The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-09-20
BOSS TATTANs

Emphatic endorsement of Judge
T'attan's Administrations is the way it
appeared in big head lines in Thursdays
Record. We would like to have the
able board Of commissioners ard the in
telligeat voters of Chotetu cousnty just
what they mean by '.Tattan's admins
tratioD-n We have heard of Grants ads
ministnation in national politics; Boss
TWeed'H administration Of Tammany
politics, but we had e realized until
catching sight OF the faring headlines
of our Tattanian contemporary that we
had n man in our very midst OF such
overpowering genius, and such q super
abundance of bossism tendencies that
he could out Of the merely clerical office
of county clerk control the finances Of
Chotea,l county, doubling and halving
the crinaiaeal expenses TO suit his own
pleasure.
The statutes OF Montana hold tbag,the
county commissioners have the sole au-
thority of auditing and allowing OF re
jecting all claims that may be brought
against the county, especially inclading
all criminal expenses. Butitseensthat
the Record has discovered, made and
manufactured . law of its own by virtue
Of which tha clerk Of the board shall
have nil the credit which properly be-
}nyuc IN the. oron ,iccinpa h.y thpir
economy in county finances. The HON
orable gentlemen composing this board
are indeed entitled TO the greates5 praise
from the taxpayers Of Choteau county
helaing these criminal expenses within
reasonable beamls-
It mustmake the commissioners hearts
glad--yea, naalse them feel very gfoud-
after giving oiaeir time and neglecting
theirown private business to aStesad to
the county finances, to have the Record
ON out with Its <.'Tattan's adniEaistra-
tior,,' effeetisag a saving Of overS8,0o0in
seventeen months by our s'ecoaomical,
vfgilalat, popular and best county clerk
Judge Tattan.'f It must make them
wish that they could hold the office for
Rife, and serve the dear people without
price, especially when we have in QUIZ
midst such, In agpreciatiye sheet as the
Record, which is SO very kinaand. obEig-
ing as to Inform our intelligent citizens
that Tattan hes done all this work, eff
fected all this saving in criminal ex-
penses anal been the big toad Ia the
puddle generally.
We expee. two years nance, Ola the
| eve oftiae Next election, to have our bril-
liant newspaper friend gush about Hill
or Murphy's administration; how they,
| as clerk of the board Of county canmis-
s~ioners, have saved the county thou
sands OF dollars in criminal expenses.
What a pity it will be to retire o ma OF
such massive genius to the ranks Of pri-
vate Life again.
How can commissioners yer trans
act any business OF q " the county from
hopeless bankruptcy without such a
clerk, who, according to the Record, is
clerk and county commissioners com
bined.
AS we will have two vacancies te
Lfll on the board at the next general
election, we would make the suggestion
that the Record put the honorable
gentleman's nane on its ticket for thu
two offices in addition to the one of pro
bate judge. Then they could say of hin
with more truth than at present that h.
was really the board Of county commits
sioners of Choteau county.
RANnH