The Lincoln County herald., 1872-11-20


TAI that tAo lav would have bee
adopted by an overwhelming vote did 10
Il. the people have every reason TO expect
, from the character and qualifications o
the officers slsc1, an Improvement in th
administration. Troy Dispatch
| We think our neighbor is mistaken q
, to the cause OF the township organization
project not carrying, From the abov
item one would infer that the administra
ton Of our county has been one of th'
worst managed in the state, and that or
this account the citizens would have
passed the township law. but for the
prospect of bettering their condition at
the recent election. What officers term:
expire this year that the people and 0u'
neighbor look upon with so much suspi-
con, that their retirement prevented
them from voting for the township or
gauization act? Or what bad manage
ment does our contemporary refer to that
has occurred during the service of the
officials who were elected two years ago,
or even four2 Those acts which have
been deprecated the most by our citizens,
the building Of the poor. house, the rail
road appropriation and the building of a
new court house, ,rere not, with the excep.
ton Of the poor house appropriation,
sanctioned by the only member Of the
county bench who retjres and we say
in all candor, that Judge Ingram has
made one of the most conscientious Jus.
tices that ever held the position. Be.
cause he differs with US politically, we
have no desire to withhold from him the
credit that is due an honest man. lie
has watched over the interests of the
people carefully, and no man has yielded
less to outside pressure than he. He
has always been firm in his official duties,
and rendered justice where it lay in his
power.
One other officer whose term expires
with the present year, and who has had
the handling Of all the money of the
county, and consequently is one Of the
most important officials in tue good OF
bad management Of county affairs, i:
. Sheriff Wing. We certainly never had
, more prompt man in this position, oil
one who has better performed the duties
Of the office. Was it the prospect Of HI
, retirement that gave promise Of bette
r management, and Influenced the peopl
of the county to vote against townshi
organization? Or is it Mr.. Cannon, tn
, treasurer? Certainly not him, for hi
record is clear, and his balance sheet
will show his integrity. 1t cant be tn
8 old assessor, the most important Office, S
!. far as the taxes of the people are cor
rerned, for he has been reelected. The
8 who are the retiring officers whose sci
vices the people and the Dispatch wei
~ 81 anxious 10 Tlu tueUneeINes VI
- Our neighbor has fallen into the erro
of co onplaining of something that doesn
exist, and Of stimulating false prejudic
against his own town--tor those VII
complain the loudest of bad management
y accuse the people Of Troy of orignatin
= whatever is obnoxious to them. "
t. have heard Troy soundly abused, an
). our citizens denounced as lt'e bett,
~ than thieves, and when we would ask Il
~ people making such charges to furni'
US with evidence, they almost invariab
~ pointed to some personal lndignity col
- mi,tel during the war by the soldIsry
aud for this they now pour out the
" wrath on the whole people of Troy, as
80 they did uot suffer as much or more th
hose living outside. Following clio
upon the heels Of the war, however, sol
=, appropriations were made BY the coun
49, court that the people did not approx
, anu mere comes III Wuht mas Deen c0nSl
~ cred the worst part Of the financial ma
" agement Of the county but these thin
49, occurred before the men who now ret
10 from Office were elected, with one exec
''' tion, Judge Ingram and he, as we ha
~ before said, opposed them all except
~ poor house appropriation.
We Now we do honestly believe, that
u the past two years the affairs of c
'' county have been as well managed as a
- in the state, and the people have ve
little reason to complain. Whatever /
~ management our neighbor may have
=, in his mind while pcnning the above,
IA certainly cannot be anything that
=, come under his notice during the past t
al years and that can truthfully be charg
ocainst the rcti,inp officers. and