The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-11-12
VISIT no WHRELING.

NaFAgAl DlhNI ANU
Condition Of the Atnte Library
severely Criticised.
lWhsellps Letter n The InkenbufE esntinall
1sost o'likS Joe Miller, 30 dropped
into the Auditors office thil morning, not
10 interview him, bat to zee how the
ONCE was running, and l found Il was
going q smooth ~ . piece oil machinery.
! asked tho Auditor for list Of the de-
Hnquent Sheriff. In the State; but he 70.
qneSted me not 10 publish them a. suits
are pending In many cases, and he did
not want TOO much publicity until the
suits we're decided, and Of cOurSe lcould
not prejudice the public interest By the
publication. l know, however, that In
many counties the Sheriff. are q long
ways behind, and The AureIies Of some
Of them will have TO pay q snug sum
TO relieve Themselves. Judgments have
been recovered sgalnst an eE.sherif Of
Harrison county named Hurtey for
about $4,000, and many Others are hop.
ping around lively to hnd some way Of
ignaring up things before the matter gets
Into the courts. And I wouldn't be sur.
prised II there we're q little Iquirming
down your way before receipts In full are
passed. The style so long In vogue in
this State under radical rule Of passing a
law, when a Sheriff would default, reliev.
Ing his suteties Of responsibility is play.
ed out under Democratic rule, and the
Sheriff. will have 10 pony up. The
Treasury will be many thousands oil dol.
lars richer by these collections. Perhaps
when they all pay up there will be no
necessity for the Treasury borrowing
money.
During my stay I walked up 10 see the
Supreme Court Judges and found them
all hard at work. lstumbled into Judge
Green's room frat, and found him on his
knees on the floor, literally buried in law
books, smoking the ever.present cob pipe
and meditaling over some inpolvable
problem under the new Constitution.
Judge johnson was in his Etndy splAtter.
ing his outrageous penmanship over legal
cap getting down bis opinion 10 an I'm.
portant case. he rendered the decision
in the BetSall case, from Wood county,
sustaining Judge Jackson and refusing
Gn appeal; therefore Fred goes TO
MoundSVille. The decision was quite
a victory for Dave Leonard, who
prosecuted him. Judge Moore walks
around in his shirt sleeves squirting wis.
dom and tobacco Juice all over the CaPi.
toll. Hes good naturtd Judge fond Of
bis Jokes. Judge Raymond is the same
brilliant H4AEHf" Of the past and seems to
grow younger under the labor and cares
o. his Office. BE has lie tenure on the
Supreme JudgAhipii be % WiShes." Tom"
West, as he Is familiarly called BY his
friends, is always found on the working
aide Of his desk In the Treasurers office
and 10 diliRent officer attending strictly
10 the buslnesS Of bis Office and making
friends with all whom he meets. We
have never had a better Treasurer than
West and We don't need 4 better one. Mr..
Sobieski Brady the Secretary Of State is
always in his Office, and Is faithful and
honest official.
There are some black sheep in all 1ocks
and thorns with all roses, and 80 on, and
there is one part Of the State department
that have no word Of kindness for and
that Is the State Library. Its condition
il shame and 8 disgrace. The books
are piled without order or regularity, in
the utmost confusion in the cases. The
shelves, as we'll as the books, are covered
with dust, and instead Of being place Of
cleanliness aud order the Library is in
disorder, Ia dirty and unaLtractive.
vent up TO the Library with Judge
Moore TO examine an authority, and
even he was unable to tell where TO
find the books wanted and after spend
ing a half bOur in pulling down books,
running an immaculate shirt front and
having peck Of dust spattered over our
clothes We gave It up as bad Job and did
not learn II the books We wanted were
on the shelves. The Librarian draws a
salary Of 5000 or more a year, and also a
small salary as Adiutant General, but he
lie so pulled up with bigness on account
Of the latter Office that he pays no atten.
tion to the former. However, l suppose
he is excusable, as never heard Of any
person accusing him Of being competent
10 fll ony position.
Politicians are beginning 10 feel the
public pulse for the next Congressional
race, and speculation Is quite the go, and
while the old favorites arc merriIy trot.
ted TO the front by their friends it Is not
improbable that some dark horse 10 the
background will walk or with the hon
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