The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1882-11-05

10 sand In quarterly rspOrts-vkieh, By
the way. IL not . duty 81 ne Board
even ~ the Chief IasiiesD Of Ellie
: Sounty hadAnything TO eommruisste-
and the farthsr crime Of having per-
mittsd the Sheriff to put In IN unitem :
lied mouthly report. When the fSct vas
th.t that oniorr Attssted there vas
nothing to itemise. the fees AZ that
time amounting to little or nothing.
But now comes the only charge
among the entire batch ineub.ted at
such vast amount Of time aud expense.
which was not frivolous aud Utterly
groundless. aud that was with regard I o
de County printing. 1t was charged
that we. being q member Of the Board,
are excluded from the right to do print
ing or advertising fer. the County
which assertion We emphatieally deny
and that the Board, in permitting US
o perform any such work. were '.ftl.
onousiy. eOrruptly, abominably and
damnsbly" guilty.
The facts in relation to this terrible
grievance are as follows: Al the nrst
mesting after the election Of the pres-
emit Board a proposition to do tho
County printing for q term Of ave
months was received from tho Post. q
Journal then published in EIko, aud as
the proposal was deemsd a favorable
one. the work was unanimously awarded
to the proprietor Of that psper. Attic
expiration Of three months Mr.. Little
field. the person referred 10 became de-
sirous Of relinquishing his contract,
and at his solicitation we filed the bal
ance of his contract, in payment for
which service We accepted the Posl'a
order on the County Auditor for scrip.
he presenting his w Bills. TIE pa
per soon after removed to Ogden, and
the INDEPSSpEST being the ou,y DO
remaining at the County seat. lr,
Campbell aud Mr.. Houeymau. consti-
ta,ing a majority of the Board. per,
mitted it TO continue the service upon
condition that it should cost no more
than the amount paid the Post for sim
liar work. All tue printing and ad-
vtrtis:Ss required, iuclrIrng all the
election which work ;ioubles that Of odd
years, Ass bstn faithfully and promp
ly executed without any increase OF
comPensaii n. A strange feature in
this petty business is that the present.
nssailants of the Board were, when tho
Post was the favored journal. its most
ardent admirers. and Mes,rs. Camp
bell aud Honeyman vers, in
the distinguished estimation Of these
Postprandial critics, the best and
wisrst 81 gentlemen.
But the Board. conscious Of the rect
iiule OF their acts aud intentions, care
little for sycophantic faSn-rs, and still
less for their malicious would be de-
famers. Their charAct- rs aud reputu-
tn,ions will compare fsvorab!y with
those OF the best men on the Grand
Jury, and nro immehsu rbly above those
of the little corner c~oterie. who, os-
tensibly in the interests of the people.
prostiiottd an honorable position by
tasirga mean Gdva. itage OF the same
gerrymandering the jury. and by the
preiense OF an honest desire for reform
hoodwinked their colleagues, making
tn EN- participants in nm outrugo upon
he character Of men whose actions,
both public and private, stand above
reproach. Not n member OF that Board
has the least desire to conceal any OF
his official acts, and thus openly and
fearlessly ding back into the faces OF
their would-be traductrs the base cal
umnies attempted to be put upon them
by thor designing enemies.