Evening journal., 1890-03-24
RooMERANe RAooN.
Preparing Another Dsadfau for tn.
Democrats.

Democrats
From an Occasional Cor. EVENING JOURNAL.
GEORGETOWN, March 24.-The Levy
Court has adjourned. It will be long
remembered as body that gave itself
up as tool for leaders who do not seem
TO have sny regard for justice or consis-
tency. They gave a solid Republican
grand jury and, in effect, solid Repub-
lican petit jury. They only claim that
there are three Democrats ON the latter.
who could be challenged should and in
dictment be fonnd by the star chamber
Levy Court.
Mr. Bacon, the attorney for the court,
appeared In court and consented to strik-
ing off and transferring the names in
Georgetown hundred In accordance with
the answer of Mr. Reynolds the assessor.
On Tuesday on motion of Mr.. Hollis a
resolution, cutting the price of boarding
prisoners down to 30 cents per day,
was adopted. But on Wednesday, Mr..
Hollis, as chairman of the committee to
settle with the sheriff, reported In favor
OF paying him 30 cents per day, which
was allowed.
But not 30 when the body came to act
upon u. w. Tunnells account. His bill
as presented as clerk of the Levy Court
was 81, 240 Al, or about 81 600 less than
some OF his predecessors in Office, still
they reduced 1t to $740.
"A member of the Levy Court said the
bill might be reasonable, but the people
| expected them to reduce expenses. and
they must do 1t. Still the same person
voted 10 pay the sheriff 80 cents a day to
feed prisoners, when they can be boarded
cheaper than ever before. He also voted
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| $40, whe the Democrats always paid $25
A resolution that the members should
be paid only for days in actual session
was passed. but the chairman stated
when they adjourned that those who
could not get home until next day should
be paid for that day too. This same
chairman has been declaring on the
streets that they reduced the prison fair
to 30 cents per day. He may think so
but his paid attorney who engineered the
cutting of Tunnell's allowance and the
adoption of the report increasing the
sheriffs fees was too smart for him, and
he like many other members of the Levy
Court will wake up some day and find
they have been deceived one time too
many by their advisors.
They removed Mr.. Mitchell. the active
Democratic member of the investigating
committee, and Mr.. Street, the most In.
active Republican member.
The committee resumed its work, but
instead of going on with the examination
of the orders it stopped that to watch
its attorney manipulate the statements
Of the county finances of the past
twenty five years He promises to make
statement showing from $50, 900 to
500 900 deficit Then he will charge
that 1t is an actual loss, and that the
Democrats have used the money for cam
paign purposes.
There is no doubt of his ability to con
coct such q statement or that the Re
publican fools on the committee will
sign 1t. But when the Democrats ask
for more thorough investigation, that
the truth may appear, they will be like
Mr.. Sperry with his guilty man who re.
ceived the $40 county order; they will
not go into particulars.
Whatever statement, however, that
MIR. Bacon may get up will now be taken
with great allowance by the people of the
county after the course he has pursued
in the investigation.
The fact Is the people have lost faith
and confidence In the farce being carried
on under the name of an investigation.
When the figures Of the expenses OF the
past year under Republican rule are pub
lished, II will be found to be the most
expensive year on record-and not per-
manent improvement 20 show for it,
not a reduction OF Republican official.