Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1880-03-13
COMMUNICATED.
No. 2.


,ion to the great Importance OF selecting
,Mri,ni men for the Legislature.
Il is highly gratifying to be informed
,ba, what we have written is so hearth
" endorsed by the people OF Jefferson
and we shall eudeavor to merit their
approba,ion and confidence by sincere
and unselfish devotion To the public
welfare. But we are admonished that
three classes are trying to break down
the influence of these articles aud each
class is actuated by different motive.
First, those who are gaugrened by
their envy and jealousy OF superior
men. Second, those who are afflicted
with a prurient itching for this once
although they could not perform Tue
duties with either credit to themselves
or advantage to their constituents '.
'rb;rd the ,cirrworksrs who expect 10
trick the people out of their coOice Gy
.' $50 .r,;cIe we will make some re-
u. 90 these gentlemen, but for the
=! 80, we must address our remarks
p that large and preponlerating major
liz of intelligent and honest voters who
have no other concern than to select
snch men as will render the public the
MOST effective service "Hear me, Tor my
cause, censure me in your wisdom, but
awake your senses that you may the
better judge"
An Efficient and faithful LEADER not
only wins for himself reputation and
commanding influence, but he gives, to
the county he represents, position ana
Importance. Such man is worth mil
lions TO the material interests OF tho
State. He is independent OF and sets
y, defiance that corrupt and corrupting
outside influence, against which the
op,rage legislator is powerIess ana
which bulldozed the last Legislature.
The value of sUch man cannot be ex-
acrera,ed, because he will drag into
the light and publish those things which
the lobby and our time-serving pollti-
claus wish to conceal from the people.
For example:
Some three years ago the B. Il .. Il.
r. obtained from the Uni'e States
Court, an injunction restraining the An
ditor from sending TO the Sheriffs, for
collection, the taxes due by that corPor-
alton. This injunction releases from
taxation twenty millions of productive
capital. All information concerning this
most extraordinary proceeding was and
has been sedulously concealed; there has
rot been single whisper, except Ten
lines, in our county papers, published
hy correspondent in July, 1878. IL
was the duty of the GOVERNOR to make
this fact known to the people. S2O,-
0O),O0O exempted from taxes and not
one word said about I'll! on the con-
,rary every precaution taken to keep 1t
secret. This injunction is still in force.
Certainly some official is to blame. 1t
was the imperative duty of the last
Legislature to investigate this matter
and TO apply the proper remedy.
AGAIN. We all remember the Rail
road ricts of 1877. We recollcct the
arrogant toue of those memorable 'ele'
graphs by which Mr. Garrett ordered
the Governor Of this State, from place
10 place, with his soldiers, and we re-
member. with shame, how the Governor
obeyed those orders with such humiliat-
ing servility, that the President OF the
corporation became known as the com
mander in chief OF the West Virginia
troops.
And again, after the riots were over,
we all rpcUllect about the Governor
travelling back and forth TO the White
Sulphur Springs and to Richmond in
Mr.. CARROTS private palace car, until
MANY sensible and well informed per-
sons believed that coalition had been
formed between the State and the HAL
road, whereby the two concerns were
10 be managed for the personal advance
ment of their respective officials.
But again; it is fact, perhaps not
generally known because this too has
been flushed up,) that the last leglsla-
ture appropriated vast sum to pay the
soldiers tor protecting this twenty mil
lion. of property which refuses to be
taxed as other property ia taxed.
And again; although the Constitution
expressly declares that, 'no extra com
pensation shall be granted to any pub
JIG officer during his term, yet the last
legislature increased the salary OF the
Attorney General from $500 to s23Oo'
and AZ the law now stands, he is the
best paid man in the State, receiving
more money than Supreme Court
Judge while he does not perform Ole
twentieth part OF the work.
But once again. We all recOllect the
repeal of the Quo Warranto. We all
remember that most pitcous and hnmll-
iaiiug spectacle, presented last winter,
when our legislature was lntlmldated
and subdued by subordinate official OF
the railroad, until the State lay PROSTATE,
whining like a whipped spaniel, at the
feet OF this corporation. "Oh! my
country, oh! my country, how fallen
are thy fortunes, when one paltry RIO
bon upon the lascivious bosom OF bar
10, can hold thy sons at bay.
Now, if there had been III the last
legislature q we'll informed and compe,
tent LEADER would he not have dragged
to hight and exposed to hepeople some
Of these facts? Could all these things
be husbed up and hid away, in the pres,
enco of faithful and efficient LEADER
DO you think the railroad pimps and
pensioners upon official influence could
have held that high carnival last winter
if we had had man there to speak out
and rouse his colleagues TO their duty!