Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-04-11

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reasonable and Just, and were so al
lowed by the other Commissioners,
1t is also well known that one trait
peculiar to the Doctor as an officer,
is to urge the dispatch of public
business; Hence we find that during
their last quarterly term the sessions
Of the Commissioners were prolong-
ed till Q or 10 P, NJ. each day. The
truth Of the matter is just this, that
no one Of our Commissioners can
he regarded as loiterers around
town, and so far as Mr.. Thomas
and DR.. Jones are concerned, their
per diem will not more than pay
their tavern and stable bills, and the
profits of the office, so far as they
are concerned, comes out on the
wrong side.of the ledger. They
simply draw their wages, on the or
der Of the Auditor, when properly
certified, and their chance for spec
ulation is small indeed. If either
Of the members Of the board has
drawn more money than his prcde-
cessors, it is simply because his ser
vices have been greater.
1t would seem superfuous to no
tice his reflections on the Doctors
failure to detect the robber Of the
Treasury, and his implied consure of
the employment of detective for
that purpose. But allow us, in all
candor, ye would-be great men of
jefferson, to enquire: did you do
your part, as good citizens, to as
sist the Doctor in prosecuting that
investigation if not, why do you
now turn around, like graceless
seamps, and chide, and ridicule him,
because he sought the assistance Of
others Such conduct, my friends,
carries with it the impression that
you, for one, might have some good
reason to desire his failure. The
Doctor failed, under the circumstan-
ces, but might have succeeded better
had he received all the assistance he
had a right to expect, and all par
ties had exercised due discretion.
The Doctor is further charged
with being a stupid manager and fl
nancicr, entirely unfit for the duties
Of the office. 1t does not often be
come necessary for County Commits
sioners to display much financial
skill. A year ago, however, there
was accumulated in the Treasury
about thirty thousand dollars of the
railroad fund, at the disposal of the
Commissioners in some productive
security .Dr. Jones advised and in
sisted upon its investment in 7-3O
bonds. $4,000 of it was loaned to
the Fayette and National Banks of
Washington, at 6 per cent. interest, i
without the Doctors knowledge, re-
sulting in loss offnterest and pre-
MUM to about $1,000, and Is cents l
besides, which was paid to one OF {
the bankers fornotifying ono of the
Commissioners to come and close
the transaction. What do you
think of it, my friend? Or what
does YOUR clidue think Of it? Was {
that good fnanciering? You {
think not? DIR. Jones thought 80,
too, especially when the county was
paying 7 per cent. interest on our
railroad bonds.
September lst, 1866, Fayettc Co. {
had $4,000 Of 7-30 bonds belong |
ing to the railroad fund, which were
then sold, and the money loaned to
the banks, in spite Of the Doctors
resulting in consid-
cradle loss to the county in both
these transactions. What do you G
think oft? That mode of manage !
ing our finances meets your views,
does it? then you and the Doctor
don't agree. What? you don't {
want to hear any more about the '
Doctors business capacity Only
u few more items out of many, and
then we will drop the matter Be !
fore the Doctor entered upon the
discharge Of his office, the County C
Commissioners had ipapgurated the O
policy Of building costly, cumber-
some bridges over our streams on
our cross-ways and by-ways, The 5
Doctor demonstrated against such n
'Xtravagant and unequal cXpendi- II
ure Of the bridge fund--such pol p
cy involved an amount of taxation o
very year, equal to double or treble il
he amount authorized by law, and
would compel us to neglect and re- W
use bridges in many localities that p
lccded them and were equally enti- ~
led to them; but his advice was not
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