West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

NNfN'A " NtAN fNlAkMnoti ARGUS talks like "A
photograph. Wonder who turns the handle that
winds him. Al the rate he has been going aimee
locating in West Virginia he doubtless has /, In
his mind that he has set fire 10 Preston county
several times already. After he has lived there
several more years he will learn that native Pres
tonians know a thing two themselves and that
they are not 90 green their appearance might
indicate We fear 7 HE ARGUS has fallen into had
hAnds' after 20 many years Of good sensible. far
seeing Slidell Brown We are rather sorry. too:
We were always glad TO see Tnr ARGUS prosper. -
Grafton Republican.
Does the Republican mean to
intimate that because THE ARGUS
is making the political atmosphere
too hot for the Republican rings
and machines it would be glad TO
see 1T meet with financial embar-
rassment. We hope not. We
would be sorry to know that there
was anyone connected with the
West Virginia press who was so
bllndly partisan that he would
wish a contemporary financial mis-
fortune on account of its honest
political views.
The structures which the Re-
publican has passed upon THE
ARGUS must be accepted by us as
highly complimentary. They carry
with them the evidence that the
exposures which THE ARGUS has
been making on the ring and ma
chine methods in Preston county
politics has helped to open the
eyes of the Republicans in "the
banner county" 1t has been the
means of setting the gentlemen at
the head of the Preston ring to
pleading and begging for mercy
irom those Republicans whom
they have scorned and anathem.
atlzed for years on account of their
rugged honesty. We are reliably
informed that this is the first time
since the ring organized that it
has dropped to its knees and ap-
pealed for mercy. But this year
they are only too glad to compro-
mise and concede to the insurgents
anything they may ask for if they
will only come back into the fold
and "vote the ticket straight"
We fancy that even the Repub-
llcan, which processes to be op-
posed to ring rule in Taylor coun-
ty, but one of the most ardent and
Jealous supporters of the state
house machine and its candidates,
cannot successfully deny that
Arnold c. Scherr would have
gotten the 26 delegates from Pres
ton county had not the ring ruth
lessly and arbitrarily ignored the
demand Of the rank and file of the
party for a primary election. And
the only way in which the ring
could secure one delegate from
Preston for Charles w. Swisher
was by having the insurgents to
agree 20 compromise. And the
Republican is aware that The ring
and the machine never ask for a
compromise until they are thor
oughly convinced that to meet the
opposition means certain defeat.
The editor of THE ARGUS real
lied shortly after locating in Pres
ton county that he had fortunately
fallen amongst honest, God-fear-
ing intelligent and thinking peo-
pie. He discovered that all he
had to do was to appeal to their
sense of justice, reason, and com
mon sense, and not their bias and
prejudice. His efforts along this
line have been more than justified.
In the recent primary election the
ring was not only beaten, but it
was completely routed, foot, horse,
and Dragon. We are not insen-
slble OF the fact that this grated
severely upon the sensibilities of
the Republican, for it meant the
loss of 26 delegates to Mr.. Swisher.
Therefore, when THE ARGUS called
attention 10 the inconsistency of
the Republican denouncing ring
rule 30 Taylor and applauding
and indorsing it in Preston we
naturally expected to hear it belly
ache and call for the paregoric.
Due allowance must be made
for tie crippled condition of the
journals prosperity and the full
dinner pail Also the bleating