The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-06-18

VI.
Since the Governor left Wheeling to al
tend the Uniyepity commencement at
Morgautown there has been some animated
conversation here and elsewhere in the
State concerning his remarkable appoint-
ment Of that remarkable man, James NJ
Mason, to lie the head and front Of the Tax
Commission. 75sa 1sE'g V ia.n
We desire to ASSURE the Governor that
there Is g,e.t disgust, by no means con-
flnel to Repal leans or even to those
De Docrats who are hostile TO him.. The
Tax Commission scheme is one thing; the
scheme OF Mason, acting as the lobbyist Of
Wall street syndicate, is a very different
thing; and Taxpayers are unable to see
why the Governor permits so intimate and
scandalons connection between them.
The settlement Of the interstate debt
question via Wall street, with the pestilent
interference of lobbyist in that interest,
is not regarded with favor by the tax
payers Of West Virginia, and wherever
the Mason Commission shall 90, whatever
it shall do, will bs regarded as move by
Wall street spectators seeking, not the
welfare Of the State, but. to get the last
penny out oft. West Virginians are will
ing to settle the debt question, but they
will never coxsent to have it settled for
them by the sharks OF Wall street.
In the IxrELLldEScER Of last Thursday
correspondent, who is mol striking wildly,
asks the Governor to make pnbIlcthe cor.
respon hence which has passed between
him,elt anil Mason upon the following
subjects:
Flrst-rhe reinstatement Of property in
West Virginia.
sscond-!The plan devised by Mason by which
10 open the door for 10 syhdlC.te wtlJ claim
10 own West virgtnia's supposed portion oil
the pablo debt OF Virginia. -
ThIrd-What Eugsestons NJ lson has made
ID the Governor on this subject
Fourth-Nhat letters have paSs d bots cen
Mason and the Governor tiacs the adjourn
ment OF the LgslLt ire. .,it -.
Fifth-WhJtier this sui ject Of preparing
way for fastening part Of this debt on our
people has not been dabt t I'd between the Gov.
ernor and Mason; and this whole II uses.
ment business proposed for the purpose OF
seeing how much the people will bear with
out q volt Ht i'J4 ~ ~ AI
viii the Governor tell us whether Ia has
not known for many months pist that MI.
MaSon haa been appoiI,tsa The agett and lob
byist OF the West Virginia debt holders,
whose headquarters are IN New York; tat
they were told by N SOU that he could not
gtye his whole time to their schemes url IS
they psid his debit Cn. anOn niirg 10 about
$1,000 or 81 900; that they paid of his debts,
aud agreed give HIN $40 per day for work
ing up plans Y which 10 get II tiuence man
uiaclund In this State strong enough 10
elect Legislature snbseFyient enough 10
Pgree TO psy that deb,R s.i gI4 n. 1ln-b'
Did MasUu svtr tell this to the Governor
when ho appointed Mason one Of the Tax
Commissioners, and he knew that Mason BIT
longed t. the holders OF thu / debs, who are
now contrivirg to make our people Ply II?
HaI he not kiO IN thst Mason for ne last
eight or twelve MOI IL bias bsen boasting
wherever he GOnld Ct an ear pahest enough
10 elGure TIE It'll elton, tka. II he had the
chance, or eould get friends enough for the
measure 10 West Virginia, ho could secure
The payment OF thht deb, and that there
were ''Inillions in.it2' Lat us have all the
Governor knows about this.
Thecorrespondentassu that before the
appointment was made something passed
betwean tho Governor and the man who
is 10 run the Tax Commission; it is not too
much to ask that the people shall have this
correspondence, since 1t relates to public
question and both parties 10 it are public
officers. We do not assume that anything
contained in that correspondence would be
discredi,able 10 the Governor. II might
even be that he would be shown TO have
been cruelty deceived and wronged by a
wicked man Of base designs. As the mat
ter stands now the Governor is seriously
compromised by the appointment ofMr.
Mason, and he has put his party in the att
tude of inviting Wall street iobbers to come
in and shape the tax system OF West Vir-
ginia. ga go
It rests upon the Governor to iustifyhis
appointment ot.Mr. Mason, who. ,boasted
that he would be appointed and that he
would have Mr.. Bennett appointed, or to
revoke the appointment. II may well be
doubted whether the Governor can justify
the appointment. There is no doubt that
he will greatly relieve himself, his party
and the State by reyoking the appointment.
This he ought TO do beiore the Commits,
sion gets to work, or the Commission will
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