The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-07-31

express my sentiments upon the question
than 10 refer you to that. And especially d.
l endorse what he says about the extravs
gaDce OF our local governments. dom
know where the money goes to. L dom
trouble myself TO inquire any longer, for i
doesn't do any good, bat just shut my eye
| and pay my taxes without asking any ques
| items. one of the greatest curses of this com.
| munIty is the enormous expense Of our loca
| government, and THE TIMES could not do 3
better work than to continue TO agitate thi,
| matt r until a refor q is effected.
JOHN +. RICHARDS,
who was the next gentleman called nm,
said he regarded tue duty of the Commission.
n, In the premises, AS very PLAN
| There l. nut one thing 10 do and tb., g.,
| refuse 10 pay Pur ue ths same p,,Iicy maj :.
! being pursued now, and steadily rrfn,e n
| make levy 10 pay one cent of the deI,t tina
| - not COMPROMISED. The com missiouers a ~
| offering all thai the county can rn.s,hI,,
| afford To pay, and We must let the bond no d
| ers see and know that We never intend IN 90 y
CEN more lnan That IL is not altogether
| certain that We can afford TO pay as much as
| That, but having made the offer l saw stand
Dy " Tor the iresent, bat II our creditor, nod
OH ior year or two 1t IL possible by that time
We shall zee that our Off.I Is too large and h..
Obliged to reduce IL can zee the need of any
! great huancIaI ability IN the management ~
this question IL seems 10 me the on, kind
of talent Tequ Ted the talent Tor siick in
10 n, and our resent commissioners ST. m 10
have that talent As fully developed as AM
~ indicate Won could employ.
A. regards the cItg q. bt. 1 think il is vary
fortuna Tor Us that our creditors did moi
come in and accept the offer made NV onr
authorities last year of fiIty cents principal
and Interest-fnE thzt il more than we VI
could have paid, and II the whole debt had
been. :, m promised on tn al has The ineyitsb a
result would have been another com promise
when the bonds fell due, and ali thi trounI.
would have been To 90 over wiz
again. We must sattle the question 81 rb.t
IT Will stay settled Fifty cents on he county
bonds, and forty Gems, ntt, upon city, i, inst
as much We can ever pay, and there TO
Use IN wasting time in talking about doiny
more than We are able to do. Every inteIIi'
gent imam who holds bonds of the cIty or
county can soon satisfy hims-lf of thai fact
and II our authorities only stand firm in tb,,
position Ihey have taken our creditor, Will
soon lopk into the matter, and a. soon Ms
they begin TO investiga e IL they viii begin
u hnd out that We are Offering all We can
pay.
When a man finds himself embarrassed in
business, he says TO his creditors 1 own 10
mu IA. and owe 10 much; l can nav
you Just ftIy cents On the Il plIsr Ifth-y arr.
sensible business men they take il; IL not /
they smut him up, and usually don't get half /
rs much AS he offered them. The mi prity
OF our creditors are men who know that |
com promising Is frequently necessary among
men in business, a. Il IL IL Just as necessary
with communities, but II We Keep running
after them, and talking TO them. and urging |
tn nix after awhile that a com promise is moi
necessary In our c-se, out tn { we are irving
10 tnect IL as matter Of speculation.
The only thing for us to do is TO
do nothing. think they GU ht to designate
some well known place where bonds 10 be |
comprom sed can b. sent; say the First Ma.
uonal Bank-every body knows that a re-
spOn>lDle establishment, and a man would
know that his bonds sent there wouid be
p@Iie tly safe, and that u is new bonds would
be promptly forwarded To him. But they
don't know anything bout tue county C ERIK |
aud might say they didn't like TO send their
bonds 10 n man they didn't know. Give no.
lice of some such n place where the bonds can
be sent. and then-wait.
We have offered all We can afford to offer
all that We shall ever be alb to psy-and
the only thing We need To do now 4. to
wait Till our creditors get ready to accept IT.
Il. TAYLOR, |,
when approached upon the subject, said:
"lt seems 10 me that our commissioners
nave made mistake in trying TO manage
he business themselves, Instead of pu ting I
L N The hands of "A Il -csl agent in New York. q
atchison tried that plan and am informed
hat the work of compromising their {
,onds is goisg on very satisfactorily. / liz
mink the board should also publish ,
circular, embracing the suge. stions
made by THE TINES few days ago.
o the effect that la compromising JUDI i
nent-, no costs attorney fees Sill f. al .
owed in any snits commenced after the Il st | G
# this mont think this is ne c-ssary, be- q
ause II we go on making allow e
,I-uty of lawyers who would not
hesitate To bring suits uDOn bonds that might Y
u~t 81 well he compromised without-for the I
AXE Of the fees To be obtained. 1 think it
import ni To do all wecan to get the matter
X. a al soon as possible. The present un- Y
etIIed condition OF the business ha a very a
n uriOus effect, esoeciiIlly upon real estate, |
D strangers hesitate to invest i'll they know
hat the outcome OF this matter il to be. For Z
hat reason Think 1t Won be better To EN- i
10y some responsible agent located, say, in 4
sew York, through whom exchanges could u
- ma e. | think such ~ course would CRAFTY r
,cilirare the work, and would therefore be { | r
ur interest.