Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1895-03-01
szAy,w7H THE QUESTION
CoNpoN, Feb. 25th,

CoNDoN, Feb. 25th.
EDITOR GIoBE:-If you will allow me
space to say few words ! would like to
call attention to the weak argument Of
fered by the Journal in behalf OF those
interested in having our county court
appoint deputy clerk.
1t seems to me that the very few who
think deputy clerk is needed are evad-
ing the question under discussion en-
tirely. AS understand it, the question
is. "is there sufficient COUNTY work in
the clerks Office to justify the county in
hiring a deputy2" The taxpayers are
not interested in show much" work is
done in the clerks office--but how much
county work is done; and believe all
of the taxpayers in the county are OF the
opinion that the $500 year salary
paid the clerk is quite enough for the
amount OF county work done by that
officer during such times as the present.
Ii county clerk wishes to run num-
ber of different kinds Of businesses on the
side, in addition to his duties as county
clerk, why ought the taxpayers be forced
4 to pay for deputy to do the private
i work of the ofhcer2
i l believe myself that there is consider
able work done in the clerks office, but
also believe that it is the private busi-
4 ness-such as land business, notary bus
mess, law business, municipal office bus
iness-and what not-that takes up a
great deal of the time of the clerk and
4 deputy. The county is paying the $500
a year salary for the county work only,
and l feel certain that one competent
man can do all the county business and
not work very hard either. If a clerk is
not satisfied with the salary for doing
the clerks duties alone and wants to
run the other businesses on the side, il
it not his duty to pay for what help he
needs. out of his own pocket? If not
why not drop the outside businesses and
then there would be plenty of time to
!. attend to the county's work, without
putting the taxpayers to the unnecessary
expense of deputy.
Surely this county is not in such 9
prosperous condition that it can afford
to appoint deputies to do the private
5 work of its officers-or for any one else
: Our taxpayers are already groaning
, under the enormous burden of taxation
and to further burden them with sucf
: unnecessary expense, is little short o
: an outrage. l think that if the cour
/ appoints deputy in this case, every
q man in any kind of business in thil
county has equally as good a right t.
ask the county to pay their farm hands
q clerks and book keepers. Ihave spokei
! to a number of men recently, whose
: business takes them all over the county
(, and they say that the unanimous opin
a ion everywhere is that the county cour
:. has no right and should not appoint
4 deputy clerk. Half of the other smal
r counties in the state have not appointe'
!, deputies, and why should Gillian?
~ Even admitting that deputy is need
} ed month each time circuit cour
IS meets, there are scores OF people in thi
n county who would be glad to do tn
work-which is nothing but copy an
= amanuensis work-at $50 or $35 month
4, Think of the many competent schot
lie teachers working for $35 month, an
y of whom could do such copy work 6
we'll as it has ever been done, an
I, would be glad to get the Job at S3o
% month. Why should any man be paid
is salary amounting to three times MOI
"a than he has ability to make in any kin
of private business?
~ In order to try to bulldoze the count
is court into making it appear that the
W is too much work for one man to do,
g. have very good reason to believe th'
! the county's work is allowed to accum
a. late, more or less, until county cou
er weeks, go as to make it appear to IL
n court that less than two men could n
"a. do the work. / hope am mistaken
IA this, but think am not. am n
IA alone in this belief, either. As n
friend Lincoln said: "You can fo
lis some Of the people all of the time, al
On all OF the people some of the time, b
r. you can not fool all of the people all
the time" q. WHILLlKIEs.