The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-10-27

has been on the bench and given
satisfaction, and he believed, in
all honor and fairness to the people, that
they ought to vote for Judge Koch, especially
as nothing can be urged against him. He is
u good man, good lawyer, and has made
good Judge. In speaking of the District At
torney's office Mr.. Snyder said the Office
ought to be run at less expense. In the last
six years the expenses have increased almost
to three times what they were previously,
and it is necessary, to carry out an economical
in that office, to elect a man
who is competent TO fill it. Such man he
believed S. Burd Edwards, the Republican
nominee to be. As to the CoronOrship, Mr..
Snyder said it is an important office in
many particulars, and he submitted that
none in the audience could recall when the
CorOners' Office in this county had been either
the active prosecutor in a case, or the
champion of any case in the courts. That is
history, said he, and the records of the courts
will carry it out. As far as the taxpayer is
concerned, it runs merely in the limo of
expense The office in the last three years
has been most expensive article, and in no
office in the county Of similar importance has
more money been uselessly and neglgently
spent than in that one. He deprecated the
practice of, for instance, holding an inquest
in a case of an infant child that had died
Of collie. He was confident that if DIR. w. n.
Stein, Of Shenandoah, is elected he will carry
the office in the lines of economy and in ac-
cOrdauce with the laws (applause) After
paying compliment to Mark D. Bowman, of
MahanOy City, Mr.. Snyder passed on to the
Poor Dictatorship and in Enthusiastically clear
and concise language successfully refuted the
,,F I,,J . r
the Republican Poor Directors by Democratic
County Chairman Meyer. He said Mr.
Meyer forgot to say that 1887 was the cheap
est year Of any in the history of Democratic
administration at the almshouse for twenty
years before; that it cost this county from
$4,000 to 500 900 a year to run that office
Under Republican rule it cost Sis 600, but it
must be remembered that in 1887 the outdoor
relief was but $4,000, and in 1897 it was $47,-
0O0 In 1887 the population of the county
was between 1874 900 and lao, 600, and in 1897
it was 100, 900. In 1887 it didn't cost this
county cent to furnish a hospital, because
it had none; and in 1897 it cost the county
Sl2, 600 to furnish the finest hospital in this
county, barring none. In 1893 three Demo
cratic Directors of the Poor went out of Office
leaving a debt of $40, O00 In 1897 the deb
was paid off under Republican rule. In 1888
lhe Poor Directors received but two dollars
day for their services, but in 1897. by an AC
of the Legislature, the directors were giveI
$4,000 each for term. Mr. Meyer saiC
Mr.. Snyder, eithor deliberately falsified thu
records to obtain a foundation for a charge
or, in making the charge, did it through
partisan blindness. In referring to ex
travagances as to salaries in other county
offices, as alleged by Mr.. Meyer, Controller
Snyder declared that in 1887 every office in
the county was operated under the fee sys
TEN. In 1897 the county paid the assistants
In 1887 the needs Of this county were not
half as much as they are now. More cases
we're run through the courts in 1897. As to
the Poor Dictatorship, Controller Snyder
said that Stephen G. Middleton should be re.
elected on his record of experience, com
potency, and excellent service.
When speaking of the ContrOlership, Mr.
Snyder assumed fTankness and fairness
that frequently elected applause. He sale
the office pays S4 900 year; that he was a
the meeting to talk for it, and he would lik
to haYe the people help him to get it. II
rldiculed Mr.. Meyers assertion that the Otiic
does not count for much and was created fO
Republican Office grabbers He said that whe
Mr.. Meyer asserted that the office was of n
importance ; he stated what was not true.
is absolutely the most important office in tn
county. Through it every year the figur,
OF the county pass and every order issued
the County Commissioners is scrutinizet
Even if the Controller merely had to sig
every warrant for the $3.50, 900 expended in
year by the county, it would be an importai
ONCE, The duties cover over seven pages
an Act of the Assembly and if the peop
have good Controller in office the position
u of Poor Director and County COMMISSIONS
1 amount to very little The Controller mu,
= pass upon the legality of every bill mul
3 investigate business of every kind pertanin
a to the county must know exacting what
T. will cost to run the county; and must hay
the courage to say just how much shall /
:, expended the next year. The Controls
must supervise the keeping of the books, hi
y absolute charge of all outdoor relic
II makes all contracts, must see that eve
article purchased by the county of Schuylk
n is contracted for, and contracted for fairl,
It and the man who is elected to the office, if
v does not know what the office means W
. find it out in very short time. The sala
y, is good one, and it ought to be; and the IN,
- who fills the office with ability, honesty al
i fairness to all concerned. earns the salary.
becomes the duty OF every voter, said Co
i troller Snyder, to find out just what kind
$ a man is running for that office. The peop
ought to go to Pottsyille and fnd out VIII
N kind of an officer Charley Snyder has be,
GO since last April. See whether he has Il
requisite judgment, ability and courae
= Courage is one of the greatest Requirement
Dr for the Office You must refuse your frien
ie more favors than in any other office in Il
y county of Schuylkill You must turn the
10 out often. If a man is right in his charge
" approve his bill if he is not, reject it. 1t
,t also the duty of the voter TO find out il
10 how this Charley Snyders opponent
equipped to run that office. 1t must not
y merely popularity, how much we are like
OF not liked. 1t is simply question of
Id ness for the Office not question Of politi
nc The Office of County Controller must be +
in on absolutely business principles, and in
cOrdance with the law governing it. A n
ho cannot inteTject politics into it, and the n
be who injects politics into the office is bou
" to get into trouble. Mr.. MuldOOn lives
" Shenandoah. The people of the town KIN
es him we'll. He is gentleman,
T. course, but has Mr.. Muldoon the
quisite qualifications to run that ofiiC
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