Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-10-11

/ the principal of the funded debt The fac.
| that the interest paid during the past ten
/ years amounts TO the enormous sum of five
! hundred thousand dollars seems to me Of
such importance as to demand the earnest
attention of the Board, and the speedy
! adoption of some measure to afford mate
rial relief. | consider it important that the
| present Board devote their energies to the
| consideration of this matter, on account of
| the fact that the salaries of your successors,
| by the wisdom of the last Legislature, were
! reduced to so per month, an amount so
| small. that the incoming Board cannot
reasonably be expected to give more of
| their time to the service of the county than
| is required for the transaction of the routine
| business.
! The same process of cutting down salaries
of officers has during the past years been
applied to all departments of the county
| government. while at the same time the
volume of business has steadily increased.
| This fact is particularly illustrated by my
experience in this department during an
incumbency of nearly seven years. The
substantial increase in values of real estate,
with the division of large tracts of land into
| small farms, and the universal desire of the
| people, both in the city and country, to
! possess their own homes, has so added to
| business in the recording department that
at times it is utterly impossible with the
| small clerical force at my disposal to give
| this work the deliberate and painstaking
attention which, from the vast importance
and value of the interests at stake, it de-
mands. The labors of the Auditor are also
| constantly becoming more arduous by rea-
son of the addition of new and complicated
! duties which are imposed by successive
| Legislatures, and this, with the small
| no Nf1i nh
| iustities the incumbent in employing any
assistance, has necessitated the rushing of
! all the work of the Office to u very unsatis-
| factory degree.
| allude to these matters here, on account
| OF the fact that | am not a candidate for
reelection, and cannot, therefore, be slls-
pectcd ofany mercsnary motivein SO doing,
and also as an apology TO any citizen hay
ing mad business with this office, who may
have felt that he had not received that
courteous and obliging attention to which
all are entitled at the hands of county
| officials.
| And, in conclusion, | desire TO express
the hope that the time may come when
| legislators will deem matters of this kind
| of sufficient Importance to warrant a fair
! and full investigation before proceeding to
apply the pruning knife to salaries for the
purpose of gaining a little political bun
combe. believe that continuation of
the policy pursued during past years cannot
| fail to result in disaster to the interests Of
the county in the future.
| Thanking your honorable Board for the
| courtesy which has ever been shown me in
our official relations, grateful to the people
| of the county for the confidence repoScd in
me during three successive terms, and
hoping that my official conduct will be
found to Justify the trust cOnfided to me, |
am, very respectfully,
| W. E. GERBER County Auditor.
The stevens Case.
Some days since Horace Stevens, a late
employee in the State Surveyor-G Generals
office, was arrested on warrant sworn to
by the Surveyor-General, charging him
with the embezzlement of State funds The
first charge was that he had appropriated
to his private use 5000 of State money An
admission was made that he had, prior to
| the discovery of the deficiency by the State
| Controller, made the amount good. The
second charge was that parties had sent
certain sums, amounting to Sol, for applica-
tons The same could not be used, and
the money should have been returned TO
| the parties sending it.
| / eSteTuaN, III tI1t IDilcc court, the sur
vevor-General testified that he had become
| satisfied, from letters on file in his office
and the books of Wells Fargo & Co., and
the postal department that the SCI in cues
| ton had been received by Stevens, who had
appropriated the same and not returned it
to the parties sending it. rs required by
| law.
| c. T. Jones, attorney for Stevens, moved
to strike out the evidence Of Mr.. Wiley, on
| the grounds that if it was not State money,
State officer could not file charge. The
! question was ably argued by counsel on
| both sides, and submitted 10 the Judge.
who decided that the Surveyor-Genera had
| no jurisdiction, and discharged Stevens on
that charge.
| Surveyor-General Wiley was on the
! stand for upwards of an hour, and was sub
| jected to a lengthy direct and a severe cross
examination as to the remaining charge
| lie admitted that after the books were
! found to be short, Stevens signed the Ger
| titicate that he was responsible for any
| shortcomings, having handled the cash,
| before the amount OF the deficit was iscer-
tanned
After the testimony of the Survey0r-Gen-
eral. the case was continued until today at
| 10 A. NJ.
| BLAINE HAT BRIGApE.-A meeting of
young Republicans was held at the Office
of B. f. Smith & Co last evening and or
! ganized under the above title. Fifty names
were signed to the roll and the following
were elected officers: President. Brainard
f. Smith Secretary, Charles T. Burnham
| Treasurer, W. II. Ormsby: Commander. Il.
J. DePue; Vice-Commander, Frank T.
| Johnson Lieutenauts, II. J. Seymour and
IL. A. Marvin. The Brigade adopted a
campaign cry which Will be both novel
and effective. Arrangements for several
unique features in paradcS have already
| been made and others will be prepared
committee, consisting of MeSsrs.
| Ormsby, LeycrSon and Osborn, was
appointed to prepare suitable transpar-
| encies Charles \. Post addressed the
Brigade, and his remarks relative to the
| standard-bearer were greeted with enthtlsi-
asm, the Blaine hurraI being given at the
| close. After tranSacting such business as
| was before he meeting il adjourned to
( meet at the Wigwam TN Wednesday even
! ing next at 5 o'clock 1t is desired to have
| at least two hundred present at the next
! meeting and all Republicans who can do
! 50 axe requested To join this organization.
| The only uniform Will be the Blaine hat,
and the expenses will be nominal The
! Brigade expect to make their FIRST appear
| 1nce on the occasion OF McheDDaS reccp-
| ton, and hope to Oudo all other organiza-
| tons i'll both numbers ard enthusiasm
POLICE CouRr-In the Police Court yes
terday All Yin was convicted of vaerancy
and sentenced to ninety days in the County
Jail......John Curtain. arrested for battery,
was discharged. 1.-THE eases of Harry
Denny, Albert Wilson. Minnie Mead and
Bell Jones. for visiting an opium den, wee
continued until this morning, as were also
| the eases of Harry Denny, Albert Wilson
! and Harry Mace charged with vagrancy.
| INCORPORATED. - Articles of incorpora-
ton have been filed with the Secretary Of
State OF the Long Branch Methodist Re
sort Association Principal place of bust
! ness, Los Angeles. Drectors-C. L. Pack
ard, DR.. C. Whitney, T. J.. Robinson, c. II.
! Bradley, A. NJ Hough. !. B. Green, J. W.
| Wells. L. w. G. Farnsworth, +. S. Chase,
7 +. Breese and George r. Crow.
METROPOLITAN THEATER.-The Spanish
Students gave another concert last night.
! The attendance at the Armory Hall dance
after the concer; was very light. The Stu
dents are faithful to their programmes and
greatly please their auditors. They play AT
u matinee this afternoon, again this even
ing and for the last time tomorrow even
ing.