Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-01-05

mlSSio!lcIS, anu I'LL Nilo are OpIOSeu u
midnight or daylight raids upon the
county treasury should help the new
board to guard against them and to steer
clear of " literally compensating 'jobs
and jObbcrs.
Our no less esteemed contemporary,
the Me-" Era, while plainly manifesting
sympathy with the INTELLIGEN(EE'S $
denunciatiOn of the raids, ventures to
correct its version of - tie facts" main
ly in reference to the bill paid for the
benefit of Clerk B. F. w. Urban in the
name of John ii. Barnes. 1t seems
that the warrants in behalf of Barnes
and McMellen were drawn in daylight
and not at midnight, but, rs we have
stated, after the business of the Office
had been closed for the term of the com
missioncrs, and one of them had left it
under that impression and with the un-
derstanding that these bills had been re-
jectel. AS to the liability of the county,
under the decisions of the courts" for
all the blanks which the clerk of quarter
sessions had bought, on which he "had
already advanced money!" and included
in these bills made out in the name of a
party who says he had not five cents
worth of interest i'm them, we would be
pleased to be shown those decisions of
the court. 1t is not true that there had
only been SIS worth of these supplies
about the correctness of the county pay
ing for which there had been any dis
pute it is not likely that the entire bill
of three years would have been
left unsettled during all that time for
this trille which was finally withdrawn
We have not been able to get the entire
details of this Barnes-Urban bill for
publication to-day, but we know that
there are many items on it, for which
there has been no decision of any court
that the county is liable. Most of these
blanksare printed for the clerks cOnve-
nience. and he and the persons doing
business i'm his office, and not the
county, are liable for them. They have
been sandwiched between some items for
which the county was perhaps liable. the
whole Jumped together and the job, put
through rs an afterthOusht Of the clerk,
who had already paid mos; of them him.
self, as Barnes bears witness. Moreover,
even if the county had been liable, there
is jObbery in it, as we find from an ex-
animation of the first half dozen items
of the bill that the prices charged are
from % to 30 per cent. higher than those
charged for similar work by the other
job offices of the city. DR.. Urban's bill
is a very good subject for the dissecting
table.
THE Independent Republicans of this
state family took heart the other day
when it was given out that the senator
whom they had elected was about to per-
form some of tie things promised of
him. The late postmaster of Pittsburgh
resigned without notice to anybody ex-
cept Il little ring Of Cameron henchmen.
and they speedily had his successor ap
pointed in the person of one of Chris.
Masee's ponies. There WAS howl
went up and it was promised that
Mitchell would antagOnize the confirma
tiOn and be able to secure its defeat.
Mark the sequel rs told i'm the Times
dispatch from Washington
Senator Mitchell says, relative to the
Pittsburgh pOstOffice question, that no Or
gan;zed opposition to the confirmation of
Mr.. McClcary has been developed so far
He has received good many letters and
kilograms protesting against it. Most of
these letters assert that while McCleary is
known as a good fellow the feeling of the
business community is against his appoint
ment. Precisely to what extent this feel
ing exists the senator has not the means
of knowing, as it has not manifested
itself in any shape outside of these indi-
vidual complaints. The principal soreness
appears to be in reference to the manner
in which the appointment was made So
far as he is concerned Senator Mitchell
says he has no interest in the matter be.
yond giving time for the people to be
heard: They have enjoyed the privilege,
and, from the character OF the opposition,
lie does not feel justified in approving the
confirmation. There is no question of this
confirmation.
As Mr.. Wolfe is said to have re-
marked, the less said about Mitchell's
election as an independent, the better it
is :or the reputation of the Indepen-
dents for political sagacity.