The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-08


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tjlrs fpr each session; oE course. siiiA
Criminal Court IS ~ hSll iiut tiitee
sss yeais anst Therefor It'll
have tiat t.ire tand j,iries dSiet
Sft lle ind erg TOO here, tia tie ii:
8Seeattt Court no grand jury III
SScase the Criminal Court iss stabllsli.
led Int means d saving Of the e%..
Spense of one grand 3Jury8 That WIN
amount 10 approximately 5000 Der
year. The clerk Of The Circuit Cour-
will also be clerk of the Criminal
Court without additional salary; tile
same Jury commissioners serve as Tor
the present courts; there Is one less
petit jury under the Criminal Court
proposition than there are at rrcs.
emit. The question then resolves It
self to- this: The attorneys OF Fair
mont say that the new Criminal CCnr,
will expedite litigation and thus save
many thousands Of dollars now ex:
pended by reason Of delays; thae 1t
will relieve the Circuit Court Of I'm.
desirable procedures and give The
circuit judge time 10 properly; con:
slider large and important civil cases
coming before him and In this way
reduce appeals to the Supreme Court
to a minimum: that It VIII prevent
so many petty cases from reaching
the Circuit Court which needs Tic
time for more important suits; that 1t
will keep the Circuit Court from
spending, as Il sometimes does, NJ.
most II whole term with a single crilu..
.inal case. SO that no civil suits can
receive a hearing. Ia
a Now comes the important question,
what will all this cost? II has boon
carefully estimated by two Of our
most prominent attorneys. the ono a
Republican and the other n Democrat,
that the extra cost Of such a court will
be about 81 400 These figures arc
absolutely reliable ana Mr.. Mckinney
might be surprised 10 learn who made
the calculation. He might be further
surprised and ashamed OF himself II
he knew who gave us the information
here presented. Now, about that
s1,4OO. One thousand Of 1t goes 10 III
crease the salary OF the Judge Of the
Criminal Court upon whom manitoba
Increased duties have been heaped,
and the purpose In making the salary
$2,50lwa In order to get n capable
man for the position. The circuit
judge gets $1,000 under the present
law, whereas n few years ago he re,
ceived but $500. 1t is n recognized
fact that II small salary will not SO.
cure good Judge as a rule, hence the
increase.
In closing, We desire TO say that Mir.
Mckinney's position Is absolutely
untcnablo and his appeals to the peo.
pie have been vicious. We pay hiu
the compliment to say that he seems
to know the art Of deception exceed.
ingly well and as a rule he so adroi,ly
conceals his motives shat many pe0.
pie believe What he says. Some mis-.
guided Republicans fall into his way
Of thinking and that seems to be what
he desires above all else. But it
seems 10 us that his thinly yelled by,
pocrisy and manifest insinceriIy
ought to deceive no one and that peo.
pie WHO know him ought TO fight very
shy Of his propositions until they see
the motive which prompts his activ.
ity. The West Virglnian can read
him like an open book and 1t takes
great pleasure in exposing his rillc:,.
lous estimates and statements made
only for purposes of deception.
We hereby challenge o. S. MctIn-
ney. editor in fact Of the Fairmont
Times, to show where he got his IN.
formation regarding the Criminal
Court bill as published and prove It's
truthfuness. or, TO use his own Ian.
guage, let him stand branded ~ n
slanderer and Il falsifier." We are
prepared to establish every statement
we have made, by witnesses, both
Democrats and Republicans, as compc-
tent and trustworthy as can be foilnt.
in Marion county.