The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-31

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! the Joint discuss OH lellan1
ssch6oI mouse last week Coma
mad tlae aim that unde ne
Kew law ouTi FIJI
pay It's entire Grim fnal char es. thus
{ IN addition to the other sex tra as men 2 n
stfoned In the law lei co,lnt Y oa1ld I.
3haye# thrown back upon e. a bout : ~
500 The next day the q ines re pro-
duced the statement for tn peneht@
of Its readers. This provoked the
wheeling News to hand out the fol-
31owing vigorous Language which VIII
be Of interest to our people 80
y The Fair1nont Times adds to the
gaiety of the tax-dodgng campaign
|$of lying, misrepresentation and 1e7
$norance with tie followir1 g: @
teWhen this is done you must not
overlook the fact that In return the.
Taxpayers Of this county unjust assume
and pay all the criminal expense of
this county heretofore paid out of the.
State treasury, carefully estimated
Tor ElSU0 OEDeSuOIls1S less tlAiet y = 49,
the salary of the Judge of the Inter
mediate Court amounting yearly to.
the sum of $500 as we'll as $50 on
the head of each and every Inmate
in TIE reform school and insane asy-
slums, amounting yearly to not less
than So 900, showing back onto the tax
payers Of this county the sum of S14, :.
800 additional burden which they
must pay
1t is wholly untrue criminal charges
must; be paid by the counties and we
challenge the Times to show any
such provision in the tax laws. With
the exception of few Insignificant
jailers' fees the criminal expenses will
continue to be cl:argedto the State.
| 1T is true the county must: pay the
salary Of the judge of its intermediate
court. and why shouldn't 1T? That
court is purely. a local court for local
purposes and of no benefit to anybody
except the citizens of Marion. 1t is
really unnecessary and there is no
reason why the salary Of a local judge
should not be paid by the locality he
benefits anr serves. Why should the
State pay the salary of minor officers of
Marion county? Why should Marshall,
Brooke and Hancock county citizens
have to pay because Marion county
thinks it needs extra court? The city
of Wheeling might as we'll ask the
State to pay its police Judges salary
Judges salary, jailer's fees and all
we do not think will cost Marion over
$4,000 It can abolish it's sintermedi-
va
more.
AS for the county having to pay $50
on the head Of each patient in the in
sane asylums at Spencer and Yves
ton, the News has this to say If the
Times can: show any provision to
that effect in the tax laws the News
viii withdraw it's opposition to Mr.
Cornwell.
The owner of the Fairmont Times
is Q. S. Mckinney, the Democratic
State chairman Presumably. Mr.. Nc
Kinney by virtue of his position is
reasonably familiar with the tax laws.
Being familiar with them, he must
know the statements quoted from his
paper are false. Therefore, the mat
ter does not place him in a very good
that Mr.. Mckinney is not giving his.
newspaper his personal attention and
perhaps should not be held to account
for the irresponsible utterances of
those who are in active charge and
who certainly know nothing of the
theory. principle, practice or provis-
ions of the new tax laws:
$1,000 - ------gF. Use.
1t was published inSa local paper
that Mr.. C. w. Arnett, president of
the Fairmont Trust Company, is OPP
posed to the new tax laws; a close
business friend Of Mr., Arnett's left
the same impression in a. converse
ton recently. Taking it for granted
that the people responsible. for these
statements knew them to be true,
and not having heard them disputed,
Mr.. NJ. c. Tough mentioned the fact
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