Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-10-12

direct to the sheriffs, the following:
Three Bank Cases in Federal
Court .................. Sll O2l 90
Bank V. Dunkle mandamus.
Sup. CT of App, tapproxi
mately) ................. 100000
s1602l.96
/ Grand total collected for the
Two years ............... $50, S93. 80
A sum largely in excess of the
amount appropriated for the support
OF this department.
Under Democratic laws the Attor-
ney General received all fees of the
Office. Under Republican laws all
fees of the office are turned into the
State Treasury. Under Democratic
administrations the Attorney General
was not required to reside at the seat
of government but remained at home
and attended to his general law prac-
tee Under the present administra-
ton he is required to reside at the
seat of government and his entire
time taken up with official duties per-
tanning to his office. New duties and
more labor have been added to this
department by recent legislation
Such. Tor instance. as the law of 1909
reorSanizing this department. the
state board of health law as amended
the pharmacy law as amended. the
mining laws as amended. the new
school law. etc
During Governor MacCorkle's ad-
ministration the Attorney General had
only once case in the Supreme Court
OF the United States,-the MARYLAND
boundary case referred to above, and
was assisted by special counsel The
tratlon. in two years of his term. has
litigated and is litigating eight cases
In that court, and all of them without
assistance, except the Maryland
boundary and the Virginia Debt cases.
In all OF these eight cases. grave and
important constitutional questions are
involved, and the cases are of great
Importance to the peopl Z These
cases alone have required the closest
application and paintaking toll on the
part OF the Attorney General.
unjustified Democratic criticism has
been directed at the Attorney General
because Hon. George E. Price was al
lowed $4,000 at the last session of the
Legislature for his services in the
Maryland Boundary case. Senator
rice was employed by a Democratic
governor to assist a Democratic At
Iorney General. and has been cCntin-
yea as special counsel in that case for
the eighteen years it has been pend
ing. and was paid $4,000 by the legis
lature OF 1S94-j. during Governor
MacCorkle's Democratic administra-
ION. 1t was proper Senator Price
should be continued in the case until
us close and to be paid for his ser
wees, Tor such services have been eff
ncleht' but it remained for the pres
emu attorney General to appear before
the United States Supreme Court TO
move Tor an early hearing of the case
winch was granted. and the case
pushed TO speedy and successful
termination. thus cutting off further
appropriations for special counsel.
IL mas been publicly stated by Dem
ocrats ignorant of the subject that
non William VI. o. Dawson is an as.
Sistant to the Attorney General. The
records disclose this to be untrue
GIoNt,hor Dawson was employed by
the Board Of Public Works as snocial
counsel in the Virginia Debt enit
dioh' lie Is no more an assistant in
me attorney generals Office than the
law ilrm of Mollohan. McCIintic e
matthews of Charleston Hon Charles
=. HOgg, OF Morgantown, and Hon
'ohn &. SpOOner. Of New York CITY or
was Hon. John G. Carlisle. of Wash
HISton city before his death. who
were employed as special counsel i'm
lnat suit before the present Attorney
General assumed the DUKES of the of
nee And they have all rendered Of.
iI'''nt service TO the people. MolIo-
nan. McClintiC & Matthews Doan
.IosE senator SpOoner and cx-Gover-
~ lawson are no more assistants h,
We attorney Generals Office bv reason
~ lheli employment i'm the Virginia
D'Dt SUIT than were James a Ferg,,-
"", CaIeD Boggcs James Morrow. .Ir
foreman. Caldwell & CaIdweu g.
waits w A. MacCorkle. Alfred
AlHWell and brhcr then Democratir
attorneys employed by Democrat
governors 10 assist Democratic attor.
neHs genera under Democratic al
,nlhIStf3lons. See Acts OF the Toeie.
azure 1873. page 30; Acts of 1857
pages 238 26l. 26j. etc. And NO NOR
man Chiffon. MacCorkIe & chile,
who were paid $6.O75.S5 in snoni,I
case by reason of their employment
some years ago '''9''
Ihere has been no money snont or
contracted to be spent. for sneciaI
counsel fees for any legal work dnrins,
Ine terN OF the present attorney Gen,
~ except In the Virginia Debt srft
when expenditure was authorized Nv,
the Legislature. and all the snecisI
COUNSEL therein were employed. with
one exception, before the present At