The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-07-24

. county al an expense OF seventy five thou-
! sand dollars 20 attend TO the same business
which any competent business man would
think WAS exiFaysgantly done al one-half
that expense. Our county affairs should be
transacted on the same principle that you
or would transact our own private affairs,
and II this were done We might save about
2 fifty thousand dollars year in the expenses
t of our city and county governments.
, think the first and most important thing 10
90 is TO cut down our extravagsnt expenses.
! While we are talking SO much about our
county We want TO act little in the same
direction.
| In regard to our Iondei iniebioipess'
Everybody knows thai We can't pay all OF
our bonds In full, and many of them do not
deserve to be paid in full. But the court
: house and school bonds I think ought to be
. settled the same as other bonds. The others
| shou. d be CONF 7nmised at the terms now be-
Ing offered, but IN order to do this satisfactory
we ought TO put the business into the hands
OF some eastern agent, or committee of bank
ers, who know how such things are done.
ANOTHER GREAT MISTAKE
we make is in ell citing men 10 Office on ac-
count of their poverty, and We do this FREE
quently. 1t is no disgrace to a man TO be
poor, but the fact that he has not been abe 10
manage his own business satisfactorily ought
not to be an argument in favor Of placing the
management of our pubic business in his
hands The fact that man has little mon
| ey is generally used as an argument against
him, but IL ought to be the other way. The
man who has shown the most ability in the
| MANAGEMENT OF his own business is liEely to
show the most ability in the management OF
| the public business.
OCR COUNTY ATTORNEY
| should always be one of the best lawyers in |
| the county. They say they can't afford 10 |
| take il, but public opinion ought 10 make |
| them take 1t. II ought to be matter of honor |
| among the lawyers to take the place turn |
about. They expect me TO sacrifice my time |
| in the public interest, and they can afford To |
do SO just wen as can.
haven't any faith Ia the proposition to |
call a public meeting. When You call a
great crowd of men together, 10 consider /
matter Of this kind, those who know the
least a bout 1t generally do the most talking,
and when 1t is all over you find yourself just
where you started. A few practical business
men can always attend To matter OF this
kind better than "a crowd
our reporter next visited the Brown Medi-
cine Companv. and entered into con versation
with the business manager Of the estab ish.
ment,
Up HAUsEEMAN,
whose opinions, III many respects,afe widely
at variance with those of Mr.. Hershiield. In
regard To the matter Of compromising MIR.
Bauserman said:
81 q ink the com nissioners nie doing a
well as anybody could Il" under The circum-
stances. The greatest difficulty IN the way
at pr.sent seems - he the dispositions
of the attorneys TO take adv sntase
of the county's necessities and de-
mand extortiona'e fe.s In regard
TO this public mass meeting should be held
Let the people come together from the CT y
and county: IeE them agr--s on n plan tor the |
payment of fees similar To that recommended
hy THE TINES last sunday morning Le'
teen invite all the lawyers 70 come 70 me
committee of twenty-five 10 walt on them |
ard tell them what We have concluded TO DO,
and tell them in such a way thai they will
know we mean IL. Then p s. a IT, oiution Ia :
tn Il effect, requesting the commissioners To ,
allow no fees of more than hundred dollars
in any one case, and requesting them 10 pub
lish the names of all attorneys vino tempt :
10 charge more, thst the people may know ,
them and regard them ~ enemies II the
public. And request ihem TO publish he
M me Of every countyt ffirer who s'f.m n's TO ,
take advantage of the necessities offhe conn
ty, hat the people m y publicly request him !
Reporter -"wbat do " pk Of the sug-
gestions Of the TINES sunday mornings :
issue in r.gard to limiting fees, stopping IN !
terest, etc ?"
Wr B-"I think they are perfectly sound .
That T. Just what ought IN be done. tor .
news ought TO understand that We do not in
tend 20 pay out in fees all rh-t Wa have
saved bv compromise with our crediiors, !
and the holders of our bonds should b. gives | J.
10 understand distinctly that The los ger they
deter com promising the less thew vi III GET"
Desiring IN ascertain how the bar kers feel
sl,..S Tf.-rn - 4
ISsLEY. SHIRE & 90. >
and was commended To Mr. Shire So the
81 a K ing mem Der" of the iru, He NSsS very a
poSi I'VE that the work mis- NJ ne pushed for | :
ward more rapidly than is being done a.
present Being banker himself he didn't
ike 10 say that he regarded the proper way I,
to do the business as neiny through the banks II
lest his opinions misBt he misconsrrued
nv the public ne ertheeSS he Iii no. believe | r
IL could ever be satisfactorily done in any n
other way said he: II
II think our commissioners ere all COED
and n nest men, and are doir" J-st as well ~
they cam bull the touhle il, This Is out Of "eir
d lie Of bJsipe =. The ouly way 10 attend to ri
financ al business Is throush m-n y ho Lder- a
ST. nd how such business i uone- :
Dsnil Lawson & co made "a r. opposition at | +;
one me. and we woulu lie much better of :.
now II W. had accepted IT. Thee wanted +,
reasonable commission, of course; hut We
W. rsy Them for it. II we had put .
our business in the nds 80 com a
petenT firm in New York; In the first plac@-I ii
4 "a
tie Goa d have gone aud exchanged their old a
hOnds for new ones-ys might have had TIA" | :
matter nearly all settled by this time, and |
doubt q the whole expense would have been | h
any more than we have already incurred in !,
extra expenses of one kind or another n
In resz I'd to the matter of attorney fees. /,
don't think the bill presented by Mr.. Still | \,
lings was too much for the work done. Law | %
yers don't work for no hing, and fee of a r
I thousand dollars for q case that has been In a
court tor five years AMI payable in thirty n
year bonds, is very moderate. as lawyers Il
charge. In
Music Emporium, and there met a
CARL HOFFMAN. i,
When QUESTIONED in regsrd 10 his opinion a
of the progress of the work, the Professor y
said /,
sion.rs can do under the circumstances. but | n
walt. They should stand firmly 10 the offer | q
they have made, and never entertain any $
propo ition Ia do any thing else. As soon As a
our creditors find ont this is the case they
will come In and compromise A man | c
will very soon TAX my Genus on I,
chance TO get any more. But no exiravagsnt ;,
attorney fees should be allowed. The bill torex | r
tr4s presented by the county alto ney sEou
never he paid. Where he is sent out of the n,
county on business he should be paid his q
expenses but not one cent more | n
He receives a good salary 10 pay him for his | q,
Time but the ide' of bringing in a bill Of G,
twenty dollars day is simply outrageous. | :,
The suggestion in The TINES about limiting
attorney fess. and limiting the tune interest 70
will be paid. Is good, and should DE- strictly -
nbseryed by the Board. This would have a n
good effect, and won d hasten the W. rk; and Va
we shout do whatever we ran To hurry II up, q,
for n is greatly to the in Of the county al
To have the debt compromised rs sooa As pos | al
sible, and get the load lifted of the people"
JOHN SECSLsR lp
was call, d npon next, and exrressed him ri
SeIfas satisfied with the way the work WAS II
going on. Ii. said: M
.The law has done eveTyth ng II can do for
the creditors Of the county our commission | II
prs have told them what they are willing Ia | !,
nav sind all there is TO he done now Is to wait 4
mi the holders of the old bonds come for | a
ward and accept the new ones. The sooner A
hey do SO the better IL will be- for them, and |
We don't lose anything by waiting, except
That IL INJURIES business Ia have the matter r.
main unsettled. But there l. no way TO force r.