Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-10-30

Tnr aIiirlt. ia the U,MDrgTf. IA rr,,.r-ur"
90 the fees Of WA. 4 Sober, ESD, a COM
pared with "Dcmorratic lawyer ' when
County solicitor, only illustrates the curl
ous faculty of mendacity which controls all
the editors actions as well rs his words.
80 far removed from the truth are his
statements that il, the lem Of fees paid 20
Mr.. Sober, and his Democratic prcdeces-
sors respectively, the following is a correct
statement taken from the Auditors Re
ports of the years in question
In 1871, the democratic Lawyers" re-
ceived the very large sum of aHefcsn hmm
died ond Sicfg ,lONo.S instead of tarty j0l-
las 10 seycnty-iiye dollars.
In 1879, Mr. :. received only S1Si aud
instead of having associate council with
him, 10 whom large additional fees had ~
be paid. rs was the case when the DEMO
Gratis had that officer, he had none, AMI q"
additional fees had 30 be paid.
Besides, they tthc Democratic Counsel
were paid for allowing and passing large
bills Of illegal fees of the various DemOcra-
tie officers, while Nh Sober, by his skill and
ability az 4 lawyer, saved the county over
hrentu-fre thoUsnpa d1iIrfc, in these and
other particulars.
To illustrate in the single item ot road
damages, many Of which are notorious in
this community, he saved the county, in
three leading Cascs, over ten NGHadnd dot
tdr5; and that, too, after the reports Of the
viewers, awarding them large sums, had
been pronounced inyulnerable by his pre-
decessors, and the great majority "a! hi@
brerhern in the profession
So, also, in the item Of large, illegal
charges in the shape Of Democratic sheriff.
bills, and Democratic PrOthonotary' 3 bills,
&C, he has saved the county, by closely
examining and reducing the same 10 le-
gal standard, not less than i0su thousand
dOliala, each together amounting TO !hr
LARGE sum Of f;gLt tRotedad doilGrS.
50, again, with regard TO the item OF
the payment Of the expenses Of r5yigU5 Of
public roads, he has saved the county not
less than III ttouSand dollars, and in the
item Of county duplicates, he hes saved
tlIGf - 20 the county, and also recovered
from several banks in the county, which
declined Ia pay their taxes because the De
mocratic Commissioner neglected 10 require
payment during the currency Of the year for
which they we're assessed, the large sum Of
tgfafg-6re hUndTCd dollars, settlin" the laW
I on that question.
In addition to all this lac has collected,
and put into the trea sury Of the people large
and almost inCalcua bic sums Of money
from drlinquant tax collectors, and cut
down to legal standard, the various bills
Of costs in Commonwealth cases, resulting
IN saving 10 ;he county hdadTtd5 0j dollars
every term Of court. Such indeed as hal
always been allowed and paid under De
mocratic rule and counsel.
Now in all these cases, and The multitude
ot others we have not time or space here
10 aHumeratr. Mr.. s. has raised new que5-
ton and established prccrdents of law
which must aud actually do. day after day,
snd vanr after yanT, result ia gains 60 the
comfy iHg9lrulabr Great, indeed, y the
extent thereof. over ana beyond 30" large
immrdiat. sum. -iyat 1a Ih.yr pointed
cut.
And Yet t,r ,'l tlrrs saving Di n"rr than
rtfafg-E,, pna.aEa ,f1ii', -, ,,tdEil ant Oi,
and hrvond what ihc sanc means and laws
which were al the command "t, hat not
used By his Democratic predecessors, he
received only 800 for his services. against
the ~ ,g,G received by Democratic lawyers
10. 4 sinnlp year, and he is 10 lie censnred
Gir iIai. What must the cotcr5 Of the
county thnt Of he mendaciOus faculty OF
the editor Of the Ucfnocroi'" "rg"R'
They paid counsel only for the name oi
il. and that they might the more sucHcs7-
fully cover mp tracks which were ngly, and
we paid counsel not oas.io,rM n much to
save the comfy stock and the peol llcs'
taxes. and establish, in single year, the
law of public right and official duty, IN its
parity and native simplicity, not 10 rob,
but 10 save the peoples treasury.
4 little, more such showing, Mr. kich-
hoItz. and you will have driven 10 suicide
your acknowledges oAine-ho!ders and po-
litical aspirants.