Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-06-14
THE COUNTY JUD0Esnlp.

THE COUNTY JUD0EShlP.
There is every reason why the posi-
tion OF County Judge should, above
all other county Positions he filled by
a man who will give his undivided at
tention 10 the duties OF the ONCE. ~
is "A notorious fact that the positions
of county judge and Clerk OF Dis
trict Court are two Of the best in
the county, when the amount of
work is considered. Mr.. Rowerdnk
and his friends are soliciting votes Tor
MIR. X. for the reason, as they claim,
that, although he has had the office
dozen years it is only Of late that ut |
is beginning TO pay decent salary"
They also assert that there is only seven
hundred dollars income to the Office.
The statement is misleading. There
was always salary and fees
attached to the Office. In the early
days there was Il salary Of three hun
dred dollars, as well as the income
from taking final proofsand other fees.
But i'm Those days no one expected the
judge To reside al the county seat, and
ID was the custom of Mr.. RUwerdink
and others who have held the Office TO
keep "A standing notice in the newSpa-
pers to tile effect that the Judge
would be al, the county seat twice a
month liz other words, for the $500
a year and other fees the Judge did
twenty-fvmr days work IL year, which,
In the matter OF salary, not counting
the fees. was something over ten dol
lars IA day But, as the salaries OF most
county offices are based as to income
on the tax valuation, as the valuation
increased the income VI the County
Judge increased and ii has been many
long years since the salary was only
5000 Il Year.
At present the income OF the Coun-
~ Judge is about Il Thousand dollars a
wear He gets S.O, i'm cash, and he
gets the final proof notices four
months in the wear. These amount
TO 500 10 $500 a year. and are cOll-
Stanlly increasing i'm vollmn. 1T is a
fact that the county Judge and clerk
OF courts posltitions are now worth
more tllana thousand dollars "a year
~
In his canvass MIR. Rowerdink SAYS
as he has argued with several voters
"if you have AN old horse that has
done farm work for IA dozen years,
isn't il likely that lie understands the
work better and will work more steadi-
ly than IL strange horse?' Now, let
us see What MIR. H. thought OF the
''Old hurse" business ia 1900. In that
year the Ilorton-R Rocks ROwerdink-
Patterson Armstrong Cleveringa com
bination was backing Mr. Rowerdink
and opposing the writer Of this article.
MIR. Rowerdink was county judge.
The Patteison- Armstrong combine
Thought il was best for him to drop
the county ludEeship and beat Street
Ell in the Republican convention.
This he tried TO do. but failed to sue
coed. When Strccter WAS nominated
Rowerllink ~ once supported Patter-
son. although Patterson was running
ON the democratic ticket. The argu-
ment oi Mr.. kowcrdimk i'm favor uf
MIR Patterson THAT year was that
"Stieetcr HAS been clerk Of court for
twelve Wears : GIVE some one else !,
show.
But the Republican candidate 10,
clerk ~ court that year Was an Older
horse than the ,lle Who is tloltims
in the county ludgcShip harness n',w.
and who is after it again. Surely.
MIR. RoMerdink will see the fairness
OF the same argument being U.S.
against him this year that lie used
against ~ X ~t.cetcr, the Republican,
candidate i'm 1900 What is sauce ful
one old galldcl certainly ought To be
sauce Tor u Camden Who is much y oune.
er, and WHO wears Il much heavier
crop of feathers i'm a timacial way
The contest Ior County Judge is b,
tween MIR. Charles Ii. Carlcy and Mr..
Cornelius EoMerdink The latter has
held tile office twelve years. with Two
oI three inlcrmissions. when he failed
u land IT, The former is il new can
dictate. Both are honorable and up
right men. Not u word can be sale
against Ruwcrdinll as an honest man
a kind and obliging neighbor and q
good citizen But the same is equall,
true OF MI C,llty There.is no differ
ence between the two aspiran,s ii
that Respect
But there ar,' Very strong reasons
why Mr.. CalleN Should be the elloic,
OF the Republican, voters for the posi-
ton Ne is Al present and has beer
for tive Neais clelking for w. Il
Peterlc II. THE lattcl's gcnerai-meIt
chandlse store IN linton lie has ~,
buslnessoi his VII. and. il elected
will az once lc;lNc his position and dur
ing his term give his entire attention
10 the duties If Tie ol1ice He will b,
found al the court house during bust
hess hours
Everybody IN these parts knows tina
MIR RnNpItiIilk l3.lS dana hat ~