West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-01-29
TrnnA AlrA. Jam. 20. lel4.

beg to protest with that solemnity
| which should bring tears 10 the eyes Of
the Journal and News against their
who have not been provided with pub
| lie Office by our first citizen, the Hon.
James Samuel Lakin, the man who holds
| the megaphope close To the ear OF our be-
| loved Gov. Hatfield who IL terror to
erratic "skunks!"
Pardon me If revert to little ancient
| history to justify our public-spirlted citi-
zens for wanting to be enrolled on the
pay roll at Charleston. Those who lived
in the age in which am about TO recall
will remember the memorable Republican
National Convention which met 10 nomi-
| nate a candidate for President. How val
| iantly the old guard fought for the nomi-
nation Of the hero of Appomatox and the
famous apple tree 1t was Roscoe Conk-
ling who lead the immortal BOG i'm the
| charge. Our own Archie Campbell was
| one of the generals who was directing the
forces against Conkline. When the inn
perial Roscoe attempted To crush Archie
it brought forth that patriotic utterance
which West Virginians point to with
| PRIDE wear my sovereignty under my
own hat"' Liitcn, brethren, il was a
battle OF the spolsmen At this exciting
moment il was Delegate Flanagan, of
| Texas, who arose in the convention and
Numbered forth, what are we here for,
| if not the public oflices2' And would
ask the Journal and News what il the
Terra Alta royal family here for il not to
get possession of the public offices? Let
it be known that they come first. Does
not the royal blood of public office flow
through the the veins OF j. S. Lakin,
| Will White, Farley DeBerry, Charley
Miller and l.. V. Reed? Then why at
tempt to deprive them OF that Inheritance
which has been bequeathed to them by
King Dawson? You all know King Bill
and how unselfishly he has refused TO ac-
cept public office
plead guilty TO admiring the name
"JacksonW The pages Of American his
tory are dotted with the blood OF that
name, commemorating the heroic deeds
Il
And in the field of craftsmanship il
stands pre-eminent. Therefore after the
royal family has been provided for
would respectfully ask our first citizen,
the Hon.. Jim Sam Lakin, to not over
look Col. Thomas b. Jackson and Maj
Maurice j.. Jackson VINO are honest, com
petent and deserving of any public office
to which they may aspire. Brethren,
am no knocker, am booster
note with degree of pleasure that is
invigorating that "Clover Hay" has
moved his residence to Reno and insists
that climatic conditions make him ssh
mon Ford" A kind OF DR.. Jekyel and
Mr.. Hyde. Well. it was one OF his tricks
when we were college chums." When
ever you freed him Glover would hunt
the hay. But / have him so far up the
tree this time that he cannot Twill the
public observe that have dispensed with
the apostrophe?) return to terra firma,
which is a good word to use when you hit
the ground. HIS letters create no excite
ment save curiosity, and this has reflex
influence and he is the worried captive.
He knows that his criticisms OF the county
court are not for the good of the tax
payers, and his efforts to exasperate
them are as numerous as his habitations.
With flourish of trumpets he accused
the court OF ordering an audit that would
prove worthless to the taxpayers as far
as recovering one penny. Then he boldly
asserts that it will cost thousands of dol
lars with not one cent recovered to pay
the audit. It has been shown that if the
court does not recover another nickel
from the audit that the amount already
recovered will pay for the audit and
leave balance of few Thousand dollars
in the county treasury. Then he harps
about the county road built inValley dis
trict, which was built uDon the petition
OF the people OF that community.
Next he shouts "Gibsons, Gibson lum-
Der company" Is have gathered Int
tie data on it j will say that b. T. Gibson
is not a member Of the firm, and Gibson
Lumber Company does not own one acre
OF lumber east OF cheat river. The next
cry was that road engineer, A. f.
McMiller was turned out" This is
pure fabrication OF diseased brain.
McMillen's time had expired October
1911, he drew a salary of 5000 per year.
j. X. Monroe was employed at per
diem and since October 1911 Monroe has
not drawn 500 from the county treasury.
Is not this quite a saving to the taxpayers?
Besides this the court has wiped ont the
Indebtedness Of the county which was
legacy left it by the partisan courts, which
makes the county free OF debt for the
first time since the civil war. Not only
is the county free Of debt but it has a
balance in the treasury OF over SO 900.
do not intend that Glover Hay" shall
escape with his allegations and accuse
tons. lie must produce the concrete
evidence before he can claim a conviction
Of the court. ! have submitted my evi.
nence % the jury, (the taxpayers, . and IL
q up TO IL 10 render the verdict. RI "Clo-
yer Hay does not submit his evidence
he must stand branded az bearing false
witness against his neighbors
! find this letter quite lengthy but /
cannot close without first making my bow
70 the stsid old Journal and reminding it
IN as polite language a. can command
that its array Of figures prove nothing.
! The point Of controversy is that the
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