The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-10-11

IN one respect the cohultlon III winch
the question il left by the court is fortu-
nate for the people. While the Court has
avoided IN express decision OF the COIL
stitutional question, II has plainly init
mated MS appears from the above quota
ton, that when another case comes up
(Which cannot be until after the approach
ing clection) it will hold the exemptions
invalid. 1t has already sustained fully
the usurpation OF the Governor and All
ditor, and it Is incredible that it should
have done this unless it is prepared at a
more convenient season to proceed TO the
futiilment of the promises rected by the
Greenbrier Independent. Before that season
comes, however, the people have II chance
TO determine whether the question Of the
constitutionality OF these exemptions shall
be decided by four judges who have thus
mortgaged their judgment upon the qucs.
ton, or whether two OF those judges shall
be replaced by men who have not pre-
Judged the question, and who are free to
give proper consideration to the true
nature OF the exempted products, to the
uniform Interpretation OF the Constitution
and to the right Of the producing classes OF
the State.
How to Do It.
1t is true that this can be done only by
electing Republicans, W. II. II. Flick for
the full term, and James II. Brown for the
short term. But there are no political
questions any longer before the court, and
the two Hen Just named are lawyers OF
ability and men OF standing, fit in all re.
spects to aid in deciding the questions
coming before the highest court. These
questions nowadays, so far rs they are
public i'll their nature, concern all ourpeo.
pie alike, and happily there is no room for
partisan difference. 1t certainly is notun-
Just that one-half the court should be Re-
pubicans, and indeed court so composed
would be strengthened in the confidence
OF the whole people, and its authority and
dignity would be advanced.
Unless the farmers and producers of the
State, without respect to party, embrace
this opportunity to assert their rights,
they will have no one but themselves to
blame il the supplemental assessment is
vigorously enforced against them, not only
for the present and future, but for the five
years past, as by Section 20 OF assessment
law, facts Of 1881, chapter 10y ''ii the rs.
SCISSOR discover that any taxes on personal
property were omitted in any former year
not exceeding FIVE, he shall enter the same
with interest thereon in his personal
property book"
The present State Administration is Just
y obnoxious to the people, and many
Democrats are only restrained from voting
the Republican ticket by the idea that
perhaps the nomination Of the Democratic
State ticket was not an endorsement OF
that administration. With respect to the
judges, however, there is no room for this
suggestion. Both Judges Snyder and
Woods came upon the bench under ap-
pointments by Governor jackson. They
have supported the Governor in his usur-
pations, even when he had gone so far
that the Democratic party in its Charles
ton convention felt called on to quietly
rebuke him by adopting this resolution.
The Wheeling Democratic Convention,
however, renominated Judges Snyder and
Woods against the Judgment OF the best
and wisest men Of the party, and they
stand in every sense rs representatives OF
the present State Administration. The
many Democrats who seek all opportunity
to rebuke that administration, without
turning the State over to the Republicans,
can best do SO by scratching Judges Woods
and Snyder. Judge Woods, ii he is to be
judged by his record, is not n man whose
course could commend him to the voters
OF any party.
LEAVES FROM A RECORD.