The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-02-13
The Supervisor System.

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The Supervisor System.
Nessrs. Edit0rs:-D, In his last COM
nnunication, for convenience, changes
my signature to II, and for his accom-
mediation acquiesce.
We have asked no more for country
than for city gent. Equal and exact
measure is all that we have ever claim
ed; and yet from the fsugality and more
industrious habits Of the former, aud
less temptation t. overrcaching sharp
praetice and vice, he h decidedly the
better citizen.
p thinks We are not correct In our
statement about the Board trying to free
the county Of debt contracted under the
former system, and that we were trying
70 tnislead, &c. For the proof I refer
him to the report Of the County Clerk, in
eompllance with resolution of the
Hoard at its last session, introduced by
Maj. Dance, inquiring into the indebt-
ctlness Of this county.
While D ridiculed and complained Of
the doings Ut the Board we have attempt-
ed to sustain them. Now he thinks
they have doneas well as any men could
under the law, "having an exalted
opinion Of their powers" nevertheless,
consequently the cause Of our controver-
sy has been removed and no cause of
action found; WHICH shows that there is
ut least one man outside. of the Board
who applauds their course.
d stigmatises me with the idea that
the people Of Cedar county are not hon
est nor intelligent enough to select from
the whole county three capable, honest
men. % knows that we have never in
tinated such a SANDER on the people Of
this county; Inc is the autho- and pub
Usher Of 1t, and is entitled to the credit
Of 1t. Nor 10 we complain of the Ii ones
ty Of our officers for the last five years,
and hope that in time to come they may
improve more and more. We have ad-
vocated the intelligence OF the laboring
class, and their capabiIity to act rs Off,
GERS in the affairs of government, and
have not written nor spoken one word
that conveyed such an idea, therefore it
was manufactured out of whole cloth.
The true and paramount object with
US in opposing the Commissioner sys.
tenn is the good of the county, for the
probable control of the election of its
members, were that system adopted;
would be by our county monopoly and
court house clique Of persons in their
interest, and adverse to that Of the PEG
pie. Our county monopoly consists of a
township about three times rs large rs
the average Of the other townships in
the county, and an Incorporated city
within, casting about one fifth the entire
vote of the county, with rare unanimty
in their votes IN our conventions and at
the polls, and had they an opportunity
they would struggle harvl to elect two
out of three Commissioners, giving said
monopoly liberal appropriations from
our county treasury. as has been done
heretofore. Being one of those "old set
tiers l have helped to build two jails
and two court houses in this county, the
last of which was built before it was
needed. Now ourgrand jury and board
OF Supervisors both decide our Jail a nui-
sance, aud We want sixteen men to try
ifeiyht thousand dollars (thc cost Of our
nuisance), will not build another that
will hold feloas. II.