Barbour County index., 1884-02-08

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jury, composed Of first-rltc men, not only
returned a verdict of acqaittal, but stated
rin life verdict that the prosecution was
commenced without probable cause there
fore Morehead was put in for the costs.
The verdict gave general satisfaction, for
this community is tired of 20 many frivo-
lous prosecutions in which the county is
required to pay the costs.
As two OF the jurors expressed it, The
county is not able to pay sEch enormous
costs in trivial criminal cases, and the soon
er quarrelsOme litigants learn it the better.''
In the case C. W. Ellis appeared for the
defendants, and j. w. McNeal for the state.
As the case was appealed to the district
court, Mr. McNeal will have to appear in
double capacity, it would seem; for As
county attorney he must collect the judg-
ment for costs against Morehead, though
he did draw up his appeal bond.
After the township election this week we
were talking to prominent and sensible
republican about the result and expressed
surprise that more Of the democrats nomi-
mated last Saturday were not elected. lie
said that the trouble with Barber county
democrats is that they have no organiza-
ton, are not united among themselves, and
have too many private chickering's and quar-
rels among themselves. Said he: "You
can't count on the members of your nomi-
mating conventions voting for the men they
nominate, even, after their work has become
"a hours old Your leading democrats
are jealous, envious, and they DO hate to see
one of their number succeed" 4"
We studied the matter over and must
confess that there does appear to be won
derful lack of interest in our patty, and if
such carelessne is allowed to continue
there is not much use in making any more
fights.
As an example, we may mention that al
though this town has many democrats in
it, the township convention last Saturday
afternoon was not attended by more than a
dozen democrats. How is that for taking
an interest?
Monday morning we printed election
tickets for tins township in full time for
them to be distributed in the eastern part of
the township. Not ticket was sent out
side of this town; no candidate was sIf1i-
ciently interested in his own success, and
the chairman of the central committe did
not see proper to have the tickets sent out.
Is it any wonder that the democrats do not
succeed better in Barber county?
And while having this democratic family
talk we may mention another instance to
show that our leading democrats are not
working for party success, supporting their
party paper and doing as democrats else
where do:
The chairman of the county democratic
central committee is Mr.. Il. j.. O'Bryan.
BY virtue of an appointment made by
democratic governor, on the petition Of
democrats, he is holding the Office of pro-
bate judge. 1t wonld appear that every
thing else being equal he would certainly
throw his official patronage ut least, to a
democratic paper if one was published n
the county; but he does not. He gives his
patronage now exclusively to republican
newspaper-nOt liberal or independent
papcr-but radical republican paper.
How is that for leading democrat! How
is that for the chairman OF the democratic
central committee?
Why, only last Saturday, in the demo-
cratic township convention, when the ques-
ton OF printing the tickets came Up, this
same leading democrat, this central COM
mittte man, suggested that the INDEX and
Cresset men were present and one OF them
would no doubt print the tickets!
How was that for democrat, anyway, to
even suggest that the tickets should be
printed in a republican Office when DEM
ocratic Office was willing to do the work.
We can live and prosper without Mr..
O'Bryan's support, and DO not want to be
understood that we arS even asking for it
now; but we mention his course in this
matter of official patronage to show that
the very man who has been placed at the
head of the party in this county is acting
in bad faith with his party; that as the ap-
pointee of a democratic governor he is not
doing what should have been expected of
him.