The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-03-02

looked a little further than merely across the
amined the reports from Westmoreland, Clear
held, Indiana, TiOga, FenangO, LycOmtng and
Dauphin counties, and then they could have
seen that The frauds and robberies'' in other
counties, if there were any sIIch anywhere. far
exceed those alleged by them to have been COM
mitteds in Cambria county. Still, as the said
editors have drawn n comparison with Bedford
county IN regard to the amounts paid to the re-
spectiye Boards of Commissioners, L will take
the liberty of extending comparisons little
further All the amounts given below have
been carefully compiled from the reports made
by the Auditors of the several counties NAMED .
Aggregate amounts paid for the year' 1871 to
commissioners, their Clerks and Counsel
IN Nestmoreland county 50, ,l90 %
In CleaTtield county. ........... w 2'lr}T 5n
In LycOming county. Observation-Disclosures. 37l3 on
In TlOga county. .............- 2,f.,6 IA
In Indiana Unty..................... 3.315 OF
In Dauphiu cOunty................ g. l35 II
In enango couuty.............. 1856 30
In Cambria county. ..-....-....... ..... 1850 Al
Now of the seven counties above compared
with Cambria, i'll each one of five of them the
amount paid to Commissioners, their Clerk and
f,,,.,1.E l''4Nt ~ 4liNS
OHclals IN Cambria; In two OF them only WAS
the amount smaller. Average the seven coun-
ties, and the amount for each will be s., ,G}5. 10
exceeding that OF Cambria, for which the ITib-
Ultc ana Herald lament so much, the sum of
sio6. Ana III enango county, governed too
by honest RspuohcdHS, the fees for counsel is
not included in the amount mentioned above
neither is counsel fees included i'll the amount
Tor uphln,another Republican county, where
OF course nothing wrong could be done.
The Tribune wants light on certain item
called Neutrality-suspicious. se0-which the ed
ltor thinks must have been paid for ''Cooth-
picks and Tom and Jerry But would not the
tIDiUte Ike TO have light sufficient TO enable
him to see on what the small miscellaneous -
amounting TO e, l2ZU6 was expended i'll lndi-
ana countyl 1t could not have been on Tom
and jerry, as the Republicans are al temper
ate, notw outstanding one of theIn, while can
didate for the Legislature, got. IL is said, five
gallons of that "Hitc whisky" about which
so much noise has been made, and another Re
publican, now a co-worker, | am told, on the
ITIh1lHe, drank more than dou ble that quantity
of the said "HiCe whisky" Light was also
wanted so to know who got tile 204 dollars
the error mentioned in the Auditors report.
Well, ii is easily explained thus The Auditors
by mistake charged the Treasurer with money
had receiyed-therefore the Treasurer was the
10 to that amount. Wei, would any honest
man refuse to rectIfy mistake ? Surely not
So the $&J+ were refunded TO the Treasurer-
The IftDUnC made noise about the Military
fund. asking III war or inSurrectiOn existed in
the north of Cambria county, that so much
money needed ON rlukir-s inquiry. the
writer has discovered, that John stown must be
the place where the war or iusurrectiOn" had
its existence. as over 81 coo of the military fund
went TO parties in that place. As regards the
office time made by the Commissioners last
year, writer knows nothing: but tbs much he
does know: Last year was the tricnuial for as
seSsmentS, and 1t is well known that the Com
miSsiOnSrs revised them and altered every fig-
/ ure in the assessment lst-making ca aicuiations
! Tor every individual properly, in order to
a fair ratio. 1t was also the wear for makiL q
the enumeration of the taxable inhabitants for
appOrtiOning the State also, the new Jail. try
ing to make sale of Bonds sc surely sII fEis
must have taken great deal of time. 1t is
I also well known to All III and around Ebens-
burg TINT the Commissioners worked oftan
from o clock in the morning until 10 and IL
o'clock at night; and would any liberal man
allow that much time to go for one day Al the
pittiful sum Of 81? Surely the District Court
| official whose name is fiaunted at the masthead
OF the Tribune, and who attempted to charge
the county about $50 more fees for one term
OF the District Court than the law allows him,
should not complain if the Commissioners
charged more than 81 for 10 or 16 hours work,
and close application at that. ''ThOse dwelling
IN glass houses Should not throw stones"
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