The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-10-31


It has been stated that there is
mo Indebtedness existing al the
present time, and We suppose that
must be true. so just take all the
county and road orders you have
to Mr.. McDermitt. the Sheriff of
this county, whose Office is in the
Court House. and have him to pay
them. If there is no Indebtedness,
of course, they will be paid, and
they should be; there is no mistake
about that. for il is the duty of the
Sheriff to pay oil orders. when
there is money in his hsnds, and it
is not his duty to endorse these or
ders for interest. Now. there will
be no theorising about this MT
ter, for If all orders can be paid,
the debt is wiped out. so We
would advise everybody to bring on
county, road, school and teachers
orders. AMI get the cash ON them;
but do this before the election, SO
you won't be deceived about this
proposition, because We are max
ing it in good faith. and We want to
know just now this thing is We
have had some friends who had
few orders. and have tried to get
them Dashed by the Sheriff. and he
didn't do it but endorsed them for
interest. We want to know whether
he was fooling them or not, or
whether they were not favored be-
cause they didn't belong to his par.
ty. We don't believe Mr.. McDsr.
mitt would do that; We believe he
would pay if he had it, and
We don't believe that he had it. As
matter of fact. though. every one.
who has had any business with the
Sheriff knows that the orders are
not being paid as presented, and
they know further that they can
not all be paid. just try it and
see. Bring in your orders, one and
all; don't take our word for it, for
if We are mistaken, we are willing
to acknowledge the coin. and we
will put it in our issue next week
that we we're mistaken, that all or.
ders are paid as presented, and that
no one is being turned down. We
are willing to admit that we are in
the wrong. if we are, just to get
this debt business all fixed up, and
that too, we hope. for all time to
come; and We want to see, too,
whether there is any money being
held back that should be paid on
the order. We want everybody to
bring in their orders, too, at onoe,
before the election.
The picture of Jim Hughes looks
very we'll on the front page of a
newspaper, but the people are tired
OF eleoting men to Office simply be-
cause they are good looking All
mans good looks amount to about
as much as his grin does when he
is shaking hands with you, trying
to get your vote. The people want
and demand that the next CON
gresham from this district shall
bs man of brains, and have plen- |
ty of them; they want man who
is capable of drafting bills for
needed legislation, and who will
know they are constitutional when
drafted; they want a man who has
the ability to get up in the halls of
Congress, and who can go before
the committees and advocate need.
ed legislation; they want a man
Who is not subservient to any in.
terests but that of the people, and
who is not backed by any senti.
ment but his oath and his CON
science. Did any one ever have the
fanoiful dream that Jim Hughes
'ould fill this bill in any PARTON
lar? Did any one ever have the
slightest suspicion that Jim
Hughes was statesman? If they
did they are off, and badly off. I'll
the idea of statesman would
strike Jim Hughes head, his spit
would curdle and his gray hair
turn red. Now if you really want
to vote for a man who can be of |
service to you, who csn do some
thing more than get a few pen
sions, who is able and willing to
serve the interests of the people. |
who belongs to no man, or set of
men, who will act independent of 4
all the corporate interests. who will |
uphold Roosevelt in his Democrat
10 policies, who is statesman in |
the truest and best sense of the
word, and who will fill eyerv "a.
quirement that is needed in a CON. |