The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1882-11-05
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which, being unsustAined by the facts,
We. as a member OF said Board, did not
deem worthy of more thar q verbal de-
NAL; but having discovered through the
unjust aud ~unprovoked attack made
upon them by u very large minority OF
that jury-for II Is well known that the
entire proceedings of that body were
directed and engineered by not to eI-
coed four OF it's msInbers, ns ara most
Grand Juries-that the sole object of
that report, which was to cast a stigma
upon the characters OF the men com
prising the Board, had become partially
successful. in justice to ourself aud coll
leagues we shall now. by aplain, simple
statement, show to tho public the true
inSardness Of that Star Chamber inqui-
sition, aud the enormity Of the offensss
which. after six long days of toiling
and sweating on the part OF n O. A.
Watson, Secretary and Eastern export
but no tax.payer-assisted by that im.
maculats Christian reformer, II. W.
Brown, foreman, was exhumed.
One Of tho charges was hat the
Board ''willfully. unlawfully and cor
rsptiy counted in certain amounts, slips
of paper commonly called tags, as
money in the County Tr~easurer's Office
when they were counting the funds be-
iSnSi"G IL EEo county in custody Of
tue Treasurer, al their meetings IN Stay
and June" Now, with respect to this
charge, the facts are these: The ''slips
OF paper" referred to as tags were an
envelope containing a receipt for taxes
to the amount Of S2S.l2, which were
about to become delinquent, and the
payment of which was assumed by the
Treasurer, the party being n friend
Tor whom he desired to save the extra
percentage following a delinquency,
and scrip for salary then due, bat not
transferred, for SiU0. which had been
temporarily accepted by the Treasurer
as security for coin to that amount,
hen due.
Another charge Was-Tith the same
dreadful array OF words forming tie
preamble to al! the other chargr5-that
the Board had accepted the o%ficiai
bond OF Thomas Giblin. well knowing
said bonds to be not in accordance with
law" This charge, more clearly. per-
haps, than any of the others, shows
the auimus Of the little coterie OF Star
Chamber manipulators toward the
Board, and clearly mauifests the petty
malice which inspired their every action
and the intensity Of their desire /
smell out some iufnitesimu stink with
which to regale their morbidly sensitive
nostrils. There was never the slightest
grounds for such charge, aud uons bet
ter knew that fact than those who
brought it.
Another of the consuming griefs Of
the select coterie OF jury hsrders was
that .'ono NJ. II. Miller" was allowed to
hold the Office Of Deputy Recorder and
Treasurer at the same time. The first
he hold by authority OF Legislative
enactment. and tho latter was only
given TO him after a proffsred appoint
ment by the Board was declined by a
Republican member of ths Grand Jury
which subsequently, brought the ch lrges
for the purpose of avoiding the neces-
sity of proceedings to secure the county
against loss. The propriety and wisdom
OF the course pursued by the Board in
connection with this matter Is best at
tested by the fact that the county lost
not a single dollar, nor was a bondsman
called upon to contribute one cent.
Another charge against the Board is
that they allowed bills for the salary OF
a Deputy Sheriff when the latter had no
deputy. This was merely n ''blast for
buncomb" on the part OF that noble
little baud Of reformers. who, by ''Di.
vine Right" as il wore, would handle
the regulations Of men in every way
their suprriors. Tho Law" allow
the salary of a Deputy Sheriff. aud not
the Commissioners, as everybody con.
Versant with the statutes knows full
well. A further charge was that the
Board had allowed bills for the board
OF the j~ailer. contrary TO Law. which
was true, but which could have been
satisfactorily explained had any msul.
Der OF the board been allowed to do SO.
Tho practice OF putting ia bills for the
board Of jailers was first introduced by
Mr.. IL. w. Brown, foreman Of the
complaining Grand Jury, at tho very
beginning Of his administration a.
Sheriff Of Eiko county. several year.
ago. which practices had been continued
to the close Of his term. through thai
Of u. l.. Seiiz's term. and on until The
passage Of the Salary Act absolusel,
prohibited Il. The present Board un
Willingly committed an error in recor
MIXING that claim, and immediately oI
discovery OF the fact-whioh discover,
was made by the Board themselves
they Immediately rectilied the error b,
cutting off from the succeeding jaiier',
salary bills an amount dual 10 TIM
crroneously allowed, thus fully indem
nifying the county for the loss sustain
ed; neither did such action meet witt
any opposition from the Sheriff. j
there lie any evidence Of fraud or cor
rupiiop in this Transaction IL il cottaint,