The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1883-09-09
EIko COUNTY AFrAIas.

On this subject the FREQ Press in
yesterdays issue prints two column
article giving comparative statement
OF the collections for licenses in this
county for the first six months Of the
yeats 1851. 1882 aud 1883. also the
amount Of fees turned into the treasury
by county officers for the same
pefiodS. aud tho difference in the
collection OF taxes ON personal
property and polls 10y the As
scssors Of 1882 aud 1883. showing
large gains in favor OF the present nd
ministration. showing nlso large reduc-
duc!ions IN the expenses II Tie county,
Ill Of which il credited chiefly to the
DonId OF Commissioners aud--the Free
Press. or the Chairman OF the Board
it is said: mot with ,tlnding uu effort
that has been made to show that he
does not stand in with the majority In
correcting abuses that have crept into
county afiirs. it must be said en-
phatieally that generally he is with the
Others in bringing about these r. suits, -
which is rather a doubtful compliment
to Mr. Campbell.
AS the Free Press may reasonably lie
supposed to possess fair share of that
verarity for which newspapers nre
Prov rbiul, the following quotation
must BE- attributed 20 iguorauce raih.I
than desire to dis:ort the truth In ref
erence TO tho powers Of County Com.
missioners when 1t Is said: 'One u
the first acts OF tho new Board waS tc
dispense with the services of tho extra
deputy or jIiler ip the Sherifi's office.
and deputy each IN the Clerks and
Recorders offices. Some of ihese Of.
feers would undoubtedly have done
this themselves. but tie action was the
koards." An act Of the Legislature,
approved February 90. 1881. provides
that From aud after the passage oi
this Act the Deputy County Recorder
aud Deputy County Clerk, and the
Juilor OF tho several count:es-npplicA
Clo to this Ae; Us hcrpiuaftcr stated
shall receive monthly compensation
in the sum OF SlUg each for their ser.
vices SO rendered, respectively; pro-
vided. tha provisions Of this Act shaiI
be applicable only to couuties Of thi,
State polling not les than ixteen hun,
dred nor more than two thousand vote.
ut any general election held in tni,
State"
Thus II will be seen that as thi
county pollrd less than sixteen huu
dred votes Mt the last general election
the officers i'll question were dsbarred
by Statute from employing deputies al
tho coun;y's expense. More tEun this
w. w. Rogers made his canvass on
the proposition lha; il elected he would
dispense with deputy, yet in tho face
OF these facts the Free Press attempts
TO envelope the newly elected Commis.
sioners in a halo OF glory by declaring
'the action was the Boird's."
The welfare and financial prosperity
Of the county is something in which
every iax payer Of the county is utter.
estsd aud in which We oil, withou,
reference to political pre- dil,etions, take
pride Notwithstanding the fling con-
tanned in the closing paragraph.
Here is the record Of tho reform"
me mbers. The more it is studied the
less their enemies like it," We are n
firm believer in tho Rduge Honor to
whom honor is due" hut We are op.
pofed t. amy attempt 10 bestow credi,
wher" 1t doos not properly belong.