Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1880-09-04
Lct.er or senaior HereIord.

UsIox. W Va. August Is, 1850.
T,fe EIgos oad Pregrioors cf lFioo'irg IatS-
hacaca
GrsrlYsiEg I'm the issue Of your paper oi
Angus: 18th. 1850 you make use oi the follow
:. Als5 les sir. Jackson the next time he de-
n0racos thc salary grab before an Audience an
THIS State inform Ais hearers chat Henry q. Da-
sis and Frank Hereford, United states senators
from West Nirginia-Ncmocsatic U. ;. senators
no. ONLY took The ,grab hU. have Il IN their
pockets tothi, day
Also Oh the day following, August 18th, you
make use Of The following language
Notwithstanding his name Is Jackson ne
has not the stuff in lim % tel the people tnat
Henry c. DITi AMI Frank Hereford The Two
den,ocm,ic Cnitcl States Senators from Mcst
Virginia have thc salary elab eva as Ac cans
I Il iu their pockets
Ip.cfuIas Won do no. intend to 10 nee inius-
tce. and further tha. you are willing 10 do any
man. public or private simple inslce
therefore ask y0u To publish this ic-ter 10
Won eivine the facts of the ease SO far cs l am
concerned.
In the first plsco voted gJf'i.i tho biz gen
orally known as the back pay. y',ed .. .le
next session 90 repeal it. also voted to re.uih
( the money 1the Treasury OF the United states
/ n Won VIII turn 90 thc CDHNcsla1' 6tcac 81
session i2na Congrc EeD 2cih, 1870, page -
/ gJ2 You w.li see, among other Things ia 'he
/ presence cf the whole House OF i'epfc-eili,a- ,
/ tiycs. when that bi.l was up, tha. used me
following language; "a have pelsist''i"l N''0N
against tae increase Of salaries
rhero were many tcst vo-cs. hl; we iilo,1
I inino~taul were tirosc ol March 5rd, 1919, Whch
w.'s Yoe a upon 'lo e '.. III '' ,i,'. w. t ~, -,
/ sN those opposed i0 HAat you e.ii 'iie a-'i.'i9
gr;.b voted $50. a.
There were two votes on lill, ''' "'' ,to
occasion. t. ''o. u se' t5,5 C,n'.rs..
T SSHf,e ' ,-, ,-.., ~, '.. 80 - IN onJ D ;o5 Won
Nin.'t ''.,' i,'o W. i''e>'
WI. hAa '.ipse '''H .-. .i.. ;,c-,,so
ihose OK us N1p 'p,'i m '.,' ,l-,',;r-
cl that at ,e mex session OF ConeT,, iYo DIS
hould he introduced, one 90 repeal the iaW M
ereasing our salaries and another one to com
pei those who received the b@ck pay t. return
sc4ucnt session bot. oi sid bills were miro .i
duced, ana voted FOR both: She one ine1e'sing
our salaries was repealed the one eonle!nllS
those WHO had received the buck pay 20 return
II was defeated
\ few days after the defeat oi the i'l'er
sent 90 Hon. B ". Byrne- theh STAKE oUl,etin- l
tenien. OF Free Schools q check iOs Slio.l.ou
'the amount received as oack Pay, Mi1n oiIt.- ,i
ti0ns 20 h;r to place 10 IN the Treasury oi thc
State of West Virginia 20 tlc credit OF The r.
reducble school Fund of Our state for the
education of the children thereof forever;
on July 18th, 1880 2 wrote 10 Mr. West,
State Treasurer, 10 send me ccriiheita as To
what disposition hal been MADE Oh 'Ae 9i'o'''-
I'D tnHi don'Lel 'N Als- r.,,.t..4..t.t;.ro
Enclosed and as pax q 'iiis ie-'ei - '''' ''
piy o.,
ArniToHa 0Fficf
hrNE oF WEST \ihiiNiA,
WHEELING Juiy ~ l''V')
/ HoaV T. HuJpd.
81 hereby certify that the paper hereto at
ufachcI IS A couv Of q duplicate receipt now on
file I'm iny Office and further certii, that The
amount named therein Las never been with
"drawnigom The School funa oi NNl VIZ
/ eil'a 60 49,,
s.e.urcil Jos. $. MILLER,