West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-03-07

service of she people just s they are and recci,-
ms about one half what the others DO.
This state ~ affairs has aeon directly under
Mr.. nccrnans notice an along nid be ruth ga
thr newspapers aud "IicN" about thats
Wh'c these gcnt,c,rcn wcrc receiving at least
douh'c that OF your humhlc servant tcr thcir
services 20 the people and The q, unity court was
holding somv OF thcn "a ga TIE highest notch
and showing the others zap ia that point us raf,
idly as possible, did this yicilsnt gentleman az.
tack thCn and impUgn their motives and vail
upon them &C. rcsignt w have not heard ol 80
n he dld. II couldn't bc that 80 was Mr. necr-
mans personal fcclings that actnatcd him m
passing ovcr these other gentlemen and assaidu.f
the one who Is claiming that ne has suffered gross
injustice ia the arrangement 81 compensation
already Oh, no. OF course met.
Mr.. Hocrinons active aud 81. ccSsful hutton,
/ boiling of u late county count 60 rrcYcW me
/ having an office IN the court h0Usc the saicc a.
| the other county officers, where "a wOod lev e
| convenience 90 the people, and Nvlich could tc
/ done without cost 60 the county. wasn't done
/ FROM any personnel motivc' Of copwc not
! The New IRA has lately contained scrics OF
! articles IN the guisc OF editorials which, 1t loft
! without reply cor explanation, whcuh crratc thc
| impression, with many, that NY conduct was
that cf uGblc cucuy rather than one who 3,
| simply trying Go gct what 10 deems nc is Justly
! entitled &C..
viii Mr. EeorInsns deny TINT hc Is tho author
Of or had no hand m the production 81 saii cji.
torialst II he did not, will freely admit that
am wrong In my conclusions, and sincerely leg
his pardon. IL ne Is tho author or nstlsatcd
! them, can he explain why lac has passed over
those either officers and ottaok mCi
Does the honest and fair minded taxpayer pro-
pose 90 select one cf his public servants aud
compel him 20 pay an undue proportion ~ The
| loss 60 the people OF the county 10y withholding
| from him Just and reasonable compensation
Tor his services hccausc the people have had the
misfortune 30 loso bridgeS
which would Doe tho wiser plan For the peo
pie 20 select the one they want 60 an tho o.bco
and pay him what he fairly earns. or sell the Of
aces out TO the lowest bdderS should they be
unwilling TO ray the one thcy have selected
| reasonable compensation simply because some
one whom they have not sclectCd--and perhaps
under NO circumstances would selects willing
20 do Il Tor lcsst
by the way, who Is this gentlemen that Is so
| eager 20 spring into my shoes should resign
| Upon the superstition that he must necessarily
| be u lawyer, we will confue ourselves to the
bar; Is IL james a. Brown Certainly not for
Mr. Brown has repeatedly said that the annual
! salary Of the prosecuting attorney IN this county
ought 10y all means 10 be $1,000, and since the
publication % these articles, said In public that
| Il was not he. l. 10 MIR. Mccormick Il could
hardly be him, since I am Informed that he said
during the last campaign that ho had held the
| olice once and had no desire for it again. Is Is
| Slr. Worlcyi It would bc simply absurd 60 sup
pose that my iiiend would name MIR Morley for
| personal reasons. Is Il Mr.. Wotringf Certainly
not FOR he said in very recent conversation
that under the circumstances he would not nc
| ccpt H. 10 & hcssrs. VIM. g. Brown, II. G. Hyde
or y. j. Crogans No; because they have said all
along, with Judge leo and Others who are tamil
lar with tho duties " the office, that the present
compensation IS ridculously small and insum.
Client, who isits Trot him ont and let as sec
| whether he + the man the people OF tho county
would be liSoy 70 select, at even II loss compcn-
sation than the present " they had q voice I'm H.
After proper foundation was laid, as was
| supposed, by those articles Ia which the renders
were led mp TO an entirely fnsc conclusion re-.
gardng the income the prosecuting attorney IL
able 10 commando moan by that II has been
placed az double n not more, The whole amount
| amount that can be earned by any prosecutor IN
this county who will give the proper attention 90
| the businoss 81 the courtyard the prejudice
| Of the people having been stirred to tie proper
! degree by these nlsstRtcmonts against one OF
your citizens who So deyoting his whole Yrofes-
slonal time n your service. and who has had the
awful hardhood 20 make an attempt To- rccurc
what he feels hc Is Justly entitled TO for these
services, and which he hereby pledges himsclfto
| show 10 tho satisfaction Of any fer minded and
unpreiUdlCed taxpayer lac IS entitled 90, VINO
will call upon him aud who is certainly entitled
10 have bis compensation placed upon something
rcnr q corresponding basis with that 81 othor
officers who have NO more arduous or r0sponai-
bic duties to perform than ho has. Someone
signing himself Grant District" whether Mr.
Heermans or not gets UP on his tip toes =" so TO
speak and calls for hep-inyites tho people Of
the county 10 aid him In making a general as
sault on ono 81 your citizens--for WHAT
Did my friend think he committing
heinous Ofonso against the bank when ne asked
them to place bis compensation at $3.50 for
from three 10 SIX hours labor rer day did hs
fool that he had right to II because n less sum
was an insufficient compensation for the amount
" professional skill, timcRnd labor that II took
viii any citizen join in n crusade Of that kind
without Informing himself Of tho merits Of the
casci If he does, will lac be acting fairly and
honestlyf II thoy do thcy will have the salts.
faction Of knowing that they have condemned
somebody without hearing and stabbed some
body 10 the dark. II there AFRO any who desire
70 distinguish themselves IN that way thoy arc
AZ liberty 90 do 90.
Before the primary election preceding the Last
election. having learned that there would bc ab.
solutely no opposition 70 my candidacy IN my
own party and feeling Aattcred BY the express
inspired again with the hope that justice would
eventually be obtained, J became "a candidate
for Che third time and was elected by "a largely
increased majority over the othor elections
want 70 also distinctly understood that long
before. and up 60 tho worry day Of the election,
freely and openly stated fny intention 81 pro
curing an increase ~ compensation for my ser
vice.. o. elected. ~ possible. 20 the question
'why was 80 NOT made an issue before election
~ answered. ~ was an issue so Tor cess ] was
concerned. and n anybody had beer Disposed
90 oppose my election on that acoro they could
have done SO because never mede any effort 90
conceal my intention.
After observing the extraordinary efforts Of
my fricnd in preventing me from getting an Office
in tho court house, 7 carno o. The conclusion thnt
I would try my luck with body ~ men who
we're more Largely familiar with the merits 81 q
question Ike this one. and went 20 Charleston
during The sitting a. the logisiatu5caud bad tH0
bills iutr0duccd--0ue placing ile .aiaues 81 iho
prosecuting attorneys upon basis Of population
applicable aii over Noe state and tho ether u.
c.u1irc tIis county WitI others iB special $500