Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-11-07

urer ia keeping on hand large amount
of money that should of right be ap-
piled 70 the payment Of the county debt,
and that the people are thsrsby put 70
an expense OF 10 per cent, the amount
of the interest. We do not know that
he saws Capt. Hill himself makes this 10
Der cent. or any part of It, but that he IS
TO blame for the loss, and the inference
il from inpurs and dishonest motives
Let rs see how this IS.
As Treasurer, CAPT. Hill made his an
nual statement in May last, and IT was
published in the Posi- -IxTKLLI0EScEH OF
the 18th Of that month. II was upon
this statement, or upon the period Gov
cred by il, that Andrews POUNDS nis
statements and makes his vlilainous IN
ferences. That statement u new before
Us.
From il We learn that in the county
treasury on the 1ss of May, 1855, we're
$I5.lA.45. OF this $3,So5.l3 belonged
to the county fund. $9,170.d TO the
school fund, $21S.ol to the Territorial
fund, $l,ls4.6l to the road fund, and
1856 to the Jail fund.
Now the reader of the most ordinary
information knows that the money Ii
raised for each fund independently OF
all the other funds, and that money
raised for one fund is applicable TO that
fund only, and can only be applied 70
another fund by order OF the County
commissioners; the Treasurer having
no jurisdiction in the matter whatever.
Further, these funds are extravagantiy
or economically drawn upon as the case
NAV be, and they run in debt and get
out of debt each independently OF the
other.
In this county the county fund il tho
only one in debt, and II she Commits
sioners do not relieve 1t at the expense
Of the other funds they are TO blame
and not the Treasurer.
As said before there were IN the
county fund $3,ss5.l3 last May. VI
this money the Commissioners ordered
1900 applied to another purpose, re-
moved 70 another fund, thus leaving
oniy 1885,, ID that by any chance could
have been used in the payment OF the
debt, and this money WAS at that time
awaiting the call of holders OF county
warrants.
or the balance of $15,l44.45 then in
the county treasury the greater part
-, 77O.s4-belonged to the school fund
and WAS held sacredly for 1t. II has
since been paid out by Treasurer Hill tt
the teachers in the thirty-two districts
of King county, as was the only rlgh'
and proper course open for him to pur
sue. Now suppose, as minated by thu
man Andrews he should have done, ht
had handed over that money belonging
| To the school tea hers to the blOateC
warrant holders! What q howl would
nave been raised! 1t would have beer
| in no ones mind then that he was dOine
| something commendable, but he would
have been usurping the official powers Of
others, he would haye been destroyinI
\ the schools, he would have been BAG
generally, ard would Immediately have
been impeached.
We can say this much incidentally fOl
| Treasurer Hill. When he took posses
ion of the Office eight years ago King
county warrants were worth only hfty
cents on the dollar. Now they arr
worth one hundred and eagerly sough
at that. We can also say this: that thu
office has been better conducted by hin
than by any of his predecessors, Ills
books are models of neatness and arr
always open for inspectiUn;,whlle IN de-
w GA OAoooOo WAssAV0s $3.50 -
distinction, he is the thorough gentle
man.
Now as to Andrews.
A man who will lie in ono matter viii
| lilo in another. A man who will attempt
to deceive the voter concerning the Of
fetal record of rival in office Will at
tempt To deceive the same voter with
his own record when, unfortunately FOL
the voter and taxpayer, he gets into OF
| fee himself.
IL Mr.. Andrews has been doing what
il charged he did, either from lack OF
knowledge, which is inexcusable in him
or from bad motives, which is worse, he
is not a fit person to be trusted to the
office for which he is a candidate.
Four years ago, just after Brents' first
election. and when his political treason
to the people of King county was fresh
in mind, l.. b. Andrews came to the
writer with petition to sign, asking the
President to appoint Andrews U. s.
Marshal for Washington Territory
The writer at that time wasn't very fond
of l.. u. Andrews, and declined to sigr
his petition, giving as q reason that ht
knew no cause why Capt. Hopkins
should be turned out, even for the pur
pose of letting l.. Il. Andrews in
Whereupon Andrews told the writer
hereof that Hopkins did not want the
Office any longer, and further land this
privately and AZ q friend of Hopkins
that he couldn't hold it il he did, as
being little careless in his accounts
they were not satisfied with him III
Washington. In addition, Mr.. Andrews
said II lay between him and Col. Bush
Of Portland, and that il he did not &c,
it Bush would. The writer aoknow.
lodges that he was taken in, and signed
the petition accordingly, believing az
stated by Andrews that Hopkins wal
certain to lose the office in any event
and that Bush would be appointed il
Andrews was not. The writer nut Gre
dence in Andrews statement that he was
the only citizen of the Territory who
could possibly get the Marshalship, TO,
the reason that Brents, who had JUS,
been elected, owed his nomination e
Andrews perfidy, and it was not amiss
to suppose his treachery was to be paid
for with an Office. We afterward,
learnd that what Andrews told us OF
hopkins was a barefaced. inexcusabls
lie, and, though we never inquired. w
do not doubt the other was too. From
that time to this We would not believe
Andrews under any circumstances
wherein it would be to his personal in
terest to lie.
And this is the man who is trying t
ride into the Treasury by falsifyins
Capt. Hill.
Let every lover Of truth and dscency
vots him down, down, down,
STREET MkErrNa.-L. b. Andrews, the
sorehead. Billy Henderson. the Occi
dental Hotel runner, and Bill White, the
Democratic scaregoat, held a meeting