Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1914 — A Case of Now You See It; Now You Don’t See It. [ARTICLE]

A Case of Now You See It; Now You Don’t See It.

The Republican says that there is no comparison between the length of time a republican and a democrat should serve in office-—a republican should serve as long as he can get the nomination and be elected, but a democrat should be booted out as soon as possible. The fact that W. I. Hoover has served two 2-year terms as sheriff disqualifies him, In the Republican’s opinion, to ask for the support of his party or the voters in general for county treasurer, although he would not take the treas■urership until a year after his last term as sheriff expired.

The fact that his republican opponent has been in office continuously for the past six years, as trustee of Carpenter tp., or that Judge Hanley 3ia9 served twelve years as judge and four years prior thereto as sheriff, makes no difference —they are republicans and the ' rule” doesn’t apply. Besides, the township trustee’s office is not a high salaried office, etc., etc.

Now, as a matter of fact, as stated! in Saturday’s Democrat, tire office of auditor, clerk, recorder, etc., are each 4-year offices and those of sheriff and treasurer ought to be, if the l others are, and no doubt soon will be made four year offices.

There is no kicking on the part ,of the Republican to the republican incumbents of these offices having a second term, or of Judge Hanley’s having a third term to a 6-year office, and the salary of all these offices is much greater than that of sheriff.

Judge Hanley, to say nothing of his four years as sheriff at a time when the “perquisites” run, the salary iu,p to perhaps twice what it is now, receives an annual salary as judge qf ?,3,500 —ten dollars a day.

He has served already twelve years as .nidge and received in salilfy $42,00 0: Another term would mean $21,000 more, or a total of $63,000! -Mr. Hoover’s salary for each term is less than one year’s salary of Judge Hanley. Mr. Hoover is not eligible by law to another term as sheriff and neither is Mr. May eligible to another term as trustee of his township. It is just as far around one way as the other, and the Republican's “argument,’’ as usual, is very thin.