The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-05-16
Out OF His own Mouth.


When a man can be proven a liar from his
own record, every week in the year, it is as good
evidence as anybody needs. This is the case
with the organ of the bondholders, that is trying
to break down the efforts of the County Com
missoners, with ISLANDERS and insinuations, in
their fight in behalf of the taxpayers of the
County, and is trying TO distract the minds of
the people, and friglitcn them from backing the
Commissioners in their work. Last weeks
BalietiH asserts thet the people made a move
ment for compromising the bonds, and that not
a word was said about paying lawyers to fight
the bonds; then il cinches it by an insinnation i,
no doubt suggested by some attorney for the
bondhoiders, that the editor of the Chief was
given railroad stock TO buy his influence in ia
vor OF the bonds. Now, we assert that the
meeting held year ago, under whose directions
the County Board have been acting, said not a
word about compromising the bonds, but direc-
ted the Commissioners not to levy another cent
for their payment, and pledged them to stand
by them in any erpense they might be put to in
carrying ont the instructions. We copy from
the BnIiefa of May 2G, 1877, the following re-
marks by delegates, and the resolutions adopted,
the drift OF all which is to the very point that
the Bulletin now disputes:
The committee then retired, and Hon. n. Price was
called upon to address the convention upon the ques-
ton before it and he briefly gave q history of our
bonded Indebtedness, called attention to the great
burden Of the same, and suggested remedies that
could he applied, if the convention thought proper.
He requested the Board of County Commissioners not
to levy tax to pay the interest the Railroad bonds
and then stand by the Board in whatever result
from said action. He Was followed by A. Perry to
the same effect. Mr.. Low said he for one would
stand by the Board in the matter. C. Leland, Jr
their best interest. Thos Henshal said, let act
We will give them to in the matter. God is with
us. loT popnf, ror del. w. d. Rippey said let us
A. W. Patterson said Geary City sent me here to say
to the County Board that Geary would stand by il
in this matter.
their report read by Mr.. d ODriseoll; and ON mo
tion the resolutions received and the ques-
tion of their adoption, Messrs. Mowry, Wood, Blair
ODriscoli Perry, Henshall, Heatley Patterson, and
Z Robb addressed the convention, and the resolutions
were finally adopted in this shape:
WHEREAS, 100000 in bonds have been issued by the
Commissioners of Donphan County in aid of railroad
constructions in said County; and Whereas, payment
has been made in interest by said County, in the
of s250cOo; and Whereas, said County is no Longer
able either TO pay interest said bonds to create
sinking fund for their redemption; and Whereas,
we believe said bonds to be Illegal and void; there
fore,
Resolred, That the County Commissioners are re
quested to omit levying any further tax for the pay
ment of interest ON said bonds.
authority of the people pledge ourselves to sustain
The County Commissioners in any liability obliga
tion they may incur, individually otherwise, il
carrying out the foregoing resolutions and in any ex
penditnre which they may find it necessary to max,
in behalf of the interests Of the people in this regard
There you have the lie proven by his owr
record. We suppose, when the people passed
these resolutions, they meant that they would
sustain the Board in any expenditure they might
make for postage stamps, in corresponding will
bondholders relative to comprom Using the bonds
The trnth is, the whole talk of the meeting was
of the lawsuits that would he instituted to com
pei the Commissioners to levy a tax, aud the le-
gal annoyances they would be subjected t,, for it
was unanimously agreed that the Board could do
nothing but omit the levy of tax, and then
await for some action on the part of the bond
holders.
Now, if the organ of the bondholders has any
fresh lies, or its employers have sug gested any
new attacks upon the Commissioners, to pre-.
vent them from carrying out the wishes of the
people, let him launch them out. A million
dollars is an Insignificant sum to the people of
Doniphan County, and they can afford to up
bold q man in opposing the efforts of the Com
missioners to relieve them of this trihe, merely
because he has spite against the Board.