The Lincoln County herald., 1869-12-23

st his o6lco." This 10 the same dish Of
old Iasa served up BY the County Court,
"that the records Of the county we're opsn
to al, and every one that wants 70 see
where the money goes must 60 y the
county seat, pay bic hotol bill, and exam.
Inc for himself"
The tax payers Of this county asksd
the Court for sloaf Of bread, but Mr.. Cake
gives them . hard stone. They asked
for the items Of expenditures; Mr. Cake
gives them the total amount and says,
"osll at my Office and I will show the
items," we'll knowing that but few will
ever call. This 10 an additional insult to
the taxpayer Of this county. But Why
does the Court % psrsistsutly refuse to
make the publicationf Rumor says Mr..
Cake and Mr.. Mcclellan are opposed TO
IL. Then I ask, Why are Mr.. Cake and
Mr.. Mcclellan opposed to publication =?
Are the members Of the Court to be con.
trolled BY these gentlemens Mr.. Mo.
Lcllan gave % bis reason 10 his article
published in the Herald: because there
is no law suthorisiug such publication.
Since he sscertaiued the law Was net re.
pealed be may have changed his mind,
ssd now bsvs smother rs.son ws will
see. But why is Mr.. Cake opposed to
such publication =? Why does he become
SO nervous when publication Is talked OFF
Why did he seek 90 assiduously to ferret
out the authors Of the 6rst articles written
aud published on our county finances :
Why docs he fear . publication? To
my mind there are ct least two very
cogent reasons. Let "a examine these
reasons:
Mr.. Cake, for tho year 1866. received
for services rendered the county, cxclu-
sive Of probate business and the amount
paid by the State for making out the tax
book, the sum Of s2,5l3 65; for the wear
1867, s1,022O2; for the year 1868,
s2.l20.20; for the year 1869, s2,05s. 10
up to August, With his fees to be yet al.
lowed for ono quarter Of the year. What
that amount will be I cannot positively
determine; but if the last quarter is as
profitable ~ the three preceding it will
amount to s6S6.O6 more. making for the
year 1869, e2,744.25 for transac,ing
strictly county business, to say nothing
Of the amount received from probate fees,
and from ths State for making out the
tax book; the two latter Of which has
never been considered less profitable than
the county business. Now, you can per-
ceive at glance one reason why Mr..
Cake objects to publication Of the ex.
peuditures: Every citizen will fnd out
that be has drawn large SUMS Of money
from the County Treasury. and on what
account; that tho Office is lucrative one,
and that, as consequence, there will be
numerous aspirants for the Office, thereby
endangering his prospects for re election.
The second reason is, that the voters and
taxpayers will say that q man who has
held an Office so lucrative Is long as Mr..
Cake has, ought to give way to some
other person not less deserving and far
more needy. But few more, figures
In 1861, Mr.. Cake, for transacting the
business Of this county, received only
81, ,O65. .65. and for 1866 7 80 tho above
amounts, showing an increase on an aver.
age Of 81 900 per year; and this accounts
for part Of the increase in our expendi.
lures. Mr.. James NJ. Mcclellan, Deputy
County Clerk, received from the County
Treasury for collecting bountics for white
and colored soldiers. etc., for the yea,
1866, sl,l35; for 1867, sl,257 %. and
for the year 1868, sl,093.S8, making ia
the aggregate ss,4s5.59; hence bis op'
position to publishing the expenditures
For the year 1865, our county expenses
according to Mr. Cakes "conjensed'
statement, we're s3,7s7.4s. These two
gentlemen 10 1868 received ror their feet
an amount nearly equal to the entire
county expenditure for 1865. ~
Now, propose to examine the bounty
tax. Nj. Cake, in his "condeused" pub.
lishsd statsueat, accounts for tho s27,-
407 90, lowed and collected for bounty
purposes, and uuaccouutsd for, in thia
manner:
Paid ON principal. ........ .... .... .$lo, $4,000
Paid interest on bonds ................. 6,4S0.o3
Transferred 70 revenue fund....... 100000
| Amount In Treasury ...".."""."" l,o8S.N
Without calling iu question the amount
Of interest paid and the amount in The