The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-03-09
THE KIMBA ALL GRAPHIC
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Elsewhere In todaYs tiRAPHIrc VIII be
found q Communication from b, Vi. RYAN
signed BY himself and two other county
officials touching uron the matter 81
cler : hire, and We hope our readers will
eess33oy es3ooy resding it as much IS We did. He's
q poor SLICK OF q newspaper man who
cant take 9 bit Of his own medicine. We
want to congratulate Mr. Ryan. too up.
on his display o. igoosit tsnse in forward
ing his Communication to the GRAPHIC,
which every reads, Instead Of pont-
sas hi; around and firing Ii INFO some other
paper. : ~ ssis s.s.i KS. IS
" Dispite Mr.. Ryan's exhibition Of bad
temper the GRAPHIC has made no flght
on the county officials ii this matter 81
clerk hire, broadly speaking Trhe, com-9
missi0ners 81 their own Tree Will and
without prompting from any Newspaper
in the county voluntarily Topped Oh the
Eperquisltes OF the county oficiaIs. DEEM
ing Mr.. Ryan's and Mi. Cooks 1850 q
year each and Mr. Aiieller's $lD0O amply
sufficient these hard times ae commis-
.sioners Of Aurora county had already
done thesame thing. Not until threats
were made to .do'' The commissioners
should they come UP for reelection did
the GRAPH1c make mention Of the matter
pro or con, and then not to so great an
extent untayorably to the county officials
asdid its contempt porary the Index. And
anent Mr.. Orcutt's Till to allow the regis
ter OF deeds, treasurer and auditor of.
this county each s50 10 annually for clerk
hire; the Index said, s.The fact is that
when some Of these fellows once ret to
the county seat they think the county
must provide for them during their
natural lives. II this coat was made
for Mr.. Ryan he might in turn fit 1t on
Uncle Chauncy Mayaard's '.ciassic form
This il merely to show. that the GRApHIc
sis not alone in sustaining the board and
5condemning any measure making clerk.
hire at q fixed amount mandatory llpon:
upon the commissioners. OF course it
would have been policy to have Kept our
mouth shut, illus aiming the good will
Of the officials at least; no objectin sls-
tanning the action Ct a board Of county:
commissioners, the majority Of which
are Republicans; still less In hopping en-
TO the county officials, half Of which are,
Democrats, and we hayn't been in the.
newspaper business since our majority
not to know that newspaper which;
holds the interest OF the people above in
sdiyiduals loses IS to every 10 cents it
gains BY such a course. We don't think
the business Of our our county Offices de-
mands q $500 clerk on top OF a 81, 500
salary and we said 80 plainly, and we'll
keep saving it, and Mr.. Ryan. and Alr.
Cook and Mr.. Meiller can bet their sweet
lives ninestenths Of the people OF this.
county will back us up and SO Will the
Legislature, for Mn, Orcut,'s little bill
will never get out OF the pigeon hole
where at this writing 1t ltsecurely reposes..
/! MsSsaEant TO say, however. that our refer
sssllsa Isuft's pap sucking constitu-
Sete Waa MT stntended to apply to. the
B @ ~ irestiy, but to the coun-.
I. sSsis JntSsa astsda always In
i1 i y - nos.
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