The Placer herald., 1874-10-24
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misrepresenl the truth. by one sided state
mcnts, and disgrace honest and well mean.
ing men in the eyes of the public, by falsify.
iug their actioos. for the sake Of exciting the
prejudice Of the people against cause real
y their own, devoted to them and their in
terests. and enlistipg them in the support of
. Get Of scheming men whose only cause IL
self-exaltstion, and whose only object is pub
lie pluDder. is certainly not enviable. Still,
that our Auburn contemporary possesses
such disposition, none can doubt. For, is
he not strainng to it's utmost tension every
nerve in bis system TO hurt the Independents,
that The ring in whose interest--next to Stan
iord's-thot paper is run. may stand better
chance Of securing official position, and with
it. plunder ? And is it not notoriously plain,
that III these efforts all regard to truth, jus.
tice. honor, honesty, or the reputation of
good men. is utterly ignored? What can be
said truthfnlly is welcome at any time and
from any source; but il does seem TO us that
euch reckless misstatements and faleehoods
as have characterized the Argus of late. cs.
pecialy when made TO people who know
them TO lie such, not only indicate wicked
heart, but deplorable lack Of judgment
and common sense. If there be any truth in
the old adage that che who tears down the
reputation Of others for the sake Of exalIing
his own, will net prosper" then we need
have no fears; for it is certainly very plain
that this since all other resources have failed
is the studied course Of the argus. 1t rep.
resenis 10 its readers, in the strongest terms
1t can command, that the present Board
Of Supervisors are corrupt, heariless. un-
principlcd set Of men, whose only art is ex-
travagance, and who're only aim is to plum
der the county Treasury. We don't wish
people to take our word for denial of such
charges. but to any fair minded man who ie
acquainted with these gentlemen. or at all
conversant with their official actions, we
submit Whether euch accusations are not as
far from true. az II would be possible to get.
These men have the interest of the county
and people Mt heart. A fact which is man
ifest by them in every official act. The
Argus may gain it's point by its constant
misrepresentation; but If it does, the gener-
ally accepted moral creed, that "bouesty is
the best policy" will he in that case perver-
ted. We are not responsible for its action,
nor the rceults that may follow. Our only
duty IL TO tell the truth, and warn the people
Of designs upon their peace and interests.
and this. by the grace of God, will we do.
f,bey should be beguiled by the sophisms
and fslsehoods o. designing sheet. into
nurturing dragon that is only restrained
from sucking their life's blood for want Of
strength. itshaIi not be for lack Of due warn
Ing.
This much we have said by way Of
preface to an article which, before we con-
caade, We hope to make as interesting as i'm
postsnt TO tho taxpayers Of the county. 1t
seems from the recent Joint report. Of the
Auditor and Treasurer, that the average cost
ef running cur county government for the
Eve years preceding THE last, was $39. .115 OF,
and thaI the total expenses Of the county for
the lat year was Isl, ,40s. ~; thus showing
that the expenses Of the county for the las,
year, exceeded the average for the five pre-
eeding years. by sl2.294.40. The Aryus,
With It, usual greed for political capital,
bounces upon these figures 10 prove its
charges Of fraud" ana "plunder" and
"extravagancc. 1t says: "the first year
Of their trneaning Independently adninstra-
ton. with no extraordinary expenses TO
meet, [plsase notice that word extraordinary
they increased the county expenses 80 per
cent over the average Of their predecessors.
There 4 no possible escape Aomalese figures,
They are as inexorable as death. And
whine and wriggle as they will the ladcpend
ents and their biscing organ are compelled
to face the damning evidence Of their iacom-
peteucc and eztravaganse. To fLse this
"damning evidence, 10 the mast pleasant
task We could ask: with the trxth- On our
side and the figures to back Il, No shall
mako the task alec an casy one We will
commence the task by adding another short
quotation fom the argus 1t says, "tbe
diacteace 10 sti greater when we remember
ttst during ,he year 1873. there was gen
ersl election. costing a large sum. probably
NJ bss than $4,000. and ,Aa. til. Great Reg
ister was printed at a cost OF 5000, two i'm
s,nxte n ilams TINT d;i rat oaA.. ;a&. IL -