White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05


made use Of Language. in substance. as
follows: wv hen left the County Board,
and went into the army. the County was
free from debt: but when come back,
ind the County s2s.000 in debt"
When a man wants to descend to the
demsgogue. he invariably pounces upon
the public debt and expenditures. No
matter how the debt was incurred, or
how necessary the expenses. he pitches
into the men in power at the time-im-
sgining that money is the thing to fool
the people with ; that they will take his
word for it that they are being robbed.
without examining into the facts, and fol-
low him bowling. This is q fruitful
theme for Mr.. Larzelere--it always serves
him, when every other topic is exhaust
ed. We remember that be got up in
our streets, in 1860. just after be had
left the County Board. and proclaimed
that the three Pro-Slavery Democratic
Commissioners, Word, Whitehead. and
Gsbbert. had already run the County
Sl5, 900 in debt for the Court House,
which was not yet finished that it was
not worth $1,000. and that before they
were through with it, he expected moth
ing else but that they would run the
County in debt $4,000. This was in
1860, before the war commenced and
yet, he says that when be left and went
into the Amy, the County was free from
debt
Mr.. Lsrzelere is simply attacking the
Republican County Commissioners, who
have managed affairs for the last four
years, in order to help along his scheme
for new regime In other words, be
wants to impress the people with the fact
that when LsrzeleIe was running the
County. be kept it free from debt /; but
that when he patriotically went into the
army, as a Quarterm ester, everybody
knows how self.sacri6cing and honest the
Quartermasters all are. } the poor bunglers
at home, not keeping bis bright example
before their eyes, in the short period of
four years, plunged the County 1923. 900
in debt; and that it is fortunate thing
that Larzelere has returned, to again
shoulder the responsibility of running the
County. Will Mr.. Lsrzelere explain
how it happened. if he left the County
free from debt. he left County scrip SELL
ing at 25 to 35 cents on the dollar. and
thousands of dollars of it drugging the
market at that price Now, with the
County so overwhelmingly in debt,
County scrip is at 80 to 95 cents.
The truth is this: When Mr.. Larzelere
"went into the army p the County had
three Democratic. rebel-sympathizing
Commissioners, who had ssddled heavy
debt upon the County in building that
tumble-down concern dignifed by the
name of Court House. This Democratic
set had been for years telling of Mr.. Lar.
zelere's bull-frog farm. to offset his hob
by of economy; aud they generally beat
him. After Mr.. Larzelere event into the
army" (ha. ha!) the blundsrhead Union
men who were not so patriotic, but re-
mained at home, took it into taeir heads
to clean out the rebel set who had so long
been riding the County to death--and
such q skedaddling of the Whiteheads,
Gsbberts, Heeds. Blakelys. Woods. Bee.
bes, Cranes, Gillhams, and their stripe,
was q caution to behold. OF course, this
cleaned out the Board of Commissioners
and Republican Board was chosen. who
found that their rebel predecessors bad
left the County in debt nearly if not quite
$4,000. Everybody knows the state o.
affairs from that time until recently. Ths
drought Of 1860 had left the people plung'
ed in poverty; the crop of 1861, owing
to the stoppsge of all kinds of trade by
the rebellion. would not pay for hauling
to market; hundreds of men went into
the army. and everything was topsy-
turvy. For several years there wers
scarcely any taxes paid-wbat few per
sons remained at home, had but little tc
pay with. Atthe tax sales, the County
bid in most of the land, which o.
course brought no money; and the ex'
penses Of the sales, which were heavy,
bad to be paid by the County. The pric.
of everything advanced enormously; and
the County. having no money in The
Treasury. had to pay three or four prices
for everything. high as the 6rst price was.
in consequence Of the pay being in scrip.
which Mr.. Larzelere left at 25 cents OF
the dollar, when be "went into the or.
N.Y." 1t was q terrible time for ths
County Commissioners; and. strange te
say, with all this to contend against. they
increased the County debt only Eve Of
six Thousand dollars! But since time.
grew better, the debt has been reduced
The last report, we believe. left the deb