The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-01

IL ~ reason yf tie mozey they nsFe Ista
Tor ofFiee rent There has tesn pAlo -
Mr. Fred Gascn. chairman o. sias 49, So. -
county commissioner, upon TIE aiaos
anee u the other tao nssnosfs 81 t1e
board, TIE following sums
.saa v~.vvaats Rrsoaastag 70 ...-...--..ss 90 =
I@sl wsrraass aaauatIag to.....-...--s@ - = -
1ssE warrAats sEF9Bntfzs to.....-.+.r.-- - =
Issi. ssrFsais AssosS tiSg 70 ---s. .s"-''-
Total ......s-...-s.s-f -rss+-.- -ss-.s-s-F' -
on account Of rent Of Office Of prosecuting
Ths ossIoe. sllYsdsd 70 are in tia, part Of
the Union building owned BY tns ai'fs-
said Chairman The rent -. y - s2
Env Al least ons-third larger tsan - pAaa
by other attorneys IN the city for accom-
raodafions Of the same character. a.
though something ever slrZsH5 has Zen
sxpsnded By this same board WIZ az"
exception of Mr. Rutherford, Nho SO
eseded Mr.. Taylor tn January. i1af-, 80 tns
bulldiuu of the courthouse, and sAthonsa
r. nt,blte duties could be better attended
10 a the courthouse than anywhere esse.
vet there doea not seem 70 be room enough
In that great baliGing for tns pr0sse1Aos
attorney, and no place seems 10 Dc dutS1
40 well adapted 70 bis convenisnee As sHs
yl.rs afForslsd By Chairman Gasch. Bat
$50 rsvht Ia. the prosecuting attorney
20 have ofslee room furnished 20 BIN ~
he county, Chapter '. OF The 1snefss
Lass rrossdss for the election 81 suen AT
officer and defines his duties ana JOSS
NOT rroylds that the comfnissioners sbAn
furnish him an Office The only othsf
provision relating 10 thss mater ~ - a.. :
arr nwnre Of il section 81, page ~. OF the
1,eusrai Laws. which makes IL the duty o.
the board TO provide Offices Tor the sheriI'
tbe county auditor and clerk OF The snpe-
rlor court and county treasurer
NO other officers are provided Tor In the
wav Of Offices.
a.ked the board 70 pay the rent OF one
of my rooms shle down town. where
upen Mr. Gasch threw up bis hands IN
.sbo!v horros" and said This IS absurd
nose Of the former Surveyors have ever
asked this: they have always paid Their
can rent" The bill accompanying
General fund warrant No. 1888. reads
"a follows
ging county 10 4. n. Thomson Dr.
fsr snfyeylDE- ~ sds
=. "a. Fbea4aan ~ -
9 T. White ,..ss-.-.t. ..''.'.-''-'' ~
CaAinfaaa ana hxmah 1900. '-.'-'--. "
And signed X. II. Thomson. county
surveyor.
The statute provides that the county
surveyor is entitled 20 receive s. per day.
and his deputies Just and reasonable
compensation. | wonder II none oil the
former county surveyors have had any
part Of their Office rent paid down town.
The commissioners found no trouble in
refusing 10 pay any part Of my office rent
while / remained down town" They
could read the law straight enough In the
case Of the county surveyor. What has
oceasioned this obiqueness in their vision
when looking at the prosecuting attorney
Tire county records show that large
part OF the county surveying which right
fuily belonged 10 my office has been done
by Mr. O. r. Weeener. who is now q candi-
date for tho Republican nomination of
county surveyor. aud who. 1t Is said, the
com mission eFs desire TO be nominated.
HIS Office - In the Union block, and
Chairman Gasch receives the rent therefor.
Mr.. Clarence White is also one OF Mr..
Gasoh's tenants. He. too. has had a hand
IN the public surveys OF this county during
ny term. When 1 first entered upon the
pr sent term the commissioners sought to
dictate to me who my deputies should be,
Just as they sought 10 dictate 20 a certain
other official whom be should appoint.
Inasmuch ~ | Was responsible on my bond
for the conduct OF my deputies. l claimed
the right to make such appointments As
should be agreeable to myself Since that
moment mons Of tho members of the board
iNave missed an opportunity of making my
o 9lce OF as little value to me as possl bic.
" hat motive could they have had in nam
ing my deputies or those of anotheE7 Was
IL not in order that they might
sweat" them "a they accuse me of
having daneg Ia conclusion l de-
sire 20 ask few questions of the
voters and taxpayers Of King county. III
the prosecuting attorney was not furnished
an Office at the expense of the county
which he ought to pay for himself, would
he have permitted the payment of the
public moneys TO the almshouse white
washing committee" and their ct ceteras
IL the prosecuting attorney had been
tndependent of the commissioners would
he have allowed them to have charged and
taken from thu county treasury the
enormous mileages that they have charged
FOR and coiiected7
Ii the prosecuting attorney really de-
sired To serve the people who have elected
him would he ALLOW Mr.. Frank Twichell
20 retain the moneys he has taken from
the county as purchasing agent" and
agent Of the building fund" and on mile
ages TO Olympia aud other places in the
statef
Taking into consideration all the facts
mentioned ia my tour letters is IL not
manifest that Mr.. Fred 0asch. chairman
Mr.. John MoodDg. Mr.. A. l.. Rutherford
Mr.. Frank TStchell and Mr.. Prosecuting
Attorney are formed into close com,
blnation" or ring" for the purpose 81
administering TO their own purses by
every means that their ingenuity car
invent: second, To use their Office
10 break down khps0 VINO hArnSn u
get IN their way. and third. 10 do little in
eidentaliy Tor ine benefit of the county :
la view Of the fact that Mr.. John Wood
ing has been 50 greedy In figuring az
mileage. and has been 50 complacent N
allowing Chairman 6aseh's large bills ioi
rent and la view of his action concerning
the aims house investigation ; he Just
the man 10 represent the Republican parts
as A candidate Tor the state senatef And
ia view Of these same facts, and ths
record. il Mr.. A. l. Rutherford prope,
man 10 again receive the Enforcement o
his party ter the position which tie nov
holdSG Would not the nomination o
either ore Of these gentlemen be an In
dorSenaent az their course Sy the kepub
lrAn rartyY And - il not possible tina
these men no have prosecuted. and arr
now pursuing me with 50 much vigor. ar,
nctuated BY 40 higher motive than that o
shielding themselves from the cQntsmp
they 50 richly deserved
Aud lastly 1 submit, is 10 not in the in
terasts OF the taxpayers OF King countl
tAat on September 1 there be instituted a
complete a change as is possible in tn,
auditors. commissioners' aud prosecuting
attorney ofiieesr f. +. AMEs.
nor ITCHING Al HAND.
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