The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1869-07-16

In court, you must bring me In by regular
process of law. I an not afraid q costs."
No other recourse being left be was notified
to appear in court. on . Get day, and show
causc why peremptory mandamus should
not issue directing him to pay the amount
due on certain county warrant. From that
time until the Supreme Court, in the follow
ing January, did direct u pcremptory man.
datsus 10 Mr.. Smith. commanding the pay
ment of that warrant, he, as Treasurer,
threw every possible obstacle in the way of
the settlement of the question a. to how he
should dispose of the public monies in, and
coming into. his hands. Before the courts
he presented the anomaly Of an officer. s.'-
;iciting the instructions of the court in his
duty and ut the same time tl:warting by every
foreign side isue that could be raised, de.
cision in which the people were directly
interested to large amount, and in which
he could have no adverse personal interest
whatever, if . faithful officer.
The case finally came up in the Supreme
Court, and was decided against Mr. Smith,
Treasurer. He was in Virginia City during
the session Of the courts, and by it, at his re-
quest. WAS informed of the decision that
would be issued. lie returned to Deer
Lodge, stated the court had 50 intimatcd to
and would pay no monies under it until it
was received. In the mean time, . bill had
been introduced in the Legislature for the
relief of Addison Smith, Treasurer of Deer
Lodge county. asking al appropriation of
81 200 to liquidate his costs and expenses in
that very suit, or in other words, to pay for
his mistakes. Notice the position he Occu-
pied. In Deer Lodge county he was refus-
ing to act under the decision OF the
court; while III the same time his friends in
Virginia were urging his relief bill through
for quadruple the costs he had incurred in
getting that very decision. Some eight days
after hcacceptcd the situation, and proceeded
10 pay out s.. 600 or $40 900 he hal collected!
and had on hand since the commencement
of the suit. The 81, 200 relief bill could not
be squeezed through, but another was appro-
pr:a,ing him 500. from the Territorial Treas
ury, 10 reMuncrate him for unnecessary COSTS
incurred in defending his infraction of the
law. In refusing to pay out money in the
direction it should 60, Mr.. Smith locked up
in the county Treasury. from four to ten
months, $1,000 or $4,000, on which the
county was paying 10 per cent. interest, in
consequence Of which, the scrip of Deer
Lodge county materially deprecated in value
reaching lower figure than it lad ever been
before. The interest paid ON this scrip while
the money was thus locked up. and the ap,
preparation for his costs, amounts to 81 $50,
that, in addition to the other enormous ex.
pcnses of the county, must lie wrung from
the pockets of taxpayers. We hold tina,
this transaction does not commend Mr.
Smith as . fit man TO be reelected to tina,
responsible position, and the interests of the
county demand the election of Mr.. Freder.
ickson, whose business qualifications and
integrity, render him an uncxceptionabl.
candidate, AID in whose election there l.
assurance of faithful and satisfactory dis
charge of every duty pertaining to thi'
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