Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-03-04
THE COURIER.
Ell1lY, nlata |, 1891.
Official Paper Of City and County,
- llssa tAslnyssateatien.

BeEs 1leai u Investigator.
The county commissioners have
made provision for Tie publication
Ut the entire report aud supple
nlentary, reports Of the, ex-
Ferts with the answers that have
been made by ex.trcasurers, in the
near future, aud tho proceedings
published clearly show the
opinion Of the entire board on the
subject. Wesllall therefore mot touch
technicalities or the subject mat
ter Of the reports and answers. We
call attention 10 few mat
ters aud circumstances that have
~transpired in connection with this
investigation that are not embodied
in the Official matter. The CounIER
desires to state unqualifedly that
this whole matter has been proven
W lie al expensive political farce
that will disgrace the county records
for all coming time, instituted only
10 daughter honorable citizens and
to create bunkom fCl a POLITICAL partv
IN the name ef economy and justice.
II has been stated and it will doubt
less be repeated that men oil all par.
ties and n of good motives signed
the petition asking for the investi-
CATION. This is granted, and it is
not the belief of the COURIER that
the rank and file Of any party are
to blame for the hallucinatict, nor
any considerable number o. tacm;
for il We had not personal knowl-
edge Of county matters and had been
told by men whom we thought knew
md in whom We had faith, that
gross wrongs had been done this
county, we might bave signed such
\ petition ourself, on the assurance
TINT it would cost but a small
amount to find out the truth.
As it is, however, a few political
schemers and soreheads nave roped
in 4 few men who were ambitious
for Office, in this county and have
carried out their designs Of dark
ness through their lnoutl, piece,
the Leader, by working ON the feel
ings OF the people, as we'll as by an
Intermittent (?) flow Of oratory from
a large number Of the party orators.
The alliance has been used asa con.
venient machine. through which, at
any time, 70 feel Of the public pulse
and 70 make speedy arrangements
for the carrying out Of all plans.
Where did such men rs Shechan,
Ronell, JAS. Miller, Grill Jr. and ST.,
Stewart, Knapp and Others with 'em
none OF whom had ever read twenty
consecutive pages Of Union county
records in their lives before they
we're elected officers, learn that there
existed fraud and that the tax pay.
ers' money has not been accounted
for, which sentiment was fostered
by them all, in the campaign aud
has been unabatingly nurtured evel
since? We claim that these mel
and others needed these accusati- -.
in their business in the campe:er
md need them yet, and these &c,
ports were furnished by men not {
thousand miles from Elk Poins wh;
claimed to know the facts abo, h,
shortages. It was talked until i
was thought that it mus. be tru;
aud we do not wonde. ,ha ;eopl,
for wanting TO know ali ..cout it
The petitions were not original 4
III the conntry, however, but were
nearly all written in this city enc
sent out from here; the Independent
assessors and others circulated them
That is the way in which the PEG
pie have been iooled,-Can you sc,
it now? Mr.. Daily the indepen
dent member Of the board sees i
and signed the resolution 80 Stain,
without objection.
At the time that was done
Mr.. Ringsrud asked Mr.
Horton this question: Had yor
known Of the existance Of tn,
special law authorizing the bondin,
Of the county, at the time you. mai'
your report, what would you hav,
done with the $l7l commissions
MIR. Horton answered, II woult
have left it out" MIR. Ringsrut
then asked Commissioner Daily
"Was not that the only item 70,
objected to in my case? He an
swered, "It was" Ii The former hat
not reported it then the latter would
certainly not have voted against it
The mysterious part, however, j.
that after Mr.. Horton had read hi:
supplementary report, in which h,
admits q large number OF errors ii
tie real report, he advised the board
to throw out the entire report and
gave the assurance that not n single
independent would object to theil
action! He then went to Attorney
Ericsson to ask him to intercede with
the board to allow him $50 add.
ti0nal salary! MIR. Ericsson, how.
evsr, said, "No." Strange TO say
the independents would not come
near the board this session and the
sheriff had to be sent to ask the
states attorney to be present.
During all this time ofaccusation,
investigation and reflection the
COURIER has advocated what it has
known to be for the interest Of the
people of this county aud the justice
Of ex-oficers, but for 80 doing its
editor has been talked OF, written
and grated about as a liar hyppocrite
and-we were going to say thief, in
good faith by former friends and
those who have formerly respected
him. The COURIER esteems it a
great victory to have it proven to
the people Of this county that its as
sertions have been true, and a roos-
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