The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-04-12

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January is tru~, lut the greater portion
Of the "interest' is paid before the frs
of June, on which day a penalty is at
tached to all unpaid interest--tnt ever
If all was paid in January We see no diff
ficulty in the matter. The law says, tn
Supervisors shall have power "to manage
"and control the School Fund Of thei
respective counties as shall be provided
"by law" Now as applications for th'
school fund are flied iu the order o
application We see no difficulty in ST
arranging it that the Clerk of the Boart
en- transact the business after the secur
tiles, etc have been passed upon. The
school tax could also be apportioncd il
the same way. The Clerk has to give
large additional bonds before entering
upon the duties of the Clerk Of the
Board.
The last grand reason why the Demo,
crat is opposed to the law, is as follows {:
"The liability Of this system to abuse
"s one great and vital objection to it.
"Supervsors who have private or inter
"cstcd local measures to carry,will object
"to every thing that comes up, unless
"they can be helped along with theirs,
land they will act upon the principle
"'you tickle me a.d III tickle you.
Do tell How much more dangerous
it must be, for sixteen men to have all
this power than it is for one man to have
it, especially when the sixteen are select
ed and elected by the people of the diff
fcrent townships and have to pay taxes
with the rest Of the inhabitants. 1t will
be seen by section II, that "no tax shall
be lev:e |, no contract for the erection of
any public buildings entered into, no
settlement with the county officers made,
no real estate purchased or sold, no new
site designated for any county buildings,
no change made in the bounda les of
townships, and no money appropriated to
to aid in tn, construction of reads and
bridges without majority of the whole
Board of Supervisors voting therefor, and
conserving thereto
The Democrat surely bellies its name
when i, objects to taking power from one
man and giving it to many. We will
not say that the Democrat wishes to
make political question of this law, but
The spirit it which it pref ends to discuss
would indicate such to be the fact. This |
aw was 70. made political matter in
he Legislature, as its warmcst friend,
we're members Of both parties, and it
should not be made so among the people
Ihc citizens of each township should
,lect their best men as Supervisors with
'at respect to party.
As al evidence of TIE popularity Of
he Supervisor system, we would state
hat some years ago the Legislature of
illinois passed i law allowing each coun.
Y to decide whether or no it would adopt
his system. The northern counties
doptcd it first and it has gradually ex-
ended till now nearly every county in
he State has adopted it, Last week the
citizens Of Rock Island county voted on
he question Of giving up this system -
We have not seen the result in the
c 1uuty, but We learn from the Muscatiue
Journal that in Drury township, which
is across the river from Muscatine, out
of 10 votes cast, only four or five were
against the Supervisor system. From all
the facts in connection with this subjec,
We think the law is entitled to fair, un
prejudiced trial. True it is new to US
but where it has been tried the pcopl,
like it. We are aware that to g~ea
extent it will use up the Court Hous'
clique which usually infcsts our count,
seats and will give the power to tn
people of the whole county. Can it b
that this is the reason why the Democra
is 50 much opposed to the bill2
Let the people see to it that thei
interests are protected and show tina
they are capable Of sclf-government
though the blood suckers at the count
seat set up their hidsous bowls to fright
en- honest men.
S6~ There are six insane persons i
the Muscatiue Jail at this time, five {
whom have been there over a wear