The weekly Butte record., 1858-10-09
County Interests and County schemers.

County Interests and County Schemers.
The Flunkeys and Boilers from the Democratic
organization Of Butte, who convened recently in
Orovie, in their platform of resolutions declared
that they desired lpaPer that would support
the interests OF the county. There is vast differ
ence which sometimes arises in the minds Of men
as TO what constitutes the real interests of the
county. Among the names which figured in that
convocation of bummers and tools, may
be fonnd some which a short time since demanded
of the county three thousand dollars for the Public
Square, upon which the county buildings stood. and
to which they had impudently set up title after
those buildings had been erected. The county pa
pers opposed this as a scheme of sharpers and
tricksters to fleece the tax-paying public. Is it
possible that these gentlemen would like to have
paper 50 devoted to the interest of the county ~
to advocate the payment of such bills, when pre-
sented by these patriotic resolutionists.
Again, if our citizens will examine the names
mentioned n the proceedings of that body. they
will find that majority of them were wIgon-road
patriots of 1857, and, of course, wagon-road and
railroad patriots of 49, Here is another question,
involving the int rests the county and from their
course whenever the subject has heretofore risen,
it would appear that they consider it the interest of
the county to go in debt half aion of dollars o
build roads by ranches" and other Improvements
already made to accommodate the travelling pub
lic,r but not upon other routes. They would scorn
the idea of its being the interest of the county
open road to, and establish a bridge or ferry at
The junction, although doing so might have the
effect to bring US the wealth. the trade and travel
of PlHmas. According to these patriots, the inter-
est Of the countyis to construct road along the
route already established, and which leads that
trade and travel to an adjoining county.
1t will thus be seen that there is great differ
ence of opinion concerning the interests of the
county, ands men who are at liberty to think for
themselves upon such matters do not always think
alike. Now then, to secure paper to advocate
the great interests Of the county which are so dear
to these patriotic recussants from the Democratic
organization, and from Democratic principles they
should take some fan that is low don in the
pocket AMI who is willing to let others think for
him. install him as Editor. 1t is true, with poor
man, you might be obliged, for awhile at least, to
collected by you, but that would not last long
Once get the scrip and bonds of the county issued
and you could come to divide that would be emi-
nently satisfactory to any one who permitted him
self to be governed by others. OF course, a paper
thus started, would soon convince the taxpayers of
Butte that it for the interest of the county to
pay for every claim to the Plaza to issue bonds for
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"ranch," and by every other bodys "improve
ments." The taxpayers of the county have not.
heretofore thought it polite to buy STRAW titles
and throw the bods of the county into the ma rket
of Wall street, but that is all owing to their unen-
lighteled mental condition Once get an organ
that will grind out the invitation OF 1.-The Spider to
the Fly and they may be captured ae once. Then
shall bonds and scrip flourish, and all subordinate
and conventional bummers be satiated therewitk.
Taxpaying business shall be brisk, and cash shall
be burden which the collector shall relieve every
head.
There few gentlemen who have been de-
ceived into the support of that organization. But
the great majority of them the base and servile
tools Of corrupt schemers, WHO have purchased
tneHl like sneep from Tue snamDleS.' Inc leadefs
of the organization have made enough ont of the
county to enable them to make an organized effort
hereafter to carry their swihdling schemes. Ger
tainly they ought to have paper devoted to their
interests. If they cannot procure cheese press
and broken fount of type from the Custom House,
or from some Lecompton Office, on time, to be paid
for in county bonds, "they are in bad luck' and
have not improved their credit by abandoning Dem
ocratic principles