West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-08-16
CALLED DOWN.
The Journal Man Wakes Tn The
Wrong Passenger.

Error ARC US:-AllOw me sui. |
6c.en, space to inf ct upon a long
suffering public an exposition of the |
dense ignorance of one Horatio
Seymour Whetsell on the subject Of
the Dawson tax laws. II there is
one subject that interests the public
that he can discourse on intelligent
y he has the happy faculty of keep
ing u profound secret He was
never known 10 write a stick. full of
original matter. He simply rehash-
Is the writings Of others. 1t would
be a misnomer 10 call him an "edi.
tor" for he is lacking in every at
tribute that distinguishes between
the editor and the fake. But he is
no, wholly to blame for this, since
the Dawson fake tax laws has i'm
posed upon him the double duty Of
attempting TO deceive the Republi-
cans Of Preston and defending Daw-
son, so that he may be allowed to
hold public Office which his merits
could not get him in a competitive
examination with the lamented Felty
Stonebraker with due apologies to
Felty.
la the last issue OF his 1OeGkIy
publication, for political revenue
only, he has broken out afresh on
the Dawson tax laws and credits me
with being the real chocolate candy
that has caused him to be suffering
from insomnia and a torpid liver.
When once embraced in the arms
Of Morpheus he is tortured with hid
cous dreams OF how the people are
going 20 turn down Dawson and his
tax laws which means the loss of a
public Office to his takeship. Thus
am To be eruoifed for the con-
demnstion of the Dawson laws, and
the heeing OF post Office from the
arms OF a genuine faker
lie quotes with gusto and glee the
assessment Of the railroads by Gov.
Dawson and the Board OF Public
Works, and with feigned piety and
Christian spirit he calls upon high
Heaven 20 witness the herculean
efforts Of the governor to retain his
grip on the public Offices that he
may distribute them amongst those
who bow down and worship him.
Accepting The quotations Of the
| Journal OF the assessments Of the
railroads by Gov Dawson Che
Journal gives him full credit for
such assessments) ia is not difficult
task to convince the honest tax
payer who il seeking the truth that
Dawson did not assess the railroads
in 1898 az pear one third their
value, or that he has assessed them
10 1900 far beyond their 'yrue and
actual value The difference be-
tween SO, 600, 600 10 zoos and It's, o.
600, 600 in 1906 is st3s.ooo, 600.
The old tax law provided that prop
crty should be assessed at "a fair
cash value" viii the Journal pre-
tend to say that when Dawson as
scssei the railroads IN ZOOS al Ss6,-
600, 600 AMI 10 1906 a. SI7S, 900,
that be assessed the railroads al
anything like "a fair cash value2"
~ Be did NOS. curious public
wouii lac Co know Why he failed
o. da SD. 10 be is the protested
friend of the farmer and the wage
earner al the Journal would have as
believe be is. The Journal can take
bold ~ either horn Of the dilemma
in defense q the DAWSON railroad
asssssment. bat the people will rem
der their verdict on Nov. 9th
ii sould be asking too much Of
Intelligent people 10 expect that
Horatlo Seymour Whcisell had the
slightest knowledg, % Who assisted
in the election ~ BIN Dawson. All
thai IS enacted of a Machine follower