The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-19
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ttrrfuS 10 make the 1n1p reSStonon =
class of people who do not read thai
Mr. NJ. Hubbard has quit We'll. In
fact ne is not making a nonke OF
hinnse3f for the amusement OF either
his friends or enemies It issa busi-
ness proposition with him and it, Is
the right time IN the political moon for
him 10 be placed in a position 70 M nj
his measurement and exhibit his tall
sents and experience in the line OF
duty In which Mr.. Dovener has been
shonored for so long
+ we Sos advocate the idea of turn
ing the old horse out TO staTre or
Idle. neither do We advocate the idea
Sof feeding a fat porker forever OF
course. the howl is current with the
Dovener pushers that Hubbard viii
not stand for the rural routes Who
said so, and who did they tell? Some
body that don'tSread- Surely. no man
would have the audacity to try to pen-
ieuate the minds Of even an ORDINARILY
informed man with such fimsy piece
OF shoddy as that.
OF course, the majority OF postmas-
tiers feel grateful to Captain Dovener
and some rural reuters likewise and
perhaps a few civil service men may
feel near to his honor: occasionally
an old soldier. but the whole theory
with the above named element is per-
sonaI or In manner so. II IS not
general at all OF course. there are
some very loyal postmasters who are
supporters OF Republicanism from
start to finish and there are some only
loyal to themselves. Some could be
pointed out who have held the ONCE
for years and never took a Republican
paper. nor do not yet, and those same
government pets are looked upon by
the pushers of the various candidates
as leaders in the Republican party.
Shame would be a very light charge
to prefer against some of them
Is the honest and fair Republican
going to be swayed by a few postmas-
tiers who are afraid il Dovener goes
out that the postal service will stop
short forever or not2 At any rate TO
hear some few talk it looks like theS-
are silly. enough to believe it; or want
others to think so. Marion county,
pushers ought to be more enlightened
| than that. or not try to underrate their
neishbors BIZ sprinsinS such ideas
! thinking to make points in any direc-
ton by so doing. Marion county Is an
up-to-date West Virginia county and
that's no joke, and it would be an out
rage on the justice which is due its
people who so numerously represent
| its many enterprises in so many dif-
lerent capacities 10 think of abandon
! ing the rural routes or any part OF
/; them. and Hubbard doesn't think OF
such a thing no more than Dovenor.
That's the chafhest thing on the pres
emit record. With due respect to the
| majority of postmasters and the, POST
! Office Department. but really some
things make one think Of the story
told at Grafton about the first large
engine landed there. A little boy was
as were many others, much interested
|; in the engine and also anxious to see
the engineer. thinking he would be
quite as large as the engine. risky.
! little fellow was working around the
engine, no one taking MIN to be the
big enSfneman. so the boy says. "a
ask that gentleman where the engi-
neer is. So to Please the boy he did.
and the man said, II am the engineer
and the astonished boy looked up and
said. .Pa, 1t don't take much OF man
/ to run an engine, does it," II things
don't change it won't be long until
| that will be said or thought by some
| little boy about the postEasters In this
big United States Of America and
/ some big boys win say and think SO
too.
Hon B. B. Dovener is a good man MAJ D
So is w. P. Hubbard Some OF the
/ pushers and postmasters, some OF the
rural reuters and soldiers. a few OF
| the civil service men are for Dovener
! for personal reasons. The conserva
tive. the broad-minded- the fair. the the
common people and the general PEG
pie are for who?-for Hubbard
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