The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-05-04

n,x~rs..I OF aaYon BassIrr.

DISMISSAL OF Major BABBlrf.
I.es no necessity for further controversy
With our Distinguished Mayor, a. he has
backed square dosn from MI the charges
~hict he has made against me. last week
denied the charge, and called for the proof
,ha, had duplicated Warrants, and issued
,~o without making any record thereof, an0
this xeek-,housh he has devoted column
and half to nv especial beneGt-he Is as
silent as the grave about the Warrants,
which silence now take as m admission
tia, his insinuasions were false.
In his article this week he labors much
hards. than was necessary to prove that
had not brains enough to understand what
he means in his use Of the English language
for / will Acknowledge the corn on that
question. Think it would require q c.a'r-
voyant, gifted with spiritual manifestations;
one who could discern meas minds without
going through the tedious process Of read
ing long and prosJ article IN the Bu9fs'
to come anything near ccmprehendins his
meaning 10 the use Of our much abused
King. English. As to my book keeping, !
will have no controversy with him on that
score, as | am not engaged in the book
keeping business.
The eshibi, which he makes Of my ac-
coun. with S. II. Craig as City Treasurer,
which he calls rerbdtim ct H;efdtia copy
from the book, comes about ~ near copy
rerbafus, ct Hieratunl, rs the balance OF his
charges have come to the truth. For an
example, where nc has i, to read ''Lae Shem,
SIS o." it reads "Side Shows, Sl5,0o,'
and the balance in about the same proper.
ton, the figures being right and the writing
wrong. But don't attribute this to any
design on his part to misrerresent. or 1"
place things in IA false light before the pub
lie: attribute it to I'll, fact that he can't
read writing.
Another thing might notice while on
this subject, 'hat this account which he ex-
hibi,., is taken from a little pass book. in
which kept mere memorandum Of the
account with the Treasurer.
Now the Mayor seems to have a great
pencl,an, for hunting up private accounts.
Why don't he 90 to the proper record
il he wants information. II he will look on
page IS Of the Journal Of the C'uncil he
will there ind my account with S. Ii. CRAIG
and also J. l.. FoRMAS as MARSHAL, entered
II, large on the proper record. DON'T like
to accuse the man Of ignorance, AMI Of II
want of knowledge Of the proper place to
| find the correct records Of the City, Il d yet
nigh. rs wei, asto accuse him Of design
to wilfu'ly misreprescnt.
As othe complaint which he makes be-
cause | would not join issue with him on
question of fact, about the character of the
discrepancies between the entry Of Mr..
TREYNoR Of Warrants issued and Warrant.
cancelled, have only to repeat, that care
not whether he is correct or not, ~ the en-.
try majeay Treynor of the Warrants cancel.
ed, though made as B,bbitt says, on the right
hand page of II book having gilt letters on
the back, was no, a public record, and one
which be was not authorized or required by
law to make, and for which he Was no, in
any m inner responsible to the City or pub
lie. S, will now dismiss the Mayor
Colonel, a; lens, TIL hear from him again.
Hoping the next time he makes charges be
will be mere fortunate in su.,aining them.
FRANK STREET.