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


the means of discrediting my injunc-
ton To- the faithful to vote the tickle:
straight from President to constablei
| have taken the matter up with the
County Commissioners and | hope
to have the assessment Of the Old
Family Journal building raised high
enough to satisfy the dignity of the
old lady.
al wish you were here to see the
army of the faithful, who never fail
TO vote the ticket straight from
President to constable, which the
Old Family Journal and the Ring
have taught them from infancy.
They are swarming to town like a
lot of bees, they are so tickled over
the assessment under our new tax
laws. Every one of them are clam
oring to have their assessment raised
higher. 1t is just dawning on them
the immense increase IN their wealth
under our new tax laws. The Old
Family Journal and Ring cannot
find words to express their great JOY
at the wonderful success of our new
tax laws.
"You should see Deacon Brown
and Leader Shaw They are fairly
wild with rage because the farmers
are holding jubilee in honor of
our tax laws 1t is being whispered
on the streets that the farmers are
discussing the ACCESSIBILITY of organ
izlng a vigilant committee and rid
ing the Deacon and the Leader on
a fence rail. This will give you a
faint idea of the excitement we are
having in town. Wish you could
come over and spend few days
with us and enjoy the fun"
/ have always felt that our new
tax laws would do just what Bro.
Whetsell has written me. | am sor-
rY to hear that Deacon Brown and
Leader Shaw will have to leave the
old town on the Fence Rail route.
They were no doubt honest in be-
lievlng that our new tax laws would
not initiate their pocket. books. The
Old Family Journal and myself en-
deavored to convince them that
once our new tax laws got into full
operation that il would take the
hide of an elephant to make them a
pocket book to hold their spondulix.
But they were obstinate, and like
Bro. Reed, of the Preston Republi-
can, they informed us that they were
from Missouri. If what Bro. Whet-
sell writes me be true, suppose the
farmers are going to "Shaw" them
how pleasant it is to ride the fence
rail.
Why is it that so many people are
prone to believe that our tax laws
would not increase their assessment
Without an increased assessment on
the old farm you cannot hope to
grow rich. When this unexpected
wealth begins to flow into the peck
cts of the people they will under
stand why it was necessary for Gov.
Dawson to hold so many midnight
conferences down here in Charles
ton. 1t will also explain to them
the necessity of placing a quaran-
tine on the Bowsry and the red light
districts during a political cam
paign. 1t would have been an utter
imposslbili,y for us to have made
our tax laws such a grand success
had 1t not been for the conferences,
the Bowery and the red light dis
tricts.
The last letter received from Gov.
Dawson is to the effect that he is
going to remain in Canada. He
writes that his new tax laws are TAX
ing deep root in the Canadian soil
and the people are most enthusiastic
over the prospect of growing rich
like the farmers in America. | have
just sent cablegram to him about
the excitement in Kingwood and the
rumor Of the rail ride for Deacon
Brown and Leader Shaw.
THE RAMBLER.