Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-03-07
nd Eat Up the Earth, it GlTsn
Time to Stick 10 Their
Claws.
Il Unsuitable RapaCity Of West
Yirqlnla's Great Moral Re-
publican Machine.
4 oUeratiOns During Four Years
of High Handed Tyranny
and Corruption.
S,,rciol 20 tie Regis.T.

N,,V,s.rlN, March 81 asked Congress
nan Gibson Yesterday il be hal any further
<latistics 20 communicate for the good Of
.ke order before the lodge was closed.
.,Yss," he replied, THE REaIsrER shows
sach Just appreciation Of the situation, aud
i 80 wiling and able in is defense Of oar
rscpIe sd the good name Of our State,
tlast it sd,-ds me pleasure 70 give It IN
foruurion. i,. wide circulation ENABLES 1t
~ rouse the .scple to trle spirit o! re-
,en.u,nt towards the 'usn Who have so
shamef.iy aaI UNANIMOUSLY abused and
Dlu ter.d them, snJ brought the United
eh,cs Department OF Justice into sUch
h.,rloe G..-r..e. ! have Tate oIt
fariEtr statement covering the years from
Isl ,s -, i-~lasive, which shows even
vcr sc Nlat tragic farce these Marsha,s
hays made Of public justice. This state.
rient shows ;ha, the whole business has
bsen run for fees, and that they neither re-
eirded the people they were TO serve or the
government that appointed them.
The Figures for 1879.
Pin 1879 the West Virginia mar5hals got
ssfees Si7.O>G For this enormous outlay
ii marshals, the United States only tried
% obtained Judgment in It's cases,
<nounuug in the aggregate to FlS,6jO Sd.
ON Of these li5 cases The court suspended
ndgmentin+U So.
-tF"That shows clearly what the court
HOUght OF nearly Ons-Ihrd OF them.
r.The whole amount Of Judgment entered
Id in the I nited States that year was S52l,'
ID. So the records sdJudge West Virgins
ID bear about One-eighteeGth OF all the
pains snd penalties for that year that
we're inh Cted upon all the States and Ter
ritories. But the amazing fact also ap-
rears that from this great sum the Govern
nent only got SlS7 so principal, and
Elg y costs. II these judgments were for
real OllenSes, what became Of the balance?
The marshsls go! Si7,ON5; the wit
nesses got their fees from the Gov
ernment, all the officials were paid; bat
hat became Of the Government? For
'this year there wss no. q single gallon OF
whisky seized, and only fil25O were real
lied from miscellaneous seizures. There
were only six of the great States with an
equal amount Of sdjUdsed fines. But the
Marshals and witnesses, etc, gOt pretty
Ne.l paid Tor il.
Relation OF Fees Go Judgments.
For lSsO the Marslal5 got SS,7l5lL
For this year ~ judgments were entered
against our people aggregatiug SSt,055 81,
b. ore thsn double the amount sdjudssd
sGsinst any other State in the Union ex.
b, Dt the States Of California and Illinois.
This year the aggregated judgments in
V.FH O.. IHF
edjudment ca little over OGe-lsnth OF the
palus and psns,uss inflicted On JO,OyI.UJO
n people, saCGlsd largely on Que little COR.
Pc OF oUr .it,.e State. But Of this mar
ID Gus sta, jut uCut WIS only en-
lorCtd and psid in ioclv two cases,
4LcgmtIt vaS suspended n = ctsel anl
~ we're appsr,ntly a5aSton"d The
FtS! colieC ioas for that yrsr from Grimm
~ ProSeCuuons were - ~rl - 4 gain
pis year there wss not sin IL, aaizlre Df
IClt WHISKY, and the value Of miscella.
nFcns seizures OU.y !ll2l
Truly alGlhar Year Of wonderful de-
Fiopmenis. Nsyahals, witnesses and
cpurt otic SIS growing Tat on their magnifi.
I'd lees, Tor which the government has
eitheT 10 20 IN teot or wiring from the
Prsssiye taxation.
HON tn"y GOuEPd u I'm 81.
For lNSl The exhibit is still more pitiful
nj painful, and commend it TO a people
Vho are sbusiur rs for sa inefficient and
eStrsyagant S.~,' administration. These
iellOws 'un The I. S. Court expenses
Id ,LSmss,Y,t sSi>l::, For FOR vSa,' snG
Don't grow incredUlOls here are
the fgUrss-icr trying and getting iuds.
bent n mjseS Ole little cases. the s,gre.
gate amount oi - hich judgments was oalv
- 10 principal, and Sl94 is costs. This
put OF ll0 cases they hGd pending, repre-.
ftnNDE 50 ma-y people Oe Geviled. ami So
z any witnesses drawing the public money.
his ytac TIE t,.'l collections on outstsnd
2rg judgments w4s go 49,. For this wear
ere were ..' .,1GS Of Nbiskey seized. |
fhch rea.|'d p aGl the total value of |
q 'SCe.'aCluCs ---es w. SEG, and they
! Use re for slowing Up these ,hirgs. aud
r. calling the -' en;i0n Of ,hs people and !
\ kH's;AtA'E- to them. Well cda stand |
n II they can.
The Same Old Game ia ~.
For the var commencing July lst,
r, there wsra pending 9lS cases instead
l'o' as sis'e@ n NJ las. statement IA
ls'aAe msds by the Attorney GsneralN
w OF 'ta, r"'Hee7 they obtained judg-
- I'm ~ III We beaten IN Il. dismissed |
- aJu yu, ol be l2j Judgments were sus.
EJ,r,-'S.s' S.s';A IA III. TIE aggregate |
tesis 1850 'o7 thIs yssr, principal and |
.SrrsilS5 -. . .eu 10 s'I5sI 56. Again only |
49, So, 80 o"r auctions by i've OF the |
- c,5..o,'.,-1IsE 4 " the same year the aygre-
ti',S'I?ls On all ou.Stapdiny i,139.
'SN .os p'rC'ps' and costs wsrs Is 10 =.
% '"e solitary cent lr,rr = -. -. -
-. 7"s 'ioiy'iUn Of the r,vanne is,,S
"vN"y'.1' SsTviCa by tbese -
- Ivy 60. SD 10, and wi,Dsssas -,
ahu nnwberless harmless 49,,
- rum snd bankruptcy.
H>t Years BeViimrD,
f"r the year conmencir,, IL,
r. 'h're were 257 cases pending o.
Is r"uesr they obtained iudynoa, -
q s',Eu,"Ii aLd costs NsTc p,i3 -, y"
L%'|,l% T'id on 81, while ipJynaot
-. . s.'psndrd Ol Il The no.
4 !. 80, u ~ o, OIL these judgment, vss
- - f'r 'hlS year the total amonnt |
90 l'ruUps on AL outstanding iufgrneotSs
n ''ud'Hg principal and costs Wa fgGS N
.t lt''' we're 10 gallons Of whisky seized |
LICh itS.-4sd SUU Now 10 src;,Sri.sS
I's S0rCtltui work for SS3 n toos a; ,...,
,S|S, MN ;ggregaGs OF fees of nearlv SiS
~ s'N Witnesses e"oush Ia sSalSvT
''"' u sum Il i20 OOl. besides the sT
''' - 90 DE .nC!Gsnis { a court
.>. h'""Pi'n'a'ed ViiIa,oy.
/, ,'.% ". 70 IrtaPi'ulate. For these years
sh.I. -ha' IsSs, 1882, and 1888 these Mar.
NO0A or BY crook, obtained judg.