The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-07-14
COUNTY.
A Sly Editor who Manipulated the Report
Of a Democratic Meeting.

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OF u Democratic Meeting.
C010pOHdala gAs Inldhsaler,
BEyRRLY, W. Va, July l2.-since the
Democratic mass meeting here, June 2s,
politics have been booming, aud u
quiet old town and county have had a
0haking up politically, There Is only one
paper published in the county, and it is
impossible for 1t to deal fairly with DEM
oCrats, let alone Republicans,
To show the u%niairneEs and lacE ot IN
~telligenCe Of the editor, l would refer 70
the report Of the mass meeting, published
in the Issue Of July Let, The editor was
appointed Assistant Secretary, and wrote
up the proceedings Of the meeting and
showed the manuscript to the Secretary
and the proof sheet To the Chairman,
which was endorsed by them, as 1t wae
then written and printed. But when the
paper was published there had been an
addition OF two clauses to the report,
which was not known by the Chairman
nor Secretary, and which they claim were
incorrect.
views OF the proceedings and that very m
telligent editor rises to ask, why the
chairman could entertain q motion to adj
iourn when another motion was pending
before the house, The motion was 10 Rd'
iouIn sine die. and It Ia to be deploIed that
the county Of Randolph has for the editor
Of the only paper published in ito borders
a man Of so little intelligence, He does
not know as much about parliamentary
Law as an ordinary country sChoolboy.
II is useless to say that the paper Is run
in the interest OF Wilson and his appoint
ees, butsinCs Col, Cresap downed them
in the convention they are very sore, and
would like to read him out OF the party, II
possible. But 1t cannot be done. They
thought because no had not taken an &C.
tive part in politics for four or 1--we years
he was politically dead, but at an unex'
pected moment, like BanQuo's ghost, he
bobbed up sOrenely and carried the day.
He still has an influence they little sus.
peCted, aud q following OF 'old time"
| Democrats, who intend not to be led by q
few ringsters aud party bosses,
Our county court is showing its hand,
They are now permitting a justice ol the
peace to hold office in one OF the best and
most influential districts OF the county,
and perform the duties Of said office
without giving bond, Their attention
was called 10 1t at the last term OIL COurt,
but it was utterly ignored. Some two
Yeas ago when it was found out that the
late sheriff would become insolyent, the
county court released three OF his bonds
men and took in their stead a man who
had been VIGOROUSLY ingolvent for O
number OF years, and the result now Is
that the county Ia out u considerable
amount Of money.
Last March certain county Claips were
presented to the Sheriff, and he endorsed
them, saying he had no money TO pay
them oil. Now this Exemplary body, when
they settled with him, allowed him inter-
est on these claims, and it is shown that
no had the money to pay them, and he re.
CeiVes the interest instead Of the county,
as the law directs.
Has not our State Attorney received
costs in q number OF cases from the de-
PENDANTS who were convicted or who con.
iessed judgments, In misdsmeanor cases,
and has not the County Court made allow.
anCes in some OF these cases2 And has he
not reCeivedth jury costs?
These are only few otthe Irregularities
in u county affairs. Our County Court Is
run in the interest Of a certain family and
relationship,Rnd 1t remains to be seenhow
long these things will be permitted.
ltis high time for tho people OF Ran
dolph, both Democrats and Republicans
to rise On masse and suppress the usurpa.
ton Of authority and looseness In handling
their public moneys.