The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-22
me EDlToa's pAsTiNe ADVICE

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SsH HtSss intricate questions aastng5 fFon the dNsslgRs e me ta. prob oh
arise and 81 having too many dabhung tn5tass editorial sEa :shsnRsl " asges
gotten GU. ssP press 9.so a syu u S a. To Gle ssartSs'desk and ssathe old
vessel st[ etsf f9E t t RStor@Yoar3 Majesty. your expressions o. confidence
tn nv ability greatly natter me, and your orders shall be carried out 70
2 E - Ed66or-Mc. what do you think about my pOies Of keep
inr up the political fake cprrespondenee% that is such q great stunt Mn5
nef permanent Edtos-WeL ! hardly know what e advise You sgs about out that
= = s Sl worn work ven with those who do not read the vrgntan I guess we
had better keep that up a While longer. n.+ = un mn. y q !
few ays' and am thinking Of dating Il from Charleston. as -, we have s used
t tsa rbn1se STATE and no doubt it will be copied by the entire Democratic
press / want to picture Dawson 6 ranch = a. tn9 ne ea osgsn tsps ~ ~
tbsn %nose Of amending the Constitution so as. to- provide for the election
~ taaEy one .. s. senator from each state. in which. event he will glide into
Oh ths os shoes Of both Elkins and Scott and will satnrae their brognna with
q sufficient quantity Of red Pepper Iol pres vent ' gnsn ss ne D9 gnrid a4 fSs At.
t Mo . Excitement ttem :
der and johnny McGraw will slide in in spite Of the devil.
81 n ofaKesh flt"E Ednorswhat do you think about prolongi"e The aet
tation Of the Tax Book Question? Yn see. We were getting an aors sa al nEnt
s Ia41 but that darned Dog Tax" editorial made a Laughing stock of
1e Permanent smt1 Edtor-weI. walt You viii have. to get used to that; #
you had been editing q paper a sion long La. as ! have have f . ~ : n9e ea = t Sg Dops
about a little G1Ln&au ike L1lG VIVA" 49, HS ~
Get back on the broad gauge track and keep it hot You see our m IN
+ho+ Ia "a datract the peoples attention from. the man question, me Ia
avg 7 tell @ as sure a we are sitting here tonight that II VMy eng
mt tese cards showing horn much lower 80 per cent OF the peoples tax
az uu he as comparl with 1904 the Virgfnian with its 3OOO @Hctauon
eoes 10 publishing a list OF all who have been hepehted D tut new law,
az the wheeling IntAigencer is now. doing, theyswM peat us III sWe "
III No keep ont bat something else into their heads II you ean IL
WON'T III to meet the issue in the face of the tax ngures.
Col Makeshitt-what am 1 going to do about this horrible ness they
are nubrsbine about my working for the Republican ticket six years -
and about this railroad plank that we have that can be construed 70 ead
either way? You see, they couple that with my ahNaton with TN b. Y:
and It makes a pretty hard case.
permanent Edtor-W-ly. Why, 1 tell you what lWouid q o IN a case
of hat kind / would hunt up that Interview you gave out someume ago
in which you said that you had not attended a Democratic convention or
roa1sa and other interests, .apudiae that statement through these columns
~ SNARE yourself at once, and show your party that you have buried the
tomabaw and that you are now with it to stay That's the stand to TX
THAT will make o consistent with the policy Of thsp paper, on yu see
COL Makeshfft-I guess you are right, n old head for SOUND auHce eV
or fine Bring m e ~ pen and paper clear nut the legal ant pd aG
verusements from the editorial page, give me a broad gauge HaeH WIN
namvh ballast and will send the editorial column of the Time SHINING
through the Monongahela valley like a meteor. Twill becoud the para
mount issues in editorial dust till they cannot be recognized by friend nor
permanent Editor-Dont let the enthusiasm get the best of your judg-
roent wait. Yu see that the Vrgrian now reaches about three times as
NAM people as 1t did whAn we used to have things Dur way. u vas easy
enough to ignore 1t III those days and ride rough shodoVer its infant form,
mt things have changed. I would not of course, say this where 1t would
get ont but 1t is a fact, nevertheless
PERHAPS we had better let the tax book question rest ant l VII see
poY again befoFe I leave and give you another subject that will gveo pt
a better cloud of dust You see, it is this way. in a easeo I TINS NMp' Me
duer the subject the more dust you IAN raise from it.
awavb before, some of the Toys wrote o big editorial and almost committed
the nanert to Bryan. Think We want to go slow on that. l am atraham e
Interests will not stand for that and we may have TO repudlate nun S@
Exeonts which being interpreted means, they oil went out