Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-01-04


i ney worth TO the Commissioners Of ,hs
i County !''-Bedtora Gezefte.
So far as We are aware, tue Attorney tc
the Commissioners is necessary, on account
of the many intricate questions coming be-
fore them. Not 50 with the Poor Direct
ors, as they scarcely need an Attorney
The Attorney 10 the Commissioners re-
ceives reguiar salury-n nothing more, we
believe, whilst the Attorney to the Poor
+ Honse received, also, rsgulqr salary,
aud when he had any duties TO perform, he
| charged EXTRA, as inIthe Mlitenberger ease,
where the County was sw;adied out of four
or Ere hundred dollars hy the iacompetehcy
of the Loccfoco board of Directors. 1t is
known that Major Tate received TxFRA
allowance as well as ms regular salary, aud
J. A Blodget was also employed. and re-
ceivod EXTRA fees over and above The reg
ular salary G the Attorney. The Ameri-
can Board has abolished the Office, and
saves the salary to the county, aud if they
ever should need the services of an Att0r-
ney they can be procured al the price Of t.ss
fees paid l'y Loeofocoisrn over and above
the regular salary. Are yen answered !
'sIf the Treasurer TO the Poor House IS
only worth SO year, how nrleh more val
liable is the services Of the Treasurer 10 tie
County !"-Ijid.
Tie Treasurer Of the County we under
stand, is hound in a sum ever three times
as great as tue Poor House Treasurer, a
position twenty times as responsible, as
there is scarcely ezeF dollar in the Poor
House Treasury. Besides the County
Treasurer has to be ON hand all the iime,
whilst the Poor House Treasurer is scarce
y ever employed. 1t is we'll known that
onc Of the last Locofoco Treasurers. true to
his party instincts after the sroils Of oiiice,
applied tc have the salary Of ;le County
Treasurer increased. It Is also known that
Looofoeo County Treasurer who was rob
bed, lad the money refunded to him out o.
tie public Treasury, thus making the peo-
PIE to bear the burden occasioneI b. his
earelessness. If au Amencan County
Treasurer does his duty, the salary is not
too high. Are You answered?
.If the services Of the Clerk to the Poor
House is worth bat S225 year. how much
should the Clerk to the Commissioners be
worth 7'--ibd.
Years ago, Wings faithfully performed
the duties of tie Offices of Poor House
Treasurer and Clerk for tae salaries that
they were rcdnced to recently Locofoco-
ism got tie power, and then the salary
was not high enough fer tue spoils-men, and
they increased them: now Tue American
party has the power, and they have reduced
them again, and have as good mon to dis
charge tho duties as are in the Locofoco
parts. As to what tue salary of the Clerk
to the County IS worth, we will leave the
Gazette ask Wm. p Schell, Esq., and other
Locofocos who have held tho Office, aad also
examine the County Settlements Of those
yeaTs, and compare the Clerks salary to the
Accounts published under American rule.
The Offices of Treasurer aud County Clerk,
lIr. Bowman will fnd, are worth nlore than
that of Aaju;ant General va, last year,
amt they, Mr. Bowman, ana urc you an-
swcred
"Wiil son,c OF the X. \. 'Reformers' an
swer, IN order that they may not stand in
the attitude of being stranelea by gnats
whist swallowing camels with impuni-
ty ?"-Bid.
We have tried to 10 so,and we would al
so state that we have reason to believe that
they viii discharge their duties more faith
fully than certain Mr Drane, who at
tempted to rob the State Arsenal at Harris
burg, and who received his appointment
from Mr.. Bowman or Mr. Coburu, Lo-
eofoco member Of the Legislature from
Philadelphia, who was concerned in the
same transaction. Wien Bocofocos get IN
to ofice, if they can't Get their salaries in
creased, they generally make itnpin steal
ing
The Locofocos left tie salaries Of the
Clerk and Treasurer to the County. what
they now are, and it looks rather Singular
thai they should wish them reduced Just
now If they are too high, whose fault is
ii! Is not that party to blarae for it The
Locofocos tried to have even the salaries of
these officers increased, the Americans
are conten; TO discharge the dnties for the
present salary Mr.. Bowman advocates the
Increase OF the salaries az the Poor House
10 double what they were 1.-The American
Board Of Directors reduced them oas-half,
aud got good men TO perform the services,
making difference IN favor Of the Ameri-
| can party of over $500. let the tax-pay-
crs remember this fact. The American
Board of Poor Directors are now collecting
in monies that have been due for years,
which Loco.ocoisln never attendct! TO, and