Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-07-01
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HAS BEEN COSTLY
Attorney General conley's Report
Shows His travelling Expenses
and Hotel Bills in Case.

and Hotel Bills in Case.
Charleston, w. Va, June %
Economy as opposed to political ex-
travagance, which was the chief issue
N the last campaign, promises to be
oEe of the paramount questions before
the voters next year. The recent am
nouacement that Attorney General w.
&. Conley would be candidate to
SUCCEED himself or else candidate
i for Congress in the Second district,
has caused a chuckle, as it is pointed
out that the Attorney Generals own.
report lays him amenable to the ex-
| travagance indictment and on this is
sue he is said to be one of the most
vulnerable of the State House crew.
A reference to that report. which
was recently issued and which COW
ers the fiscal years OF 1909 and 1919,
shows that the Attorney General has
! been something of a traveller and
should the travelling expense column
find its way before the eye of Taft, it
is believed it would make the execu-
tive jealous Mr.. Conley nearly burn
cd UP two or three railroads pursuing
the elusive Virginia debt suit and 9th
er convenient pending litigation while
he proved himself 10 SLOUGH when it
came to eating. as evidenced by the
hotel bills Incidentally, the figures,
| which he. gives in accounting for the
contingent expense, give an earnest of
what the State has spent IN dribbles
in defend ng the Virginia debt suit, TO
say nothing of the $4,000 prize beau
ties and the other eminent special
counsel employed on the side.
| According to the report referred to
in the fiscal year, 1909, which opened
en- October 1, 1908, Mr. Conley began
his travels fer the period in relation
to the Virginia debt suit on October
It. He evidently grew restless a
week earlier for on October we find
him at Charles Town in a habeas cor
Pus proceedings, the expenses of
which trip were 1895.
conleys Travels.
4 October 16-Wm. G. Conley, Attor-
ney General, balance on trip to Rich
mond and Washington, in Virginia
debt suit. $5243.
November 14-Wm. G. Conley. At
torney General, expenses to Richmond
IN Virginia debt suit, from October is
10 81 inclusive, $4290.
| November 21--Wrn. G. Conley At
torney General. expenses to Richmony
in relation Virginia debt suit, Novem-
Der Is to Is inclusive. $500.
1909.
january WIN. G.. Coaley, Attor-
ney General, expenses to Washington,
n c., in relation Virginia debt suit,
December, 1908, $62.25; to Washing
ton ID. c.. two cent cases, January 9,
1890. These two bills are included
| il the same item and the total is
$10615.
January 20--William G.. Conley, At
! torney General, expenses to Clarks-
| burg in State tax case $3.50: on No
/ vember 1926, expenses to Washing
ton, in Virginia debt suit, s3799: on
| january 9 to 13. These bills are in
| cluded in one item, which totals $685.
| Co.
January 20-Willards Hotel Co. bill
of Attorney General, in Virginia debt
suit January IL, 1909, s20.45.
March WIN. G. Conley. Attorney
General, expenses to Wash ington. ID.
c.. in relation Virginia debt suit. jan
uary % to February inclusive. s4S.-
20; and to Richmond, February 13 to
16, $3.50. Total for two trips, 1910.
March 1-Willards Hotel Co. trip of
Attorney General, Washington, IN Vir-
ginia debt suit, 1926.
| March The Jefferson Hotel,
Richmond, board bill, rendered on
February Is, in relation Virginia debt
suit, $1,000.
May 13-Wn. G. Conley. Attorney
General expenses to Richmond, Va,
in relation Virginia debt suit. from
April 80 to May 9. $50 10.
| May 13--Wm G.. Ccnley, Attorney
General, expenses TO Washington, D.
G. to appear before Supreme Court
in relation State VS. King, $500.
June 16-Wm. G. Conley Attorney
General expenses to Wheeling, State
vs.. Cool. $21.35.
July WIN. c.. Cnnley. Attorney
General, expenses to Richmond. In re-
Iation Virginia debt suit. June 80 to
July 3, 1925.
July 22-Wm. G. ConIey, Attorney
Genera. expenses to Washington and
Baltimore, in relation MaryTaEd-West
Virginia boundary suit, $61.65.
August 2l-Wm. c. ConIey. expen.