Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-03-28
Township Trustee.

The election OF township officers
will take place next Monday. The
office OF most Importance in all the
townships is probably trustee; but
especially is this the case in Center
township. because Of the large popu-
lation Of the city of Plymouth. Un-
der the law Of the State, the Trustee
has it in his power to spend money
at his discretion, to a considerable
extent. for the relief of the poor. At
the coming election our citizens must
decide whether the present Trustee
n. r. Pershing-shall be his own sue
cessor. His record speaks for his re-
election more eloquently than could
any advocate. The Office is not lu-
crative one, the compensation being
fixed by law at $3.50 per day. and Mr..
Pershing has discharged his duties
with vigilance, energy, and efficiency,
and watchful regard for the true in
terests Of all the people, and has
proven himself worthy of the remun-
GRAFTON allowed him. During the
year 1877 he received for his services
$3S7.O0, while for the previous year
his predecessor, we are informed, re-
ceiyed $615.00. Thus Mr.. Pershing
has saved to the people s22S00, or
182 days labor on the roads at $125
per day. The people Of the township
can see from the amount of work
done on the roads and otherwise,
how judiciously the money has been
expended. Could the money have
been placed in his hands sooner, the
roads would have been a great deal
better by being made earlier in the
season.
Mr.. Pershing succeeded Mr.. Ed
wards in October, 1876. He came into
the Office without experience; and
how well he has applied. himself to
the work OF improving on the meth =
DDS OF his predecessor. the records at
the Court House, as published in our
city papers, will show. In times like
these the burdens Of taxation are
especially heavy upon the laboring
classes and small property holders,
consequently they should be particu-
larry concerned in combining public
expenses within just and proper linn
Its. Mr.. Pershing, in seeking to
tighten the public burdens. has in
creased his own labors, for it is easier
to be extrayagant than economical
easier to carelessly grant relief than
to scrutinize each case as it Is pre-
sented. To compensate him for this
extra labor, he has only the approval
OF his conscience, and the hope OF APP
probation from the public he has SO
truly served.
The act OF the legislature OF March
9th, 1877, changed the election OF
Trustee from October to April. This
deprives Mr.. Pershing of six months
OF the time for which he was elected
reducing his term to eighteen months
and not giving him time to fully de-
velop the economical reforms which
he has commenced. Having accom-
plished SO much in so short time,
and being now fitted by experience
to accomplish still moro in the future,
1t Is certainly to the interest of every
man who supports himself and fami-
ly, and who, through taxation, con-
tributes to the support of others to
vote for his reelection. Let the
voters OF Center township, without re-
gard to party, see to it that economy,
retrenchment and official integrity,
about which all parties talk SO much,
when clearly manifested, as in the
case of Mr.. Pershing, shall not go I'M
rewarded. To defeat Mr.. Pershing
now would be to condemn integrity,
economy and reform, and to abandon
all that is most hopeful in. the admin
istration of our county and township
Offices in the future.