The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-28

$500 ooo DOC is dug ut of III ground by o farmers, or created by the
- keep ready al enormous butchering machine; to keep, ready a body
eff aIe eaD mark,ns~eh ready to butcher other ~orkinsmen. for the be
The x time a Democratc or Republican politician comes round
making speeches in your locality, ask him a few questions Ask him
what his party. or n party in tn worlde except the Socialist party. is
it is Necessary fol the United States to spend enourb ., ui,aris aacb
year to huihd over ninety thousand miles If Macadamized stone road,
while you farmers drive through mud n water. along miserable
trails h pass fol roads I've the greater part of this United States.
Yes and while GU are about it,, ask him what his party a ever done
for te laborer or farmer, M what it has. ever done or will do towards
abohshing unemployment and poverty.
want this thing KEEP up. if on don't vot Tor The only party O
EARTH tina has a cure for poverty. war and He'll m earth.
Have our Demo-Repubnean bipartisan city administration no to
defend them agains tn sehious charges that have zen published in these
columns from time to time? If these charges are tr or daly papers
have nesiected their duty in o taking them u Up and forcing he parties
responsible to resign OF fa impeachment proceedings. II hey are false
lts te DUTY or these riga to refute them, but they cal o dc their
duty by h public m remain silent. If it is right for u Mayor and
Recorder to ptstraw bonds. why pot come u nc say %. if it is right
~ar eme G1 he s OF ron9 no to raj sfto thir tyI and one,hird per cent of n
"ases n te special PONCE defer him in it, If it was right for the ciy
officials to accept hush money from tn bootleggers m gamblers and
Mail. have taken u these charges. The Mail summons nm sua5ctentc con-.
& to throw a few editorial squibs at h Chief of Police. u sine a
certain affidavit appeared they have discontinued. Wonder if the Chief
was given immunity in lou for that affidavit? Your silence O these
questions stamp II that las been said with h truth. The public have
citizens of or city will hav a n opportunity to rebuke these corrupt po-
hticians as hey deserve, IL they will NJ OF be slow to take advantage
oft the opportunity.
Socialism ems to be worrying Senator Chiffon n his Gazette. Not
a week passes without the morning cxcus devoting at least a column of
t ,%er worthless worthless C eato'iai space to a sens'ess and nreasona attack o
tn back bone ann couraro 70 onmo nt' aad mano 81 ee u m, Jacks
principles. but resorts to that cowardly method of insinuations. They
strike 70 ambush. always keeping behind cover. Conn nut in the
open gentlemen; be willing 10 give and take. Don't throw stones in tho
dark, it is cowardly. What we have to say about the Democratic party
inc its politicians their corrupt methods will be sad openly and
ABOVE board. Our policy is to strike straight from the shoulder nd ct
it hit who it may.
A. Saunders, the reform administration patrol driver, remarked
to Mr.. Geo Burke, a respected citizen, that NO n but a ann fool
wourd read h aho Argus" If u memory don't fail US this SAL re-.
former Geo Saunders a few years ago that he could neither read
Dr. write to saw himself iron the pcnitcntiary o a forgery charge. If
This reforner did nt perjure himself o. that occasion he is 90 big a
fool to read anything. We are informed that Geo. Saunders al read
n WRITE hence he was guilty If perjury when he sworeh N could mi
IT is material Ito us what such as Geo. Saunders thinks about h
Argus Jul ms language INT actions as a city official towards a spec
adj citzen shou be investigated by our board of affairs and that igno
ranlus who can neither read or write should be dropped from the ctys
IA ROLL. Mr. Saunders o either can't read the Labor Argus hence
knows nothing about it,. or o are a perjurer and should heve gone tt
the e with the other forgers.
nat Chiffon declares Ia he die o buy his sea in the United
states enate. So anxious is lie to lave tn people believe this statement,
nat he even The Judge oft h Circuit Court of Wyoming county adj
1ourn court. in order to give him an opportunity to Prov his innocence
% N citizens OF lfnevile vicinity, and he devoted the larger part
of a speech to hat end. We sincerely hope that h Senate is lot
guilty We wish Ii @ could show beyond doubt that his seat in the U. s.
Senate was not purchased. But it will take lotso eoquence % overcomc
the effect of Governor MacCorkles action in smothcring an Investigation.
An of Investigation while the Legislature a in session., would
ave been wortha tCno of talk
Senator w. E. Chiffon must certainly b a verybusy man.. He has as
sumo" w tremendous tasks. One is to prove to the people of West Vr-
G1nia ht he did nt buy his sea in h United States Senate n the
the to convince them that he present economic system. Will its official
rupi n graft. its poverty II unemployment. its vas wealth, it's
Grim n degeneracy, is the bst that an b devised Wonder if he ever
heard nj old saying about "itinG o IF more than yu cal e
spanish workers kept at work. atb ayonets point" reads a dispatch
rom Spain. his should be a valuable suggestion to our own capital
lists. Our State Militia and the Regular Army might well be employed
When traiorous labor leaders nd "Civic Federations" fall to shen
the "orkcr satisfied with low wages. we could try bayonets instead.