Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-09-14

| statement Of what seems to be . fair business
transaction, The people have = right to
know what use 10 made Of their money, and
every fin ncal agent is entitled to the benefit
which Statement Of account always fur ni.h-
cs. There can lever be entire confidence he
tween officers and other citizens when official
transactions are not presented in all their
minutiae and there ought not to DO. A bust
ness confidence is established only upon Il
knowledge Of the facts. Hence statements,
are always in order.
AUSTIN, Sept. 5 1871
To the Editors If the A"~t;n Rry;st~r
GESrLEMEN:-In our "piu;"n y. III
recent cdt,r,l' INV" h i trndrnc
t" mslrad the puh|" ..> 10 facts c.n
nected with ~h,t "a d., eliminate thu
"Wurncr Swin.lle." We therefore ask
the use Of your columns t" make 'h>
following statement:
A maturity Of 'h- " ties Cast IN this
county, at the c;cctiou held November
8th, 1870 Was in favor # the regul. <
Rcpu'li an ::',n !i.l.:es; but 10y subs .
uurl,t ",tin, e.; the Canvassiug Board
-. ct VS. changed, by throw w
..., J., :.turn> T.. :ll"v, g Townships
~. ..'; neat. vit elton ere lsSLc,.
t., cad dates u no received Il ,,uuority
o :h' vote. I, the larger portion OF
the people Of the county such proceed
ing seemed unjust, and it was dcteru'-
ined that proper action should be ia
ken to remedy the wrong. On The I'd
OF December u Convention u,et IN Aus
tin to consider what their action should
b.. The result was that the whole
matter Was placed IN tie hands Of IL
Central Committee, composed of one IL }
citizen from each township i the c"un-
ty and the following rcsoiutions-was
general declaration, as to what the
duties Of the comm .ttee should be.
"Resolur', That it i, the opinion OF
tho committee, that there are hidden
reas"ns why the present incumbcnts III
office should make such uncommon cI-
iorts to set asid, the will OF the people,
"ResoiVcd, That counitteo he
chosen to examine in to all grounds
Of suspicion Of u'al-adu'inistration OF
the county finances; and that said
committee be requested to confidence u
rigid investigation and t" employ COM
; petcnt assistance to aid them in said
investigation and if the facts re-
quirc; that action shall be immediately
commenced to recover all or any SUNS
Of which the County Of Mower MA.
! rave been detrauded."
''RcsolvcI That in the opinion o.
this Convention, the first action
by this Committee, shall be to tax.
proper steps to remove the present Au
ditor, and his clerk from .f1icc.'
"Rcsolvcd. That We the representa-
tlvcs Of the several TOW nshi p> nc pr,
sent, pledge ourselves t" the utmost tt
raise the necessary ./""|s IN ""''y n
lhr ioreg Ing res"lu'ions.
So lar az W. Can recall them, the FL
lowing are the names Of this ''n:n t
tee:
Geo. W Clough, AUS (iownship)
Andrew Ku"x, Austin (viI'a1e), = }
Felch, Racine; ". y. ''"rhl,t, Beach
A G Ei,hcr. Nevada; ; >crlbn'r
Frank todd, Il. i. Ii'i.''.'> II, L. Roy
II. l.. Tanner, led !,'vk \. T.. 1I"ngh
tn, Lyle ). II. lice. Er'n1 cad -"
". Il. Davis. td,m> ". . -, e
Pleasant ' lily Burr. Max"' il, tdo'
plr,; j. j.. i;"hl,,'n. Lansing; Jay
W Chase, Walthan and u. j. Wood
bury f Dexter,
- j. mmit,cc hcl'
f. IA, crny.nti. II
..,l ~ b II II f the sew.
t.. TO !. H.. T. tie ntcc~s;,r, 1uni: