Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-07
COMMENTS OF THE WEST
VIRGINIA PRESS.
Who Got the Money.

Mountain Herald
Gorham, who ran the assessment mill
for the Republican Campaign Commit
tee, during the election for Congress
men last fall, has submitted to the
Democratic Investigating Committee OF
the Senate, a statement showing where
the money went.
Among the items, We noticed 500
sent to the Third Congressional District
OF West Virginia. Now, if our recollec-
ton serves US right, in the last race for
Congress in the third district, there was
no Republican candidate running. The
fight was between John E. Kenna, Dem
ocrat, and Henry S. Walker, Green
hacker. This $500 was not sent by the
Republican campaign committee to help
elect Mr.. Kenna. Now, who got the ben
eft OF this fund? Can it be possible
that the Republican party sent money
to this district, to help elect the Green
back candidate? Ii certainly looks that
way, and we ask Democrats who have
been disposed TO wander from the fold,
to ponder this matter. Under the green
hag, they may be led into the Republi-
can camp.
Jackson Herald.
The practical effect OF the proposed
constitutional amendment will be, in a
nut shell, to largely increase the bust
ness and jurisdiction OF justices OF the
peace and largely increase the business
of the circuit court, and place the power
TO levy taxes in the hands of three men.
We do not think that the people want
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fasten them upon themselves they would
soon get very tired of the new order of
things, which they would find not easy
to change. Hence it is important that
careful consideration be given the mat
tiers involved. The simple desire to g,t
rid Of the county court should not be
allowed TO impel us into other evils that
We know not Of. We should study this
proposed change carefully, and find
whether il is what we want or not, and
if it is not, reject it.
Under the new law all litigated cases
will be tried in the Circuit Court, at
great expense to the parties and TO the
tax PAYERS All cases of appeal where
the parties are aggrieved by the decision
Of the Justice or simply fighting for
time, will 90 to the Circuit Court In
fact that Court will have all the bust
ness before it that it now has, and nearly
all the legal business that now comes
before the County Court. The business
of that Court will be doubled, but its
capacity will not be doubled. There
will be three terms a year, instead of
two, as at present, with full and costly
set OF grand jury, two or three petit
jurieS and host of witnesses, all kept
at the county seat for two or three
weeks. The witnesses and parties TO
suits will in most cases have to wait for
some time before their cases are called,
and be in attendance here for term after
term, il may be for years, to the great
expense and annoyance of the parties
and the people.
The chief objections to the County
Court, that is, its expense and incOmpe-
tencv, are not removed by the new or
der of things. In the Justice of the
Peace YOU have the alleged incompetent
Cy of the present court, and when par
ties fly from that they will land right
into the expensive Circuit Court So
that thus, by two distinct processes, we
will only gain simplitied inCOmpetency
and aggravated expense, to no purpose.