Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-09-05
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Say ON County Governments.

Say ON County Governments.
EUREKA, New. Sept. 4, 1888.
EDITOR SENTINEL: The scene at the
meeting Of the County Commissioners yes
terday was, to say the least. a very anus
ing farce. The bosses, who seemed to be
out, and the would-be bosses who N ted
to get in on the public crib, appeared to be
present in full force; and in the midst OF
all, one-half Of the Board (the better half
appeals to a committee Of citizens to look
over and scrutinize the bills and tell the
Board which bills were allowable and
which we're not. Now, what do we elect
County Commissioners for? Are they not
in fact the ruling power of the county 2
supplies that are to be used, and see that
they are bought ON the best terms and in
quantities only as needed? Are the tax
payers Of this county to be driven and
forced to pay iliegitimate bills simply
because some member Of the Board whose
place of abode should be at the Warm
Springs. a miserable tool Of some boss or
another, to whom the cur who ticks the
hand that whips il is superior) goes
clandestinely and orders supplies at fabu-
ious prices and in unreasonable quantities,
himself paying little or no taxes, while his
dividends derived from such s~windling
operations pays tenfold more than his
taxes, no matter how much the increase?
What kind Of County Commissioners
have we that will allow themselves to be
bulldosed and interfered with at their
monthly meetings by men who nave con-
tinuously a lot Of petty jobs OF some kind
in hand by which the taxpayers and the
county are to be feeced, and whose
schemes do hardly ever rise in dignity
above the petty larceny grade? If any
member of the Board, as an individual,
has the power to order what he feels like,
and when the time comes to allow bills
gets another member to stand by him
where are we going to land?
1t has been the custom for some months
back to order goods and repairs to the
county buildings, no one outside Of the
parties interested knowing about the case
until the bill is presented before the Board
moves to pay the bill. Echo
"Pay the BILL"
The same thing is observable in almost
every other department. In some of
the offices in which there is not enough
work 10 keep tho principal employed
n and two deputies are allowed.
and because they are so employed the
county must forsoo.h pay them. Now, il
the county must pay one or two and can
not get out of paying them because they
are hired by the officers, what is to pre-
vent them from hiring a dozen or having
figure heads drawing salaries as deputies?
As a heavy taxpayer / again ask: II these
things are to be continued, where are we
going to land, and what do we elect Com.
missioners for?
The only remedy l see is for the Board
to pass a resolution and stand by it, to
allow and pay DO bills until they have
thoroughly examined them; then see il the
goods for which bills are presented have
been delivered both as to quality and
quantity. Listen to no outsiders, but rely
on their own just course of right and
wrong, and if they feel they cannot trust
their own judgment, they can certainly
not expect the people to have any conf
dence IN them; and in that case / would
advise them to step down and out of the
positions they should never have aspired
to occupy. Let US hope in the future to
see the meeting Of the County Commits
sioners conducted with that dignity and
which Of right belongs to it, al
if outsiders persist in i~nterrnpting their
meetings let the Board have them ex-
PEELED or adjourn until they will be let
alone in their deliberations and the per-
OF their duties. TAXPAYER.