Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-04-21

8defence rule which he has been so grossly
yiolating all thetime Again The report
docs not pretend there are no old debts, il
Hsimply says nothing about them, because II
lis impossible to tell the exact amount Of
them, a frank confession indeed Direc-
4tors, Auditors and clerk, all together, una
Hbie totell the amount ofindebtedness. Tru-
Hlg We had not expected so prompt an &C
acknowledgement of the business ofour surmi-
les a. to the ineompetency of these officials.
N No wonder he uses the words awkward
mess 'conceited blockhead' &c, so glibly
he doubtless has very vivid realization Of
their import as he evidently speaks from ex-
#perience Surely after that they will no
Hlonger ask to be retained in Office and paid
Afor services they confess themselves incom-
HpeteRt to perform. He also complains Of
Aour comments upon his salary and says
That four years ago it was only 25 dollars
8per year, but since that time it has been in
creased to Forty-fye dollars, being only 20
dollars more. " Not quite four years ago.
5His own report shows, that for the year en-
ading, March 1864 his salary was only $25,
but he received SeUeRtg-eight dollars and
Eiglitg-one cents also that for the year en-
ding, March 1856. when he says his salary
was only $40, he received Serenty-oae d0t
laqs and Seueatg-one cents. Here we see
this rey economical 6ldtciduat has received
aln the two years One hundred aud tfttg dol
Rtars and .fif5y-ttc0 cents, while his salary a.
mounted to but ,Sepenty dollars. We beg
#the gentleman's pardon for having assumed
8that he received three salaries per year,
when it appears that it only averages about
two and half we have only to plead in
excuse that we had not, then, the benefit of
Hhis letter of explanation 1t is bad enough
Aas it is, we don 3 want to make it any worse.
! gHear him again-'I would ask any sane|
man, would he allow his clerk $21 per day
Awhen he himself is only allowed $1.50 perl
Hlay. We did not accuse any of the party
Hof being sane, but the clerk has settled that
question. He acknowledges, and we believe
lthe law fixes, the auditors pay at 81. sol
lper day. No sane auditors aCould give thes,ll
clerk more, He says they each received
a$7. so for making the report therefore theyl
we're FIVE days making out this very extraor-
binary report, which any school boy might
have done in iEeo or six hours What won
1derful eelerity these gentlemen have dis
played. Perhaps fault will again be found
with our calculations We only see one
other explanation of the difficulty, which is.
allowing as before, two days for auditing,
that they voted the clerk $2I extra pay, andI
that he generously divided the spoils With
them, and made each $3.50. He can takeE
either horn of the dilemma for the auditors
|acere sane or how would they have taken
such good care of the dollars and cents of
their pay ? We are very sorry that the
clerk in his eagerness to exculpate himself,
should blunder into .fc1lsehood and accuse us
of saying that he received $2l per day for
bis services; if he will examine our article
he viii see that we never made any suchh
charge He says again It's hardly to bel /
presumed that the directors are dishonest.
1t is his own presumption We distinctly
say in a former article that we think it
nost charitable to suppose they have done
the best they could We impeaeh mol
Emal,'s honesty. W. l--.-~ u. :. a41t.
Jas they appear in the report, and leave the
public to Judge if their servants are faithful
and competent.
If the economical gentlemanfeels disposed
for further explanation, we suggest that he
give us an account of the supplemental set
element made at the last meeting of the di-
|reetors. We think it would present fine
|ield for the display of his powers Of expla-
nation andelucidation. It. would also afford
an opportunity for some very appropriate
comments upon the subject of economy.
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