The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1866-06-30
Communicated
THE COUNTY HOSPITAL.

Il
the unfortunate state Of affairs which exis
, in connection With our County Hospital
"Drowning men catch at straws:" SO it is
with che opposition, in regard TO this matter
So important is the subject that the late
Territorial Convention held by them at Boise
City, among other things inserted as ont
OF the planks of their platform ~ a resolu,
ton in regard to the AFFAIRS of Boise county
j "a thing unprecedented in a State Conven-
tion-iand for for the purposes of my aFgn-
ment a Territorial Convention has the same
status as that of State Convention. They
endeavored to get up something that would
catch votes that would resusitate, were it
possible, their defunct organization, and hav-
ing political capacity sufficient to know that
Boise county comprised about fifty per cent.
of the voting population of the Territory,
they must of course devote considerable
share of their attention TO it. Now the DEM
ocratic party is willing and anxious to meet
item on the County Hospital issue Or any
other issue. Wedo not intend that they shall
draw the wool over the eyes of any one.
What are the facts 10 regard tothe Hospital
matter 2 they arefew and simple. No one de.
MES that for two years previous toJanuary
Ist, 1865, every Official position in,bis comfy
was filled by negro worshiper. No one de-
MES that when they gave up the reins OF gov
ernment this county was overwhelmed with
debt: that she had her paper adoat to the
amount of nearly one hundred thousand dol
lars that between thirty and forty thousand
dollars of this debt was on account OF this
Hospital, and accumulated during the year
1864. When the Democrats came into pow
err they found this vast debt hanging over the
county. They found from twenty to twenty
FIVE patients in the Hospital. They found the
county Treasury depleted-it is true that
Vaien turned over about $ll,O08 to SIoeuna
Ia dust and sand-but that was funds belong
ing TO the Territory, and could not be used
for county purposes. Then my assertion that
the Treasury was empty is true, so far as the
county was concerned. The new admlnistra-
ton found the Hospital still in the hands of
the same parties who had it during the year
1864. The Republican Commissioners had
relet it prior to their going out The Demo
cratic Commissioners had to fulfill the con-
tract made by their predecessors they had
no,money Oh hand, SO they continued to Issue
scrip. The money colfeeaed from the tax pay
ers during the year 8G5 had to be applied Oh
the scrip issued in 1864, and matters pro-
gressed in this way until the contract expired
IN November 1865. 1t was then reltt to new
parties, they taking it with the understanding
that they should have money and not scrip
and in this way the Hospital was kept up un-
til this spring; when the contractors finding
that they could get no more money they re-
fused to keep the patients any longer, and as
/ am informed (and hope do the gentleman
no injustice when | say il) they were instruct
ed by ]. W. Brown Esq, one OF the Commits
sioners,to. turn them out. For what2 Be-
cause they had q right2 mol What then !?
say for the purpose of making political cap
ilal to be used against the Democratic party.
can conceive no other The building be-
longs to the county and no one has any right
to remove a patient therefrom. Now these
Republicans endeavor to hoodwink the pub
lie by telling them thatit Is the fault of the
Democratic county officials. They will turn
toa man with an air Of injured innocence and
say--''See what the Democracy have done ),
they have stole all the money and the sick are
turned out into the street. You paid your
Hospital tax, what has become of it z" VILE
DEMAGoGUEs THEY boN'F FELL THEN THAT Ev-
ERY DOLLAR OF HOSPITAL MONEY THAT WAS COL
LECTED LAST YEAR, AND THIS YEAR, AND EVERY
ONE TO BE ,coLLEcTED FOR THEE YEARS TO
COME WILL BE APPLIED TO THE PAYMENT OF
SCRIP ISSUED PRIOR To TEE ADVENT OF THE
DEMOCRACY INTO POWER. No one knows this
fact better than they do, but as said before
they need votes, they stand in want Of a.
great MANY votes. 1t is by snch low, dirty
subierfuges as this they expect to gain pow
Ter. Democrats beware ofthem. Should one
of them sweat to you that a certain state OF.
facts exist, believe it not, until at least you
have consulted some oneof your party post
ed in public affairs. q have known this par
ty from its first inception--it has embraced