The age-herald., 1898-04-09

Mir J. P. Stiles were in their desperation,
 circulating about the map record, that
 would not have to appear any more; but
 MT. A. o. Lanes allusion, in his card in
 The Age-Herald of yesterday, to the judge
 of probate and court of county commis-
 sioners makes. 1t necessary that I should
 again appear If Mir. Lane hadfnot been
 so ignorant of the law of the office he is
 seeking he would not have written that
 part of the card I will, before l get
 through, try to teach him some law, so
 that If he should ever happen to be judge
 of probate of this county, he will be better
 qualified to fill the office than he is at pres
 ent He says 'I charge that the county
 business is being loosely conducted by the commissioners court, of which the judge of probate is chairman, and that they are squandering the public money" am not aware of any such looseness. It appears to me that the gentlemen composing the court have conducted the business in an orderly and business-like way. am not aware Of any public money that they are squande-- ing It will be very hard for him to make the people of this county believe that Nor row, Stradford, Lacy and Young are squan- dering the public money. It is very easy to
 make a general charge without specifca- tions or proof. He says further: They are holding needless sessions, at an expense
 of twenty dollars a day to the tax payers"
 The law requires them to meet on the sec ond Monday in every month and remain in session not more than ten days, except in May, July and August, when they shall remain until the business is disposed of; and know that they are complying strict
 ly with the law They meet the second
 Monday in every month, as the law says
 they shall, and do not remain longer than
 ten days, except in May, July and August
 when they are on tax matters and as the
 law requires, they remain until the busi-
 ness Is disposed of.
 He says further. "They are showing fa-
 voritism in building public roads," The commissioners are not build ng public roads. They do not build them. l suppose he means in establishing them The com missioners can not of their own motion es- tablish a public road, nor locate one. Pulp lie roads are established by citizens of the county petitioning the court, after thirty days notice to establish a certain road, and after 1t is viewed by seven viewers ap-
 pointed by the court showing to the court that it will be to the interest of the public for it to be established. He says further: | "They are suffering the roads to get In | shameful condition" The amount of money | that can be used in working public roads is | limited and I am satisfied that each conn | missioner is doing the best he can in work | ing the roads in his district with the money l that he has for that purpose
 He says further: q will correct the abuses prevailing at the court house." have no doubt that MP: Lane, if he were elected judge of probate would think that
 he was mighty big fellow and all power ful, but when the law would be applied to
 him he would find that he was not half
 as big as he thought he was. All the abuses
 he speaks of might prevail and the judge
 of probate would be utterly powerless to correct them. He has no voice in the court of county commissioners except where there is tie vote, and three of the com missioners could hold the court without
 him and in spite of him. Mir. Lane knows that no member of the court is supporting him, and he very naturally sshas spite at them, and suppose that.the attack upon them was directed by that spite. M. T. PORTER