Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
OUR MAIL POUCH.
Increase of the Official Salaries.
TO the Editor of The Dispatch:

To the Editor Of The Dispatch:
l see that Mr.. ]. b. Corey is calling upon
THE DISPATCH to sound the alarm against
the scheme to double up the salary of the
county public officials. If you will allow me
will say to Mr.. c. that his fears are groundless.
1t is true that there was party conflict to in
crease the CONTROLLERS salary from 1000 to
$1,000 per year, and the Clerk of Courts to
$4,000. and the Treasurer and Sheriff to $4,000.
and others in the same proportion. The act of
1881 cannot be construed to warrant fraud
like this would be upon the public treasury If
the Controller were to issue warrants for this
illegal increase of salary, his own bondsmen as
well as the bondsmen of all the other officials
would be liable to sink. The act of 1881 will
not hold in this instance, so Mr.. G. need not
give himself any farther concern. He has on
hand, however good case of looting
not 0 the allow public hmsef fnd Ss sa9%ed
aside on an imaginary one. The instance of
salary grabbing on part of county school
superintendents, which Mr.. e. has been writ
Ing up is illegal, as well as an unwarranted raid
upon the public treasury. is case where the
treasurer is warranted in refusing to cash the
warrants for this increase of salary. In ad-
aitlon e to being a conspiracy. 1 don't believe
there is any law or provision by an act Of
Assembly by which the county can be made
liable for the 81. 500 increase, which few from
Braddock and North Braddock township sue
the school directors and had declared passed
before the majority of the school directors
were aware that such project was on foot.
The scheme was hatched at Braddock, and all
cut and dried and sprung upon the convention
by the directors from Mr.. C.'s own district.
only few voted for its passage, none voting
in the negative. The president declared it
passed. although the limit of the States ap-
preparation for bid the increase. 1t was voted
illegally to mulct the county for the 81, 500 in
crease per year. NJ. c. should enjoin the county
treasurer from paying this illegal warrant, and
the people should see that all the school
directors who voted for it, or by their silence
permitted this salary grab, are voted out at the
coming spring election. Let Mr.. G.. see to it
that his own district does not ind0rse this
great wrong against the taxpayers.
The Republicans owe it to themselves to see
that these same men are NOT reelected. as the
Republican party has to bear the odium of
these raids upon the public treasury. If they
cannot find honest Republicans who will serve,
let them elect decent Democrats who will not
allow, on such tiimsy pretext the lootlng of the
public treasury; and as there is on foot prof.
ect TO elect several assistant superintendents,
who will also expectto be paid such extrava-
giant salaries, the people oweit to themselves.
at the spring election, to elect men who will
see that our schools are conducted on COM
nonsense principles. In any event. let the
Controller refuse to allow this illegal increase
of salary to be paid until compelled by q man.
damus to do SO, when, if the facts are brought
out, they will find there is no law for this
warranted salary grab. A LAWYER.
PITTsBURG, Dec. %.