Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-07-15
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The card which NtlWh"S ''oh''a'
WurK publishes IA another column :"
Ala, H1.,,rSW THE murn,uR. has the ap'
p,aIanro at matiug - runilirt with the
,Ll alafr. "irw Il e and nnaf resign.
We hclicyc, that 81 iar a. political calon.
l,linus can bc ma,lu IA advance, Colonel
Wu,rs Was not without gnnd assurancrs
that thr nomination inT Attornry-t'cn-
,raI snuld again la awarded hun. ani
tnWtthd,aw iInm the campaign under
such circumstance, ~ IA the nature Ola
tr.4,ratIuu. whi,h, II not cut at "Tior,
m al least nut al fashion. Col. WuIrs
ha, ma,lu an cilicIcnt officer ono Who
hls dnuu gund ScrV,G to the STATE, cnor'
.,ilrally and faithfully dlschargins tho
,Iutlr,, a. Witch tho propl" called him,
and 1t hr had been rouominalcd would
have ad,lrl strength Ia the Democratic
urLct
lat iu whatever light the dcclinatIon
ri a nomination a. the office at Altar
az, ,irucral Ut Wcst NIrgiuia may lie
regarded as - polilical proposition, when
n a. viewed irnm a business standpoint
and az - h,s,ncss proposition, II IA moi
matter at ,urprIso that Cot Wars, az
ANY other mau, VIA" has talent Hnd
standing IA hls profession, should do'
cline It The picdyuur salary attached
To- the position Ia a reflection upon the
uan whn accepts II, ani the same IN
true oi many, II Mt all, at our stat ON
,rs. The s,lar,cs du not Justify men oi
h,st ,las, talent Ia leaving their homes
and lhriI business. u they have either,
anal mai ,nga new Residence at the capt
tat II they have no homes and u"
I,.anrs,. any uIhcc would he a good
,htug. hat might prove "a hal bargain !"
the state. It men 81 this character wcto
syI,,tri
col MmrGs caso ailnris the isiIrSt
riu,lIaiinu 81 the inslgnlhCanco al the
r,lary h. man who has ANY other bust
ucss It, has ouly hccu engaged ia the
prarti,r at the Ohlo county bar during
hts inur years term ul office aS Attor-
nry Gcnrral aud yet he prefers tho
prl,ilrv hc hr acquired during that
shout period aud " III acquire during the
nrAt lnar wears. a. the salary Ol an AttoT'
ury Grucral Neither must u bs un'
drrsluud that Wheeling opsns "a booan'
Iato men Ia the practice ut the law,
The dcld here IN hardly So promising ~
in samc III the rural districts, hut there
are luw men IA the profession nj the Law
~ any other 1T tho better class oi bust
ucss occupatinns ia the country or IN tho
city, who do not have better income
than ~ derived from any ono at our
state Glhcrs. lrum the GOvcrnorship
down
ID a. true that, IA a rule, We tnd very
phod mcu, aud not inirequcntly the
very best 1T men, who are willing Ia
take these posillnns at the low salaries
allowed, hut II tend. Ia degrade the
olhcc AMI the officer, and very much
lower tho estimation in which the pub
la official h held
Tho difference between the state pay
ing mean salary aud respectable
salary, a Just salary, u salary Ia some
hir measure equivalent Ia the duties
aud labors and dignity Of the office,
would be- ~ tritlinE consideration IN
dollars aud cents when horne 10y the
whole people that NO man would ioei 70,
and NO Discerning man who bears .
good part III the tar burden, would he
grudgc il. Nevertheless, Tor political
purposes, Legislatures will continue To
bubble and cut down. a. long - their
constituency are supposed TO be tickled
with tho process.