West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-04-01
Why He Sneexes.

Our own Senator Nathan Bay Scott,
vii" Was not given the COMMITTEES assign
mcnts which hc believed lis party service
entitled him to, has declared that when
hc entered the senate lac contracted the
habit of sneczing every time the leaders
OF his party took pinch of snuff, but
hereafter lac will abandon his sncczing
habit and hunt hiS own 'possums.
The senator has all along been rccoy-
nizcd 10y the people of West Virginia az
an expert party sneczer, but they never
understood until now what il WAS that
was irritating the inner membrane of the
nose. The senator has made IL all plain
to the people now and they hasten To
congratulate him that the caus, has boen
removed AMI there will be- no more sneez-
ing IL il to bc hoped that the senator
VIII convey the glad tidings To hs brother
members who arr suffering from the same
inalady. II lac can cure them of the
sncczing habit il may be- possible to enact
some sort OF legislation that may bebeno-
hciaI to the toiling masses, But so long
airs the leaders insist on their pinch of
snuff that sets the millionaire members To
sncczing there is danger ahead for the
common people, for sncczing senator *
IN no condition to transact business of
such Importance to the middle class. In
Tact, IT Is questionable whether the people
would not be the gamer by such "A sneez-
ing representative remaining mt home and
having his pay check mailed 10 him. IL
Is a debatablc question at any rate.
Now that the sncczing habit has been
remcdied the senator might explain how
| hecontracted the habit OF standing Pat -
Is the snuff evil also responsible for stand
ing pat? We country folks are somewhat
suspicious OF such newfanglcd legislation.
and while we still boast that we are West
Nirginlans we are favorably impressed
| with the Missouri way of having the law
makers show how they enact laws on tbo
sneezing-stand-pat plan. We are going
to pay but very little attention to the cry
OF party and vote the ticket straight
until we have some assurance that this
1 i - ''V' ~ N'Ht'hut ihtculllJtly. we
are getting very close 10 the bottom OF
our meal tub and it will be necessary "a
draw the buckle in our belt up n few
notches to keep our pantaloons from tax.
ing drop. Sneczing and standing pat
down at Washington is adding NOTHING
to our meal tub, which is in position te
sympathize with the dinner pail.
We country folks are Just beginning te
get our eyes open to the fact that we ar,
the ones who have to pay the tariffs, tn,
taxes, and the high salaries OF the publ,
orfice-holders, and it has reduced on,
wallet to such flatness that we are fire.,
from nothing but the kidnappers. TIL,
district, county, state. and nation lev,
their tribute upon us with such regularit,
that we have come to look upon il as /
legal ransom and We We got to pay it OF
the sheriff will separate us from our sor
rel mare or brindle COW. We're gettin,
mighty tired of it and from this tim,
henceforth we are going to form a coun
try folks trust and see il we can't ge
better results by voting for those VIII,
have at least feeling for us We objec
to being further robbed by those who ar,
everlastingly protesting to be the friendl
OF the people. Because il is i'm the foIu
OF legal robbery it is no less a robbery