Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-26

The Democratic County Executive
Committee, of Marshall county, has
organized and have already commenc-
ed an active campaign in that county.
The next meeting Of the committee
will be held at Moundsville on Satur-
day, September 3rd. Joseph Mahood,
OF Benwood, has been selected chair
man.
The people and taxpayers of Mar
shall county are principally interested
IN the contest for County Commission
ershlps. Although Marshall county
gives big Republican majority, yet
many OF the prominent Republicans of
the county have already Announced
their lnteGtion to vote. Tor the Demo
cratic candidate for commissioner and
predict that the Republican candidate
will be defeated.
Solomon Davis, the Republican can
dldate, is member OF the present
board, which is charged with malfeas-
ance in office and against whom charg-
es have been preferred in the Circuit
Court by citizens irrespective of polit-
les. So strong was the Indignation
against the commissioners that mass
meetings were held in Moundsyille a
year ago and efforts started to prose-
cute the commissioners. Against
Davis, who has the audacity to run
again, is ]. w. Dunlevy, of Cameron,
who is the Democratic candidate and
is known all over the county as popu-
lar, public spirited and upright clti-
zen. His character can not be i'm
peached and as a prominent Republic
can of Marshall county put it yester-
day, 1T would be a disgrace and blot
upon the county to defeat such man
and select Davis against whom are pre-
ferredi most serious charges"
The Democratic committee is distri-
outing al through the county copies
of the resolutions passed by the recent
county convention. The part in refer
cree to the County Court is as follows:
We charge the County Court of Mar
shall county with nonfeasance, mis-
feasance and malfeasance in office, in
this:
That it proceeds in its work without
system and without the observance CT
ordinary business principles.
In its transactions with the Mounds
vile, Benwood and wheeling railway
company, and apprcpriating to their
private use and benefit the sum Of
SIEGE from the county treasury.
For issuing orders to the Wrought
Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio,
for sums of money in excess of their
contracts for constructing bridges.
For awarding contracts for public
work without first advertising for COM
petitive bids for the same.
For paying $4329.30 for painting the
interior of the court house, which work
at a high estimate should not have ex-
ceeded the sam of 81, 332.6S.
For settling with superintendent of
roadr in a manner unintelligible to any
one except itself, the superintendent
and the sheriff court records failing to
show who receives the money and what
services were rendered.
For making large disbursements of
county funds for the manifest purpose
of perpetuating the members thereof in
office and to benefit favorite political
bosses. the fruit of which has been
large indebtedness to the county.
For issuing orders of the county in
excess of the revenues of the same.
For falsifying the financial state
ment of the county by emitting inter-
est-bearing county orders, adding the
interest each year to the principal and
the county thus paying interest on in
terest. instance, the order paying for
stock in the o. R. R. Co., which origi-
nally amounted to $4,000, but by this
method now reaching the alarming
sum of 1885,.
To the correction of these evils and
the overthrow of the Dernicious sys-
tenn of which these things are the out
growth. the Democracy of Marshall
county soemnly pledges itself to the
people of this county.