Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1852-10-01
The Canal Commissioner,

I[gpkin-, it seems, IS Il rcitqJle man, % with
public experience and general qualifications
equal to the post Of Canal Commissioner, or
any other which might be assigned him
which interpreted into plain English, means
we suppose that Hopkins would be fit for
President if a locofoco convention of politi-
cal huckstors could agree on no one else, and
therefore setAio, up as they lately did another
great man." whose light thus far had been
hid under 4 bashel We begin 10 believe
ourselves that Hopkins Is reliable man,
at least 10 that portion Of the democracy
which delights to call itself the people, and
enjoys the benefit cf lining pockets from the
State Canals and Railroads We incline 10
this opinion from the following statement
published in the Washington Commonwealth,
which, after quoting the law creating the Of
fee Of Commissioner Of the Cumberland
Road, says:
In pursuance Of the enactment Of this
law several citizens II this county IccaIne
applicants for the Office Of Commissioner Of
tho Road but Mr.. Hopkins came home.
either with the appointmentIN y HIS POCKET,
or he received II from the Governor imnedi-
ateIy after his arrival here. lie was charged
at the time with unfairncss: and il was al
legged that the Office Of Commissioner was
created at his special instance and request
and for his personal benefit and bchoof 1t
has since been ABOLISHED. as was the
La1d Ofice 1r1iie he acag IN a,-as partaking
too much Of a sinecurc character.
BY sections Of the at above quoted it was
made The aUt" q the Commissioner. 70 give
Al account Of his stewardship at stated
periods.
We have labored in vain 10 got hold of
these first accounts, but hope to find them
before our ucXt issue. We have before Us.
however, one Of the accounts Of Mr. Hop
kins. which we stumbled upon in a No. Of
the " Examiner newspaper printed in 1918
From this We gajasr enough facts 10 Siarfie
Hs hoaosf coter
1t is an account Of the receipts and expen-
litures Of the road from the first Of January
TO the 9Th Of June, 1913 8inclusivo-making
l59 days including every SABBATH DAY,
for whirh time WILLIAM HOPKINS, the
present Democratic candidate for Canal Com
missioner, has charged the people the sum Of
Sjl6, when the act Of Assembly LIMITED
him 10 s. per day, for every day NECES-
SARILY employed on the road. Figures
won't lie--and let us examine them
lj9 days at S3 per day SAT-.
But that won't make up enough let's try
it again:
I65 days at $3 per day, 495.
Stlll we are behind the mark; we'll give
It anothertrial:
l72 days at 50 per day, s5lG
That fits exactly. Now we have the START
LING FACT that Mr. Hopkins has charged
the people at the rate of 50 per day for TfIIR-
TEEN DAYS more than can be counted from
the first Of January to the 18th Of June inclu-
siyc, counting in EVERY SUNDAY. But
suppose we dea,sct he Sabbath days which oc-
cur within this period. Then the case will
stand thus
From l59, take 20, which leaves l39.
Then l39 days at 50 makes SAT-.
Showing that while Mr.. Hopkins was en-
titled to receive only SAT-, according 10 his
own account, he has really kept S5l6l that
while he should have charged for but 1879 DAYS
he really charged for l72-being THIRTY
THREE working days more than can be COM
puted within the period stated in his account"
There can be no mistake in the reliable
ness of such man for Canal Commissioner,
as II elected, he would snit the public plum
derers exactly. They do not want man in
that station who cannot count more that 365
days IN a year, and having thus shown his
capacity for liberal allowances extra iohs
&C., the taxpayers must be hard hearted
set if they do not vote for him to the further
detriment Of their purses