The Placer herald., 1870-05-28
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bers in relation to the sale OF Placer's stock
in the Railroad, we have always invited an
explanation from the Board as TO the ser
vices rendered, ;. and he law under which ii
appropriated $4,000 to its members, for
what we con,ended was only tLrse days
services. To pursuance Of this invitation
Mr.. Van Vector, The Chairman Of the Board
furnishes Us a lengthy article, which we
cheerfully give a place in our editorial col
umns. Our space will not permit us TO no
,ice this statement at length in this issue,
but we will refer 10 it more in detail 10 a
future uumber. We have no disposition
to wrong any man Of any party, at any time,
or under any circumstances, but we will
do what we believe TO be ri ight and just to-
wards The people and taxpayers OF Placer,
if The devil himself should stand at the door.
When we cease TO do that we will cease 10
publish newspaper.
What appeared in The Stripes was edi-
torial, and whether written by the editor,
Mr.. Bullock or some one else is nothing to
US. What the Chairman Of the Board, Mr.
Fannon, received for signing bonds origin
ally has nothing TO do with the present
question, yet it will be found on an exam
inaion OF The law tha, Fannon bad to sign
and issue these bonds in ten different in
slalments of fifty bonds at time, and 20
more could be issued until they had been
expended, and ,ha, fact made known by the
sworn statements Of the Secretary and Chief
Engineer Of the corporation.
What Mr.. Van Vector means by dwelling
on the immense responsibility we do not
understand, unless it is that a great pres
sure was brought to bear TO ndrce the
Board to swindle the county by selling to
the lowest bidder, and tba, for resisting this
pressure they should be paid. No officer
can excuse his own shortcomings by citing
the rascs,y Of others. II THE sort Of jnsti-
ficstion would excuse officers, Mr.. uoIlen-
beck could take all the money in the County
Treasury, and point to the late Treasurer Of
Nevada and say, Look at that man, be
has stolen Sl2O 900 and have only taken
$20,0O0' Mr. Van Vector does no, claim
that the law allows more than reasonable
compensation for the services rendered. Had
We have employed these three men 10
cell this stock, or a similar amount, for us,
and They bad made such sale as they did
for the county, after having the Information
they had, we would bave considered them
either incompetent or dishonest, and dis
stock bad been sold and the money was
in the possession Of tho Supervisors,
they made this foolish bargain with
d. 0. Mills, without Justification or com
pensalion, allowing him four months to
collect and presen, our bonds a! par, by
which we loose Sc 666 in interest. Mr.
Van Victor fails 10 show just wha, the tax
payers wish 10 know. The people Of the
county wish to know in so many words and
figures how much time these three len each
spen! in making this sale, (ss the law has
Fixed the value OF their services per day),
how much money they spen. for eating,
sleeping and riding, and how much they
paid for Attorneys fees, and to whom i,
WAS paid. This is what the taxpayers de-
mand, and nothing short Of this will or
should satisfy them. All The talk about the
people OF Jscting to The Supervisors getting
this S4,5O0, embarrassing the future actions
of The Board, is really silly, if it does not
IN can that the Supervisors may get mad
aud throw the county of. |, is the real
friends, taxpayers and supporters Of the
county that object to this act Of the Board
in taking 81 500 Of our money without com.
pensa,ion. That the interest cannot be
stopped on these bonds for twenty years is
the meresl Of trash, ard would not b. men
toned by any real friend of the county af-
ter due consideration. 1t would be more
sensible 10 say that the bonds were issued
in fraud and IN violation Of the Constitution,
anu die uOt NtItu bU DuCH DldOk paper
1t is not strange that the HERALD should
find fault at the price received for The stock
The HERALD had been coniendIng and pub
isbing The figures 10 the world that there
was due the county on profits Of conslruc-
ton, $597,500, and in dIvidends annually
100000 more, and it was these figures that
brought this other bidder to Auburn. What
is said in Mr.. Van Vec,or's letter about Cen
Hamilton and Judge Nale's telling him
that par was the highest bid MIR. Lambard
would make, is simply question Of veraci,y
between these gentlemen, but we know that
Mr.. Lambard uttered no such language in
Auburn, and unless they saw bin after he
left here they had no authority for making
any such statement. Judge Hale neuer
talked with Mr.. Lombard on The subject,
and General Hamilton left before the con.
versalion was over. Mr.. Lombard said to
Mr.. Crutcber aud oursef: Suppose the
company hears that have offered par for the
stock and come up and also offer par, what
then e. We replied, "then it will be a