The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1882-10-22

even though .he Chief Justiess Of IKE
eounty had anything to eommunicAto-
AMI the further crime Of having per.
ssitted the Sheriff { o put In an unitsm-
lied monthly report, when the fact vas
that that Officer attested there was
nothing to itemixs, the fees az that
time amounting to little or nothing.
But o comes the only charge
among the eatirs batch incubatsd ut
such vast amonnt of time and expense,
which vas not frivolous aud utterly
g~roundlss', am that was with regard
to the county printing. It was charged
that We. being = member Of the Board,
nrs excluded from the right to do print.
lug or advertising for the couuty-
which assertion ne emphatic lily deny
and that the Board. in permitting as
to perform any such work. were ..feloni.
ously, eorruptiy, abomipably and
dsninably" guilty.
The facts in relation to this terrible
grievance are us follows: At the 6Ist
meeting after the election Of the pres-
snt Board q proposition to do the
county printing for Q term Of Eve
months was received from the Post. q
Journal then published in Elko. aud az
the proposal was deemed a favorable
one. the work WAS unanimously awarded
to the proprietor OF hat paper. At the
expiration of three mouths Nr. Little
field. the person. referred to, became
DESTROYS Of rslinluishiug his contract,
aud nj his solieitation we oiled the bal
ancs OF his contract, in payment for
W .ch service we accepted the Post's
order on the Coua,y An ii,or for scrip,
ne presenting his an bills. The p-
per soon after 1, moved to Ogden. snd
the INDEPENDENT being the only Que
Remaining At the county seat. Mr..
Campbsll aud Mr.. Honeymau, consti-
tuting a majority OF the Board. permit
ted it TO continus ths servics upon cou-
dition that it should coat no more than
the amount paid the Post for SIM
liar work. AL the printing aud adver-
Using required. iucluiing all the eire-
ton work, which fully doubles that Of
odd Years. has been faithfully and
executed without any Increase
Of compensation. A strange feature in
this petty business is that the present
ass ATLANTIS OF tue board were, whom The
Post was the favored journal, their most
srdsnt admirers. aud Mss+rS. Honey
and Campbell w.I-. in The dis,iu-
Buished estim atom Of these Post-prAu-
dial critics. the best and wlseit oi gen.
tlsmrn.
But the Board. conscious Of the rec,i-
tude Of their acts aud intentions, care
little Tor sycophantic fawneTs and still
less for their malicious. would be de-
tanners. Their Characters and rcpu;a-
lions will compare favorably with tLose
of the best men OF that Graud Jury,
and are UNNECESSARILY abovs those Of
the little corner cot RE. Who. ~ostrus:bly
in the interest Of the people, prustrtut.d
honorable position 10y taking n mean
advantage Of tbs same; g-rrymaud-ring
the ju!y. aud by The p.ot.nss Of an
hourst hr.irc for reform. hoodwinked
their coll -"Bues, making them partiei-
parts In tn rerpetrht.on OF an Outrage
upon tho charact-IS of mn whose
"%c;ious. both public and private, stand
%repToach. Not u msmber II that
Board hos the Toast desire to conceal
any Of his ofic al acts. rud thus openly
and fearl, SLY fiug, back into the faces
their would Do traducrrs. the base
chlumniss attempted TO be put upon
them hy their designing tnsmics.