The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1872-10-31

attorney, he would beat the county out
of the + r. tax yet, If he Lad got his
fees for collecting, BY hiring to the r.
R. company as their attorney. OF course
he is no . cormorant," foen hewas, and
should be elected county attorney, he
would a. soou steal it after he bad COL
lected the money, ss the PRINCIPE would
be the same. Heonly put in 8 bill for
eight hundred dollars for conddcting the
Harvey suit. The commissioners said
they would allow him three fifty. He
took the bill and tore it up and said abe
would be ID if he would ever &C.
cept that amount but would sue them and
collect it," but finally came back and
concluded to take four hundred. This
very honorable man is legal advisor for
Saline county and "hOpes to be again."
Judge Prescott cut down Steara's bill
as deputy sheriff, fifty dollars, but Moh-
Ter failed to attend to it and the commits
siOners had the full amount to pay, and
the county lost the fifty dollars through
his negligence, although : he is allowed
one thousand dollars year for attending
to the county business.
Joseph Brennan WAS fined ono hun
dred and twenty-five dollars and costs.
l paid Mr.. Mohler his fees, seven dollars
and fifty cents, and took his receipt for
the same, which ] have now. paid the
money to the county treasury and mott
fed the county superintendent that there
was one hundred and twenty-five dol
lars of public school money in the treas
,-,, b,,< NJ. Mobla. o<oDo IN op1 ma
sents bill claiming twelve dollars and
fifty cents, and he has twelve dollars and
fifty cents of the public school funds in
his pocket to-day, and the records show
it. Now if the ring thinks it is "ungen-
tlemanly and dishOnorable" to expose
this dishonesty, fraud and corruption,
l think l can stand the disgrace. They
have far more impudence, if they have
less brains, than old Boss Tweed ever
thought of having. He only said what
are you going to do about it? Whereas
they say it is unworthy of any true Re-
publican or honorable men to expose
them. 1t shall never be said that l stood
silently by mute witness without rails
ing my voice, feeble though it be, against
such gross Outrages Of public trust, and
allow, with no opposition, these men to
swindlc the poor farmers, and honest
tax payers out of their hard earned
dollars which is forced out of them, by
exorbitant taxes to support them in
luxury and ease.
l claim when man comes up for Of
fee OF public trust. that any and all
have have right to know what his
character and qualifications are. He is
nothing but public servant, and if any
one knows why he is not to be trusted,
it is duty he owes the public to state
those reasons. | have made no state
ments about any man, but what can be
corrobOrated by the testimony of rs
good men as Saline county can produce,
and some OF them will vote the ring
ticket, as they agreed to vote the ticket
but say that it is the bitter
est pill they ever tried to swallow" 1t
is base SANDER on scores of our Repub
licans to say that they do not support
the regular nominees, on the regular !
ticket, because they or their friends were !
not nominated. 1t is folly to make this
assertion of men who have voted the
straight Republican ticket ever since the
party was formed, till they come to this
country, because corruption was thing /
almost Unknown in the counties in which .
they lived. But they cannot vote and do
Justice to their own convictions of
right and duty for men without charac-
ter, or the least shadow of honesty, and
lend their support to rings, who simply |
keep the balance of power in their hands
oy corrupting men with money, soaring
them with threats, and controlling the
whisky element by promising them Ii
cense to carry on their nefarious traffic
Did the people of Saline county know.
one half of the dishonest schemes they
set on foot to control this county they
would be left with only the support of
all of the vagabonds and whisky pimps
in the county.
d. +. FULLEP.