Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-08-20

primary meetings aud 10 select the delegates accord
lnglY Hy order Of the
SCOTT COUNTY AFFAIRS.
faca. for sho Confederation O1
the Taxpayers of b
County.
Thoec who desire to defend tho misman>
agement aud incapacity Of our county rulers
content themselves by saying that our crit
cisms are a tissue OF personalities" and
therefore deserve no reply" We appre.
bend tina. "a culprit Oh trial before our dis
trict court, would find it n weak defence to
say that the indictment was merely a tissue
Of personalities, and therefore he WAS 'ab>
solved from reply" The leading feature 81
t4tse criticisms is that we have cndeavored
10 place the blame exactly where it belongs
ed, aud t. let our readers see precisely whom
10 hold responsible fos the present insolv-
cncv Of car couAty treasury. We have
placed The dircc, "slns OF eDin-.issi0n" on
thc shoulders OF the "Eiu anc CONTROL ny
mil icncc in the Board OF Supervisors. A.
leasi three fourths Of the Supervisors, AS a
slant average neither know or care any
thing a3on, the county financial affairs, and
~, RIM is simply the ''sin Of omission"
II Is these few active sinners, who
are Responsible Tor the erroneous
statements and reports that have
annually misled the people. 1t is
aso these few leaders, who have SO
promptly Suppressed every report Of in,
Nes',sltlons in the county affairs. 1t is
tlcsa fey who nave 80 often and So openly
ueclaiei right "a the p essence OF the other
Supervisors, that thy ran this machine"
ct. etc. ii the Gdsette objects TO these
personalities" We doubt If the people will
deem ia answer Sufficient. As to ''plack>
gu,,ii-n," IL the Gasefts will set on foot an
hpacsi and thorou,h Investigation OF the
h'stor, OF our county affairs during the
pas, few yers, AMI viii publish the result
and guarantee it's accuracy, Il will probably
speedily rsal ze that some Of the gentlemen
II now defends possess extraordinary abii
tics in I'll. use nf invcc;ises and blacks
guariism.' We know one or two investi-
eating Supervisors who have tcsl ed this fact
IL their iull satisfaction. We remember
that one OF these investigating Supervisors
was warned to "bc very careful what you
say, for If | can put the law
on YOU | VIII surely so it, "Personali-
tSS.' fofsooth, Tie Cdstftt fails to see tha,
, boot j. ~ tJihcr foot. i;n, We admit
tAat ,nycctise ia no, arguments, and we
cordially propose 10 discuss the management,
of our county affairs, entirely IN ,heabs,rac,
merits Of the subject. We therefore invite
the GdStttc 10 n consideration Of the follow.
Ing points, viz: During the four years
PRIOR TO the present. tho various assessors
throughout tho county annually overlooked
an average Of six or eight:thousand acres OF
land during tie same period the Poor
House Farm was reported as being "a
source Of revenue TO the county" during
the same time the books in the Trcasurer's
office were pronounced models of accusa
cy." and the system in which the accounts
were kept was stated to be absolutely per-
feet" Within the past swo years the
Grand Jury have twice reported the Poor
House as q filthy ard criminal nuisance
Now here are q few points on which The
public have learned that the Board Of Su>
pervlsors have neglected the trusts confided
- NC.ll IL. 1...x.... H.
cuss these little matters and tell us how il
happened that the controlling influence
did not, detect and correct themr Further,
more will the Gas,tte please tell US why our
county revenue annually shows an increas>
ing insuficicncy and falls deeper and deeper
in arrears, when the assertion has been
openly made. after careful Investigation THAT
OUR PRESENT TAX RATE WILL EASILY PAY ALL
PROPER AND LEGITIMATE EXPENDITURES, AND
LrAvg AN ANNUAL SURPLUS THAT WOULD NATE
mAtIYASsisT A SINKING rrsn prvorrDro TnE
WHOM the Gazette shall have soberly and
satisfactorily disposed Of these little pres
li,niuary features OF the discussion, we will
probably have a s,iii more direct "tissue Of
personalities" to ofer TO i,s inspection and
explanation.
And row We ask tie PEOPLE Of Scott
county seriously, is the existing condition
Of affairs TO be contiuuedp Il Scott coun>
" always 10 be branded as . mis-. governed
tax burthened and iusolsent county Are
the men whoss have thus betrayed their
trusts 10 be renewed in ofliciai powsss
Have not the rxOriE in each townshiptn'
Scott county got intelligence and indspsa-
dencc enough to enable them to throw OF
party lines, to get rid Of these unfaithful
servants, and unite as = PEeFLE's PARrr in
the nomination and election Of men that
cannot be controlled BY the political leeehes
with whom We have so long been cursed ,
Tns 50. Louis Democrat says: "Wcather
hot. Rain rain IL prayed for, and still the
burning sun shines in an unclouded sky.
Business continues fair to md from ST.
Louis. About the middle Of September Il
10 thought the overwhelming amount Of
business viii BE- md r way. We learn
from pilots that there 10 only about eight
feet Of water out 70 Cairo"
GALoxAxa says: Biondin has been com.
PEELED to break bis engagement ct Ashieres
from causes not vesy crsditablc to his rivals.
I'm cloeeiv iaanrr<in0 MA ronA. cha othes