, 1869-06-20

4 EAgE OF LARCEN Z.

SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 1869.
AcAsK OF LARCENY.
The Ro.rl cf Supervisors of Cook Conu
ty yesterday soiled their record AFesn "
voting out Of The County Treasury and 1nto
The rocket Of one Gnssette large sum OF
money. which they had no right to give nor
he to receive. This Gassette, having been
a dcserter FROM the army, seemed to the
Ceurt House clique. It tie list co1nty cleo
tinn, 10 be the most available tool to palm
of on the patriotism OF the voters Of Cook
County as private soldier candidate
for the Office OF Clerk Of the Circuit Court
for The benefit Of those who desired to re-
xard the army, bnt did not caro- to vote en-
hrely for officers. The people, and the
Republican party especially, we're badly
'.sold" in his election, as they were not
slow in learning. As Oazk Of the Circuit
Court, Mr. Gassette ia t~-oHrio Recorder Of
Deeds, etc, FOR Cook County, and is paid
for his Official services by fees whose
amount WAS ired when there were very few
deeds to be recorded for this county, and wts
designed to pay fair compensation for the
services Of the Clerk himself, md Of the
few assistants, through whose aid be vas ex-
pected to aerita out in full Iair copy OF
each instrument affecting title to real estate
in tho county. The fees, which were ample
10 Fay \ fair living income To
4he Clerk for this service when
&he county wss small and oonveyances
we're few, have svellsd, With the growth
Of the county in population, to the anor-
nous and wholly dispropoztionate sum Of
from fifty to eighty thousand dollars per
anuun. One would suppose that when
Nr. Gsssette had been singled out BY the
inscrutable DEGREES Of 9 party convention
Tor ~ ef3ce two CT three times better paid
tan the Presidency Of the United States,
and whcr bis record as q deserter uetted
him IN cash thrice the income which the
General-in-Chid of the army received, he
would nj least hare hsd the prudence, if
not the honor, to perform the ser
vices for which he received this
e1orbitant pay. But the maxim Of the law
falrus in uno, falsus in omnibus, applies to
other things as well - to testimony. Mr..
Gassette signal:zel his entrance into of3ce
By connecting plan for saving to himself
the slight expense Of procuring the copying
Of the deeds, so as really to leave no rem
nant OF service whatever for his salAry to
nav for. Inasmuch as most Of the deeds
in use are drawn on certain printed forms,
which save all Of the writing except the
names of partiea and description Of lands,
he could, by having books printed To cor
respond with theBe forms, cont1ive to
screw down the hnrd-workjng and ill-paid
copying clerks, who had hitherto earned a
ba1e living by doing the very work fox
which he was paid, ont Of large share Of
their compensation, or tun them adrift
altogether. Having thus deprived the true
lAborets Of their hire, he tu1ns to the Board
OF Supervisors and actually gets them tc
pay for tie printing Of his books, which i:
in itself mere device for depriyine
his clerks Of their psy for service fol
which the people have psid him twenty fold
Among the most barbaruus punishment
contriyed BY the InquisiGon was that o
1isembowelliug the victim by the usa od
red-hot poker, and the sentiment has some
lines been expressed, In q general way
That the climax Of terrestrial impudenc
was raachsd vhan the pessecutor charge
his victim with the cost Of healing Ii
poker. Now, Mr. Deserter- Clerk -Gassett
has succeeded, not only once, bat twice, i
,ot only disctnbowe1liug the Taxpayer
i Cook County in most wonderful MAI
ler, hut in inducing tho 1uu'inor
md intelligent Board Of Supervisors
slarge the county with the cost Of heatin
he poker. On the 9th OF March las
they paid II 400 toward printing thes
svindling books, and yesterday they vote
smother donation. which brings the who
amount to over $4,000, to Mr. GA
sette for the saue purpose, "
suggest now that our very wis
and luminous Supervisors pass resoluho
providing that The scribes who kctualls pr
form, at starving wages, tho serrioes Il
which Gaxsette receives his fifty thonsan'
shall he1aaftar be fed by the ravens
Cook County solely, and that in conside
alton thereof, their wives ar
children shall bo annually taxi
several thousand dollars, acoordlr
to the amount Of their earuings,-sa
tax to be eollecied aud pocketed BY Il
disembo~ell1ng Gassette, and the IA
payers Of Cook County to pay the e1pens'
Of collection.