The Nevada journal., 1854-03-03
Court Of Sessions.

The court of sessions against our article of last
week 1t says it di8likes to see public jour-
nalist resort tothe "pages of q newspaper to
vent private malice )" and yet the editor, ap-
parently ignorant that he is committing that
sin himself adds to it that of taking upon his
own shoulders the responsibility of another per-
sons controversy. In answer to our charge
against Judge Caswel, they say that ne did not
receive $500, as stated in the Journal, but
that only silOo accrued to him during his alb
scnce but admits that he received the eleven
hundred together with the seventeen hundred
and fifty, as back pay, which raised his salary
to $4,000 per year. Then, we don't see that
they have bcttered the case any, as according
to their own showing Sl,l00, and so much of
the $3.50 as paid for the increased pay during
the same time, which amounted to over $780,
which added to the 100 makes 81 500, receiv-
cd by him for services never rendered. But
they say he was granted the privilege to leave
the state, and therefore, he had a right to his
pay while gone. Let us look little further at
this matter. Judge Heydenfeldt and Judge
Caswell were granted leave Of absence by the
legislature of 1882 When the question was
before the Assembly, Mr.. Brush of Tuolumnc,
objected to its passage on the ground that these
men on their return would present bills for the
time of their absence, and duplicate judges
would be pail Mr.. Peachy rose and said for
the information of the house, that his friend, Mr.
Heydenfeldt was man of too high honor to
take something for nothing" Mr.. E. F. w.
Ellis then said his friend, Judge Caswell, was
also :" a man of too much honor to receive any
such money-to take something for nothing"
With this endorsement and with this understand
ing pinned to their permission, it passed. The
people now see what such principle" and hon
Or" are worth
in addition to this, instead of the law provi
ding for the increase of this back pay, as init
mated by the Democrat, it expressly forbids
it. Section 4th of the law referred to
defines this matter, directly as follows =
Nothing in this act shall be so construed
as to affect the salary Of any county judges now
in office, but this act thall apply to their sue
cessors to be elected hereafter Provided, that
the county judges of the counties of Placer, Ne
vRda, Trinity and Klamath, shall be entitled to
receive, during the remainder ofMsir term, the
salaries fixed by this aet.''
But the Democrat says, "thas Judge Caswell's
object in going to the Atlantic States was a
laudable one none can doubt, and that the coun-
ty was liable to him for his salary is equally
certain What are we to understand by this
1t will be remembered that the editor of the
Democrat was elected to q county Office, also,
some year and half ago, and soon after went
to the Atlantic States for similar object that
took Judge Caswell there. Does he also ex-
pect to get $1,000 for accomplishing this object 2
We see no reason why the county is not just as
much liable to him for this amount as to Judge
Caswell. And yet for the safety of the county
treasury, we hope and believe he has not sufi-
cient confidence in the justice of hi, claim, to
present it.
But let it be remembered that the Democrat
Is governed by a clique composed partly of
county officials to whose mandates it must bow
with implicit obedience One of them being q
member of the Court of Sessions, it doubtless
regards it necessary to take up their quarrels
as much as a man would think it necessary to
fight for his own dinner, and as Judge Role,
one of associates in the Court of Sessions, is
part proprietor OF that concern he probably eX-
poets soon to have some enormous bills to be
paid by them, some of which may correspond
with that ordered at their last tern " for seryi-
ees as associate, S60." Who ever heard of SC
ridiculous bill? A man who lacks the ca
pacity of an ordinary ploughman to charge the
county SIS a day forsitting like cipher by the
side of the county Judge, four hours day. And
II may be necessary, too, here to explain little
how this amount accrued. The law fixes the
pay of associates at 50 per day. In this in
stance. the court was to meet on Wednesday
but the Presiding Judge being indisposed, he
goes to the court house and adjournS court, {
work Of about three minutes and charges tht
county So, and the court of sessions allows it
And yet this same Rolfe made himself rather
conspicuous in setting aside bills in which 9th
ers charged eight dollars for an honest tel
hours work, counting the time actually spent
hS the hour to make days work. This tot
makes the selflaudation in the Democrat, tha
the associates, Messrs. "Rolfe and Burgess art
alike men of eandor and honesty" look rather
suspicious, particularly coming from his owl
paper, without having been impeached. Verify
"a guilty conscience needs no accusing" Ii
addition to this, the Judges honesty don't pre-
vent him from saying Through his agent, fo
be it understood, we do not accuse Judge Rolf
of acriting anything,) that the commissioner
declined examining certain candidate " il
English Grammar because they had no gram
mar, book" AT the time alludedto, this SAM
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