The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-10-20
Political Shysters and Corrupt Rings Must be Wiped
Out and Government Turned Over to the
Taxpayers s-Graft Must Go.
kanawf1a County Reeks with Graft and Corruptiofi-.
Elections are Stolen, Prostitution Fostered
and Workers Denied Legal Rights.

Inc issues CT the political battle in
h"na"ha this year are clear cut be.
tween the common people and rhe
commercfalized politicians.
It Is the same old fight between the
mouse OF Have and the House of
Want The beneficiarics of soecis; !;
privilege today are swaycd bv ;he
same impulses that have ALWAYS gov.
erned their class.
Past histors oft humanity in ATS
world old struggle against the tyranny
OF self constituted authority estab.
Nshed by the stony hearted possessors
u surplus wealth, shows that in all
ages ravehous politicians, the mer-
cenaries of the. bench and bar, law
makers and lawgivers or high and low
eSree,irrational pulpiteers, and the
uattickers i'll vice and human misery.
nave ever been the camp followers of
with demoniacal gIee at the futile at
every undesirable element in society.
and as the Romans used to say. Look
around. and the reason will stare you
IL the eve
hlsht here in Kanawha county. at
the present time. there exists a verti-
abe cesspool of political and indus.
'E't! corruption. so pronounced that
II mas become stencil in the nostrils
oil the entire county. The strong arm
OF physical force is used to harass
respectable citizens. ballot boxes are
slutled and elections stolen with I'M
punlty- The political powers that be
IN TINS county are moved to exult
with demoniacal glee at the futile at
ten'pts that have been made to dis
rouge them from their downy couch
Of political harlotry.
Politics. taken in It's true sc,r":-
'Hs science OF government. is Il sub
''ct worthy Of any mans best thought
but politics. as the people of Kanawha
c:Hnty and West Virginia have come
lS KNOW it. is Il thing to be dreaded as
peStiienCe. Politics seems to have
resolved itself into a nauseating mix
lure Of drunken rcvclry. robbery.
fo"iyism, prostitution, gambling. and
rascalit,.
The time is at hand for the workers
ana tanners of kanawha county. and
active force in the political affairs.
me agents of the money power grow
hc!C@r as they grow stronger. Look
~ the question from any angle we
may, and there is but one conclusi ion
70 be reached. and that is we have
this boaSted land of The free. m
consciously. perhaps. but none the less
Pc>,trely. developed an arrogant
a-istouracy who are planting their
'S@t or the necks of the common peo
9-'. and pretend they are born rulers
0; his great Republic. They look
TNh naughty contempt and self-as
Sertins superiority upon all who rn
take to thwart hem in their de
>i2hS unon popular and industrial
FSS1om. When their pretensions tc
!hla W arc challenged. these disci
I-Ss Of the God of Nammon resort tc
@'-TT device contained i'll rnc cate
S1-y cf unrighteorsress TO defeat tins
III ot the people.
st The farmers and worklngmeI
rally 70 th= support of the party o
u peoDle-the Socialist party ani
Nn3@sftating1y engage in 7he con
fhrt, to do and TO dare. acquitinl
ourselves in such manner as to Ieav'
i" a9nht IN the mind of any one tina
-"""' S'ancS unfinchinEly in the van
guard for restoration and continuet
"'' ."t"nance OF government. Th