, 1882-10-14
That ~Court House Cheat"

SOuIl dtUSc SASdsi "HtSn ett
public priu, on "Wednesday, seem to
have overlooked the importsn, item, thaf
the s.rorg poia. to bsnlade BY writer,
is 70 nay tsibuts to hunlaniiys instinct
for truth. Evidently the article vas IN
tend 10 injure the Republican Candidate
for Prosecuting Attorney, the present in-
| cUmhcus of the Auditors Office. and the
| County Commissioners. The very hrst
sentence, which is Evartsonian In length,
| II TO. 81 IN in,eil:sib.!iiy, contains two
neutrality-suspicious.. Hon Geo /.
| Thompscu, wes rot intras;ed vita the
erection If the court house, because, NJ
| that tine ne WAS not the County att"ruei.
As We have said, sIr. Sturdersnt wss
that ofir;a!, and judge Sharpsrein framed
the contract. Nc. VI. c. Painter was
Auditor, and Was not 'ntrusted wiki the
| erection Of the building in question: 5"
much for that part Of the article Il Al
| intelligent pubhc. MEASURES the truth Of
the whole article TO which We refer, by the
| amount Ut j, in this FIST sentence, W
| shail 30 content. The history VI ;Es
erection oi tie court house IL very SIM
pie, Rhen ,rr,hfuliy told Nh Addison
accepted the contract, the price being
fixed at $i4 ,240; one half Of the struct-
ire TO be completed and inclosed against
winter weather, by the trst day OF Ne
vember, 1880 This, with The agreement
that the Commissioners were to have un
I'll the first ii May, 1881, to make furth-
er financial larragements, necessary. Pa
or to the FIRST Of May, the Commissioners
held meeting, which was attended by
many prominen. citizens, who then and
there urged them 10 proceed With the erec-
ton OF the building, and they (the Gill
z-ns) would give material aid by taking
the Necessary scrip. The first al May
came On Sunday, and Ir. Addison, who
hal become satisfied thar he could not do
the work for the contract price, made "a
cuse uf the fact that lie WAS not notIDsd
On TIE FIRST day VI May by the Cohmis
s!oners that the money vas III sisht, 10
escape has contract IIe also SAID thu
price Of iron had advanced AGAINST MIN.
Then tie Commissioners advertised 70:
bids to complete the work, and Addison
competed. HIS bid was lower than the
Other, but when lie Commissioners, in
Their determination to &c On the safe eide
with the peoples money, proposed To re-
tam 10 per cent fro'a each pag:aett, to
guard against mcci.Eic, iieus az. Gtter
debts, Addison refused 10 accept the cen
tract, ard q; al advance IF so"rt $500
beyond The first contract price, Ness-s.
Toby Z Reed Ser, gwen lie wo:s max
.Hs eas. Of S!1,114Q, Beyond ,his sam
mstiIiEs Gse 5000 hls been found
Necessary IA fitting ~ anI furnishing
Az has been SEATED, Mr. Painter was
Auditor, ami uk,Ie officially he was not
liable or responsible, in the mater Of the
court house, lie worked Aones,iy and riu-
ciently with the County Commissioners,
who, as the most pcsi;irr er;denre shows,
brought into this, as III all their tIansac-
.ions fog .hr people, TIE sain- Prudence,
prohity and scrupulous attention 10
finances, winch the most careful business
man accords to his private affairs. Mhen
they cruld not see the:r way cl-ar n the
erection Of this county bGlitins, wisely
they sought Council Of their felluw-trSns-
men, and were guaranteed. not only mar
cial bu, moral hacking. To-day, the 'x-
csption is to find; outside rf = few dis
gruntied politicians With an uUwarrsn.ed
penchaut Tor "tiee, a citizen Nho Is not
! entirely satisfied, with the court house
and its cost We have taken pains TO H.
tervirw experts, and their unanimous
opinion IL, that the court house could not
b,, built to-day for so, COO That is al
there is Of it, The court house stands
| there, one At the MOS; enmpie.e buildings
of the kind in the territory it is matter
Of pride to every citizen In this county
the public are wholly satisfied with it aid
what i: cost, and IFS paymen, has been
fully arranged for, without compromising
or in the least eudangering III. financial
credit of VILLA Wrna county. That the
present incumbents are thoroughly COR
versaut with this whole matter, and de
sire TO protect the fullest interests OF
those vino hold ths scrip. should appral
| strongly to this community. Not dollar
| Of public money has been either sluan-
t dered or ex.ravaSant!y used, in the build
| ing of the court house, rot dollar tx
. pended that cannot, IL lac: has not, been
! duly accounted fcr.
This statement Is no. nnly due the pres
! ert uilicials who have been unjus,ly
attacked, bu. the people at large, IN whose
interest these yantiemen have certainly
| laboged in the past.