Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-05
GooD AND FAITHFUL SERVANTS.
The County Administration Retires Will
aGood Record of Stewardship.

The County Administration Retires With
Good Record of Stewardship.
The year 1884 coses up the county ad
ministration undar its Democratic officers
for the terms, respectively, of two and four
wears. The Board of Commissioners has
managed the financial affairs of the county
with wisdom that greater deliberative
bodies could very proftably initiate and fol-
low with paying advantage to their constit-
uents. The railroad subscription proposed
by the board was ratified by the voters OF
the county and with this exception, andione
of twenty Thousand to the Ohio Riverroad, no
other debts were contracted by the board
in the past two years. The entire admins.
tration of the retiring board is clear and
free from irregularities of any kind what
ever, as a body, althoug b wo of its mem
bers committed official improprieties, but
not of q serious nature, yet highly i'm
proper, from any standpoint moral or social
In the retirement OF Mr.. Speidel the county
will lose an efficient officer from its service
The clerk, Mr.. Woods. like the board, has
teen faithful in the performance of his
duties to the people, and will in all probable
ity will be reelected by the new board, to-day
The retiring Sheriff, G. P. Brown, has
made an excellent and safe officer, and re-
signs his official trust with as clean hands
and clear conscience as any county official
ever did in Ohio county. He has been dill
gent in the discharge of his many unpleas.
ant duties as an officer, honest and safe in
with less after-trouble than any Sheriff has
done before him, and this is because his en-
tire administration was founded on an et-
fective business system. He was fortunate
in securing his office force, for one is safe in
saying that no better men for the position
they held under Sheriff Brown could
possibly have been found in Ohio county.
With the exception OF the first year OF
his administration, Sheriff Brown had no
Jail breaks or escapes, and as an admiuis-
tration of success and efficiency, it has none
in the history of the county to out rank it
Of the other county officers, Clerk Hook
managed his office so well as to be again re-
elected without much effort on his part.
The county assessors, Phillips and Zane,
were also continued BY the people in their
Offices for four years more in consideration
Of services, rendered.
MajorEMilchell, clerk of the Circuit Court,
was so well and fayorably known to the peo-
pie, that he encountered but little opposition
in securing his election.
The Democratic party can well afford to
be proud of its record in the administration
of the financial affairs Of Ohio county since
January /, 1881; and with this record be-
fore the newly-elected Democratic admins
;ration. the REGISTER may say, in behalf Of
the new board, new Sheriff and all members
Of the incoming Democratic administration
of the county, to the people of Ohio county,
that the new administration will
retire in turn with as clean
hands, clear conscience and as fine
a record as the outgoing one. The man
agement of the county interests by its re-
firing officers is subject of congrotulation
to all of our citizens, regardless Of party.
The schools have been well provided for,
the country roads, infrmary, and all
county institutions have been well cared
for, and efficiently maintained, and no
more taxes were leIed and collected than
the positive wants of the county imperative
ly demanded; and the financial credit of the
county is number one, with paying prem
ium TO the county. All of these facts speak
well for those who have managed so ably
and successfully, our county's interests. In
the name of the people of Ohio county, we
thank our officers, be they who they may,
for this satisfactory condition of affairs in
Ohio county.