The Lincoln County herald., 1870-01-13

too in tho face Of reronstrance from our
County Agent for the railroad; and to.
day the court hosse 10 not ready for the
6rst estimate, although the Court, with that
recklessuess which has Characterised their
acts on former occasions, on the 22d day
Of December, 1869, gave the contractors
81, 900 more. Mr.. Cake, IN his solicitude
for the welfare of the contractors, de-
clares this act legal, and boldly proclaims
to the public that he approves the action
Of the Court, in his article Of the Sd inst,
and to bolster up this action Of the Court
declares three prominent lawyers Of this
place gave in their adhesion to its legal.
ity and "most excellent reasons for the
transfer" Mr.. Cake either misrepresents
the lawyers Of Troy, or they stultify
themselves 10 conversation in my pres.
ence, which I can't entertain for . mo
ment; therefore I call upon him to name
the three. Of course Mr.. Cake approves
Of the action Of the Court, he being the
Chief Corner Stone Of thst "frail" struct-
ure, aud rumor says . silent partner with
the contractors in building the court
house. If this be true, you can under.
stand his motives for the transfer Of the
railroad fund and its premature expcndi-
ture.
Mr.. Cake, in his reply to my challenge
60 .eeouus for si5,ooo bounty money
borrowed, utterly fails to explain or &C
count for the missing funds, but merely
declares that be has the "butts" Of every
warrant issued, amounting to $4,000,
Showing the dates and TO whom paid,
and asks if this is satisfactory. Ianswer
no; and will give my reasons: Before !
wrote my article signed "Liucoln," ex.
amined the abstract Of county Warrant,
kept in Mr.. Cakes Office, very carefully,
and took list Of the bounty warrants, as
I found deficiency in that fund. Afte,
Mr.. Cake published. his article declaring
he had the butts Of every warrant issued
| made another examination and found
that t,oo warrants at least had been added
to the list, in order to make the account
balance and account for the SIS, 900.
demanded Of him to see the warrants
He said he would not show them, as thu
Court had burned them and left hin
nothing except the "butts." Whethe,
these "butts" are genuine remains to b.
seen. It is evident that th. Court, by th,
destruction of tho bounty warrants, d
we'll as all other county warrants, hav'
pretty effectually covered up their tracks
and left room for broad field Of suspi-
ciou. The butt ofs warrant proves moth
ing, unless corroboratcd by an allowanc'
of the Court, entered Of record, and bu
few Of these bounty claims we're ever al
lowed. The presiding Justice and Mr.
Cake issued them without ap order of th,
Court.
In this connection will relate one o
the curious ways in which county war
rants are issued, as it shows the loos'
manner in which this kind of official traf
e. is carried on-Mr. Cake, too, in thi
transaction being Chef. The Court a
the end Of the session will sign the min
ute book, and above their signatures ap
pears this order: 1.-THE Clerk will max,
all necessary orders" The Presiding
Justice signs several warrants in blanks
and whenever Mr.. Cake sees Ct be will 81
up warrant with the name and amount
and it sometimes occurs that . warran
is given to another person than the on
for whom it was intended. This part,
must wait until the next session, whel
Mr.. Cake, omnipotent with tho Court
gets the order and warrant. THIS onl.
shows what complete control Mr.. Cake ha
over tho Court. This proceeding 6nd
no countensnos IN the law. t,l -
j Mr.. Cake insinuates that be "misse,
me" when he referred to the solid tax
payers of this county. That may b.
true I do not claim to be tho hesviss
taxpayer in the county; but lam perfeotl,
willing to compare ny list with bis;
am perfectly willing the taxpayers of thi
county should know that while rendere
an income to the General Governmen
every year while in Office, and also to th
State the only year required, Mr.. Cak
never has paid dollar on income, al
though bis income on county business
according to bis own showing, has 70
every year far exceeded $1,000. ! 81
perfectly willing, too, that the taxpayer
should know that the constitution Of thi
State, kno~n % the "nsv constitution,
supported and voted for in 1885 by M,
Cake, . conservative then, I believe, bu
. radical candidate IL 1865. requires ever
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