The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-11-02
THERE ARE OTHERS.
CIRCULAR NO. 2.

circular, we mentioned that there
were probably others, as a party that
would deliberately and clandestine-
Iy attempt to deceive the people,
would hardly stop at one. And
onr prophecy has proven true.
Another has been handed us
one very similar to the rst-and
with an attempt at deception
written all over its face, and dis
count of the intelligence of the
Mason county voters. You have
seen it, SO have you seen the
Courts special committees report.
Study it closely; you Will find an
attested copy published in another
column of this paper-a true copy
of the records. In this last cireu--
lar they try to prove that the COM
mittee's report (they admitting
the correction of same) to be en-
titled to a credit of the amount of
levy laid at the July term of court
for the current years expenses
i
Now, for what purpose is this levy
annually made? And how is the
Iamount necessary to pay the rum
ming expenses of the county APP
proximated? Why, by an estimate
providing for the cost of all coun-
/ y and district purposes. If this
levy is then a credit upon the past
| years expenditures in excess of
income, what provision has been
made for the expenses of the year
for which the levy was laid2 Then if
this levy can be properly deducted,
surely the continued expenses
must be added. Now how has the
debt been reduced?
The Register gang" is then at
tackled. Who are the Register
gang" referred to? Why, the tax
payers of Mason county, both
Democrats and Republicans, who
are alarmed by the enormous debt
of the county, and are clamoring
for reform and economy. Arc
they to be blamed for so doing?
There is a debt, that fact is not
denied; the Republican admins
tration is responsible Now can
you blame the taxpayers in their
attempt to have a better admins
tration of county affairs? Don't
you want it yourself? Don't you
as an honest man condemn any at
tempt to cover up and keep dark
affairs of this kind, as wrong? Do
you not see that these circulars
are an attempt to deceive? Why,
because they have stopped the
discussion of the county debt in
their paper, the Gazette, and are
sending out those anonymous cir
culars, made. up principally of
false figures and such choice
abuse as Ignorant as a hog or
'lying like dog" winding up by
saying, Nov if any person does
not feel like taking our word for
the foregoing facts he can see they
are correct by going to Col.
Smiths office and examine the
books for himself
In answer to this piece of "monu-
mental honesty" we simply point
to those records as we heretofore
mentioned, in another column of
this issue of the paper, taken from
the records and attested by Col.
Smith. Simply to save you the
trouble and expense of trip to
the clerks office, ''to see for your
self" Again, it is asserted, they
paid off 1000 of this debt last
year. Well, we admit that; in fact,
we admitted it Fridays issue of the
Register that they had paid off
$12,0O0-they told us they had.
We are glad of it, and are going
to stand by and insist that they
pay off some more next year, and
continue to do SO. until every dol
lar of this indeE' edness is paid.
We say it should be paid, and
submit, because we can't help our
selves. to increased taxation, to
help pay it off. But why the
necessity of any debt when we are
taxed to the extreme limit of the
law upon a property uG1ue0 at
more than 1sue million dollars.
In conclusion, the circular says:
.'It is difference between truth
and honesty, on the one hand, and
falsehood and dishonesty on the
other" We here rest our cause
for you to draw your own conclu-
sions.
Who are the honest2