West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-10-22
A FALSE PROPHET
Taylor County Paper Sailing Under
False Colors.
TAKES A WHIRL AT THE ARGUS
Statement or Facts Damaging 20 Re-
publican Party-Exposure OF Ma
chine Extravaganza.

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county Of Taylor it must not take
oftense, for no otfense is meant. At
no period in its existence has il felt
more kindly toward the Republican
than at this moment, and when It
recalls a few of the predictions
which IL has made within the past
six months 1t must admit tha, il has
been Failing under false colors as a
prophet.
In solemn, but laundering tones,
with all the lung power It could
command, it avowed from day to
day that Charles Wesley Swisher
would be 'elected governor of West
Virginia by IS, 900 majority" When
Boss Elkins began to clip the Swisher
wings that he might not soar away
with the governorship the Republi
can averred IN strenuous accfa1m
that "Charley Swisher will never
Withdraw" After Swisher withdrew
and Boss Elkins substituted Willie
GIasscock the Republican declared
emphalically and authoritively that
Glasscock would not resign the office
| OF internal revenue collector. Many
more such prophecies were INDUCED
in 10y the Republican, and each and
every one proved false.
Not content with its fDrmer tall
ures as prophet the Republican
takes a Turn a, the wheel of fortune
and asserts that THE ARGUS is help
ing the Republican machine by ex-
posing its political corruptionl Ian.
guage is inadequate to characterize
such infantile nonsense. Neither
the Preston county ring nor the
state machine will indorse the Re
publican's declaration. While The
ARGUS has always observed the iules
governing political fight and has
never struck below the belt, 1t has
landed its punches SO effectively on
the ring and the machine that they
were often groggy, and all that
saved them from going down for
the count was the sound Of the gong.
But The ARGUS is not through with
the ring and the machine, and when
1t lands few Of its uppercuts and
hooks which il has in reserve for
them the gong will not save them
and they will go down Tor the count
on November 3. The ''ple" will
then revert TO its legitimate owners
and the wall that will tteD 60 up
from all over the state can be dis.
tinctly heard by the Elkins' duke IN
his Italian castle.
No, the Republican is one Of
those who mas realized all along that
The ARGUS has confined itself strict
ly to the record of the Republican
stewardship in West Virginia. A
plain statement of the facts was
most damaging TO the Republican
party, because it shows that .hey
have wantonly and wilfully squan
dered the peoples money. The
wastefulness and extraysgance OF
the Dawson administration has been
so great that it has cost the taxpsy
ers as much for four years Of Re
publican rule as il cost them for
twelve years Of Democratic rule.
THE ARGUS has been the one paper
N the state that has been exposing
this. When IT FIRST began the ex.
posures the people stood aghast and
the Republican machine organs
through ignorance attempted 20
deny il. But when they intero-
gated the chief executive at Charles
ton they learned that The ARGUS
was quoting from the records. The
increase in the state appropriations
was so stupendous that the organs
could not believe that it could have
reached such magnitude without
them getting little more Of the
swag. But 1t had, and they found
that the records confirmed TIE
charges Of THE ARGUS.
THE ARGUS is aware that il will
be no solace to the Republican to
inform It that the good people Of
Preston county consider The ARGUS
the standard of authority on the ex-
penditures OF county and state. In
vestigation has proven that it hews
to the line and lets the chips fail
where they may. And when The Re-
publican receives the retunus srraa
Preston county it viii know that
THE ARGUS has landed the knock,
out blow.