Mower County transcript., 1871-08-10

only ten Ct tx. 'r l"n th!r'ti US lnlC II
Iur the .:,:.,' work. Last ear the
L,,i h,. l1Hrl twice y: n';"l tor duiur
the ether county printing ;"s is now
being paid for the same work. Last
year the Register took the contract t,
! do nN the printing tr II stipu|,trI
price and afterwards tho ilria's pro
cured large share OF it done at De:
Moines and other places at enormous
rates. T.lrs, arc Ilct:; which the Hr/.
iN'r cannot truthlully deny, and still
will criminal assurance it conveys the
idea that the present ulli.' are quite
Us cNtrava@;,nt rs the DID,
Scc'n;l: The present nominal cl-
itor may be cxcusablc for his manifest
ignorance Of the ability required t
investigate the records and the work
to be performed, but he is not cxcus;.-
bic for conveying false impression
about matter Of which he knows
nothing The language he uses about
its being Il mere ''clcrical work to b.
successfully performed by any one that
can read and write, the wcrk of a
"Clcrk' to be hired ut three dollars a
day, is either the mere twaddlc of /,
simplcton or the studied language Of
a calculating knavc. The fact that tho
man employed is something moro than
mere ..c}erk" hired ,.t the inst,,ree of
the dcraultcrs themselves ut three dollars
per day or any other sum, with the
understanding that he covers up more
than he discloscs, is what troubles the
Rc1isicy. The honorable, fair manner
in which it is being conducted is
another source of their tronblc. They
declare themselves in favor Of an in.
vcstigation but of what kind? Evil
IDENTIFY one that would conceal their own
foot prints, or one which would give
them an opportunity to cry faction
faction! you have got prcjudiccd
man
Again, the Register holds out the
idea that this is Il years work. and that
tho man employed is getting three
thousand or more dollars a year for his
services. In this statement it design :
edly E,lsifcs. The work will last only
three months at longest, and no man
would leave his business at home and
undertake highly responsible and not
desirable job for tho same wages, pro
rata that he would work a year.
Furthermore we here aver what
every sensible man ought to know and
does know, for the especial information
Of the apparant numbsku|l Of the Reg
istcr, that there are but few men
in tho State who could or wonld do the
work at ALL A thorough knowledge
of general accounts, a knowledge Of
county business and records, and Of
the law relating to county officers, arc
qualifications not..combincd in many men.
For such man, ten dollars day for
the period required is none too much.
No such man can be hired for less.
Talk about "clerk' doing such work !
The idea is indicative of the size of the
brain in which it originated.
Mr.. Hayden possesses all the above
qualifications and one more. lie can-
not be bought. The de'aulters cannot
reach him. This troubles them
and the Register. Only a single
mistake has yet occurred in all his
work and that was detected in 4 settle
ment with the town Of Red Rock, be-
fore the balance sheet had been COM
pared. It was simply such mistake
as sometimes occurs in every counting
house or bank in the country, and was
Immediately corrected and was ofno sig
nifcancc whatever. We challenge the
entire old ring to find an error in Mr..
Hayden figures after his work is done.
Third: The statement as to Mr..
Warner getting the money, is fair,
square, willful and malicious falls chood,
and the man who said it knows it to be
so. Again VIC repeat, Mr.. Warner
does not get dollar Of the money. It
goes through the committees to men
who contributed Of their private funds
to remove the corrupt officers whom
the Register helped to elect and sup
ported, and now, we do and here call up
on the editor Of that paper to retra ct
its ::haunting lie" Or provo what it
says.
In conclusion VIC assure the pcoplc Of
the county that their interest are we'll
protected in the hands of the present
officers. Some Of them have been in
Office less than six months. They had
to restore order from ten years chaos
Mr.. Williams and his efficient clerk
have done moro work than was done
in two years before. The future bcuc
fits to the county from straightcing uf
the records and getting the accounts
into shape, can hardly be lorctold. al
ready thousands Of dollars have beer
saved in interest on tax lands, Of
which no account was made be
fore. The current expenses thus far
have not been over half what they were
in former years. A large share Of thu
bills paid this year were incurred b.
the former administration.
We kavc devoted this much spacc t.
rcfutc the lying, slandcrous publica
tons Of an hypocritical newspaper
which traduces onr county officers 10
no other reason than that they do no
steal the peoples money and give it t.
the editor, as has been the practice il
former years.