Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-10-21

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t"u1 "a u uly u. :. rnNHtaG at
-1Iury anpr0ylU.lIng tNal rrroiv,d Lf
Mr.. b rr6,.or No. cashier of q baHk
NJ" N"WH T. a'so deputy couGiy
-ur'r, Et ag1oG salary, Mf. M-r
Irll is al" hHohf"pcr Tor the hrm o
Braw"pburg Il Van Gi.Eru, aui il 4.
/ prrsuwud tlmt hc docs not perform
th'- ou'y for ugtuiuE. Mr. M0rlI 4.
a.sn secretary NJ o ll,url-tirg mluiu1
company. OUt ol th.-y glieu. b. ug.
qusstiauahly and undeuiab,y pub,
ne iru.l -. Erg- Importance, aud IA,
o'aers ar" equally ns much pa a- Nt
Ratrhebr'- casuIersh,p. Now what 81
10 he aid ui the at'smpt To heap p,
large a number o' IIusts-ruUlic %
IPrvu.t-ya Que man? Who h tht
Poph-iiau who aspire, TO be- Lord
hlgh-eveIythiug ia Cu.teT county?
Bat the Courier has other suc
gravcr reasons Tor opposing Mf. Batch
slor. LUtus near what they are:
BJt waving for the pres,n' al con
sluefatlUn- ul ,He character which W.
have mentioned, We think that there
Is SruNf' "blyCiuu thhu anything We
nave nsnt!"ucD-an objection arising
from an lndi-pulhuIs TACT which ougAt
iu maze every voter iu Custer county
gau~ran n hrut upon 10. r. Is pFl-
pu-eJ bN MI BstUhelCr'r supporters lU
place Ia his hand, all VI the revenues of
tustrr tuauly for tnu next twU years,
aad which iUr lAal p-nvd viii pTOOa-
bly, amount TO the round sum Of Two
hundred thousand COLLAR. This vast
-um the peoI le are asked tU deposit
with II gentleman who, at the rame
time he Is acting ~ treasurer OF tHe
count, IL acting IA cashier " n bank
IL IL PLAN requirement Of THE law
that the inuGS IN the hands Uf IA.
county treasurer rhull be counted by
the board oi county cOIImi--iuners 1T
stated times. suppose for illustration
that there i ~ the bands of the treas
urer, belonging To the county, twenty
five tho1sund dollar. TIE rOmmis-
sloners, ia observance Of the law call
10 count the funds. The double Off
Ger shows them the required amount
To count, uut whose funds are they ?
They may belong 10 the bank of which
he is CASH r, or 10 the cpunty of which
he is treasurer or both. No one but
thedouble officer himself can tell.
Here indeed are weighty reasons, OF
which, by request, we "pause and re-.
feet" Reflection during tbls pguse
mpel. the belief that the Courier man
: one NJ those rigid economists who
believe that because the county has
provided the treasurer with vault
md a safe euch triils shaky 10 be
'ur.-thst the immense hoard Of
money mentioned must be- kept right
here, so that the commissioners at
itsted or erratic periods may count il,
md doubling tax payers feast their
yes on IL. This, We remember, WAS
Mr.. Braudenburg's idea and avowed |
n.'"',on ""'" M 'nu,us 'o' Wv
,fllce four years ago; but shortly after
election lie changed his mind and We
'an o'A'''e i''l' 'or uo'ns '''As no one
however hones'' c''u,u secure oonu
ne p'op'S'n u "Fa' .uus reeSiessiy
WIN 'ne '"nu NO tue Iaus F" 'ne
'iace 'ol III" 'unuS anu tne oniS
place nut 'h'S u"uo'e o'ilcia'i 'n's
ana cssn'er ln one Let us
ook al MN IN the ohiy capacity I'D
'hlch tue luollc are interested that
'f treasurer: Does be give BOND
Well-yes: Ihis Is perhaps reluctant
y admitted, hui II isa TACT nevertoe-
less: Is the bond good and sufficient
It is the sworn duty Of the commits
'ioners to exact this, and heretofore
they have done 1t, and II is to be pre-
'umed that they will d. IL again:
What then becomes of the personal
Of this double official ?
He can appropriate or steal II he
wishes, ss other men in trusted posi.
tions have done, but the people are