The Lincoln County herald., 1872-09-04
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10 oar prsvjess sr;s>ls., from the ,nsst'
.fsiib be rsmi,.5 f,rh 10 the Difpa,ch
sfths Z>tb att, ssd 10 tie sane p.psf q.
,hi. l.n 10 ,hi. sIsiee Of invsc.irs b.
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.k,, y. Lsr. ;,k.a sp 'hs tsfsnss Of
Mf. Cake, bat us ci..lsim .ny,bisg o'
the ki,d, for that g.nt..s.a j, fal.J at's
to defend bjmseIf, ard IL be rs's bot. W
are un5er 90 obligation - do il for bin
TIE Ere, denial ths. be nakes Of ou'
st.srert n, tina. Mi. A. II. Martin,
d,syrssn... ,i,t Mr. Cake sa 10: %
Hee,sntof the removal sf the railroad fund
ksyesl iLs ssssk S5 tSs Toy ksst, bat
tkss they offered 10 their r,ilrosd policy.
i.s~ bsiisvsd 8. .hs. tine by tie Cou',
as1 many of our citizen. ,ts, Maj Mar
tic was working 10 connection With Hon.
John Il. H.bd.'ssn 10 favor of the river
rss'., .hss ,s,srding the prog,.,s Of The
prsssn, rea;e, for the pu'po,s Of hoIdipg
- county sgsn, the railroad monsy a.
long - be could and the trau.!sv of
'kis money ~ the s,sr. ko1.s fund, being
the ars. ping TIA. rs, charged ,gain,.
Hr. Cake, thDss ,ha. i. w.. th. apple
,h,. s. the bank teeth On sjzs We
,sy .h;r was the fra. charge bsesgs.
Maj. Marion .aid to u, ,hs: ih. sbjsc,
u III. sr,icls "a, 70 force The pssli:s'ion
cf the receipt. AID expenditure, " show
The people ths. illegal transfer, had D.sn
made, and pointed 10 ,h;s a. one q ,teI
Maj. Martin lsf: Ii. dirty work ,hs.
JoIlsrs1 for Nr Kn,r. Ss tha, thily
may be siftsd dgrn int, the follspsy
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Ssw ,hsrs What. The matter 9TH Jssnny.
A. 70 the amoun. of money 10 the
Treasury then, and the fac. Of its being
10 Parker Il Cs.'s store, that dossn'l
amogn. 10 ANYTHING, ani 10 shly . con
fused a.tsmp, To shield the truth, foi
ja.t following this he says, Il sontrolle,
every dollar Of il, and could have draxr
1t any time" which We hold 10 abou, th,
sams b. having i, 10 hi. bank. But ih'
railroad fund, without q transfer, coull
not have been used by tho county 70
any pufposs except tho railroad, AM
Knox. then acting 70 Treasurer for Davi'
Shelton, and a partner Of Martin 1
Knsx'a bank, would have had the uso O
It for banking purposes. How long, n,
ono At that time could tell, for tho roa,
was at s,apd.still. Whether Mr.. Cnk,
was Il Fogg man, We don't know, bu
snsr Maj, Martins removal as count
agent, which tsok place after tho abus
hs and Knox had heaped upon tho Cour
Mr. Fogg didn'. got hold of the coun.
appropriation, which he could have don
bsd Mr. Cake been such a strong Fog
uhn, and hsd had the ihausncs over Il
Court thst Knox says 10 has.
ksoz dsoiss that there we're any deb
falling due at the time Of tho trsnsfs
Tho contract fer building the sour. hou,
called for $1,000 when tho founds
iisn wss flushed. snd there not bsin
money enough 10 the treasury 10 me
this debt ths rsilrosd money Vas used
save the interest on bonds that wouI
have been givsn the contractors. "
don't knew whether tho Foundation ",
completed, but the commission 90 I'D
judged il.
Hs says that in 1860 We opposed tn
transfsr--which is very trus--and th
we now think the Court acted wiscl
Then ws didns know the object Of N
move, but IL the aot was illegal, no hsr
Has sinos grown out OF IL. for the couu
ives saved about $500 in the way Of /,
forest, Fogg didn't got hold Of the none
and the railroad company has never 90,
pisinsd Of not getting that ", 600.
lie also quotes At some length from
editorial that appeared in the Hera
Dot. %, 1860, In which We said "ono
nous tsxss srs being gouged out Of Il
peoples pockets" stO. We don't dsr
any attacks wo have ever made upon Il
oiioisla of this oountv Cor w, n.v.. ,,.t