West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09
yersation with him / am satisfied he
has been eminently successful.

yersation with him / am satisfied he
has been eminently successful.
1t is indeed painful to me to have
TO send pack the sad news TO Pres
ton that Gov. Dawson is having his
own troubles with the rebelhous
element of his party over the last
cargo of pies. 1t is family rum
pus something like they are having
in Russia. And like the Russian
fracas it is spreading. l am Bro.
Dawson's chief adviser That's my
business in Charleston, aud il the
family disturbance keeps up you
will not see my genial aud smiling
face in Preston for the next four
years. shall do what l can TO
make life comfortable for Bro. Daw-
son, but at the same time | am not
disposed 20 silence the voice that
compels me to remain here for four
years.
Col. Chas. +. Teter is the bull in
the china shop which Gov. Dawson
insists on shaking the red rag at and
infuriating. have advised Bro.
Dawson that It Col. Teter gets loose
that l am not going to be response
bic for the ohinaware. l have a
kindly feeling for Col. Teter because
he is a good power and can raise a
great deal of dust during the primary
excitement. There is another fellow
over in Monongalia county that
like to encourage. He can below
and roar in the highest key and it Is
musical and enchanting. / refer to
Bro. Geo. c. Sturgiss, who built the
Black Bottle railroad. Bro. Stur.
glss has been building railroads ever
since. He has never been success
as pieman. The cook always
spoilt his pie in the pastry. Made
it too rich for his stomach.
The Teter people submitted
proposition to me the other night
which I laid before Gov. Dawson,
which was in effect that they were
willing to compromise on half of the
pies. The Governor grew pale af-
ter reading it. He has been indis-
posed ever since. DR.. Lanham, who
was called in, says the Governor is
threatened with pieletis.
The people of Preston have rea-
son to feel proud of their represen-
tatives down here. Senator Samuel
b. Montgomery, who is acknowl
edged to be the handsomest man in
Charleston; Col. Joe Davis, who is
voted the noblest Roman of them
all; Delegate w. b. Freeland, who
is pointed to as the farmer. states
man, and Senator Hughes and Col.
Chas. w. Wolfe, who occupy seats
at the first rie counter. All you
have to do IS to announce you are
from Preston and they all cry out in
chorus, "He votes her straight I"
This makes us feel bigger than
Leader Shaw when he gets after the
Jim Committee. There is some
thing about Preston county Repub-
licanism that is not found in other
civilized communities. 1t is Ike
the lepoard's spots, it can't change
as long as the Jim Committee has
full control of the public patronage
and Bro. Dawson wants Office. We
honor them and we fight for them.
Just now we are having a great
deaf Of trouble with Charley Elliott
and the Standard Oil Company
They imagine they hold mortgage
on the old party and they think it
is time to foreclose it. At the last
nightly conference this question was
up for discussion. Gov. Dawson
spoke very eloquenlly and earnestly
and told us up until the night Of
Nov. Sth that Charley Elliott and
the Standard Oil Company did rave
o mechanics lien on the party, but
on the morning Of Nov. 9th he paid
them of and the old party is at
liberty to advertise for bids The
Governor stated with some warmth.
which is foreign 20 his composition,
that he was privileged to reject any
and all bids that did not meet the
appreciation Of the Pie Committee.
Of which he is chairman Ie as
sured the conference members, Of
which 1 am one, that they have re-
cieved some very hattering bids
from the Fraternsl order Of Grafters
add Benevolent Order Of Boodlers,
which, in his humble judgment, the
Pie Committee should consider be-
fore The John Cornwel Committee
make their report. It was his opin-
ion that many Of the bids might be
Withdrawn when the Conwcll Com
mLllce renorIed and canand Ernn.