The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-11-27
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-, " THEE 70" "o'EHNoH
The i'nurnons have 9Ion"redt y
West Virginia 0y furnishing Tor
her Governor, one "aEe Jackson. Il
thiei WI" stole Tl,2o0 IN me way
81 Il bMa.pay SasarY.SrHb Willie he
was prosecuting attorney q " ood
county. lie alsn stole S?i0OO from
the school fund Of Wood county;
and he holds Oh I" both swasS 70
tins day. Though publicly charged
by the Farkerstttrg N'n': """F"4'
with thuse theitS, Jake was unable
10 prove not guilty. Can Con!ed-
crate soldiers vote Tor The party
Which has dISgraced our State by
InakinE a Thief her Governor, and
in 50 DUNG dlSgraced the iamc, and
The name, and the blood Of their
Immortal leader. SlonewaIl Jack
son. In Major Mathews you have
a gentleman aud q soldier, for
whom you need m apology; but,
oh to place him with acrowd and
thief! On, brave soldier Of the
Immortal stonewall, do not permit
that great memory to be thus eeIipS.
cd. II you can not make jake re-
sign and retire, at least signify
your indignation by repudIatlng
lhe party that has thus rIllnrle'i
your shame IN The GtLbernatoriai
char 81 Yves! sIrgln,.t;
we nave walled Win much III
tereSt, hoping that these charges
%"'lId he explained and withdrawn
by ths parry VINO maze them onl
as yel nothing OF the sort mas been
given 70 ttle public, Governor jack
lsa gentleman OF lInsllllled cli4r:c'
Yer, 81 great moral @"rtn, winch
rnabieS him to take no n"ticei in
the ordinary way, o.. political SIAN;
ders. Ills outstanding Is Il shield
against suell# Iolllfald =dustardl,S.'ls
sauits, Dllt5tae assault slnildelgalnst
hlM5tls The ZhlgtlGstZ9tllcerZ 9izthe
State akes1t=tlle=dlltr=e lievery
citizen, vii hou! regard to=party, TO
yindlc1te the character Of The con..
Monweal!h; Tor no greater re.
proach could be cast upon the pc"-
pie Of the Stale than to elect for
their Governor Il thief We assert
that there is moi a shadow OF truth
TO rest these charges upon. We
have taken pains to ascertain the
facts, ami circumstances relied
upon by the guilty criminals who
have prulmgated them. as to the
lirst charge, that Governor jack
son Stole $1,000 i'll the way Of
II bark-@y salary-srib while lie
was prosecuting attorney Of Wood
county," the facts are: Tia: ut tho
General Election held in October.
1871, Governor Jackson Was elected
prosecuting attorney Of Wood coun'
ty, for the term Of two years, com:
mcncIng st of January, 1871, and
ending Slst OF December, 1872,
See Code, page IL; Constitution
Of 1862, Art. !, See. 81 The sew
enth Section Of Article seven of the
said Constitution declares, that "the
Legislature shall provide for the
compensation Of county officers, By
fees, or from the county treasury.
In rerSlIance Of this provision, the
Legislature l'r4vled: that thu
board Of Supervisors Of each e"Ilr'