Thomas County cat., 1889-08-22
Of Commissioners Baldwin and Smith

,f Commissioners Baldwin and Smith
again, praise of Sent er. and much
reflection on Probate Judge
J. E. Lesh, who finding that he could
not live on the fees of his Office. which
to less than $20 per month,
presented the commissioners with q
petition numerously signed by home
steaders, merchants, and others, re-
questing that he be given a salary in
addition to his fees. Commissioners
Baldwin and Smith voted that he he
given salary of 5000 per year. Sen
ter voted against it. alleging as a rea-
son that Judge Lesh was an old
soldier, and drawing pen
sion from the government. Now
Kelley says that Judge Lesh should
resign the place to which the voice of
the people called him, To all this rot
the Thomas County CAT has not here
tofore deigned reply. For
three weeks, however, Kelley
has continued his effusions,
showing that he proposed at all
events to keep this thing up until the
republican party in the county is d.
vided against itself. This paper rec
ognizes now this fact that the ring
behind the boss organ should be shown
up and the people in the county be
informed of it's existence, its members
and its purposes. Ne do not think
that there is single member of the
ring that is entitled to one particle of
or has any public confidence. By di-
recticn of his bosses, Kelley quotes a
column of statute law to show that
County Clerk Summers and County
Treasurer Hovey have been robbing
the county for years in the matter of
fees The commissioners have met
each quarter, and examined and pass
ed upon the settlements of these gen.
tlemen with the county, and found
nothing wrong, and yet this smart
Aleck undertakes by an insinuation to
have people believe that honorable
men would take pitiful fees and that
the board would wink at the fact, and
each separate set of sworn examiners
would pass such stealing by for years.
Such insinuations could only come
from a cowardly and contemplate
mind. If Treasurer Hovey and Clerk
Summers have unlawfully appropriate
ed fees they can be arrested and pun
ished. Kelley insinuates they are
guilty-he is TOO cowardly to charge
their guilt openly, as he knows that if
be did he would be arrested for Grim
inal libel and punished. The records
Of the treasurer and clerk are open to
anyone for their inspection, and un-
ler these officers the county affairs |
nave been faithfully and honestly adj
NOMINEES OF THE PARTY.
The republican party of the
county will when the time comes, put
,nly good men in nomination for Of
Ice, and will defeat the object of the
organ ring by electing its nominees !
,riumphantly at the polls. The Thom-
Is County CAT will be found in the
IAN, fighting for the election of its
oarty's nomination, and will never be
found seeking to pave the way by dis
,urblng and dlvldlGg It's forces, Tor
he election of democrats to office.
sENTER, BRANT 4 co.
Let few rays of sunshine be thrown
lpon those the boss organ represents
-Senter, Brant & Co.
A. J. Senter, a renegade demo
;rat, appointed postmaster of Colby
lnder Cleveland, he was the leader of
he democratic hosts of Thomas coun-
y until finally deposed from position
oy j. n. Fike for alleged irregularity
n the conduct of the postoffice. He
1t one time was conductor on the Z.
P. Ry. in Nebra ska, whereby also
lasgs a tale. A man who joined the
ranks for the purpose of