Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1883-05-17
FROM FOUR NILE.
FoUR MILE, 1T, May II, 1888.

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Ed TELLER-McConnell's illustrated
edition Of the Jail and buildings used by
the county officers of Nez Perez. to be
the property Of the county in three yeaas
by warrantee deed, at the annual payment
Of 1875. The lot upon which the build
in now stands and occupied by the coun-
ty officers eau be readily sold to-day for
$4,000 if it WAS not in course Of transfer
to the county. The aim of the illustrated
edition is, we suppose, to elcc;innccr
voters and to bctug them to vote for Mos
COW While it is true tn jail and build
ing now used ana half paid for by the
term, Of sale is not Of 50 stylish an ap-
rcarancc as the pride of the people
would like to see and the healthy fnan-
eial condition Of the could afford, vet
they are comfortable and well lighted and
plenty Of room, for years to come, for the
purpose of transacting ali the business
oil the county at very small expense to
the taxpayers and good, fair prospect
of valuable piece Of property into the
in.l possession Of the county, at terms 50
favorable, and without any inconvoni nee
to the finances Of the pcopla or county
to acquire. 1t is not the fault Of the
people of Lewiston and many OF the
north that the present Jail and buiLIin.s
are occupied for county purposes Three
or four years ago the grand jury, coming
from ali parts Of the county and legal
body drawn from the people, reported that
the Jail and buildings, then used by the
county, We're shame and disgrace. The
matter coming to the notice of the then
board Of County Commissioners and they
being limited by statute from renting or
building over : 600, they authorized
the clerk to draw up and circulate pcti-
tons over the county for the necessary
two-thif,ls, to increase their authority
over $1,000 as the law provides in the
revised statutes of the Territory Peti-
were sent out to every precinct in the
county, but the necessary two-thirds was
not secured and the court house business
was indefinitely postponed by the will
Of the people, as expressed by remons-
frances. In Paradise precinct the people
were hot and angry and proclaimed loud
~ it was IA dodge Of Lewiston to incur
expense and none, perhaps, took any more
active part to defeat it, than the firm
Of Mcconnell & Co., merchants of Mos
cow, and citizens of Paradise. At the
next general election following, those who
signed the petition Were denounced and
3harged by the citizens of Moscow with
being Lewiston men, though some of them
were members of the grand jury, the
body who so iorcibly denounced the build
ines occupied by the county officers at
that time. That's whats the matter with
Hannah! Some of the citizens of Mos
COW were candidates for the suffrage of
the people, and their own ncighbors and
fellow citizens refused to vote for them,
for the only reason that they signed the
petition. How docs it look now voters.
to see those same people USE the illu,trat-
ed Mcconnell edition for the benefit of
Moscow when they, by the act of signing
the renonstrance, are mere to blame for
the county buildings than are the people
Of Lewiston and more for they worked to
defeat it and now try to make sport out
Of their own acts? Voters what do YOU |
think Of the edition when this is matter
Of fact and Of record? Some who are in
Lerested for Moscow now were the victims
Of the joke at the polls, and the Senator
from Oregon and Yamhiil who is to be
benefited if the county scat is moved, is
for his own self interest to sell his own
private property and he is off, no doubt,
10 the quiet shades of Yamhill.