Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-10-24
REMARKABLE MANIFESTATIONS
WHY IS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DIS
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torney General or the STATE. MI
Bingham did not even consult the
District Attorney. When the papers
we're all made out he went and noti
lied the district attorney that the au'
thorities wished the District AttOr
ney TO join 10 bringing the suit, and
his name was used as the law otiicer OF
the state. Mr.. Hayden went to the
authorities TO ascertain IL II was
really true that they wished his name
to appear 10 the SUIT OF the state
against the N. w. Stove Works. Ne
did not wish 10 supercede the Attor-
ney General without authority. But
90 more attention was really paid TO
him than TO the Attorney General In
the matter OF bringing these suits,and
the District Attorneys name is only
used as matter OF form TO shut out
the Attorney General and make the
proceeding legal.
While the Attorney General and
District Attorney are elected by the
people TO act for the people and the
state as their legal adviser, Mr.. Bing-
ham has the party pull TO dlsplace
both OF these public officials and
render them mere flgureheads TO ply
bis practice over their shoders. When
he failed TO elect Mr.. Carson district
attorney, he at once began to appear
as the legal adviser OF the county, and
even sought TO conduct the defense OF
the county IN the court house repairs
cases when IL was we'll known that he
was the private legal adviser and pol
Itical manager OF the County Judge.
Sam Hayden appeared before the
County Court OF Marion County and
Notified that body that the people
had elected him district attorney aud
that he had taken the oath and was
prepared to attend to all public mat
ters, land II am not competent To
discharge the duties OF the Office TO
which the people elected me, will
hire some one 10 appear at my own
expense" he added. In contemplat-
Ing how successful the public law Of
ficers OF both county aud state have
been displaced by an lllustrlous fol-
lower OF "Qulrk, Cannon & Snap"
we can Only exclaim with Shakespear:
"Ye gods, on what food doth this
man feed, that like a mighty colossus
he so bestrides this puny world ?"
WHY rs THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
CROWDED oUT9
THE JOURNAL would like To ask the
County Court by what authority 10
employs Mr.. Bingham to look after
county aud public business at public
expense, when the constitution and
the statute make II the duty OF the
District Attorney TO appear for all
county officials and in all public cases
la which the county Is interestedY
Will Judge Terrell please show the
law tor lncurrlDg such expense9 VIII
he show the people any contract he
has made with Mr.. Bingham to at
tend % public business for this
county? VIII he show the people any
order Of the county court entered OF
record that Will even protect the people
against this man Bingham bringing In
any bill against the county he sees
6ta at the close OF Judge Terrell's
term for collecting the taxes and
other alleged servlcesY
When Judge Terrell's predecessor
went out OF Office Mr.. Bingham
jumped up With an alleged contract
about which Judge Hubbard knew
nothing and about which there was
not ascratch OF q pen In existence
and drew down about 81 ,250 for coll
lectlng delinquent taxes against one
corporation. How big bill will Mr..
Bingham have against Marion county
when Mr.. Terrell and he quit at
tending TO public business together
Mr.. Bingham Is "A man who keeps
long accounts aud never forgets 10
charge and fairly revels In fast aud |
loose agreement with the county, |
city, state or any old thing that's got |
any fees Ia 10, lie never falls TO show |
up az the right time and audit his /
own bill against the people whether
they elect him TO office or not.
When these habits OF Mr.. Bingham
are we'll understood, would 10 not be
we'll for the county court TO at least
place limit on such a mans
charges against the public treasury IL
seems TO us that a price should be
fixed for his services and II he Is 10
furnish all his extraordinary extra.
oliicial services, for when the people
haYe already provided oniers aud are
taxed for their services, IL should
be entered on the public record Just
what Mr.. Bingham is TO receive and
lot the people at least be protected as
10 the amount to which he shall be
permitted 20 help himself.
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