, 1881-10-30
WHO Is HESpONSiELE:,

THE cptEr-1i,USE DOME ENrI,AyAGANcE.
an attempt Is bcins made by certain OF tho
ne"spapcrs of the city to fasten upuu the pres
cnt county Roard, aud especially npnn sut:
neithers OF 1t us are candidates for rrClccuor,
Tho responsibility for everything. that h:s been
aohe Ill tho CONSTRUCTION OF this ncw Court-
House, trosn tho foun'tation up. Their ,nutiyes
are obvious 10 tho general reader, but some Vi
the assertions mule SO fiagrunt!y unjust IL;
u secln to demand correction. !
lu refercnc,: to tho building Of tho DONG, for
instance, it Is curEc,I ;.nast the b4r,lrl th.1t
they p.asii!s:'l for Touring it dowti, and 1.s1s
sluA:tdercl the $11..hU its erection h,.i cGS.-as.
assertion entirely unw,arrnntcu l,y The facts.
The l'!cst OF having !. dome WAS conceived by
the board wheh IL WAS Il Democratic l"'y. nal
work Ipu1i Was commenced 1T July, fStI, tic
hope being tit the time that tho city w0tii.t bt
forced to :a4!upt the cdtIntyr's plans. I'll this.
however, the board was iisanInntesl: but 1t was
not until about year latcr. rs appears FROM the
1t proposed to do. Up TO this time $1..,tDu had
been spent upon the dome, AMI MArch II, ISIS
nine InuI'1hs before he G:ntletntt' singled out m
for abuse iii connection with It e'snle into the
boarsi-tho work Was ordered stopped unit!
such time Us the county an'i tns city
With it. THO work wns stopped ,s ordered, ..,l..
never resumed. hut the very i1e1k tlttftn tho
Committee on Isuitdiuss ana Service reported in
favor Ut tearing it down and putting up III its
placc the rOtuNsta now In course Uf construction,
The rlI,ls Tor which had been agreed upon III tho
meantime. 1Dt3 Is lug tDEu1LlO1 Ill WHICH ln6
matter stood wtlcl the bnIrd changed from
Denucrutic To ultepublicun-tlletl dome abandoned
aud contract crtcreI into with the city for IL
Ioi1tl1;t-yet, il, the lace vi the facts. tile PRES
c1ll bt'ard ctrtAitl members OF it, arc charged
with stluundering thu st:.akD IN question. 1t is
true that the Republican board had the tcarir'g-
circumstances lslll the facts arc, rs will bt
seen, tho "sguandcrin=" WIS .oue i'll building
ii, and not il, tearing it down, Tor, Us the res-
eut uuat, fouut it. it was cuIupcteh anu coil
slc1nuct. ano, beside. pla'is fur 4 arou"da i'll lis
place had been adopted ind phiJ for.
Another point ,:'tlss by these papers for cleo
s:,1t board, or eertain members Vi II. Aft re-
sponSiue Tor paying to L. i. sexton
81 PEI: l,O0O ''ENTEk" On THE EKtCKWuf:t1
for the entire building. The fncts, snccinctiy
~. ISL to use scwrr-brick in place of
cu.n11los, brick. the work to he Eroutc.i
with cement nna. lime i1,ortnr throughout,
a11d the ioar,i-l ue,nocratie todyHasresd to
pay tim =; per l,0l0 extra Tor a!l Tie brick
used. This u1icr Of rcct,r.l when the gentle
man attacked in connection with the BRICK
been paid MS lAr a+ the work had gone Fur
lher,,.ore, tue ceunts- -Attoruct bud given All
vntiI conlrnct. but, ne1wlthst an,n* this the
f.rst n.uve ri the Republican G;tr1 ot Ss lis
to cut of tho eS,l1tS anu nn1ul the ctili;tct,
uucntly @ % ndviscd by the County Attorney, how
over. and other lcEat .>authorisy. that
'hs,r ayten " woalt IN psg ,,us sas coqb'y 1S',;,
the ''extrs ,soulI amount to, especially since
there were only about ,yN brics. out ut the
I1.uDtts} III the structure, 1o tc laid u complete
the building, aud they reScinued their nei1on "
II ut,aHi,1a4Mse vote 81. us III tho c;,ae o1 the
dour, i, viii be TIL: the responsibility Tor
the .'ea1rAs' fnstols ugon tht Denl'cratic
Hoasd Of lS.. and further. tl1,t it voted the con.
tractor abutlt S::eu on acc"tl'lt ct tnc extra
agreement i'll advance or 1f, gentleman no'V
ma!iyrca coming into the hoattl, hesntc tt;lViil:'
them valid contract to DAY about *2Iu il4t'Fe
o,, the s:a,,e necount which tleF cousa NOT avoid
Tic other charges preferred a1ith'st tue DOa11i
to the effect that they hal favored tcrfa'n cu,l-
trursors and were eager To sgIandnr the public
money are on par with the Above: ana arc as
readily disposed Of 1t would: hc n waste ~
space ut this time, therefore, tn refer to them N
detail. especially since it IS nQtorHss that the
prcsc11 board has tll: .cnmity of contractors
geuer;,lly, aud bus IL record for Gco1lo'ay over
tilut Of any Ut its predecessors. The answer 70
them ALL III q word il thai while thu street was
a few years ago, under Democratic rule iiootaet
with county orders n.gregatinE EEt0t. %h'cll
were selling ut discount froi IL to ~ per cent
| and takers scarce, there: is now III the
Treasury a =. cash balance Nf over i
million dollars. and the conntys credit
was never better. Then, Again q further answer
is found iu tic f:ct-which Will appeal to the
Judgment and pocket OF every taxpayer II inc
| to,isty-thlt tho tax levy ltr lSsl-'s: VIII be
but 5 cents on the 500, against - cents On TIC
In