The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-30
RlATFtDFN 0F REPUBLICAN
COUNTY CANDIDATE

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furthering petty political ends, at
the expense of the tax payers.
We pledge the nominee for county
commissioner named in this conven-
ton toaat rigid policy Of economy IN
1.-THE expenditure Of public funds, and
demand fof him. If he is elected, that
he secure a full days work for a rea-;
senable days wage. and that he EN-.
Iploy people for public service upon
the roads and other public work who
are qualified to perform the work to
be- done lust. as he would If he5were
doing the:work on his own personal
account and paying the bills out Of
his own pockets 8
We further. censure and condemn
the county court for selling the good
roads bonds for less than par value
I'm, violation Of law, and demand Of
them that they make restitution Of
| the amount thus lost to the tax pay
Favors County Salaries Law.
We express in unequivocat terms,
Jour disapproval Of the law by which
Iexorbitant fees are. paid to county
lofficials, and hold that it is prepos-
ferrous outrage upon the good bust
Iness judgment OF any community
and the tax payers thereof, to pay
many times, in fees, what the actual
service. Of the county officials ls
worth to-thc, peoples- eand we demand
the repeal of the Law. which makes
fupcssi sble for "a sheriff inca can :, ~
like Marion to receive for his services
approximately $25 900 per year for
/ his services, and for the clerks OF the
courts to receive IS, 600 to $4,000
per year for their services, when Just
as good men can be employed upon a
straight salary basis to do the same
work. for mere fraction of the
amount paid under the fee system,
and we hereby instruct the, naminees
for the Legislature named by TINS
convention, II elected, to vote for and
to do all within their power to Sc
cure the passage OF an ADEQUATE
county salaries bill fixing fair and
adequate compensation for the SER
vices rendered. d
We believe that with such law
in force hundreds Of thousands OF
dollars can and will be saved to the
tax payersoof. the state: =,
.Favors Adjustment of the 1nterme-
date Court.
We recommend that since the
Judge of the Circuit Court of Marion
county now has only the business OF
one. county to transact that the law
creating the intermediate Court of
Marion county should be forthwith
and 'thatS thea salary sot3tht9e
Judge OF said Intermediate Court,
and tile expense Of conducting said
court, should be.-sayed to the tax
payers and the. litigants who have
business therein, saving them the
useless expense OF appeals and other
snnoyances, as well as the loss SsqLIl
much valuable time, and we hereby
instruct our nominees for the legisj}i
lature to vote for the repeal of said
c2urt If they are elect
ed. 49,
Election Lew Reforms.
We most respectfully recommend
to our nominees for the legisa7
ture. if they are elected, 'that
they seek to provide such amend
ments to the election lawsN'ot' the
state as will discourage and prohibit
In as far as possible to do; corruption
and bribery at the polls. To this.
end we recommend as evidence I'M
our belief in fair dealing at the!
polling places. that i naddition2 to
tile regular election Officers provided
for. by the general laws of the state,
that any political party which mas
no representation OIL the election,
boards may select representatives to
act as tclers, -without-pay. ,onathe'
inside of the polling places, aPd5g thAt
when as manySas ten voters or any
precinct. demand, or request 1t, that
they also select watchers who may
have access to the polling places DUR
ing the balloting and the counting
of the votes, and that said watchers
when thus appointed shall be clothed
with authority to arrest any voter or
telection official who may be guilty
Of violating any election law Of the
state. VIC believe that such safe
guard will have the effect of discour-
aging and breaking up thesthe prac-
tice of rbibery and corruption, which
Is so often followed by collision Of
two or more officials of different
political parties, and thatft willtprezz
IxentStheSfraudulent changing OF bal
lots after they are cast, and will
make stuffing of ballot boxes iimpos-
sible. To prevent the padding Of
p6lt books by using the names OF
fictitious voters, We would recon-
mend thatlthe poll clerks. in record
ing. the names sof voters be REQUIRED
10 give the street addresses, or resi-
dence, Of each and every voter, so
that upon investigation the legality
Of such voter maybe tested.
we recommend such amendments
1Jn afIoa4 ;cY;t laNya "a 4 Will NJ prohibit