Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-02-01

OFFICIAL PAPER OF TaC CITY
SATURDAY MORNING.. FRB. !, 1851
THE CITY.
MORE OF Ir.-There was . slight fal
Of snow ysstsrday-sod slsighing continues
good.
PRoMoTED.-We learn that James
Wallace. midshipmsn In the Usieed State,
Navy. and nephew Of Louis A. Mscklot. ESQ
Of this city. hss been pronounced pssssd mid
ship0as. % ssseast ef ossitesious soodast Ia
one sf Ne late sspsdisioas.
TEE PooR HousE.-Stories have been
pat a6oas, BY whom vs know not. that thsr,
vss come mismansgement at The County Poor
House. The dirsators ssksd 90 investigation on
the part ofths Bosrd. The committee publisher
its report 10 our advertising columns to-dsy
They cay that evsrythis 10 right and proper
oot there. We should believe it a. soon be.
fore they went % aftsrvsrds We hsve heard
enough Of Poor Houss examining committees.
We presume. ho wsvsr. that Mr.. Nutting 10 do.
Ing the fair thing st the Poor Farm.
Rssoiycd That the salary Of the Deputy Re.
eordsr and Treasurer. aud Assistant Treasurer,
shall bs six hund, cd dollars per year. each.
The suhjsct matter contsinsd 10 the above
resolution. adopted By the Board Of supslvi-
sore upon the heel Of the January session. de.
mands our attention. The Board of Supervi-
sors have managed tho affairs Of the County
for one year snG upwards. but never has i,
before oesursd - it that It vas its duty to cut
down the salary u the above mentioned off.
eials. Aud vhy1 Simply because the Tres-
surer and Recorder was Republican and held
in his service Republican deputies and em.
ployees. While that state OF f,cts exieted, the
spirit Of rs,rench0ent in that direction never
onos entered the Bosrd-or il it did, it Va.
either hushed up OF ekoked out, as the case
might be. Then the clerks were Republicans.
II was we'll to give them Q decent salary, be.
cause they were such. Was there any inquiry
ployees Of Mr.. AeCosb earned their money
Not . eyllsble; that remained to be done after
the people had changed the adsoinistratiou
and placed Democrat in MeCosL's place
Then the eyes Of the Supervisors open. Then
thsy feel called upon to cut down the rate Of
clerk hire in that otfics-it was necessary then.
Hence was II that the above resolution vac
brought up. The mover in the resolution. a.
It vas originally drawn. placed the Gums at
ok hundred aud six,y dollsrs-cutting il down
from the price paid McCosh's deputies. only
five dollsrs per nontb. 1t would have been
worth fortune to close slndsnt Of hunan
pat.rs 10 have noticed the effect witch o sud
den attack Of economical gripes made upon,s
majority Of that body. "Six hundred am, sir
ty dollars year! Too much-can't afford it
-must examine that" Motion to amend BY
striking out SIR " and so the ball opened.
Up stretched the Aminidab Sleek Of the
Board, and. - If more con pletely than ever to
expose his Ignorance. etAted that he had been
inforne that "all the Deputy Recorder had
to do was to just cit In his chair. and when
deed came in file it away and val. there Till
another came 10; and be did think that it vas
paying too much for 80 little work He was
agin It." This ssncumonious custodian Of the
ps,ple's business had sst in the Board . year
had formed . portion OF . Committee several
times. We think, TO examine into the books ard
business Of the Recorder, but not until that
very moment did be open bis jsw about ex.
travseaaes thsrs-snd. will you believe Il. the
man did not know whether the Deputy Trea.
sursr and Recorder was one OF t~o persons. or
how many deputies or clerks MeCoeh had in
bic office at the time he was acting a. such
committee. and probably never would have
known it had not some sensible man volun-
tesrsd to post him. So blind vas this model
Supervisor to any thiag and every thing about
the Rseordsr's office. when Republican held
it, that the idea Of rstrsnchme ent never ente
bic skull. But that is easily accounted for
He did not know that the duties Of the deputy
and assistant are important and combining
that thousands Of dollars we're constantly de
pending upon the wstshfulnsss Of the former.
and that Of the time Of The latter not mo-
mont vas his own. Why. so doubly ignorau.
vas he Of their duties that be inquired if the
Deputy Recorder could not also perform the
duties Of the Assistant Treasurerl Admirable
Supervisor! He had been on . committee to
examine into the Treasurer affaire! His
constituency should present him With . paten,
leather medal for bis sharpness! That will do
The gripes we're upon the body and the re-
solutioa passsd - amended.
The next thiog brought before the attention
Of the Board. was motion. luggsd In BY thi'
same Amiaidsb. for alloving the Clerk Of the
District Court an additional allowance Of twe
hundred and thisty.thrss dollars out Of the
eeuuty treasury. He vas already getting about
$500 elsar-and that for doing less work thar
either the Deputy Treasurer and Recorder Of
the Assistant Treasurer. HE is Q fee oiie,. II
ssia years pact. the fees run high. be says NO
thing about forking over to the county. bu
when they run down to $500. be mu.t hav,
them brought up to the Aash times mark; ant
TO do this the Board must take the amour
from the hard. earned salary Of the Democratic
efheials. The Clerk ls Republican says th'
Board-hs 10 one Of us-but those fellows Il
the Recordsrs Office are Dsnocrats-lst % rol
Peter TO pay PAul-lst 10 cut do~n The feet
es The Democrats because they are Democrat
And because the times are hard. and put it
With little moro, into the poke. Of . Repub
lican. because he Is Republican and beoaus,
the times are hard-slso Right here annsar