Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1872-05-21

Inc MorgantoWn Constitution has made an
estimate of the cost of the Legislature and
the Counts uuder the present Constitution as
compared with the cost of the new system,
and presents the following exhibit:
UNDER PRESENT CONSTITUTION.
Annual of Legislature. o69I3 &c
Annual salary OF Judges of Court of APP
Ahau" salary of Is Circuit JUDGES 2S 5Vo o oS
Annual cost of Grand Juries-l6 ju-
in % counties; :.....:..:: $500 90
the terms ofcourt to average 10 days
Salaries of 81 Jerks of Boards Of SUI: ''''-' ~
pervisOrs ...... -. .......... 16, 200 90
ties, to average 90 days per each
= county Observation-Disclosures. 1000 90
Total coat of the Legislature and the
Courts under the Contribution I5e ,97s IS
~: - UNDER NEW CONSTITUTION
Annual coat of Legislature (bieunial
Annual cost Of Judges Of Court of APP. i''''' 20
Aanual COS; of9 Circuit iudscs:: $3.50 900 GO GO
{. Annual cost of4 County Courts, to av-s
erage days per term at $40 Der day $50 CO
: Annual cost of Levy Courts for each
county. to average 10 Justiccs........ 2.26s 90
Average coat Of G rand Juries in each
county-2 in County and in Circuit
:. Courts. :........... 5.2s4 on
: estimate). 5l,4l2 90
Courts under the new Constitution. SIlo $50 10
Thus we have an annual balance in favor of
the New Constitution of (S4l 1892 49, Forty.
one Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninty,two
Dollars and Seventy>threo Cents
There is also an annual saving of Five
Hundred and Fifty Dollars in the salaries of
executive officers, not included in the above
estimate, thus making the total annual saving
$40, 542.73, or more than sufficient in one
year to pay the entire expense of the Com
vention; which is just what the Democracy
promised to do Wheeling Registcr.
ES- The Washington correspondent of the
Boston Post gets the following story from "a
respectable Republican" Among the various
rumors of movements by the Administration
man for combinations to harmonic at Phila-
delphis for some one in place of Grant, lis one
in which one thousand men of the Republican
party offer to give ono thousand dollars each
to General Grant if he will withdraw from
the contest. a New England man, we'll
known. and one of the aforesaid band of one
thousand, it is said, made the offer to the
President. Ifthc story be true and the money
raised, ii is safe to predict that the simon
pure Radicals will have another candidate.
NJ The Fairmont Vest FIrginian SAYS
that the friends of Mr.. Wisner, editor of tho
Berkeley Union, design to press his claims
for nomination to Congress in the Second
: District. He vas candidite for nomination
two years ago, but was beaten by McGrew.-
IF nominated, no will have the pleasure of
:9Being beaten by Democrat this year.
4g The Morefeid Courier and Adrcrtiser
Suggests that, in the event that Hon. C. s.
Lewis is not a candidate for reelection as
States superintendent of Free Schools, j. G.
Blair d. D., at present Principal of the Fair
mont Normal School, would be an excellent
man for the place.
The U. 6. Senate, in executive ses>
sion on Friday, confirmed the nominations of
Nathan, Golf, Jr., United States Attorney for
ssest,yirgtnia aud Hedgeman Slack, Uni
Ted States; marshal for West Virginia.
correspondent of the Weston Dem.
soerot proposes a new candidate for Governor.
in the person. of Hon. Benjamin Basel. of
Upshuf eeunty!
The Weston Democrat proposes as n
candidate for State Auditor Hon. William e.
Z Lively Of [ Chenille, Gilmer county.