The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-10-11
Thirteen Years Of Circuit Court Expenses!


with alleged comparison of the expenses incident to tn
holding of Court during the ncumbency OF Judge Webor
and that of Judge Ely The entire article is unjust
Mr. Brett states in his circular that Judge Welbom hell
three terms of each year and that Judge Ely hold
four terms But he did state that the statute required
Judge Ely to hold four of five weeks each eXcep
the July term each year and that the statute during thu
ncumbency Of Judge Welbon required him to hold eac
year Pike county only three terms of court of only ou
weeks In two of said terms and one of three weeks
other words he did not state that Judge Ely required
to hold twenty weeks OF Court in Pike county each year
and Judge WelbOm only eleven weeks Nor is that all
When Judge Ely appointed to take Welboms place
in 1895, he required for several years to hold fou
terms OF court in Pike county each year of six weeks each
In short, during the first three four years of Eys udg
ship he required by law to hold twenyfour weeks of
each year against eleven that NelbOm was
qured to hold over twice as much court as Webom held
IN tact thirteen weeks more OF court each year These
facts not in dispute The record shows them. 1t is
therefore strange that the facts given to the
people.
The circular unauthentic for the above reason 1t is
not true Just comparison. The circular shows that
the cost of Eys first year S5992S0 WelbornS last
year So l9l6O. lily held twentyour weeks of court
MS first year Webon held only eleven weeks of court
his last year So each week Of Webons court cost
II. Multiply that sum by twenty-four the number of
weeks Ely required to hold his first year and YOU
have the sum of SO, 96336, making showing il Judge
Ey favor of the of 1910 56 for Ely first year CIV err
Webons last year had the law required Weborn to hold
court twentyfour weeks instead Of eleven so instead of
the expense of Judge E first year having been 81 SOL
20 than the expense of Webons last year the fact
Is Jnat III NeDOrn had held twenty Judged
Ely was required to do WelbornS expenses would have
been S9705 more than Elys were Put it another way
Welboms expense for each week of he held was
$3.50 a. Elys expense for each week of he held
only S245.53 So each week of Wsboms court during
the last year Webom held court in Pike county cost S4
81 more than each week of court that Ely held in first
year cost Isn't that quite different from the way isl
stated IN the circular prepared by Mr. Bretz? We invite
inspection OF the records.
Farther down in Mr. Bretz circular appears the state
ment that the court expenses during the first years
OF Judge Eys ncumbency SO $50 80 in Pike county,
But ne does not state that this for forty eight weeks
OF court that the law required Judge Ely to hold He'd
states that the court expenses Pike county for the last
two years Welborn Judge only Sc BOB 65 Butt
Mr. Brett does not state that Weborn required to
hold only twenty-five weeks of court in that time Di-
vide S6,3O365 by p and you have what each week OF
WebOrns cost in that time 1886 81 Now supposed
Weborn had been required by law Judge Ely was re-
CURED to hold AZ weeks Of court Multiply $3.50 80 by
As and you have the of 49, 16 what it would
have cost Pike county if Weborn had been required toll
hold As weeks Of court Multiply $28652 by 4S and you
have the OF 3d. 1896 what it would have Pke
county If Welbom had been required to hold As weeks OIL
court as Ely was Eys expenses for IS weeks of court
We're only $40 $3.50 So the expenses of Welbo would
have been So more than the expenses of Judge Ely
If Weborn had been required to hold much court as
Ely: But he wasn't He held p weeks while Ely had to
hold 4S weeks Is it fair to send forth broadcast such an
unreliable circular? Take it this way Divide So 1903 90
by % and you have 1886 each week of Weborns
court the years mentioned in the circular Di-
vide Es expenses by that is divide So $50 30 BY 4S
1.-THE number of weeks Ely had to hold Court in that two
years. and you have S22S the expense of each week of
Ely court 80 each week OF elDOrnS court cost S64 "a
than week of Ey's court did. Remember these
figures taken and these calculations made from the
figures given in Mr.. Brett circular Figure it for
yourself.
So it is very apparent that the circular issued mseads
instead of guiding The records also show that Weborns
last year ne held only Y days of court in Pike county
Does Mr. Brett circular how how many days Judge Ely
held court in Pike county his first Year? No. does not
Why not? Here the reason Judge Ely during his first
year. was required by law and did hold 43 days of court
in Pike county71 days than Judge Welbom held in
his last year. almost twice much Does his circular
show that? No The why it doesn't show is
left for the reader to decide. N
further analysis will lie given later The entire hir-
Of Iudne El1S md