Telegram-herald., 1889-10-31

Aa2Fas ers FetirtoD Ter a. Ansf~~sS ~
the Jaags's >@laFs.
TIE following pattlon has been CIR
culatea and wll he presented % me
superF .sorss 70 the Honorable Board
~ s1peryi soTs of Kent county gentle
men-'.he respectfully request that
yol tx the amount 70 be pad the en-
culG judges u tnls circuit - rour
board az the sum of $500, thus max
nag lhe salary of THIS Office at least
5000 year the state paying % each
ol sad judges the SUM Of 1850. Our
reasons are that this Is the second
largest and most important judicial
district ia the state. and that tie class
OF bus ness the judges are called upon
" deal H4th demands such compe-s.-
ton.
The judges in Wayne county. Of
which there are four of them, receive
from their board of supervisors thirty
i've huuured dollars each, making
Their salary slX thousand dollars eacn;
and each OF them have certainly no
greater lRDOr u perform than each Of
our clrclAt judges perform here. The
cases that are brought into our circuit
court art not only cases that arise M
Kent county bat on account OF our
vast manufacturing lobblng and rail-
road interests, lt being large railroad
center, are eases that arise from these
different interests ln other parts OF the
state and Tor convenience are sued and
tried here.
1T i true that the Judges IN most OF
the other circuits receive but twenty
i've hundred dollars per year for their
services, bat then we are cOgniZant OF
the tact that they are employed with
tnel ludlclal labor, not 10 exceed one
hall \ the time and the other half
thcy can devote 10 law business IN
other districts, farming and other Oc-
cupauOus that furnish them a revenue
aside from their judicial income. We
furthermore claim that Il Is 10 the inter
est OF this county TO have the best legal
talent that can be obtained and, IN
order to do so, We ought 10 give them
price that would be somewhat com
mensurate with their ability.
80 Tor the foregoing reasons, we
deem 1t ut and proper, and as tax pay
ers ask that the will of the voters of
the county as expressed at the poles
by q large majority IN tins county, IN
regard 10 the amendment, allowing the
Board OF Supervisors TO increase their
salary, may be carried into effect by
your Honorable Board OF Supervisors
of Kent county"
The petition Is signed by the follow
ing persons and firms: Spring & Com
pany, Pierce Brothers Il Shattuck,
Tower Clothing Company, VOssen Bros,
dry goods, Eaton, Lyon d Co., Morse 4
Co, /. VI. Weston, A. May, Giant Cloth
ing Co, William Dunham, president of
the Fifth National Bank, Foster,
stevens & Co., Trankla, Jameson
Il Co., Boston Dry Goods House,
Amos :. Mussleman, julius Houseman,
f. q. Studley, d. VI. Wetzell, Wetzell q
Co, l.. j. Rindge, ID. A. Ball, Charles
+. Olney, William JudsOn, George II.
Perry, Gum Hardware Company, b.
W. Putnam, The Putnam Candy Com
pany, Lemon q Peters. w. O. Hughart,
president OF the Grand Rapids d Indi-
ana Railroad Company, W. X. Shelby,
vce-president of the G. r. & |.
Railroad Company, William Widdi-
comb, Il. ". Merrlls, secretary of
Phoenix Furniture Company, A. J.
Bovine, president of the Fourth Ma
tlOnal Bank, Nelson, Matter & Com
pany, /. {. Levi, Star Clothing House.
Thomas ID. Gilbert, president of Ma
tiOnal City Bank, George c. Pierce.
Nolgt, HerpOlsheimer q Co., Jacob
Barth.