The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-10-06
RICHIE COUNTY.
Halls MiIeage-MOre Radical Swind.
ling.

Halls mileage-mOre AauicHl SWiuu-
ling.
Editors of the Register.
We desire, in the first place, to quote
the language OF the constitution IN rela
ton to the per diem of members OF the
Legislature, and then make the applica
ton afterwards:
"The members of the Legislature shall
receive for their services the sum OF four
dollars per day, and ten cents for each
mile travelled in going to and returning
from the seat of government, by the most
direct route"
Now for the application: | am in
formed by good authority, reliable IN It's
character, that NJ. s. Hall, the Repubii-
can candidate for the House OF Dele
gates from the Second Delegate District,
composed of the counties of Richie and
Calhoun, says he did not receive as mile
a,e the sum of ninety-one dollars, rs u
member of the West Virginia Legisls.
ture; making $40 miles in going to and
returning from the Legislature, IRON
Richie Court House, West Virginia.
to the city Of Charleston. Now it is but
right and fair that the people of this dis
trict should know how this matter Is. AS
to the fact of receiving said mileage, we
know whereof we speak, and speak
whereof we know; therefore we do assert
that NJ. S. Hall did take from the public
treasury OF this state, under an order
from the Sergeant-at.arms OF the House
of Delegates, pay as mileage the sum OF
ninety-one do l rs 1911 when the true
and Just sum which he should have re-
ceived was only S34,e0, making an ex-
cess of $50 40, and as evidence, we
append the certificate Of the Auditor.
First, as to said Hall drawing from the
public treasurer the sum of $3460 in full
for his mileage to December 10, 1875.
OFFICE Ole SERGEANT-AT-ARMs, !
HOUSE OF DELEGATES,
WHEELING. w. Va, Dec. 10, 1876.
TO the Aaaitor:
1t is hereby certified that NJ. S, Hall, a
member of the House OF Delegates OF
West Virginia is entitled to mileage for
travelling BAG miles at ten cents a mile.
Mileage $34.60.
Witness the signature of William l..
Mofet, Sergeant-at Arms of the House
of Delegates of West Virginia.
Signed. WILLIAM l.. MoFFETT,
Sergeant.at-ArmS.
The foregoing is true copy from
the records of this office, and | certify
that the foregoing order was paid to
NJ. S. Hall on the 10th day of Decem-
Der 1875 by Auditors warrant, No. 4l3.
Z. A. BENNETT,
Audttor.
On the 10Th of January 1875, this
very same reformer received from the
public treasurer OF this state, the sum
of S9l 90 mileage for going to and re-
turning from the same place, as Will also
appear by similar certificate hereto at
tached:
OFFICE OF SERGEANT-AT-ARMs,
HOUSE OF DELEGATES,
CHARLESTON, w. VA, Jan. ~, 10. J
To the -Auditor:
1t is hereby certified that NJ. S. Hall,
a member OF the Honse of Delegates OF
West Virginia, is entitled to mileage tor
travelling 90 miles at ten cents per
mile.
Mileage ...... S5Ioo
Witness the signature of William l..
Mofiett, Sergeant. OF the House
of Delegates of West Virginia.
ISigned1 W. l.. MoFFETT,
.SeTgeant-dt- Arms.
The foregoing is true copy from the
records of this office. and l certify that
the foregoing order for mileage was paid
to NJ s. Hall on the 22d day of Janu-
uaro, 1875, by Auditors warrent No. AZ.
TSigned l f. A. BENNETT,
Auditor.
And we ask of Hall friends to tell the
people if he did not travel on free pass,
given him by the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, and ifso, how does the gentle
man reconcile it with the oath he had to
take under the 10th section of article
6 of the Constitution of West Virginia,
which has this little sentence in il, 81
will not except or receive directly or in
directly, any money or other valuable
thing from any corporation, company, or
person, for any vote or intiueE ce." II
Hall received pass, what was 1t for?
| leave your readers to conjecture. As
to the mileage, ignorance cannot be
pleaded, from this fact, because 1t VIII
appear from the certificate of payment
of his mileage, on January 10Th, 1875
he took and only demanded as mileage
$3.50 for BAG miles. | am prompted to
write this at the request of several, as
Hall says, he never received any such
sum as he is charged with receiving by
some of his political opponents. If he
did not, the auditors certificate is wrong,
and does him gross injustice. In con-
clusion, we would like him to explain
how the aforesaid charges are for Reform,
as advocated by him in his speech OF &C
ceptance before the convention that NOM
mated him. JUSTICE
Richie {. H., W. Va, Oct. A, 1876.