Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-08-10
The County Treasurer.

the county treasurer
Under this caption the people OF
lama county were last week treated
to very liberal mess of stuff the
whole drift Of which was abuse of
the present incumbent Of that office,
every line Ut said article breathing
forth spirit of malice and hatred,
and the whole conf osed of false
hood and Misrepresentation In re-
ferrlng to my official record, great
stress is LAID upon the non payment
of county warrants presented tor can
collation. and limitations and aSser-
lions thrown ont that the money was
used for other purposes. Now the
gentleman admits through the whole
of his brief article that the county
was, until quite recently in debt;
This being the case, portion Of the
auditors warrants OF course could
not be cashed for want of funds, tor
the law does not require the treasur-
.er to pay ont Of a fund which is ex-
austed.
The gentleman says, during the
year 1870 and, the early part OF 1871
there was much complaint that hold
.ers of warrants could not draw their
money on them, that he took some
little trouble to make inquiries into
the matter, and found that the com
plants generally came. from those
sections OF the county wherein l had
received no assistance in securing my
nomination and few complaints came
from those sections of the county
supporting me. The Gentlemen
must have stopped short in his in.
quiries when he interro gated my en-
cmics, tor { have distinct recollec-
itirn OF some Of my warmest friends
and earnest supporters threatening
to sue the county tor their pay on
account of my refusing to pay their
warrants. | did not and could not
pay cash on warrants for friend or
enemy when it was not IN my hands
and all such surmising individual
guessing, and making inquiries out
side as we'll as inside Of tho Office,
cannot induce me to pay out Of fund
exhausted. The Gentleman says,
Oae Of the business men OF the coun.
ty, who had tired vainly to get nj IN.
cy on county warrants, made an ex-
animation OF the treasurers books, by
these books he ascertained, and so
proved to the treasurer that the trea-
suly vaults contained $4,000 in coun-
ty fund. On the first of every month
the treasurer strikes 4 balance and if
It SO happens that there is $1,000
county fund he has it on hand to pay
out, anc IN my past experience as
treasurer | find that that amount
could be disbursel very easily IN a
few hours. Surprising then, that
some :nquisitive business man should
come into the Office on Il G 10Th or
18th of the month and examine the
books and he should find the balance
on the first day OF SAID month to be
$1,000. Does this prove that the
treasurer on the 10th or 18th of the
month has that same balance
OH hand !? Or has the treasurer
the permission of the business
lnen OF the vicinity, or county to de
duct from said balance the amount
he has disbursed since the first 9th
snoath? lie says, on the last day o
the January session of the Board O
Supervisors, the Board transferred
$1,000 from the Jail fund to til,
county fund dc. THIS is true, III.
transfer was made l think on Satur
day just before the Board adjourned
II was made ia the sa,l Boards Office
while was ~ my own office, couse
lncptly knew nothing of it at tn
time; on Monday morning SOM
parties presented warrants for pay
ment, l told them, if the Board 3
Supervisors had made certain trans
FIR which had been spoken OF.
would be able to cash their warrants
they at once told me that it had bee,
done replied to them that wa
not oEs,ially notified OF the fact, anf
tl.as considered that had no RICH