Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-04-17
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rhieh now propose 70 make brief reply. 81
In penang che Message, which it was 2
nv duty TO send to the Common Coanaais
nd In stating my reasons Tor aot aessaa 4
,anying the saue with report q ths Il
financial coalition Of the, aisy I lid ret Il
Id ramoEsss snsansion n exatins sha ire
promoting the wrath, or Of iajuring ths
he fsaisngs Of the two Elk ReeaFdeFs, |
Asssrs. Street and Traynor. | stated
facts which tAs books warranted me IN
stating, and which Mr.. Street admits 70
Be true, | made no charges against Cd
Their of the Elk Rscerdsrs, and henes it was
Nos necessary FOR En- Reeogsiss ssrest, who |
csssssses 10 hare sfaa much brains a.
monkey" 10 pronounce that Poraon o.
the Message, which only existed IN hss
swn inaginasson, sss base, unmitigased
ssandsS and libel - but IS be has chosen
to rush into print, and deal In unwarrans-
cd assumptions and denunciations, feel
at liberty TO reply 10 thsa, ia sush man
ner a. tina facts will warrant me In doing. |
FIRST: The books In the Recorders Office |
show = large discrepancy between the |
warrants sss,.ed and the Warrants concsI-
cd. This mach Mr.. Stress admits 70 Do
true, Nov from this state of facts, ask,
is il not fair 10 conclude that the hscord-
az has made @ mistake IN entering She
amount OF the Warrant Cancelled, or that,
if entered correctly that forgery has been
committed BY raising the Warrant For
instance. Warrant No. 523, issued 10 Al
| exandsr Shoemakes for the surn OF $40, IL
entered upon the Book of Warrants can
ceiIed for the amount of $52s, 10, making
| a difference between tha Wazaat issued
| and the same Warrant canelsd 81 sS07 10
In il noe evident 10 any one, svsn il he has
mot Gas much brains a. monkey" that
| there il either some mistake IN the entry
ar thas fraud has besn committed, and
should ~ efkeax be regarded ~ ''cveE-
ieaious,'' should his "saspiciona," be
sufficiently aroused to caase him TO con-
nuniaaae thia fact te the authority 20 whom
il is his dssis to make the Communication
That both Recorders Street and Ireynor,
hare made mistakes, oan be eaally proved
from tina Records ksps By them; but thai
either of them have acted dishonesty,
will not even insinuate, and 80 far AZ Be
corder Treynor ID concerned viii dc
him the justice to say, that ne has KEEP
better books and made less mistakes thai
either Of his predecessors, not even ex
cepting tho man Of brsins-Fr&nk Street
If Frank Street ia not afraid of the In
= vestigation recommended in my Message
9 why does be futtsr so, and why does b
q start out by pEonouncing my statemen
of facts s'a base anuaitigassd Islander an'
: lsbel,'' and in the very naxt paragraph &C
d knowledge himself a taki6sTs BY admit
9 ting the facts stated? / said in my com
le nunlcatinu to the Council, that there We
10 q discrepancy on the books in she amour
"a Of Warrants issued and in the amount Q
the same Warrants Cancelled. Street I'D
, niss that Treyner committed few cleri
ID eal errors-'prebably, some fifteen Q
. twenty" but denies that ''large major
" ity Of the instances, the Warrants cameo
Il ed are greater tam the Warrants issued.
q From this it appears that the issue mad
!" is not as TO whether errors have bee
y committed bat whether in majority {
IL cases, those errors have been eQmmiste
.. against the city. Dir. Street, though q
sumiag to have "as much brains as
y monksy'' is utterly unable 10 discover DO
., clerical errors could work any prejudit
g 70 the city, or BE- of any advantage 70 M
n. Treynor- Who charged, il thesa discreI
- anoies were merely ''cierieaL errors" tn
3 they would~ork any prejadiee to the eli
." or be OF any advantage TO Mr. IreJnoE
Ex-Recoraer Streets brains must ha'
n over worked themselves, or be never NO
!. have come to the conclusion, that it vi
v nv intention TO sFmalign and iupugn q
sEs motives and intantionsS OF himself or u
%, Trsynor, in committing "elerical errors
d. for il the discrepancies discovered
:. really errors in making the entry, the
could have been no Fsmotive or latentioE
tn in making them. Il must be eSident ey,
,s- to Mr. Street, that while the error sbo
Vel alluded to, If error Ii be, existed upon t
Record, that correct statement OF the
As nanciaI condition Of the city could not
Tes made from the records, for the Kaasen th
g, the footing of the Warrants cancel
.tb would be too large-and being dsdact
,ro from tha fsoling of the Warraats assse
- would make tbs city indebtedness appe
as, TO be s50T ,lg less than IL really Ii, q
on hanos she necessity Of haEing the mat
nd inyeasigated-tha exrnrs corrected,
~ found to be errors, or IL frauds Aave be
7 committed that thai fact should be esta
iishsd end proyiaion made to guard agais
ION them IN fatare. sal #j IN
be This community has been serely kzou
= led and afflicted, sither with dishonest
= ignorant officers. as the affairs of G
WI county witnesseth, and sa IN oscar OF
| eiky, | shall at the risk Of being cal
if g SaspscsosGs ssssadsd and eusr jsaaoaa
-. watch OYER her interests, and while up
~ the subject viii take the liberty 70 !
Ene Ex-Recordsr Street, how Ii happens, u
ne during his administration, duplicate VI
ioh rsnta we're issued in several instances
.ha How 1t happens that two Warrants VI
issued that are not found upon the Reco
ING and how ii happened that no ranaipts W
taken for Warrants delivered z When
vill explains these things, thai parhaps wol
viii arouse the 'ssaspiclonso Of ono less sc
- osasn than myself shall propound
VI other questions 70 hin-
as Ex~Reeosder Street., In ais oomnul
eTn cation sayst
x aItls srne, M, .zTeyasF has eaE4nitted
axe elasaaf sffofs ia gegsiRg the list 81 Warrants
H. su@a fFafn the old WaFTaHs b1ok knto abe new