Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (City of Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1853-1857, 1856-02-12

many entries - il was necessary for Inc
tmaks, ID uf6u916ygs61g my mGxtmump(
centags. The article in the Ghrpnoty
would lead person unacqnainted With
business Of my osioe to believe tina, | on
transacted business enough to secure
maximum commission, while the rscei
show that I have transacted Eve times
much business az was necessary for that pk
pose.
The writer Of the article in the Chronot
knew ut the time he wrote the Article W
the records would show, and in writing !
article which conveyed 3 different idea,
which was calculated to mislesd the pub
he is just MS much Of falsiGer as if he i
written an absolute and unqualified ia p
hood. 80
| api not bound to employ any cl i;
am only required to do what can do y.
self; if employ clerks employ them a by
own expense. But, in order t. get a pc
with the business Of the office and 10 soq q.
MEDIATE <AcruAI sErxExss, i~hsvsA M -
the past year from two to four clerks 4 Of
tho time, at An expense Of over twcnty4onr
hundred dollars, to which may be addd the
Office rent, light, fuel, &C., &c, amounting
to several hundred dollars more;all (which
must be ded ucled from the $4,000 the salary
and commission of "a lat oilice.i But one
Of the knowing ONES % says TIE perqui-
sites of the Office i. e., Plats sold and pre-.
emptons, would pay you we'll If y u expend
your entire salary aud commission in clerk
hire" To hin. reply that the eAire per-
quisites of the office, since came iIlo Office,
will not pay the salary of the chief lcrk for
the same period.
Now in conclusion will say thai since
have been in office, have not been soycrn-
ed entirely by what considered mybwn in
terest, nor have been influenced inlmy Off :
cial duties, by what Land AGENTS digit say
or think about me and my official curse.
have endeavore1 to DO my duty, tWithout
fear, affection or hope of rewaFiS' The
Land Agents, take them all together, are n
tolerable clever Set Of fellows, aud Iwsuld
be harry to SEQ them pHospcr in the lett
MATE pursuit of their owN business, bur
cannot consent to sacrifice al of my lard
earnings for the last twenty years for their
especial bereht hope that the citizens of
this Land District will read and treasum up
in their memory the following admis-
sion made by THE band Agent, in his
article headed Gland Office "One good
will result from this delay Of business atthe
Land Office. Ii affords fine opportunity
for actual settlers to make prs-empt'ons.
A. an officer | make no distinction between
the actual settler and the Spectator, bs1 as
a citizen Of Iowa ( DO want the land TO be
entered by The actual settler. Ii is thu set
Element aud improvement OF the country
which makes the land valuable and the peo-
pie happy. If would employ clerks enough
to do all the business which would be pre-
seu.ed to this Office, there would nos be no
acre of land WORTH entering, unentered IN
one year from this date. 1t would all be
taken up by the Spectator he and the
Land Agent would be made vich at the ex-
pense of the prosperity of the country, and
much TO the injury of the settlers already
here. | mean no disrespect to the Land
Agents; the business they arc engaged in Is
honorable; but do hope that when one of
them desires to strike blow at me, that he
will strike an honorable blow--thai be will
tell the WHOLE truth-that he will say, ''the
Register having spent his salary and commits
sion in Clerk hire and other expenses about
the office, by doing FIVE TINES the business
which he was required to do, during tho first
six months of the present year, commencing
July LIST 1862 he has retrenched considera-
bly,, and is only doing about TWICE as much
business NOW as would be necessary to SO.
cure his salary and commission, provided he
had not earned it four months ago." Upon
such statement, which would be true,
would be willing to stand. The statements
which have made relative to the business
of my Office arc also applicable to the Receiv-
er's Office. This statement is made entirely
upon my own responsibility, and without
consulting the Receiver. who is competent to
defend himself, aud may be influenced in his
official action by other motives than those
which influence myself. lam willing to take
the ground boldly AID stand upon it, that
having earned my maximum commission for
8 whole years service, near THREE TINES
within ths last six months, am under no
legal or moral obligation to do any more
businsss during the present year.
Congress never anticipated that it would
be necessary for tho Register to expend his
entire salary and commission for clerk hire