The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-11-11
From the Grsenbrier independent
Some Of the IL emu ties of Our Situation.

Ii will be recollected that at special
meeting of the Board of Registration OF
Greenbrier county, held in January last,
that old Joe Caldwell, alias sold
Scratch" and his CO imp, G. A. Thacker,
struck from the list of registered voters,
nearly all of the Supervisors of the
county, and that at a special tenn, of
the Circuit Court, held Immediately af-
forwards, these officers, by an order of
Court, were re-nOved from office-where-
upon the justices of the several town.
ships aud the township clerks, proceed
ed to fill the vacancies. In one instance,
these two offices were in one and the
same person, to-wit: In the casei of
John Bowyer Caldwell, of White Sul-
phur Springs township, who proceeded
to fill the vacancy in his township, by
an appointment, and as he, no doubt,
desired to make the most suitable one
that could be made, for the interests of
the township, he looked about for the
best man, but could find none equal to
himself. So, John Bowyer Caldwell, f,
Justice, and John Bower Caldwell clerk,
met together and unanimously agreed
that John Bowyer Caldwell should be
appointed Supervisor, and at the next
meeting of the Board John Bowyer
Caldwell took his seat as Supervisor.
The next case was that. of Alexander
Walker, of Lewisburg township. MT.
Walker had been removed as Supervisor
of the township and there was no one In
the township who could fill his place
but old Joe! And did he not deserve
the placei Had he not done all the
dirty, filthy work. Bat how was he to
get the officef There were difficulties
in the way, but they were not too stu.
pendour for the efforts of Joseph. Sper-
ry was justice of the township. lie
would not appoint old Joe, and it was
aH interesting query how this old tool
was to be compensated for his grand
acts in support of Boremau,s, and Ste
phenson's Radicals in this section 7 But
nothing was easier. He goes up town
and gets an lrishman by the name Of
Leehy-comes back and takes Jas. Cox
aside, and they three-a lovely trio-go
to the Court House, and Cox and Leehy
say to old Joe-"We elect you Mayor of
the town of Lewisburg" THANK YOU" !"
says old Joe.~ "Yoa two are the only
reliable Union men in Lewisburg, and
whenever want my boots cleaned, or
any other dirty work done that YOU are
competent to do, i shall call on YOU.
In the meantime, bid you good day."
And Joseph Immediately starts to hunt
up his grandson, who was acting as
township clerk, under appointment,
Old Joe, as Mayor, and as such, possessed
of the powers and jurisdiction of a
Justice within the corporation, with the
aid of his grandson, elects himself Su.
pervisor aud takes his seat.
Walker took an appeal from the order
removing him, and the Court of Ap-
peals decided that the Circuit Court had
no jurisdiction over county officers,
with the exception of Sheriff and Clerk.
and that the striking off an officers
name from the roll of voters, did not re.
move him from Office. AT first, the Court
treated the decision with indifference
aud contempt, but it appearing that he
was doing what his enemies most desi-
ed, he oraw6shed, and permitted the
old officers to resume their duties. The
order of the Court of Appeals having
been entered of record, and last Tues.
day being tho day appointed. for the
meeting of the Board of Supervisors,
we went around to see if these men, who
felt such deep interest in the welfare
land prosperity of the county, as to ap-