The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1883-08-12
From Thursdays Daily.
TIE ..REFORM" BOARD.
How les Purity Protects the
People.

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At its regular meeting last Monday,
the model reform Board Of County
COMMISSIONER amended the record Of
their proceedings at the July meeting
50 that with respect to the matter Of The
contract for the county printing. the
~nlimutes Of that meeting should read as
follows: "As thu contract for county
printing was awarded to c. II. Sproule,
consideration Of the proposal Of S. S.
Sears was indefinitely postponed for
the rruson that said proposal was not
hied' or brought to the attention Of the
Board. until after tho printing was let
to the SAID ~Sproule." The motive in
SriTing this amendment Is we'll worthy
Of the model R.fUrmers who conceived
it, and is quite as traLparen, ~ their
deliberate hypocricy. Tho object Of the
amendment Is to create tue Impression
that our proposal would have been con
sid.rrd had it been submitted earlier;
III other words, their personal and par
t'san prejudice against US impelled.
them 10 defrIud tue people of the
county Of the benefit Of competition in
this matter, aud rfi,T having acted
,Lus meGaly, they lacked the manhood
to declare it, and now attempt 10 dodge
the issue by resortIng TO the cowardlY
aid silly subieiiuge OF an amend
uient TO the minutes" IN the foolish
hope Of decviviug somebody, and so es-
cape the cons, quonees OF their own
voluntary acts. We knew perfectly we'll
what the fate Of our proposal would be,
when 1t WAS submitted, although II was
II much more favorable one for the
county; our obj. ct being merely to
place those pure reform" members
-.Messrs. Baocox and bruce on lee.
ord, aud show TO the people that II is
not always those who are loudest in
preteusious, that arc most faithful in
Performance.
but in order that the public may
properly understand the situation and
the hypocrit.cNl oours pursued by
these Commissioners In this matter, we
will now submit the proofs.
Upon the result OF the election last
Fall becoming ~known-sume weeks be-
fore tue Reform Commissioners had yet
warmed their official s,ools-they i'm.
ported all the way from the metropolis.
tan city OF Battle Mouutsiu, in the
county Of Lander, nh official organ, for
the express purpose Of performing the
county printing; to support and defend
the Reform movement, and to brace up,
az ii were, with quotations from Holy
Writ, those brilliant opponents Of the
Model Reform doctrine. Al the first
meeting Of the Loard, in January.
Commissioners Campboll-who In tue
Republican bold over from tho uu-
gojly previous handicapped to ad-
vtrtise for bids for tho printing, which
proposal was storply rejected by the
Retorni members, aud tho printing was
arbitrarily given TO their imported pet,
presumably at its WI figures, for q
term OF six months. Al tbs expiration
Of that tiuo, tho v~illainous Campbell
again meekly suggested the proprio,y
OF advertising far bids for the printing,
aud was again SIT down npon by the
two vigilaut promoters OF moral aud po'
ltieal reform, M,s'ts. BabcoT and
Btuoo. 1tis we'll known that this place
cannot furnish a field for two newspaper
aud these W Rotormers, in their owr
interest aud tina, OF q little clique Of I'D