West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-03-09

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IL a Lawyer calls in your Office and
risks you what YOU will print a re
cord for. and you have i'm mind
that 0 hlvo leads ~ pleas IN
.ength. or say four iaches, and
That your fnruTlnre rcQair,s your
pages to be made up about 1 picls
long. or say seven inches. YOU
would probably answer, 70 cents
per page" Ii he then goes over to
the journal and inq1ircs FIR is
price per page. and the proprietor
OF that parer. having IN mind he
sizv of his loads and furniture.
winch ~ k"s up IA p ge - >, >
lnchtS, says 80 cCnis per p,gp,'
he gets The b. though ~ fact your
price was the lowest when measured
by the amount of type set to the
p'ge. The new law settles this
question by making all pagvs of
exactly the same size. Records are
Oh file ia the Clerks fiji g, where
the chnrge was 80 and 80 cents per
phgr, The pages f which contained
less than 500 ems. and this matter
doubled l.aded, with an inch Of
space around heads. Certainly no
honest printer will obj CT TO ii law
which makes II printer deal hon
estiy with his patron and give him
Value received for bis money.
Bril-. Under the rev NV no rec
ORD IS permitted 20 be taken out of
the Siatr To be- pun ed.
A good many largo records have
been taken out of he Stat. Manu-
script records being part of the
paper filed with the Clerk, it has
been argued that they were taken
beyond the jurisdiction of the
Court when taken outside of the
State for printing, and that lIti-
giants should be compelled to nave
their records either printed by the
Clerk or by some printer in West
Virginia within the jurisdiction of
the Court. | do hot think this is
an injury to the newspapers of
West Virginia, o: which they will
complain when they know the K
net facts.
The only thing upon which ob
Jrc'ion could possibly be founded
TO the new law, is that the Clgrk is
allowed ten cents per thousand ems
or fifteen cents per page for com
pa'ing records printed by outside
printers. But this is not "a new
provision. The old law gives him
n cent for each 30 words for such
comparison, (sce SIC. 10, chap. 1876
If the Code.) ana MS The ,ges are
so enlarged rs to contain about 400
words, the fee for This work has
not been increased much, il any.
above what the Old law allowed.
That 1T is necessary TO make such
comparison may be seen by inspect
ing n record now IN the Clerks
flee, printed III Wclzel county. in
which two thousand Two hundred
errors have been marked, and vet
the record only confirmed 400 pages.
have no apologies to- offer for
my connection | am supposed to
have had with tins bill. It. was not
u House bill. II originated in the
Senate. 1t had he careful scrutiny
# Senator Farr, who amended it
10 preserve 10 The newspapers every
right Of priating they had under
the old law. 1t was approved, | am
informed, by every Judge Of the
Supreme Court. 1t passed the
Senate by unanimous vote, and il
enables liligants 10 have their rec
ords printed ut a reasonable price
by such printers as they my select.
No opposition was shown to the
Dill any where until 1t passed to its
second reading in the House, when
the soured newspaper reporter, to
whom l have heretofore alluded.
discovered that he might make
some capital out of it by misrepre-
senting It's provisions. lie tried to
get up opposition to it in the House,
but Notwithstanding his arguments
based on such Misrepresentation,
It passed the House by a unanimous
vote. He followed it up, | am told,
by wiring newspaper men to pro-
test against it to the Governor, and
am informed that some eighteen
kilograms were thus secured 10 him.
asking him to veto it, and vet when
he carefully examined the bill, he
approved it as beng perfectly fair
to every enc.
Of course | cannot go out of my
way to answer this kind of a fellow.
am sure that when the news
papers who have attacked me sec
the bill. they will be ashamed Of
their criticisms, and the more frank
ones among them will make proper
amends for he error into which
they have fallen.
In the meanwhile ! appreciate
your kindness aud thoughtfnlness.
while l am not conscious Of hay
ing beef engaged in anything de-
serving criticism, yet I feel grateful
TO you for r%ofraining from joining
~ q course which The statements
published seemed to just y. / was
8 little surprised no Hornor, ana
yet we who know him we'll, always
Expect him TO formulate his con
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