ton in taxation? p? Just keep your
ear close 10 the ground on June 9th,
1905, we are going TO have 4 kick
ing match on that day and kick the
stufiin out of your tax laws"
will quote a passage from an
other letter which reads thus
Hello, Governor | know you
will be glad to hear that l sold my
dwelling. Your tax laws brought
about the sale. Your assessor rails
ed the value from $500 TO 81, 600.
This was like getting money from
home. | couldn't stand prosperity
and the dinner pail running over.
So | sold the old shack for 500.
The fellow sold to had not heard
of your wonderful tax laws. Chair
ty begins at home and / could not
tell him. Please drop him a postal
(I enclose name and address) and
give him full particulars so he can
get ready for the Sheriff's sale. If
you have any more tax laws con.
cealed about your person bring them
up the next time you visit Preston. +"
Now | could quote from hundreds
of letters which are coming to us
from all parts of the State defying
our authority and coudemning our
tax laws. Is it any wonder that
grief is my constant companion ?
The only friends we seem to have
left is the Standard Oil Company,
the Gas Trust, the Coal Companies
and the Railroads. SO far we have
received no protests from them
against our tax laws.
The Governor is a firm believer
in the Biblical maxim: "Thou
shalt not muzzle the OK that treadeth
out the corn" The Standard Oil
Company is the best OK we have to
pull for the administration. In or
der to Tighten his burden we took
off the tax lease. We expect him
TO do some good treading in the
Preston county corn fields. The
latest reports from there state that
the Standard OK is the only one that
can save our tax laws from distruc.
ton.
The news has just reached us of a
great gathering of the clans in King
wood last Wednesday. 1t was in
response to a pathetic call from the
Jim Committee, who expect TO make
an assignment in favor of the New
Commanders after June 8. A copy
of the call, which was sent the Gov
ernor and myself for inspection and
approval, IS as follows:
"HEADQUARTERS or THE
I'M COMMITTEE.
May 10th, 1905.
Ny DEAR PUNcHER:
You are commanded
to appear before the Jim Committee
on Wednesday May "a, and show
cause why you have not been punch
ing the animals to greater activity
in this campaign A great crisis
confronts us, which means political
death to the Ring and Gov. Daw-
sons tax laws, unless our brave and
patriotic punchers get out among
our loyal subjects and punch them
up to realization of the danger to
the Ring and the Dawson laws. If
our heretofore loyal subjects do not
appear on June 9th and vote her
straight the enemy will literally
wallop the pies out of us. Imagine
wha; a pieman would be wish the
pies hogged out of him. Be sure
and come to Kingwood on Wedncs
day and bring your lunch along to
save expenses.
The report of the Jim Committee,
which the Governor received this
morning, states that 2, 500 punchers
(the estimate majority for Bro.
Lakin) assembled in Kingwood to
receive their Remembrance, (Which
Bro. WhetselI, Of the good old Fam
lily Journal, has been hugging close
to his bosom since he left his Dem
ocratic home. Had it not been for
the remembrance" Bro. Whetsell
would be still dwelling on the Dem
ocratic sod and picking the bugs
from the potato vines. His fame
as a bug pickist extends 10 all the
nations Of the civilized world and
the howery kingdom We are ex.
pecting Preston 20 give us a gully
washer for Bro Lakin, the Ring and
the Dawson tax laws. We want 10
point with pride TO Preston's vindi.
cation and Endorsement Of the Ring
and our tax laws which the Keyser
convention failed to ralify and eulo-
gize
We are glad to see Bro. John
Wallace, Of the Intel'igenccr's Blu
rcau Of Information, over in the old
Second gathering the opinions of
those who make a speciality Of
guessing before the ballots are
counted. The guessing so far has
been source Of great comfort 20
the Governor and myself We hope
Bro Wallace viii turn a deaf ear TO
any change Of sentiment in the
guessing contest. We arc fearful of
rapid change Of sentiment If old
remembrance" should meet with