The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-04-12
Busilwhacking.

1l+r'' arc men in il" County who are Sen-
"muHs towards nrInicrS nf the County Roard,
and :" intent Hl"n imoHins obstacles in their
way. that rhcy uduld r'iric. io hear that all
attempts tn compromise bonds had failed, and
that the taxpayers compelled to pay the
fnll si"a,Go0 aud interest. ir they thought the
Beard w"aid Ia. injured thereby. Now that
iilcy have nrralr. they sa, only iHdustTi-
"I;>ly l'anIIBeiin. AWAY /" this end, bHi be-
sIacarins EVERY inan who will not assist and en-
'iorse them in their roHrsc. if those men
happen 10 be their friends and co-workers III
other matters These attacks Irc made in the
shape Of editorials. supported hy communica-
tiOns PnrPortins to come f:om various parts Of
The County. but NIL cnanating from the same
mill, and bearing the trade marx.
The last Severance ERf1pyise contains an inco-
lierent, loony article. inserted a. editorial. de
voted rhciiy iu slnTriu: :. l.. Ryan. for not
lancin: (" Ihfr rnIisc with the. desired brisk
nr,S. Ia reply 10 an article in the ERfcPris6.
several weeks ago. rrf,rrd that paper to Mr.
Ryan. Il citizen of iis own town. a. nnc who
knew snIn, of the facts, aud could inform il
whether the County Board were getting a very
large amount of fun out of their refusal To- pay
the full face Of tn" lords. The EHfcrprise inti-
mates that the members of the County Board
took Mr.. Ryan 20 Topeka, feasted him, intro
!nced him into broihels, and lionized him gen.
rally, for the purpose Of making tool of him I;
but that be- berame disgnsted with them he
anse they would not entertain any proposition
from the L"ndholdcrs 10 compromise.
MIR. Ryan authorizes Us To say that there il
not particle Of truth in these assertions: that
any ole to represent him as saying such things
as are attributed To him in the article He says
be Was regularly employed as an attorney in
the ease, aud such, did what he could in be-
half Of the Commissioners. The members of the
Board were there under arrest, for contempt of
Court, for refusing to levy tax 10 pay the full
amount OF the bonds; and if there was any
willingness expressed by any bondhOlders to
compromise, or any proposition from them, he
failed TO see or hear Of 1t. What they wanted
was the full amount, and that was why they
had the Commissioners arrested.
Now, if the taxpayers of the County are anx-
ious to pay the entire 100000 with full inter
est at per cent, they cap easily make it known
through the organ of the men who working
for that object. But il they want to cut down
principal and interest almost one.half, they can
,lo it by sustaining the Commissioners in their
Tight which will be kept up, if necessary, for
twenty years. A. long as the Board refuses TO
levy the tax, the people will not have the tax
to pay, and can put in the time getting out of
debt and placing themselves in good shape.
Those fellows who love to speak of themselves
AS having ''set down On somebody, last fall
seem t0 think that it is an outrage upon the
people that they are not taxed to pay of the
bonds. They want the people To rally and as
'ert therrights, 81 that they will have more taxes
10 pay. One would suppose the people would
he satisfied if they were never taxed To pay the
bonds, and would lee willing that the Commits
Ni"nrrs should have all the fun they could get
uui al il.