The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1866-06-02

Iprices. As it was, they were forced to bear
the odium consequent on Republican mis-.
rule. If they had had the same means tC
operate on that the old Board possessed, tbs
debt would have diminished instead of ip.
creasing.
Another thing has operated against this
county. The taxes last year were mostly
paid in scrip. Bat little money went int
the county treasury. The Statesman talks
about stealing from the treasury. There has
not been any money in the treasury to steal,
very lately. There was some in the treasury
when the taxes were paid in gold dust, but
that was when the Republicans were in Of
fee, and they left nothing in the treasury
when they went out. Instead of receiving
cash for taxes during the first year of Demo-
cratic management, comparatively nothing
was received but evidences of county indebt-
edness, in the shape Of the very scrip issued
by Republicans. The Democratic Commits
sioners have bad to run the county govern
NEST, and keep all its departments in order
with nothing but scrip. Does it not sound
ridiculous to hear these men, who run this
county SCI, 900 in debt when the taxes were
receivable in dust, talk about Democratic
Encouragement, when the Board, for year,
have had to support the county on nothing
but the evidences Of its own Indebtedness?
Here is the Hospital No one will take the
snp fif nd IL e. oil IL
plication for admission, unless the cash is
forthcoming for expenses. Now Why is there
no cash to pay for these expenses? Is any one
se.siIy as to expect the Superintendent of
the Hospital to carry on the institution with
county scrip Will scrip pay for provision.
and firewood2 If any one thinks so let them
try it. If the Republican officials had not
recklessly issued these warrants two years
ago, these amounts Wonld have been, paid in
dust, and the Hospital would have been open
to-day. Thousands upon thousands of dol |
lars were unAwfuIly paid out of the-treasary
on the order of the Republican Board of Com
missioners on preferred warrants, and among
them a large amount for Eospital purposes.
The Statesman wonders why there is no nao- I
ney to pay off the old warrants. The reason
is this: the money was all gObbled up b., the
Republican officials during the last months
of their terms of ofice-gobbled up illegally
by preferred warrants, paid by the Republi-
can County Treasurer on the order of a Re-
publican Board. That money should have
been applied on warrants payable in their
regular order. It is certainly cool piece of
business to censure Dempcratie officials for
not paying off old warrants, after the Repub-
leans have thus stolen all the money. In
fact, so grossly and Systematically were these
rob6eries perpetrated, during the last year of
Republican rule, that the exceptions finally
became the general rule. The last official II
lct of the Board of. County commissioners
"a 1868 was to pay themselves by preferred /,
for services rendered as Commits
ioners. The county, during 1864 lived up
IN future years. To get through with the
present was all that was desired-aad. latter,
is the deluge." These checks drawn on the
ature enabled them to keep ap appearances
o the end of their careers in 1864; but it
vas only temporary relief at terrible cost I
n the hereafter 1t delayed actual bank
uptcy thahyaan, andlshoyed the accumulated {
ebt. and difficulty On to the shoulders of i
heir Democratic successors, who have stag t
ered along With these embarrassments with I
patience, fortitude and courage such as few I
fhclals have ever had to contend with. The
nembers of the Board have borne themselves
o0ly under the most trying circumstances;
nd he who wilfully casts any reflections up- :
n their honesty is either a fool who knows 7
otbing of what he talks, or a political knave
rho would SANDER his own mother to obtain
vote. c
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