Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-02-14
Tho County CO@mlssIoners and the
srLvrR Crrr, N. M. Fcb n, b


SILVER Crrr, N. ~, Feb II, Is
EDrroR SOUTHWEST SrNrNrLs
Tho Silver City Enterprise, Of yester-
torday, contains some insinuating ediio-
rails "a the board Of County commission
ers Of this County, aud to any one not
%conversant with the facts Il would ap-
pear that said board have been guilty Of
high crime and misdemeanor and are
only awaiting indictment by tho grand
jury and Judgment thereof. AZ one Of
the commissioner, 1 desire limited space
IN your columns TO notice some u the
charges made by the Enterprise and to
show the cauhe Of IT'S attack On the
board.
It is charged that the board did Of IN
lawful act In transferring funds from the
current expense fund to the interest
fund for the payment OF co6pons past
due. The facts are that in making the
transfer OF 5000 to the interest fund
the board were only replacing the money
where It properly bolongedi Il having
been taken from that fund early In last
year to pay current expenses The En-
terprise, with It's usual disregard FOR
truth and accuracy, states that the great
or part Of $4,000 was appropriated from
the current expense fund, while not a
dollar, properly ia that fund, was so ap-
propriated. With regard to the legality
Of the bortis issued by the County, the
board took the position that after two
years had elapsed since the issue Of the
bonds and no taxpayer had brought suit
TO enioin the payment OF the interest
thereon, and hat in trial Of the officials
who Issued those bonds FOR criminal con-
spiracy in so doing the verdict Of acquital
had been repdered although the own
or Of the Enterprise claimed to know Of
their illegal acts and was formerly a
member Of the board that issued the
bonds but did not appear as a %witness)
the further deferment OF the interest
coupons due was reputation pure and
simple, and / believe tho other gentle
men on the board are, as / am, opposed
to Reputation Of any obligation, whether
public or priVate-even a debt Of hon
or. AS to the in%sinuations of a job and
suddenness in directing the payment OF
the interest on the County bonds, l eau
only say they are worthy of the we'll
known individual who makes them, and
the board can safely leave to the verdict
Of the people whether they or he would
most likely be connected with a "job.'
/ did not at the time, and 1 believe my
colleagues did not, know a single holdei
OF the County bonds, and none OF us hat
any interest whatever in the payment Of
the coupons beyond the desire TO sec
justice done,
The effort OF the Enterprise to throw
discredit on the board and cast stigma o.
dishonesty and jobbery upon them thu
early IN their term is unworthy Of a re
spectacle newspaper and should bl
rightly attributed to the disappointment
Of a holder Of a questionable bill against
the County.
At the last meeting Of the board the
Enterprise presented a bill against The
County for printing stationery and blank
ordered by the superintendent Of school
amounting to S119.50, and another bill
amounting to s272.l3 for stationery fur
/, nished to probate judge, assessor ant
, sheriff. The probate judge was becom
ingly modest and ordered only 1000 lin
en- letter heads, LOCO No. 6H envelope
and 500 No. 10 envelopes. The assesso
; ordered only 1900 letter heads and 200
envelopes. The sheriT's order was a
follows: