The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1866-01-27
THE DEFALCATIoN topic.

- 9 AI1LA JSAONtNs Ou1NldAs Tue Cu1tOE has
found something At LAST that is interesting
to the public. Gentle reader, Reynolds has
got "Elkhqrn" on the brainl
Had he been reserved, on the subject, he
would have CUT US terribly, but as usual he
has oyer-reached himself by attempting to
draw into the cess -poelusf bis locality, (the
imagirati0ns Of his brain} everybody against
whom he stands opposed on any question.
Into the common sink of preyarication to
which his thoughts rNvARIABLY lead him he
endeaxoss to drag the Governor, the mem
4 bers of the Legislature and the balance of
respectable citizens of the Territory, and to
make them all accomplices in the defalcation
Eof MFR, Slocu1m. - s ~ ~ ~
i Ii is all very well to perpetrate paltry jokes
On sElkhorn," but the attemptto make the
Legislature or the Governor or anybody else
lanswerable for the Hprivate specnlatioas" OF
an individual, il, tc-say the least, brazen ino-
padeRae. bla i8s9ta fia7 ~ lsssi q 5saa4 1858
T. While. the Statesman edisoris trying totell
l.us that nsmerons citizens were IN WITH Mr.
Slocum, in this business, will he have the
| kindness to point out the members of the Re-
lpnbhcan party among whom the eleven thou
sand dollars we've divided, which was left in
Boise City by the late Secretary Smith when.
he went to Alturas eonnty llsd
On the subject of the FORMER Treasurer of
Boise county who is STILL a. defaulter to
large lameuns,, will Mr. Reynolds be kind
enough to state in what stock. THAT MONEY
was invested, and whether the securities are
GOOD or not? -, SIS - 10
When the Board of Supervisors of Boise
county granted Mr.. vajen ''till August next'
to pay in the amountof HIS DEFALcATIoN they
might as we'll. have granted him till r ext
dooms6ays ,for ehey knew he never would
have a. cent? and5that he had no bondsmen it |
was worth their while to. sue. Quite the re-
verse stands the matter in Mr.. Slocum's case.
But takiDg4be Statesman s view. it is a ter
.sibler Attain because. a. Treasurer elected byl
the BEmoca2rrc PARTY has 5bappened,to inneseE
alittle balanceofthe Territorial Fund in the |
"Elkhorn" for safe keeping. If your man
Vaien had invested his money in "Elkhorn''
and afterwards tnrred' it over in payment Of
his debt the people would not have been !
loser by him. II Mr.. Smith, before dying had
taken the PREcAurroN to invest the eleven
dollars in sElkhorn" it might now
be more easily reached than it can in that
safe IN Boise City where it was locked up...5
81 When Najen borrowed treasury money he
had no "EikhoTnH nor any bondsmen either
to show for it.. There are no bondsmen nor
is there any "Eikhsrnaat IN liau. OF, the amount
default by the untimelF death of the late Sec
rotary. 9tn u2l Z a.'a ~: it - '.
The public, however, Will recollect that
while thefStatesman and its party carefully f
endeayors to hush UP and conceal the above
facts, THERE ARE bondsmen,gan PIERRE Is
good and sufficient, made over in &
trust to4ooSer Mr.. Slocnm's defalcation and
II may not even. be necessary to grant him so
long as till anext August, as was granted to
Charles D. Vajen. ,s......,.i
Mr.. Slocum's effects if sacrificed would /
bring the money now, Int you might put Mr..
Vajen's HEAD under the hammer and it
bring a dollar! Whether another
sacrifice .doWnln Boise City will uncoysr the
lost Secretary fund remains to be seem
6 We are not. saying word in this article in
extenuation OF Mr. Slocum1s eondnct I'VE. j
cannot say word in that direction that Is
the matter any; but we do charge
the Statesman with deliberately and foolishyl
to ifalsify the whole subject in !
the following ways 'a-'a. ss3s3li,
First---In trying to create the impression
bets OF the Legislature knew Of this
defalcation. while they were acting upon thel ..
SreIef3 bils's for3tle benefit Of Boise county.
Second-In endeaVoring to make the pub r
lie believe that Legislators and others were +
knQwingl and purposely ldeceiving. the Gov Is
ernor and representatives of other counties +
them that the ~Roi6es County
Treasury really contained, the money. that
belonged therein.
& EhirdARey holds wishes to make it appear 4
thatthe Teiritofg, tie people of Boise county, +
the democratic party, aud the hopes, and as
pirations Of any Of our friends, are. utterly ,
ruined, totally destroyed by the. fact that one
officer wrongfully inRested,publicl /,
funds. in 'Ekhorn." Reynolds desiresn to h
have it generally supposed that Slocum's in
debtedDess has not been Hsaougedt9 and Et5at
the community and Territory will be perma-
nently iniurel by. this defaltation. It would
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