West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-09-21
WORTH CONSIDERING.

WORTH CONSIDERING.
One Of the gratifying signs is the
manner in which so many Repub-
lican newspapers, which have here.
tofore supported the policy of "vote
the ticket straight" are deserving
the Machine The wave of genuine
reform which is sweeping over the
country is contagious, and our Re-
publican brethren find that the great
rank and file of all political parties
will no longer support political
party which has built up a political
machine to continue lot of grafters
and cut throats in office. This is
as il should be. There can be no
reform so long as the grafters h old
the public Offices and control the
political machinery, known as the
Organization" which the Journal,
the Republican and the "Fridays"
plead with the rank and file to stand
by and vote for the Machine ticket.
In the State of Missouri we find
Gov. Folk, Democrat, fighting
the Democratic Machine OF Miss
oufi. He has already landed some
of the grafters behind the prison
bars where they properly belong.
Out in Wisconsin we find Gov.
Larolle'te, a Republican, making
war on the Republican Machine and
giving it no quarters.
Mayor Weaver, who was really
elected Mayor of Philadelphia by
the Philadelphia Machine, is wag-
ing relentless war on the Philadel.
phia Republican Machine.
Ex- Postmaster Smith and Wana.
maker, whose Republicanism can
no! be questioned, are fighting the
Pennsylvania Republican Machine
openly and above board. We find
this State of affairs all over the
country. 1t is not a fight against
any political party, but a fight
against GRAFTERS and POLITI-
CAL MACHINES. The rack and
file of all political parties are deter
mined that the GRAFTERS the
political BOSSES and MACHINES
must go. The partisan and pre-
judicial cry Of "stand by the party
and vote the ticket straight" belongs
to the nineteenth century. We
have moved up a peg or two in the
twentieth century. The Journal,
the Republican and the Fridays"
are still slumbering in the 10Th cen
tury.
The question is, how can this re-
form in politics be accomplished
other than through the agency Of
non partisanship We must place
good citizenship above partisan
politics. II we do not, then the
political Machine has nothing to
fear. SO long as the Machine can
rally the people to its support by
its partisan cry of "yotc the ticket
straight" so long will Il continue to
rob the people and prosper.
1t is evident to the most casual
observer why the Journal, the Re-
publican and the Fridays" are so
desirous that the Republicans of
Preston county continue to "vote
the ticket straight" They are the
bene6ciaries OF the Machine and
Rings partisan politics. They argue
and properly so, that If they can
persuade The rank and file of the
party TO listen 20 their partisan cry
OF "yotc the ticket straight that
they shall continue to hold the pub.
lie Offices while the rank and file
must be satisfied with "yoting the
ticket straight" Is IL any wonder
that they yell and below and paw
the sod when TIE ARGUS points out
to the people that the only way in
which they can destroy the Machine
and King is through non-partisan-
ship ?
We want the non-ofice holding
Republicans to consider what we
have said without bias or prejudice.
Weigh the facts carefully and see f
we are not right