Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-10-28

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u speculation! Since the passage Of the
act OF Feb. 1915, to provide for the pay
meni Of the deb, Of the Territory, ''all ev-
. licences of Territorial Indebtedness, Tex
/ cept such as relate 10 the Milwaukee &
| Rock River Canal" bearing interest, have
been at par value IN the money market
Capt Blake aiiirms that he took the ss,uf''
with the appreciation OF TWO OF the commit
Tee, their assertion 10 the contrary not
wiihs,anding. The county Supervisors
c come in for slice of The young mans
blingSgate. because they "acked the firm
ness 10 reject this trash" With the same
p opriely might the Treasurer OF the Ter
ritory. refuse 10 take the ''stuit" OF the
coun y, in payment Of the Territorial tax.
because they have Teen sod at dis
count.
The charge that DR.. Cary received TWEEN
,y-h'e cents for each parcel of land sold
by HIN, is sheer fabrication. The law
makes II necessary, for the Treasurer 10
| publish notice OF land returned sdelin-
quent." DIR. Cary has in his possession
the receipt of T.. J. Wsner Editor of the
Advocate in l843, showing that the Trea-
surer paid TO him the sum of II l-2 cents
for adverts Eg each and every parcel; the
law allows the Ire surer II IL cents Cor
m liking gu, each certificate Of sale; which
accounts for the % cents charged in the
certificates Of 1913, The next year, the
printing amounted 10 6 cents per lot
which accounts for The 10 cents only charg-
ed FOR 1914. These charges therefore
are correct and proper, and should be al
lowed in the account of the Treasurer. 1t
is untrue that DR.. Cary in any instance.
charged 80 cents for making out the GER
tlficate in addition to the amount of tax
VIII lie ''the sum Of ID IL cents, VIII CHI the
the law allows for his service, was made
separate charge against the county" He
uniformly Charged himself, and gave the
county credit for the amount of The cert,fi-
Gates, adding in the p cents, and charged
the county, and gave hims elf credit for
II ID cents the amount Of his fees
Comment on the above assertion is need
less.
"But we must pass TO notice Of anoth-
er matter in the speculation carried on by
the" editor in relation 10 the "pretended
settlement that DR.. Cary effected with the
clerk Of the Board Of Supervisors" Does
the sapient editor know that it was the bus
mess of the clerk TO settle with the Treas
uer, and that this course has been pursued
since the organization Of the county! If
he had taken the trouble to examine the
records, he would have ascertained this
! fact. But no; his object was TO falsify.-
| The facts would show that some Of the ed
TORS political associates live in glass hou-
ses. The "pretended settlement" was el-
fec,ed with the late wing candidate for reg
lister. His receipt reads as follows: Ire
ceived, Dec. 81. 1o4l, Of Doct. b. Cary,
! Treasurer Of Racine County, Sl227 ,C5, in
county orders and other vouchers, being in
full Of all demands against him as Treasur.
er of said county for the years lS43 and
/ 1914, ISAAC HARMON, Clerk of Board Of
Supervisors, Racine County"
By this it would seem that the settlement
was real, rather "pretended." If it was
pretended, who but Isaac Harmon was a
party 10 the fraud and collision? Was it
through ignorance, or design, that he
made ''the inaccuracies i'm favor Of DIR.
| Cary? Wiil the editor Of the Anne rican
answer? Perhaps ''the same motives of
party interest and political intrigue, which
ire have seen within less than a month, in
nuenced" the editor TO keep the names of
his political trends from the the public
eye.
The statements, in the outrageous at
tack upon the character Of DR.. Cary, n ght
all be nailed to the counter, did time per-
NIT. Enough has already been said, TO sat-
isfy every candid mind, that this public as
sault is unjust and uncalled for. The editor
will find that having the accidental charge
of the columns Of public journal, is no
license for him to trihe with the reputa
tons Of others, as may best suit him and
his political associates. II he had not him
self been a candidate for office at the late
election, he might,with more grace, speak
''of influencing men TO vote to confer the
most important or our county Offices upon
men con(essedly incompetent TO fill them :"
Perhaps tie young man does not intend 10
have the remark personally applied to him
self, or to boast of his own qualifications.
When he shall find time TO continue his
disclosures of ''locofoco management"
he shall again hear from
RACI N E.
October 90, 1915.