The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-24

eeping a little bit post I'd and among
1.-THE young men OF both or all paTties5
who are coming mp With q der In
ltelligence and a keener perception II
than many Of the older men. 3therefhas
never been a doubt but that the Fair.
mont West Yirglnian has been hitting
the nail on the head when y says
some things about the HOLSTERS" at.
1.-The Legislature. There is no doubt |
in our minds that Ran Stalnaker and
others have received nothing. more
than their due at the Yirglnian's
hands. There has been entirely too
much of a shady nature going on down
lat Charleston. 1t is time for all par |
ties TO clean up. There are few,
however. who have been down there
that can afford to throw stone at
their fellows. In this particular it III
becomes the editor Of the West Vir.
Iginian TO talk SO much. Working for
the corporate interests is no worse
than working for individual interests,
Iif neither write down to the good OF
the people in general. When the gen
ltleman referred to above gets SO Sc
we're, the people. pf this county think
more concerning his efforts to place
the criminal court upon us.-Manning-
ton Enterprise. a
4 While the Enterprise does not ex-
? press itself very clearly in its last two
or three sentences, yet we know what
!. 1t is driving at and 1t gives us an op-.
portunity to speak further Of the. effort
TO secure criminal court for this
!, county. First, there are some people IN
this county who are SO obtuse and ig-
: lnorant that they were caused to be-
, llieve and so wrote to Charleston that
an effort was being made to shoulder
4 on to this county tire courts--a Grim
, inal Court in addition to our Cir
cult Court and Intermediate Court.
This was, Democratic lie and 1t &C.
complishod, no doubt, all that was de.
, street.-The disrleasure and Indignation
NJ OF a few weak.minded persons. What
H. was done, and which was done at tie
70 Instance OF the leading members OF
% our bar, was an attempt to do away
III with our intermediate Court and es
=. tablish in lien thereof Criminal
:, Court, one with more powers than are
;, vested in the intermediate tribunal
AS We had occasion TO remark Tie
I other day, Letcher Jones, Charlie,
X. Powell and Wait Conway conceived
en- the idea that the Criminal Court nigh
IN not be advantageous to the Democrat,
VS. Iof our county, SO they got Senate
hi. John corlwell and Ran Stalnaker Il
Kill the bill. Senator John said
was Unconstitutional and then Ran
st crowd-'the insurgents" or lung.hail
ed cd gentry, lined" in and the Grim
ol. inal Court bill was no more. Tim
elk has already shown that the two court
ny. we have are indispensable-that til
dis business of the people cannot be don
es. By ore court. and that therefore
wonld have been serious mistake L
have abolished the lntermediat
a. Court. y bill was passed for its abol
y. ton, but fortunately for the bushes
DC interests of our county It was SO d.
fective that Gov. White was moved t
NIX veto it.
sm' Now the managing editor OF hi
= Paper Will say that any Part he too
in TIE effort TO secure Grimm,
Court for this county he would tai
1e again and he has no apologies to c
wy fer. He is only sorry that he did Il,
W succeed in getting better court the
.he the one We tried to abolish, for Il
l leading members of our bar, DO
"os Democrats and Republicans, say tn
'ui'' a Criminal Court, like those in nui
Der of other counties, is the xii
most needed. So far as we are in,
vidually concerned one court will 81
t.. us II 1t can do the business, but t.
49,, bar laughs at the suggestion tn
+ = Judge Mason could do all the wol
20 and they point to the court docke
:. 10 show that such an idea is prep
" ferrous. 49,.
:, We did not see it. but understa
,,,r that the Enterprise editor had gre
ha. deal to say about the Criminal Co,
bill, and the managing editor who
= troduced It, while the Legislature v
re. in session, but we take. it that tn,
forts was as little sense in ii rs there is
not most things he says, hence care no
ID in ing about 1t. The burden of mis- sc
We seems to have been that the Criml
rattle Court was for Harry Shaw's ben
and clone, thereby showing that he is
-, easy mark for Nhc DemOcra SHAT