The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-07-24
"D1sGoRGEn IS THE WORD.

No phenomena have been more puZzling
10 the student of mental ailments than those
attending monomana The cunning exhibit
ted by persons thus afflicted is often such as
TO evince an acuteness of intellect truly mar
Vicious, considering the nature fthelr lnhTm'
ity.
The editor of the Ottawa Republican, though
beaten a few years ago as candidate Tor
sheriff of this county nearly thousand votes
when the party majority was clean twelve
hundred in his favor; though beaten in his
own ward for little local office when the
party majority was five to one in his favor
though, in a word, to all appearance the most
unpopular and "unelectable" man in the
county, yet labors under the singular halIu'
cinatlon that he is the most available man
his party can nominate this fall for county
treasurer. But here comes in the marvel
along with this strange delusion, he has still
wit enough to know that in the absurdly i'm
probable event of his nomination by his par
| ty, S W. Raymond, Esq, is the man he will
be most likely to have to run against. He
therefore allows no occasion to pass without
pitching into Mr. Raymond. All he has &c
90 on is curious CROCHET in his muddled
head that somehow, when our Board Of Su
pervisors a year ago came 10 adjust the some
what complicated provisions of the present
! law in regard to fees and salaries to the case
| Of the county treasurer, they allowed Mr.
| Raymond more fees, or a higher salary, OF
something of that sort, than lie ought to have
had or the law authorized them to allow him
| Now if the board in this matter really did
make a mistake, or were too liberal, Che Re
pujltcdn will hardly dare to say they were
dishonest or corrupt it don't seem exactly
right TO blame Mr. Raymond for their eXces;
ofliberality or misconception Of the law. L
IS singular characteristic, we have noticed
of public officers generally, that they are sci
dom over scrupulous in such matters. OF al
our county officers, the Board have voted few
er allowances" to none than to the treasurer
We are not aware that any of the others ha'
scrupled to take all that was offered.
! While, however, our decided impression il
that the Board has not gone beyond the law
either in the case Of Mr.. raymond or any
other of our county officers IN the matter 0
allowances, yet, if they really have done so
the case is happily not beyond remedy. l
| the former chairman of the Board being
democrat was corrupt enough to appoint
committee 10 settle with the various count,
officers in such way as to allow any one OF
all of them illegal fees, the republican mem
bers of the present Board by very adroi
maueuvre, succeeded in ousting him an(
electng a republican chairman in his place
and now let this tiercely IncOrruptible an,
truly loll functlonary see TO it that an homes
committee is appointed to settle with tn
county officials,-a committee who will thor
oughly probe this whole matter of illegal 0
excessive fees and allowances to the bottom
and if single officer is found to have re
celved a penny more than the law allows him
let this truly and severely honest committee
and super honest republican board make hin
DIsGoRGE. While we hope this committee
will manifest nc bowels decomposition for Mr.
Raymond, letthem be equally rigid in the
scrutiny with regard to Mcintyre, McCaleb
Bernhard and Charley Hook. All of then
are constantly receiving heavy fees and vii
bear watching, and If single one is caugh
knocking down. make him DIsGoReE
That's the way to talk il! Let the word b.
|"Disgorgew Selah.