Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-05-22
George Russeli's whispers TO the
People Through the Signal OF
May 14th Explained.

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misunderstanding the following Thursday
evening at half past o'clock. Before leav.
ing homo, - usual on such occasions, de.
posted $500 for the payment of such orderr
as might be presented during my absence
On Friday morning, April 25th, that being
the next morning after returned from Find.
lay, went 10 the Office as usual, and had
just opened the safe when Mr.. @. w. Webster
special examiner, came in and said he wanted
to count the funds in the treasury. I told
him all o. K. So I proceeded at once to ex'
hibit the money and vouchers that were in
my possession-Mr. @. W. Webster proceed.
ed at once to count the money in the treasury
vault and finished the count about u O'Clock
or few inmates before. then told Mr.. Web
ster that had been away from home and had
Just got back, and that before going had
deposited $1,000 in Saur's bank to pay orders
until l returned. also told him that / had
not had time to make any footings and did
not know the exact amount of money il the
60 with me to the bank and fnd out what
amount of money was there to my credit.
But MIR. Webster did not care to go-he said
for me to bring the money and he would
count it after dinner-which was done, and
the amount brought or slipped in as Mr.. R.
tells you in the Signal, was $l0S5.75. There
was no smuggling or slipping to get the
money in, as Mr.. R. wishes you to believe,
but on the contrary explained to Mr.. Web
ster the facts in the case, how the money
came to be in the bank, which was perfectly
satisfactory to him.
Now, Mr.. R. tries to deceive the readers of
the Signal and make it appear that the coun-
ty funds were just that much short and that
had to slip that much in to make it appear
all right, viz: $11O0. He states that it was
slipped in after Webster began the count in
the morning and the finish in the afternoon.
Mr.. Webster knew that it was to be brought
after dinner and he saw it brought in and
counted it all satisfactory to himself. Mr.. r.
knew Just how that money came to be in the
bank-he knew it was straight transaction,
as on some other occasion when was away
from home made arrangements with him
that in case he drew orders in my absence to
send the parties holding such warrants to the
bank for payment.
Mr.. RS suspicion of others honesty re-
minds me very much Of two old ladies who
got into quarrel and got to tvitting each
other of dishonesty. One of the old ladies
happened to have daughter standing close
by who exclaimed: Nanny, nanny! call
her a thief, quick, or she will call you one.
Mr.. R. in speaking of the law authorizing
a special examiner of the treasury as a good
law, but inconvenient for the treasurer, as he
conveys the idea in tbs Signal that the Pro-
bate always notifies the treasurer of the time
when he may expect an examining commit
tee. This is not true; neither does Mr.. R. be-
lieve his own assertions. The Probate Court
never gave me any warning of committee
to examine the treasury.
On the contrary, Mr.. r. brought Mr.. G. W.
Webster into the treasurer's office as soon as
he landed in Napoleon, which was the latter
part of February, introduced him and Mr..
Webster presented his credentials impower-
ing him to count the funds in the treasury.
told him he could proceed, but he said he was
not ready to count at that time. So you will
see Mr.. Webster gave me two months notice
that he was going to investigate the treasury.
Now as regards to the surplus which Mr.. R.
would have the readers Of the Signal believe
was very suspicious, he says only on the 18th
day of March, 1880, J. II. Resh and ]. II. Ty-
ler examined the treasury and found SUP
plus of sixteen hundred and fifty dollars and
sixteen cents. Now he says that it has van
ished except $29.06 when Webster examined
The treasury. Now Mr.. R. would have the
readers of the Signal believe this a terrible
suspicious affair. We will see how this
terrible suspicious surplus came. In the first
place my per centfor the December collection
was part of that surplus. I also collected
about four hundred dollars between settle
ment and examination, which was part of
this surplus which has caused so much suspic-
ion. Mr.. R. should realize that it takes
little stuff to keep soul and body of treas
urer together as well as an auditor.
Now comes another terrible suspicion. MIR.
G. W. Webster, when he examined the treas
ury he found in my hands money and re-
deemed vouchers less treasurer's fees, esq.,
473.SO) sixty two thousand four hundred and
dollars and eighty cents, and
Mr.. R. only has me charged with ($60, 0,77.41)
sixty thousand seven hundred and seventy
seven dollars and forty-one cents. This is
terrible suspicious Mr.. R. With regard to
surplus reminds me of an old story of a car
penter who was building a house and he had
one sill too long at one end. It worried him
terribly about the sill being too long, so he
said if it had been too short he could easily
have spliced it. Iwould advise all people to
20 to the bank and see for themselves wheth-
er my statement is true or the auditors. Now
the whole gist of Mr.. RS. insinuations against
the treasury is that am short and had to
smuggle money into the treasury to cover
that deficiency, and that he is the only honest
official in the court house, and that he is run
ming the auditors Office on the Cheap John
style. Now this is not the case; Mr.. r. has
received as fees for about twenty hours work
$3.50. The treasurer for the same work gets
about $50. Big fish and little fish swim in
the same pond but are fed on different diet.
The above remarks were brought out by an
insulation of the auditor on the treasurer in
the Signal of May 14th.
10. WALTrMRE,
Treasurer Henry county, o.