, 1876-12-23

dtseonsolate md l,cstcIcd fur al "ur!nlnn,"
which wn.tll confidence aMl INSPIRE hone
for the future. lIp hail M "Urfnitn." except
that tue Situation was trtul|otis, a,ai this liz
withheld fron hts inicrricwcrs, 1or the tcAs'n
that i.c was rs sore ah tc fcst. Il reporter was
among thecxeltc1 and distressed, nnh by collar.
inE everybody, md gathering m !tlea here an
movement 80 timely defeated by Mr.. iiuck llad
been larger, more extensive, and significant tllan
tho pnblc had lasl hny idea, Of. llo WIS in-
formed TINT tlo secret meetings held BY tho
Finance Conlmittcc nf late Ind been for the
purpose Of cocrctnE the County Treasurer INTO
sGntg tho Il ,000. .DU bonds prnpo.ctl to be is'
sued BY the "Rtng," and This hasl the scmhlanco
Of truth in the fact that the form Of the bonds
had been agreed upon, and would llavc been en-.
Mr. Bcye, Assistant treasurer. Tic matter of
Issuing tho honas, 1t appcart, liad long bcen
secretly discussed, and ut ono time the legal %.
thu mistake ot tho Hon. 4. a. Small IN giving
au opinion wherein he transposed the statutes
bearing on tho ease, md inatie it appear that tho
provision for submitting the question to votc
Rf sns s's @ 5 d 9fs FspTfssS Ts apsyo ny ra: Ne: IL IL
for, Willie ti,ry knew oi Tic mistake, Tic
".oninlon" was, sufficient To- screen and
astf them he 6sfcre %, tS ru9t1hle In to1 ss1
trt'sted that It wnutti niso scrsc to induce sir.
iIutk to sfgn them. When tho contrary opIt,-
ion ssls laid before them Thursday they were,
Of ruurse, sct back, taken unasarcs, atd knew
not whnt to do, which was tho f!appy condition
IL which they found themselves yesterday.
They knew not who had dscnscrcd the mistake,
tr what had brought about the cho!lgc, but
uron recalling the uoslttol taken By Mr.. Beyo
subject, They yere not long in doubts as to who
was to blame for tho reverse TINT had come
upon them, and for him their expressions Of
love were by no means remarkable.
THE FEATURE or TIE DAY
was conference on the matter Ut issuing tho
proposed bonds brtween the County Attorney
and the County Treasurer, sought by tho
former. Ruuntrcc's cxclsc for tho conference
was that the COMMISSIONERS were IN doubt as to
lust Wtat Mr. llucs's posttton was IN tne nlat-
ter, and It's to wlnt he had said to the Flnnt,ce
Committee the dag before OIL the subject. Just
why lsuuntrce should manifest such deep IN
terest In tho situation Us to liavu accepted the
office of assertatnlnE, thu Information wanted
was Just III inrxrlfcab'c as the fact that thu
Commissioners had rclcgatcd to lin such a,,-
thority; yet sr. 1luvk submitted quietly to the
! conference, anA repeated Ms statement already
given in these columns, wlllcf, waa II elect that
had passed upon tho legality Of the issilanre Vt
tho same. The conference was private, of
course, aud necessarily brief, and rs far as
ynuld yl BIZ learned entirely fruitIess %
for The .'Rh,g;" and Mr.. IIuck no concessions
to offer as agalnst tho public interest, and the
conference cnticd with the minds Of the con-
fcrces ft,lly made up that tho bonls would not
DO issucl In any great haste, and that the
"Ktng's,' outlook fur spols Ind been suddenly
aud aGriously INTERRUPTED.
Aside from tho question OF tssl,ing bonds,
which Is now a1must q dcnh Issue, another con
a1cratfon struck tcrror to tho l,cnrt OF tho Ring
during the tluy, atid fUrclbly Impressed Its sev
cral tne1nbera wItl, tho ilca OF t!clr past folty
| and extravaganza. It casno III IN unwcleoinu
s,ape, and litter poulcting oyer II they about
made up their minds TINT not only lnd their
bond scheme collapsed, but that their favurste
| financial theory Ut borrowing of Paul to pay
Peter, which they had 1'opcu to fall back On,
| md which Ind increased the floating,
debt OF tho county the past year about SID, ,tO0,
bud about reached its cnd IN practical applica:
ttot,, Arising from the iact that Mr.. llurk ha.l
abutlt natlc Up bis mind that 1se would not bc |,
| party to the making Of ahy further Temporary
luans." The report was believed by most oi
them, ant alarming to oil, and apon being IL.
vestlgated by reporter pTovci! to not llu with.
out foundation, How well IL Il !olnctl will be
shown WHEN tho next loan Is aslcss fur. whtg!,
must be Il, tho ncxt thirty turk, and certainly
before tho Commissioners autiit their nwIl
salaries Tor thu current quarter. II they aud
their rfol!owcfs1cpcndo "iuaus," their t1cpenl.
erre will be found rcry slim most likely, and
In the ,.cxt thrcu montl,s II they do not .nrri
unexpected listre-s us tho cost OF their folly,
the indications arc moro sllan deceptive.