Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-12-02

THURSDAY. DEC. 2ND, 1897.
MIR. BRYAN, accompanied by his
wife and CN.GOvcruor Crittcndeu, of
Missouri, late ConsuI.Gcneral TO
Mexico, will leave this week for u
four weeks tour of Mexico. Aided
by the cN.Consurs knowledge Of the
people and the country, Mr.. Bryan
will make careful study Of MeNi-
cos financial system.
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AN lGNIS-FATUUS.-The WalCOtt
bimCtalliC commission cost the peO-
pie 500, 600 and accomplished moth
ing. ~ every we'll informed man
knew from the start the scheme was
nothing more than will-'o.the- wisp
with which the Republican party
sought 10 deceive the people. All
must now sec that, if silver is ever
TO hC rChabilitatcd as standard
money, Uncle Sam must take the
bull by the horns and act upon his
own responsibility. Ii is idle 10 cN-
poet concurrence in this movement
from the R0thSchilds and other gold
kings of Lombard street.
LET THE GOVERNOR PROCEED
State Treasurer Kendall, who recently
made an investigation of the matter,
reports that the late Secretary of
the state for moneys collected and
not vet paid over, SOB, 600. If this
be true why does not Gov. Atkinson
direct the Attorncy-General to insti-
tutc proceedings for the recovery Of
the money" 1t is said, however,
that Chiltun'~ bond iS worthless. If
this be true let the fact be known,
and let us know whom to hold re-
SpOnSiblc for the failure to take a
proper bond. The people are en-
titled To the facts and they have a
right 10 know what officer has neg
lcctcd his duty in this regard
Whether the deiaulter be Democrat
or Republican is entirely inmate
rial. Let no guilty man escape.
CHARGES AGAINST :. G. BCR-
News comes from Wash
ington that the Department of JUS
ticc is investigating the charges pre-
tcrrCd against $. G. Burdette, of
Charleston, now Assistant L. =. Dis |
trlct Attorney for this State. Some |
years ago Burdette served term of |
four years as Com'r of School Lands
Of kanaWha county. He failed to
settle with the State for the money
collected by him-the amount of the
dciaIcatiOn with interest being now
about $4,000. This charge against
Burdcttc il not new. II was first
made, "a we understand, shortly at
ter he went out of office, but when
the authorities investigated the mat
ter with Il view 10 forcing payment
1t was discovered that Burdette and
his surctieS were all insolvent and
his bond "a Commissioner therefore
worthless. There the matter seems
TO have rested until recently. when
the kanawha Gazette again brought
the case 10 public attention by pub
LEGATION of the facts. !
We hear ii said that Burdette,
whilst not denying the fact that he ,
Is behind in his account with the !
State, as charged, yet claims that he
is guilty OF no moral wrong a. the
money unacc0untcd for was taken
by one OF his Subordinates who is
now dead. How this may be we do
not know. There seems to be no
question Of his legal responsibility
for the money collected.
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ARRESTED.-J. w. Goshorn, COM
monty known as Bill Dave" for
mer clerk Of the Kanawha County
Court, was arrested in Charleston on
the 23rd charged with stealing inn
portant pnpcrs-a certain lot of can
celed road orderS-from the Clerks
office. Bill Dave declares that his
arrest l. Sct-up job. Says he de-
sired to see certain papers in the
county clerks Office and made ar
with Bob Coleman, who
works there, 20 get them for him so
he could view them at his leisure
Coleman did as asked, but the off.
,lalS thought Bill Dave was taking
them to keep.
Deputy Clerk Jarrett, however,
tells different story and is conf
dent Of GO>hOrn's intent to steal the
orders III order to get eX-Sheriff Sill
man into trouble. He says: about
20 minutes before noon Goshorn and
his brother Ernest came in the room
ana remained until | started home
TO dinner. When left Bill Dave
me 10 the door of the
and when | mounted
my bicycle he hurried back into the
clerks office and took ont the pa
pers, placing them in his inside coat