The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-08-24

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Times desires 70 turn the present
campaign Into 4 personal matter ie.
tween the editor II this paper and
himself. W. cant rratif. his am.
bitlon. w arr iust now IN pursuit
VI other game. After the campaign
Nc may 10 on chip muck hun. With
w. A. Russell " Chester. and some
other friends. and should W. chance
70 and Mcphi'is chinya, better
known ~ Il pole cat, w shall give
the traits of the animal, even though
the people generally might be com.
PEELED 10 provide themselves with
disinlcctAnts. Hut This matter of
tho settlement OF the Board with
Kyle, We propose 10 discuss candid.
y and fairly ~ We have before the
people, caring nothing for the false
statements VI the Times of III. and
about our manner or discussing
county matters. Nearly every man
Of his party reads our paper, and they
arc more competent to Judge than h.
u. looking through jaundiced eyes
His pArtixan prrindiccs are 40 strong
his vcracIty 20 weak, and his moral
obtuseness and obllquisy 80 great
that Of hinf nothing seems moro mp.
propriAto than these words Of Solo
mon:
~Thouoh thou shoMllst bray \ fool
In = mortar among wheat with \ pes.
liz, yet will not his fooltshness Dc.
part from him."
The explanation the Times makes
for the Board In the Kytc settlement
II true. II worse thAn 10 have let the
matter stood without II. First. Il
would cxcuiratc the board from cen
sure BY the gauxy t,.le that the Board
settled from the hooks, which were
found all right, mud that Kyle mute
out the report and gas. IL - the rlln-
Ter, and further that IL was 70 have
been like the Que published IN the
january proceedings. Now eonced-
Ing all this 10 br true, which we do
not, there arr yet features of Ills tx.
PLANTATION that need 10 b. explained.
Tirst, when the Board came 10
Crcsc0. after kyte's flight, the mem.
bers wont about from store 70 store.
exhibiting the cxaet figures OF that
report. thus endorsing II then ~ true,
II they did not endorse those iignres
before. From these figures they
drew this conclusion and claimed 10
know. because the books they assert
I'd were right. From them they
claimed the funds In tho safe should
be el8.9o0. That the taxes since col
lcctcd were $4,000 more. This would
make the money that should have
been there az the most, $l5.1tl0. Du,
they claimed 10 know that tlO0O had
since bis report been paid on war,
rants. and enough To thu State and
on other matters, 10 that the defnlcn
tion could not b.. In my event, more
than about $4,000, or even less. rhcss
arc tho figures they exhibited n
nearly every business house IN crcs
90, claiming them to b. true, beenns,
based upon their knowledge obtain
Cd In their recent settlement.
But the books of the Treasurer
oiiicc. which after the fire In Noven
bcr, were claimed to have been saved
without tho loss OF 4 single onr. nuM
Sceua, ~ In alleged, to have been
In pnrt destroyed Thcae book,
are the tax books of the entire lire
torn Of Mr.. kyi.. ~ we'll ~ his l.iY
cr. containing all his accounts Will
the county up 70 his settlement II
June ie77. Five large books PER
tanning 10 county and other finances
0f his office. gone md not dastroyr,
III that November iirc cither--bc
cause reputable parties have exam
ined them for back taxes since ihcI
IL they were 'orr.ct, ns claimed b,
the Board. what motive hal Mr.. kyt,
Tor spiritlnr them away Hut witt
these books gone, and thu Board, III
Ter parnding about the town u bal
ance Of el3,0O0 ~ what the aAf'
should contain. found that Il shoui'
have contained sls,505.GO. md thu
their settlement with Kytc was no
correct. and ~ their report u tho Dc
falcAtion shows the balance shoult
have been tla.606.6d.
The fact Ii the Ledger ieft With M
county. only shows the balances q
published, for the last June settlement
these simply transferred % IL paRcs
Thus with the ledger IN which III
Treasures accounts with thu count.
were kept. and with hls saS hook ~
only Is mun,hs on hand, While thoss