The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1881-08-05
III Means shat Through She stu
ptsity ntad Hish oncsty Of IL eek.
less Esoard Of Com mi stoners
tho County Debt has Heeu
Increased to that Amount.
= nsD RECORD, AND THyE TAX.
PAyEBs KICKING.
Nearly sI2,OOO Added 10 the Coun.
ty's L,abiIities In the short Pc.
r:oE az seven Months.

"By their fruits ye shall know them. y
During the campaign for the cleo
tion of officers last fall, and while the
HERALD was making it's best endeav-
| ors to elect TO the various offices Of
the county honest and capable men,
our contemporary frequently referred
10 the heavy Indebtedness of the coun.
ty-which was at that time about
for All economical administration Of
county matters. The election Of Mr..
Stearns, it was intimated would put a
| stop to all extravaganza. The HER
AID opposed Mr.. Stearns, because it
believed him to be putty man, with
out backbone, or experience in public
matters, and the Sc ven months which
has elapsed since he took his oath Of
| Office fully yerifieS our verdict that he
WAS not the man for the place. Mr..
Cameron, the chairman Of the Board,
| entered upon the duties of his office
at the same time, and these two men
| have 50 completely played into the
| hands Of 4 little clique OF dishonest
trlcksters, who are sucking at the
public teats, that their actions have
already hroughtthem before the Judge
| Of the district court, and came With n
one Of indicting them for malfeasance
in ci!icc. Figures don't lie, and those
copied in last weeks paper from the
| books Of the county, show conclusive.
| ly that the funds OF the county are
,rap!aly disappearing and its credit as
! rapidly declining. Seven months ago,
before these two men had gained con-
troll Of the public purse. the county
was less than 200 in debt, today,
| the comfy Of Grant has outstanding
orders. bearing seven per cent inter-
est, 81 over $4,000. We do not be.
! lieve there is another county in the
whole Terri tory of Dakota that can
show such an alarming record OF
waStrfulRess, and continuance Of the
! course these commissioners have
/, adopted will in two years time land
he county III bankruptcy, and drive
from its limits the capital, labor and
| enterprise that has already done SO
/ much toward making II one OF the
most desirable counties in the Terri
! terry. The public purse has been
thrown open and a few fayorites told
- help themselves from the people :
money, without regard to the conse.
5! euenees. No attempt is made at any
time to curtail ex penses, but a few
i4yolites are awarded all contracts,
nd their bills, however unreasonable
ar cA.rAvagant are allowed without a
| word and il the commissioner from
i;t Il 49, OF tom YNt q ~ ~
/ them ii their haste to vote the appTo
piiation, they denouncc him, and make
the appropriation in face OF his oppo-
sitioa. The only question IS, how
long will this thing last. These men
imagine that. because they are sup.
:. ported " little clique. and are resi-.
/ dents Of 4 particular section Of the
county, their acts will be ratified by
/ their constituents. Now we do not
believe that tho people of any part or
district of tie county will counte-
na ice a uselessand aHtrayagant squan.
lsyins " public funds, simply be.
lf.se the members Of the board who
5. ass doing it happen TO reside IN their
particular locality. The tax payers
are already becoming alarmed, and
every 9ay as the extent OF tae 14cfeas-
i iat in.'rht edaeSs becomes Known a
i,I,,.er cry ,..alnst this waaton e1-
ravaeanee is being raised not from
One quarter only, but from al sections
H.. from III parties, denounclas III an
a nr,4lis.aiza5le manner this throwing
lsNaY # tie sreoples wealth. The tax
..s,. ers are becoming aroused 2. the
.latl.I.. proportions which the county
! l.}..!, a..sumirg, and though they
NAV le SLOW to take action, We waln
these olielal robbers tia. their present
course is creating a. i1,ai isfatiol that
vi ra,l f.. II rlbu..1A IS CERTAIN ana
j III. acta1l - i il $. 3S.