The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-10-05

Pheasant Pialns township ana the
parties land those who back them
up) who are now under indictment
for malfeasance in office. The main
feeling in the minds of the justly
indignant people is on the school
question. The taking up Of high
way orders and issuing contingent
orders instead, was for the purpose
and had the effect of getting ahead
of the school fund. What has been
the result? The school districts
are bankrupt to-day. In this dis
trict there is no money, we are in
formed; and no one seems able to
tell when there will be any. The
wages of the teacher, last Summer,
have not been paid. The township
owes the district some two or three
hundred dollars, and when the debt
will be paid, who can tell? Mat
tiers are going. from bad to worse.
In the matter of rejected tax,
charged back upon the county, this
year, we find from this township
alone t,centy-si1 hundred and four
teen dollars and fifty three cents; and
from the entire balance of the coun-
ty, one hundred and .forty.four dol
lars and forty cents. Most of the
rejected tax came through order OF
the court, and by reason of a claim
on the part of taxpayers that there
had been illegal assessing.
The men who oppose this indi-
rect robbing their children of the
privileges of a free education are
and have been in minority. But
where would the minority naturally
look for sympathy and assistance!
Certainly, among those who made
professions of honesty and sincerity
What, then, was their surprise al
seeing men, and especially one Oh
two, from the eastern part of tho
county, come over here and enter
into q secret alliance with these
very men under indictment-ant
for what? That the eastern meT
might gain nominations to county
Offices. Are the people of Lake
county so blinded that they vii
submit to be soft-soaped by thu
dcmagogue's cry the send justifie'
the means" and that man may
throw away his honor during a po
litical campaign, and pick it W
untarnished at the close, when h'
has either gained or lost the Office
he seeks so strenuously to gain
Citizens of Lake county, are you
eyes blinded by prejudice agains
US, that you will not candidly con
slider these facts? Are you pre-
pared, as honest men, regardless o
political crceds and personal feel
ings, to vote for men who arc dc
termincd to have Office at any cost
If you charge one faction with en-
dcavoring to gain undue control o
caucus or convention, and for tina
reason refuse to support them, Cal
you be honest and vote for the 9th
err side, which you must admit ha
acted as badly if not worse? W
} appeal to your reason and not t.
prejudices and settled feelings Q
animosity, if you have any Yo
should know the whole truth ofthi
matter, and then it will rest entire
: ly with you and your own con
sciences. In conclusion we wish
distinctly understood that VIC hav
no desire or intention to misrepre
sent. If we have stated anythin
in the above which is untrue, W
will most chcerfully correct; an
will here state that our columns al
now and ever will be open to a prope
: reply to any and all of our articles
WHEN the Prosecuting Attorne
of Lake county is in daily associ'
ton with men whom he has undo
. indictment for malfcasance in Office