The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1866-07-28


County Hospital. The Democracy have beer
charged with the wrongful or extrayagan
use of the public funds, whereby the Hos
4 pital has been practically closed. Never wa
there more false or unjust accusation thar
this
/ The Democratic cficials nsUer had anything Il
do tVith the County Hospital unta last November
! The County has been bound by contract
/ entered into by a Republican Board few
weeks before they went out of Office, gotten
up expressly for the benefit of Republican
contractor That contract has brought about
the present condition of hospital affairs. The
Democratic Commissioners have had no pow
to do anything with the Hospital except to
carry out the stIpnlations of the Republican
contract by allowing the warrants as per
agreement.
The Republican party IS responsible for The trhole
Hospital debt, the exhaustion Of the funds and the
turning out Of its inmates.
The facts are these: As soon as the Re-
f2ublcans found that they were defeated two
yeiIFs ago, they set about to devise tchemr
TO fatten their favo-iteS and deprive the De.
InOcracy of the emoluments pertaining to
the Office Binding the County by contracts
to run into the Democratic administration
was one Of these plans adopted.
On the 18th of October. ls64-only FIVE
days after the election-lhe Republican
Board met and ordered the publication OF
the following notice in the Boise News:
PROPOSALS FOR COUNTY HOSPITAL.
Notice is hereby given that proposals tor taking
charge of the County Hospital, with or without
a physician. will be received by the County Com
missiOuers, to be returned the last day of this
mouth. X. H. UNDERWOOD,
at D. a BY J. CRARLEToN, Deputy.
This notice was in order TO give fair col
oring 10 this Inscriptions scheme. NOTICE
the language. 1t does not say that the con.
tract will be let to the LOWEST bidder. Such
never was the intention. AT :his very time
it was already preconcerted that Drs. Ray
mond Terry should have the contract
and they got it.
Raymond h Terry's bid for medical atten-
dance was for ST., so per day for each patient
Ia most exhorbitant rate. DR.. Hogg'S bid
was Eve cents lower; Dr.. Harris bid was
rs cents--just oNE-HALF of Raymond & Ter
ry's bid. Harris and Hogg were Democrats
1t would never do to allow either of them to
have the contract. Raymond was Repub-
iican, and to the eternal shame of that Board
Raymond was given the contract at just
DOUBLE the amount for which DIR. Harris Of
fered TO do the same work. gf.a
On the .4th OF November 1865, the Commits
sioners, Geer and Van dPelty ordered the fol
lowing to be entered upon the minutes ii
In the matter of the contract Of the County |
Hospital, for the ensuing year. it Was resolved BY
the Board that the contract TO doctor and furnish |
medicines for the INDECENT sick of said county. /
within the Hospital or Jail. be, and the same is |
hereby awarded to Drs Raymond and Terry, at
the price OF 81 so per day for each patient in the
Hospital or Iaii-they furnishing ak the necessary
The contract to take effect End be III I
force from the fifth day of NOU. A. u. 1864 to the
fifth day Of NoU. Il. d. 1865.
At the same time a similar contract was
entered into for the BOARDING of the inmates,
at the rate of $la,5O per week although the /
best board at the hotels 10 Idaho City at that
time could be had for from $l2 to Sic per
week This contract also extended into the
Democratic administration up to last Novem-
Der.
In accordance with this rascalEy contract,
The Hospital was maintained as long as there
was any means left. And now We call atten,
ton to another fact
The total amount of warrants issued to
these contractors under this fraudulent agree
ment, amounted to the ENoRMoUs SUM OF
$42, 900. Had that Board accepted DR.. Har-
ris' bid, one-balf of this amount would have
been saved and the County Hospital would
have been in good order to-day.
This is as plain as pikestaff. There is
no denying this statement. The facts are
patent upon the records of the County Com
and open to the inspection of
every taxpayer. Not only forthe closing Of
he County Hospital are the Republicans re-
sponsible, but for the uncalledfOr, unneces-
sary addition of SCI 900 to the County debt
The CRUTCHER RELIEF BILL.-The Union
aarps upon the "Crutcher Relief Bill All
here is about that bill is simply this: The
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