Daily Republican., 1881-04-28
THURSDAY. APRIL IS, 1881.
Convenient Aims House Commit
foaa.

deliberatiVe bodies. The Committee on
supplies, which is evidently the most
important as it comes first on the list,
is composed as follows:
C. Hill Brinton, Chairman Milton
Lackey, Stephen Springer and j. Will
kins Cooch.
This very excellent committee by
the way and nobody would for an in
slant doubt the ability OF any OF the
gentlemen named to perform the duties
incumbent upon them. This committee
has the furnishing of all supplies, both
eatables and wearableS, that are used at
the Aims House, and apparently for the
purpose of awarding the contract to the
persons who will furnish them the
cheapest, they ask for proposals from
butchers, bakers, dry goods merchants,
druggists and the other trades con-
cerned. The proposals are sent in and
it is just little singular that proposals
from Republicans, as n general thing,
always stay in. AT any rate 1t IS some
thing astounding to ever hear OF lie
publican receiving a contract from the
committee on supplies. 1t is just pos
sible that Republican butchers, bakers,
druggists and Storekeepers knowing that
it is labor lost, have ceased to make
estimates and to hand in proposals. At
any rate when the time comes for the
supply committee to give ont their con-
tracts for furnishing Supplie', Demo-
crat is generally the lucky man. Demo-
Gratis if seems have the best meats, the
best bread, the best drilling and mus
Inns and the WHISTLES. We do not
blame the supply committee for furnish
ing the best of everything; the poor
have as good right to good beef, bread
and whiskev as the Trustees, only they
get very little of the latter and that is
right and proper.
There is another committee now to
which we wish to call the attention Of
our readers, and it is known as the
"Committec on Accounts" The duty
of this committee is to examine all bills
and approve them before they can be.
paid. In p general sense this commit
tee is an auditing committee which acts
as a check to extravaganza. The sup
ply committee might possibly miSspcmd !
some of the money of the county were
it not that their bills all have to
60 through the hands Of the committee
on accounts. and the latter committed
might take notion to diSallow some OF
the bills of the supply committee t"
teach them to be more economical
This conlrf1ittee like the supply COM
mitsee is composed of gentlemen of
most excellent business capacity, whose
very names are guarantee for honest
and square dealing. Here are their
names:
Milton Lacllcy, Chairman: c. Hill
Brinton, Stephen Springer and Column
bus Watkins.
Our readers will notice that with the
exception of Mr.. Watkins the Supply
Committee and the Committee on Ac-
counts are composed Of the same gem
tlemen. In the make up MeSsrS. HI!
and Lackey change places, Mr.. Brinton
being chairman Of the committee on
supplies and Mr.. Lackey being chair
man of the committee on accounts. Mr..
Springer comes third on each commit
tee.
This arrangement of the committees
is very convenient, as three members
on each committee must be perfectly |
conversant with all the details and this
avoids trouble in auditing the accounts. !
If the committee on accounts We're com. |
posed of members of the Board not on
the supply committee they would be
Strangers to what was supplied and
might spend valuable time in being in
quisitivc and trying to find out what
this and that was furnished for, and it
might just be possible that they would
readily agree that certain things wercn0t
needed and that certain prices had to be
paid. All this would be troublesome
and annoying to the committee on sup
plies
There are many who will agree
that the present constitution of the two
committees is very convenient, and
made to expedite business For in
stance, the bills for supplies furnished
by Messrs. Brnton, Lackey and Spring
er to be audited and approved. OF
course if Mr.. Brinton charged too mu
as member of the Supply Comm ,..-a
Mr.. Brinton as a member of the ,,,.
ing Committee would not allo - ~,
II Mr.. Lacky charged too ~, '''''
pairs done to the Ain
Lackey, as chairman ,...'..
Committee, would W, U'7 1N'''.'''''9 =
49, a,,.r. ,cale down Mr.. Lack
+or;,, .Dctor's prices for labor
i and he would advise him
W. fe economical in the future, OF
aoi i'' y klis contract. If Mr.. Springer
~.A5 is very successful farmer, as a
member of the Supply Committee fur
nished hay, seed, wheat or straw, it was
very convenient for Mr.. Springer as :
member of the Auditing Committee t.
audit his own accounts.
But it is just possible that although
the two committees referred to worke
in perfect accord one with the other an
though Messrs. Lackey, Brinton ant
l,