The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-10-19
18AT BASE SANDER EXPOSED,
HcGraw Sheet Gets caughtup in
It's lies about the county court

County Infrmary, and to appoint an
agent to have charge of the same in
stead of selling 1t out to the lowest
bidder as had been the custom. APP
pIcants were requested to file their APP
plIcations with the county clerk on or
before 70 O'Clock M, June 20, 1899
This notice contained not a single
word about bids and but one Of the
eleven applications contained bid.
That was the application of George B.
Floyd at $3.50 per year. The News in
itsunwarrantedat attack upon the coun-
~ court last week said $3.50 was the
lowest bid: it could truthfully have
said $3.50 was the highest bid also, but
that would not have served its pur-
pose in misleading the people and
hence it either intentionally or ignor-
antlysuppressed this information. The
News asserts that B. S. Davis, the
present superintendent, was resi-.
dent of Lewis county at the time and
was imported. The tax books OF Har-
rison county show him to have been a
resident of Harrison county during
the entire period the News says he
was a resident of Lewis county. MIR.
Davis retained his residence in Har-
rison county all the time he was con-
nected with the asylum at Weston.
He paid taxes here and voted In this
county. These facts nail another Nc
Graw sheet lie. Mr.. Davis had had
six years. practical experience in hos
pital work, in large measure similar
to that the County Intirmary requires
and the court looked favorably upon
his application because OF that fact
and that alone. The court wisely de-
clded the interests Of our poor, as we'll
as those of the county, could be better
conserved by the employment of an
experienced man than by the venture
Of irving an inexperienced person,
and employed Mr.. Davis at $500 year,
a very reasonable salary for the kind
Of work done, and no man dare say
Mr.. Davis does not earn every cent OF
his salary. There are other things to
consider in the Management OF this
institution besides the financial fea-
lures, but we are not surprised that
tho News sees only the mercenary side
and forgets the humanitarian,
Quinn Minter sold Mr. Davis horse
at $50 for the use ofthe intirmary. Mr..
Davis sold the same horse later for
s65, making IS profit for the institu-
tion. The News says he sold the AMI
NAL for several dollars less, and the
News lied about 1t.
As to the management OF the instl-
tuition the News itself praised Mr.,
Davis highly in Its issue OF a Few
months ago and said the conduct OF
the lnlirmary was model in every re-
Spect. Now, the same sheet chewS It's
own words and assails the institution
for political purposes. Consistency
thou art a jewel Did it lie then or
is 1t lying now (? People who know
say it lies now and they are not all
republicans by any means. A demo-
cratic neighbor, high up in the coun-
ellis Of his party, says the poor house
management is tirstrclass.
Inone years time the new system
saved 81, 900 for the county.
Captain Minter has host of demo-
cratic friends, who resent deeply this
malicious and venomous attack made
uponhlm, and all the News has to do
todrlve votes away from the demo-
cratic party is to keep this base SLAM
derup.
So far as the county roads are con-
cerned, railroads can take any public
road and no power on earth can pre-
vent them. The Short Line is under
agreement to build new roads, replace
all taken, and repair all damages, and
that company is building new roads
and fixing up Others; in fact, 1t is
showing a disposition to do even bet
ter than the agreement provides l0r,
and that agreement Is iron-ciad. inc
Short Line will replace, rebuild and
repair every inch OF road taken or
NT.lldReu ny IL, duu ny UHG U.MS wy
l4ilroad is finished, which will be In a
few short months, the county roads
along the entire line will be in far bet
ter condition than they have ever
been in. The inconvenience expert
enced can be laid ut the door OF no
one, neither that of the county court
nor the Short Line railroad company,
and every sensible man knows IT,. me
howl of the News in this connection is
all bosh.
We News also objects to the taking
4 Ids by coal companies. In the
milne OF God, how could the coal 0f
Wis county be developed, If the COM
NJ lnleS were deprived of access 10 the
~ NJ II that were so, the farmers
lI0YSs not sell their coal. the miners
ENiuesiES have no work, the increase in
the value of property would not iol.
low, the county would be deprived OF
the taxes railroad and coal companies
pay into the county treasury every
year and many other benefits would
not exist. Would the News rather
save few pieces of road than have
the rich coal fields Of Harrison county
developed