The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-21
THE SILENCE BROKEN

Information comes to us that Il
certain Quandam, Or some other
sort of dam, friend to John Bake.
White, has broken the silence and
has spoken big. This pimp said, in
speaking of the autho of these ar
~ticles, That somebody would use a
club on our. head and that he, tho
pimp, could take a buggy whip and
run us of the street."
There is no logic in brute force,
no argument in Il club and the pa
cifyinS influence of a whip is some
what questionable when used
by a pimp on a gentleman. Too long
has brute force been preeminent in
the domination OF political action.
Too long has thought force beel,
held under the bondage of brutality
and made subservient to the dicta-
ton of the bosses, who through the
power of money, the materialiZed
medium of brute force have controll-
ed conventions and elections, Sub
rdinate the will Of the people to
the domination OF scoundrels of the
worst type.
Too long have the masses been
under the thumb of the classes. held
under the influence of corruption.
through brute force-concreted Ill
action, against the unsus-
pecting, unsupicious populace. who,
when they a find all the offices
filled by 1ibertines, grafters, thieves
and pimps. If this pimp, aided by
other scalawags like himself, were
TO assault us, crack our heads, clot
our gray hairs with our own blood.
break our bones, addle our brains
yea, even kill us-what would be ac-
complished thereby? Would it
bring placidity to the perturbed men,
tality of the crooks of the admins
tration, which has been noted for
great ante election promises and the
most corrupt performances of any
the city ever had? Would it make
the lcprous ladies of the official ha-
rem on Fry street virgins again?
Would it recompense the twenty-five
special officers, who were robbed out
CT one dollar ach by the Chief of
Police? Would it produce the BICYCLES
stolen by the Chief of Police and
restore them to their legal
owners? would it wipe out the
crime of forgery, of which the Chief
Is guilty? Would it pay back to
John II. Mills and NJ. T.. Dawson,
twenty-five dollars each the chief
robbed them out Of? Would it cloa,
Friday Bedcll ofthe charge of false
swearing? Would it clear Shirley
Ross OF the charges o"fpeculation.
grating. m~alfcasance ana all AROUND
cussedness? Would it nuliify. alb
rogate, set aside and destroy the
writ Of ejectment gotten by Bill
Evans. through which John Baker
White and J. Shirley Ross were
driven off B~laine's Island2 Would
it prove that Bette Meade is con-
Quoting a decent boarding house in
stead oil a house of prostitution2
Would 1t convince the public thai the
inspection of the prostitutes of the
city is a phase OF civic righteousness.
rather than a species of Holley
graft?
Would it give John Baker White
sufficient integrity and apacit to
fill the Office of City Solicitor
Would it wipe out the stigma that
attaches to the administration for
stolen elections and flthiness that
would disgrace the devil Would il
do any of these things? There is
a G founded, deep seated conyic-
ton IN the mind of the public, hat
all that has been said against the au-
Illustrator is true. To answer
these accusations by assault, would
this conviction in confirm
alton strong as holy writ We are
not h~ankering after raw head and |
bloody bones notoriety. but if an !
assault on ne would u-i,. 49,, !