The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-10-31
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y OCTOBER 81, 1887.
/ THE Next Presidency.

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chair, Grant Is the most prominent
the sfst, with Sheridan. Colfax, Chas
4nA others of less note. At the We
considerable is said in regard to tho.
mentioned, but in Iowa no name a,
Peers ~ meet with more favor than tn,
4fHoN. JAMES HARLAN. He is q ma
XTare SOCIAL virtues; has won the afie,
tI2ps of our people BY al honest an
c2nsistept political career, and is full,
c3mpitent to fill any position in whicl
he may be placed BY the people. w
most heartily endorse the idea Of put
ting bis name at the head of the ticket
-wo-The Board Of Supervisors.
HaeieOrc' Advertiser 1T Is generally
supposed that the duties Of the Board oil
Supervisors are pretty clearly defined in
the laws of the State, and that they have
ne powers except such as are conferred
blythe statute laws. I believe that the
general saprosition as to the powers and
,ltties Of the Board is correct, but from
shaiae of the proceedings Of the Board
am led to believe that the Board itself
has more exalted opinion of its powers
AND duties than have the people.
4 few weeks since the Board passed a
rSsosgtioa,or n whereas, that there shoald
be- no tickets printed for or against
said appropriation" What authority the
hoard had TO say in what manner tickets
should not be printed, or what it could
have done i'm case they had been printed
for ar, against is hot very clear. |
hardly thinA it would have venturc,l to
refuse H. feoaAt them. The whereas
caused manga smile among the constit-
nentso of the Board. ~ :.. ..'-'
-Emm the Minutes OF the Board" rs
pnbl.sheain the last ADVERTISER, ind
that the following resolution was adopt
eAHf .aes.t.ta.
-Rc.eiroe,T That our senator and Rep
rcsentatiycs fr0ia Cedar county be in
streese! 70 use their Influence AZ the
next session Of the Lccielatnre to secure
the passage of law authorizing each
township IN collect all taxes in their re-
spectiyc townships. tI
would like to know what authority
the Board had to instruct" our men,
bers of the legislature how to vote. Did
the Board elect them? BY no means. /,
They were elected by the same power
that elected the Board, and if there is J
any. right 10 instruct it is with the cleo
tors only, and they can instruct the
Board as we'll rs the members of the leg
islaturc. State legislatures sometimes
instruct I. s. Senators how to vote but
they never instruct members of the
lower house Of Congress, and the reason
Is, l suppose, that the legislatures elect
the Senators while the people directly
elect the Representatives. | know not
what effect the resolution of the Board |
may have upon our members Of the leg |
ishture, but l apprehcnd that resoln-
ton passed by any other sixteen men,
from the several townships, OF equal in
telligence, would he entitled to, and !
would have the same influence. | would .
like to ask the Board if they know that
thesreople of Cedar county are in favor
collecting the taxes in each township
lt'would be a radical change from our
present system, and should not be adop-
tediwithout thorough discussion. am
nat.pGepared to say that IL is not the bet
ter system, still with the light now
have, think the present system the
best TOR county 50 sparsely settled as is
thH. If the matter is to be acted upon
let US hear the reasons in favor of a {
change.
What would the Board think if six
teen men, or twice sixteen men, from
the sixteen townships of the county,
men Of intelligence and honest purpose,
should meet and "instruct' our mem
beers of the legislature to vote to abolish
ahe Board Of Supervisors Would not
the Board question the authority to in
strnct? Aye, and justly.
In looking over the "minutes" in the
last ADVERTISER, | find that two DAYS
were spent, and that the per diem and !
mileage Of the members amounted to .
$8o.12. Will the people examine the !
minutes" and ask themselves what |
was done by the Board that any THREE !
good men could not have done as we'll? |
And then another question Is there any
thing done by the Board, or to be done,
that three good men would not do as
well? I venture the assertion that in
nine cases out of ten three members Of !
the Board do, do the business, while the !
responsibility is divided among the !
whole number. do not wish to be un-
derstood as being opposed to the mem
bers OF our Board Of Supervisors. II
know and highly esteem many Of them
and have no doubt but those Go not |
know are as good as those do know
It IS the system that | oppose and not
the individual members. / would to-
day rather trust the county business
with any three of the Board than with
The whole sixteen, because the three
would feel. that each had one-third of
he responsibility, while now it is diff
used through The sixteen, and as the