Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-10-25

per year?
5-why does Osborne county pay
two hundred?
! 6-Why does Rocks county pay one
hpndredand fifty?
| why does Graham county pay
four hundred?
8-Why does Norton county pay
enough to make with the fees of the
office five hundred dollars?
9-Why should not Phillips county
pay her probate judge as well as every
county adjoining and cornering?
1O-Are you capable of drawing any
conclusions from the foregoing ques-
tions?
In your letter of the 10Th inst. re-
ceiyed today. you ask me to Inform
you as to :he amount of fees which l
receive as Probate Judge. L am per
Iectly V llling to do SO. [ have never
been called on before to furnish this
information, and lave wondered why
/ was not The Independent has
taken it for granted that the office is d
bonanza. and has footed its bazoO ac-
cordingIy.
In the years 1880, and 1881, the fees
amounted to about $500 each year, the
year 1882, $40 1883 to this date, Oct,
10th, $l59.
Now III regard to the crime Of scrip
scalping." YOU have got me, 1 must
plead guilty, aye, most guilty, perhaps
more guilty than any other one man
in Phillips county. Yes, L have
bought and sold county warrants,
generally paying less than could sell
for, this was according to my ideas of
BUSINESS.
The Autobiography reform idea,
would be, suppose, to pay thigh and
sell low and give the people Il few cents
out of my own pocket. My financial
circumstance however, would not adj
nit of this. At the July, 1881, meet
Ing of the county commissioners, 1
paid 95 and So cents for $3.50 county
warrants, and sold the same to J T.
Horton OF Kansas City Mo. for, 81 cts
You have frequently in5inuated thas
Mr. Horton bought his warrants for
Is cents. To my certain knowledge
Horton las no warrants at present
for which he paid less than s. cents
and the majority of them So 1857 cents.
And why! Oh why! am L not still
"scaIping scrip, "simply be cause the
market is busted: and why have we no
market at this ii me? Let me tell you.
Capitals IS to whom L have written
in my efforts to sell scrip, Write me
that they do not care to invest their
money in securities on county
whose people are opposed to paying
their honest debts. And how do they
get the idea that we are Oppos ed to
paying our debts? where could
they, except from the columns of the
Independent during the last two
years. 1t is supposed that newspaper
reflect the sentiments of the people.
To be sure you have not openly add
vocated reputation. probably you
think the time has not arrived to do
50, but from u careful re aiding of your
paper a stranger would form the opin-
ion that the people were in favor Of re-
pudiatiOn. IN case l am not able to
work up a market for county orders
l fear shall be obliged to compete
with you i'll the tax sale business,
and invest my friends money n two
percent tax sale certificates, this
| tn i L.,
is hard on the tax payer.
To close this letter l would refer to
the statement made by you some
time since, that the Independent ar
ticles had afforded me "much discom-
fort" Now great and mighty Lamb
stay thy hand. That have done
that IshOuld be thus wrongfully ac-
cused? No, Brother Lamb your ar
| hcles do not afford me ''discomfort,'
and you have my full and free per-
mission. to devote as much space in
the Independent to me as you wish,
even if it requires a six column sup
plement, and do not worry your poor
t red head about its aftording me much
discomfort, shall survive the affiic-
ion.
BY the way would it not be well
for you to talk up some of the live issues
of the day? there are numerous candi-
dates in the field, why not stir them
up little? they certainly can stand a
drop of what 1 get n bucketfulI.
In case you conclude to continue
my advertisement, send bin to Phil
lpsburg care county commissioners,
Yours Truly
H. G. SPAULDING
NOTICE.