Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-31

some people (strangers perhaps) 10
think that / had reed. more OF the
tax payers dollars and cents than my
neighbors. would beg little space
in your paper TO try and remove any
such impression and endeavor to COR
rect the erroneous statements which
have appeared in the Democrat from
time to time. Had the editor of that
sheet continued his Investigations of
the Supervisors Journal and publish
ed other interesting matter contain.
ed therein together with his knowl-
edge of certain facts in relation there
to, his readers would have readily and
correctly sized up the animal which
the head and tail of his article at
tempted to disguise.
He would have found resolution
giving the County Treasurer one hum
dred dollars per year for making out
statement. Also one giving the
Register of Deeds 1929. 80 for furnish
ing the list of Delinquent Tax payers
and another giving the proprietors of
the Northern Democrat sos. 00. for do
ing the County printing although an
other person offered to do the work
for $4,000. Does he charge the Board
with reckless extravaganza in these
expenditures; Not any, and although
he was In constant attendance at
each session of the Board acting rs the
legal adviser. Not word of protest
was offered by him against a single
item of any bill allowed or orders
subsequently drawn by the Clerk.
The Tax Subpoenas were issued under
his supervision. He has seen fit to
refer to the work done in the counties
of Otsego and Roscommon. Now !
do not know the exact number of Sub
poenas issued by the clerks in those
counties but do know that his state
inents were false and misleading and
that very few Subpenas were issued
by either of the clerks referred to-, and
cannot be compared to the work in
this county under the then existing
circumstances, and no one knew this
better than, the editor of the Demo
crdt. He refers to the orders drawn
by the clerk and by Misrepresentation
and method of calculation, unknown
TO any one else. makes the cost OF the
clerks work on Subp9nas over $500. 90
and charges the present Board of
Supervisors directly responsible, when
the resolution to which he referred,
was passed In March. 1890. More
than year before this Board of Su-
pervIsors was elected. 49,
Let us see upon what he basis his as
sertions that work had been paid for
twice having willfully and maliciously
charged committees with drawing pay
Board was in session. ne fSSlhhiatf n tfRe
self in q dilemma, and so turned
his attention to the shprffs bill and
refers to the item of one hundred dol
lars for extra work on Court House
grounds), as having already been paid
for in the way of salary. Horace
Greedy once said "That whoever made
two blades of grass grow where only
one grew before, was public bene-
factor, and ought to be rewarded
The editor of the Democrat evidently
does not agree with Horace or at least
thinks the measure of reward should |
not be in 1.-THE dollars and cents" of |
the Tax payers. In this matter of |
cheap labor he is certainly faithful to |
his conviction and the traditions of |
his party. Why did he not state to
the readers of his paper the nature of
the work for which this. bill was allow
ed and let them draw their own con-
illusions as to whether it had already
been paid for.
How long since the editor became
so solicitous for the welfare of the Tax
payersl About a year ago the Town
Board of this Township gave the re-
firing Democratic Treasurer one hun
dred dollars. Will lie (the editor) ex-
plain to the people what that was for
and also state what became of certain
other money about $50. 90 dog tax. and
about $4,000 of the one mill tax,
which he knows has never been &C.
for.
We cannot wonder that his party
him to turn his gun anoth-
er way. Ellis shafts at random sent
found mark the archer little meant.
In conclusion allow Inc to say that
he people will be slow to believe that
he County is bankrupt, and that its
e sources for the current year are
practically exhausted Trusted dem-
'cratic officers do not indorse such
statements and If the Democrat does
lot do some hedging next week,
he matter is liable to resolve itself
nto question of veracity between
he editor and others of his party in
which event we will undoubtedly
earn the true state of the County's +
inances. In regard to the excessive
Ugh taxes to which he refers, 7 will
ny that a comparison of the Tax rolls