, 1875-11-18
E1uat,,ed byIEquatized by
Asscssof's The County the Stalls
Dksrfp'on. ratuas'on. Hoard. Hoard.
john stDithis.l &!ao0 $400 1900

Tbs sbose Is d rude ske.ch Of pagc, not from
tho books, but aimply to illustrate. Every entry
Inlhe swo last columns In the eigllt books re-
f,ued to "a originally outered was an error.
i. entries arc in hlaok ink. spd
tlt'fs unit. tho books wcre flicdt and may not
t,su now be known to tho head Of tho office.
Tbs entries wero mado erroneouajy by . mistake
ID calculating the rerceptaRe, which, going
through huadredB Of pages before being noticed,
magnitude. SUD one which would not 10 excused
b ny other county olilcc. and would not ba in
As but for tho fact that to err, llundat, and
stnstslly bosch everything, is ffoquently callod
teAunc.eristio OF tho management.
When the error wan finally aiscovornd it waa
.AEMEp1ED AFTER THIS w1sK,
but Hhsthet tho diecoyerer has been rewarded Ia
nj hnowns 4 bottle Of rcd ink WAS brought
h1o use, md down eAch successive page pen
III drawn through the entries, and just he
,s,la the cancelled hgnrea new ones, which had
swn reached upon now basis Of calculation.
ssu put down 10 red Ink. This is kept up
h,ough The eight books, and, on the whole,
~ pitco Of oletical stupidity, tho complosed job
laads unrlvsled. The appearance Of tho boo2s
IN better bo imsglned Than described, bus to
tsom county oidcoz ii paying them and those
Tho pe,iectad them an unmerlted compliment.
Tho appearance of the books Is BY no uacans
0lna. oau b said against them. for. It tloy
u>ros illegal, thoy will furnish nYerg ta1 payer
lotha town reasonable excuse "a tex-aghser,
nd must
LEAD 70 LITIGATION.
Not Is this all thst can be asid against thom. Their
e1glrAl preparation cost the county for clerical
hsn neat Sum, and to make tho correotions
nd alferhtiona that sum WAS almost trebled,
mounting In thu aggregate to equandoriug Of
hs public funds to hundreds Of dollars. 70 sav
rmalnS Of the distredit nuch 1et OF books are
mtha public records Of the county.
Atei tho Commissioner had looked through
Tho Hyde Park books. being In possession of In
soation OF atfaira would b. found ln other
k9ofs. he inquired for those OF South Chicago.
Ihs f1at book. Tho one he monh desired to see,
naA not be found. he was told, however, that
NM Ut the bludery, and In lfeu OF 1t tho other
eoot4 Of tho town were shown. They wero
teunlssones'e impression. tho public musk look
opopden, Lteb's inviting Al investigation into the
WRITINGS Of bis otce recently In tbs public prints
aAsse tnsincare. II ID reported, on good au-
so'.t', that IL tho m'etn9 book tho o1tenslon
eoons! Boasd, and that the error Is SO great aud
et1 from remedy that
TIE BOOK HAS pEEN DESTROYED.
ss soae circumstances surrounding this book and
70 Nco9e for not producing IL look strange.
"a sould seem to sustain the above theory.
t@ patance IL IL not tho custom to wnta
eook up before It IL sent to the
aaaet, and It this ware not tho case II lA little
soaolaf that tho h1st book Of the aer1os should
"lee laat one to pass from the binders hauds.
.!he above le enough to sustain tho worut
@aees u incompetcnoy thai hare been
EsaHfed aKalnss tho management Of thc
.99Q9tS Clerks acice. II anything wsra neel-
n y could bo found with great readiness
~ Amotatnss BsAncn, a. thuse who Ara brought
aeootstt with tbs ot1ios from day to day must
G@aaeandantty satisfied. It waa scen wath great
,'asL %','aueea i9 the lAte campaign when men Yafo
sso*a % ha awAy from thelr posts week 1t =
%Ss the interest Of thu Qppoalton party. but
s%oesaaontlY % drew full pay on the affidavit Of
. ae oae that they had mado.full, time, and could
e.n ~ pesn seen last aumuaer upon more than one
sssaoh IN the absence Of one OF tie
sssP9aaa OF rigAt-haud men, fsoh
" official dnties to attend bar 1t
sSssabonn8 1aloop. It could also b found In
Tsleoott. veil founded. that the booka Of tho
tsrn OF Hanover are fn tho same shane ~ thobo
Gatas fsrk, and In the daily .insolsnpo And
ssSSpsfnQence Of many OF the employees Of the
4@ to"atd thoaa with whom they are brought
@1sso,nt&st g, u buAiness.
rnaethss Gen. Lteb known Of tho condition OF
l. i1n " Pictured Abose or not Ia not kuosn II
soea not already, It Ia hIa fault. and ko should
SsSe set about working tho
H,A lpkG-AkxpxD hEF0RMs.
~. .9eold Start BY drawing I line between h!a
paapeEs aud his duty 10 tic public ~ an
hsssts AND 1t la stops short Of separating his
kn,fHpeE from tho of{ioa he hotds, be will do
isrsa asH h's duty. Whon DO completes these re-
~ ~ oftco wi!t BIO frco frosn tue bluudeE-
ri dsnsca havo characterized 1t, aud the press
s4sas 10 applaud rather than capAutc.