West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-05-20
"a Kicking Democrat Scorched to the
Very Core!
Kingwood. May IS, isis.

Kingwood. May IS. lsf5.
Editor Argus: For some time a
man who lives here in Kingwood MAS
been writing under a Terra Alta date
line to the Journal and signing his ar
ticles "A Kicking Democrat" This
man is well known and is an ex-Re-
publican Office holder. and IL he is n
Democrat am glad there are so few
Democrats like him. He is very mad
and what rifles his ire is because The
Argus will not help the Republican
party clean house. IL he will lust
wait until the next election the people
Will give the Republican party lots OF
time to clean house.
At the last Presidential election they
gave them indefinite leave OF absence
and at the next election the people are
ging to extend the leave of absence
by re-electing Woodrow Wilson Presi-
dent OF the United States and I am
glad to say that while they were lit
tie slow commencing Teddy and
Barnes are now at II cleaning house.
In this state we will give them an in
definite leave by electing complete
state ticket from governor and United
States senator down.
Kicking Democrat" who is a stand
pat Republican. is not worried about
the money he claims is being wasted
as his actions during his long public
career have shown. That is not what
Is rubbing him. He and his standpat
associates have tried for years to get
rid of the Preston News. First they
tried to keep 1t from starting; then
they tried to starve IL out. Failing I'm
all this they tried to get the editor a
job so he would go away and quit
Dothering them, but failed in that be-
cause the job had to go to another
Kicking Democrat to hold him in the
Republican party and to help him re-
pay money debt to some big Repub-
lican Office holders.
Why don't you jump on this man.
kicker? He doesn't do anything more
10 earn his salary than Jackson for
the reason he doesn't know how. He
wasn't appointed because he knew
now but for the reasons above men,
toned kicking Democrat" and his
standpat associates are to blame for
Jackson having job as they all work
ed hard to get him one so they could
get him out of their way. III they
could accomplish that they think they
could get back in power and have a
free hand to picking they used to have
and OF the times when every one in the
county must come in and bow to them
and of the campaign Doodle they pock.
eted.
The News and its editor are largely
TO blame for them being deprived of al
this picking and power. If il were moi
Tor the News, Kicker & Co. think the,
could have both hands and feet In tho
county treasury as they did i'm the
past. If you are sincere, kicker, dom
stop on one little 500 per month of.
ice holder. Show up some of your
old associates who held office while
acting as chairman OF State and Con.
gressional campaigns who now aid
and abet what you complain of. Some
OF your buddies at home who don't dc
what they are paid to do. Also there
are other transactions right at home
where your political buddies have rob.
bed the people of immense sums that
you KNOW of. You might tell the
public something about them. These
sums would pay 800 per month mar
for many years.
Just hold your anger, kicker, and
we shall finish burying your old party
so far that even you cannot smell the
stink.
A REAL DEMOCRAT