Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-10-17

our county finances and retire thu
soft marks that are Smelling ont favor
and taxes with all their might.-RIE
RO NRER 4 SHORTER.
The present board Of commission.
er is PopuIist, and farmers at that
and what else could be expected than
that the would spend the peoples
money layishly and without color OF
law. The thing that prompted the
above attack on the part of the hair,
Drained monstrosity who penned the
above, is that he didn't get hold of
more Day county warrants, and h9
may be taken for granted that it
would not question their legality
either. The people of Day county
have upon a former occasion given
! evidence by their action that they
require something more than the mere
statement of the above disreputable
sheet before passing a sentence of
condemnation upon people against
whom they have no other evidence of
faithlessness. Why don't this sleuth
hound point out some of the Illegal
acts specifically if the board is guilty
of any? There is no argument in
generalities Of the above character,
there being nothing specifically char
ged no defense can be set up and no
case exists.-Day County Herald.
Editor Kelley has been in the bust
ness long enough to know that he
should give credit where credit is due
and not claim the articles of others.
He fails to give the REPORTER the
proper credit for a part of the above
article but takes it to himself. Pos
sibly it was a mistake and not party
principle.
The editor of the Herald seems to
have sized up his party at last and
Is no wise surprised at their unlawful
and unwarranted acts. The acute
spasm he is now suffering from is
only a periodical attack of his old
trouble of mental anguish. He had
a bad attack Of the same disease when
the REPORTER exposed one Of his
party, but eventually partially re
covered, as he will from this. What
a terrible charge it is hat we should
want county warrants but it cannot
be denied, but we do not want them
bad enough to stoop to the methods
of the editor of the Herald and hi
hirelings.
As the Boss" demands something
specific we will call attention to an
act of the board of county commits
that trauspired during their
first meeting in 1895. At that meet
ing a bill was presentedb by ex-county
treasurer, J. 7. Goodwin, for $500
for salary for January lst, 1895, to
January tth, 1895, inclusive. and the
bill was allowed by the board. This
is a new departure. The county
board has not heretofore passed upon
the salary Of the county treasurer.
His salary is fixed by statute and not
by the county board.
The next specific charge is the al
lowing of a bill presented by ex-
states attorney Frank Sears for salary
for the same period for $500 and
which was unlawful and wholly un-
called for, and if allowed the amount
should have been deducted from the
FIRST months salary of his
Another specific charge is the
allowing of county auditor B. FL.
Egeland the sun of $500 per month
for postage and proceedings. This
allowance is clearly unlawful, but
not satisfied with the allowance they
paid in advance. Examination of
the record of proceedings of the board
Of commissioners VII! reveal the fol-
lowing facts;
The bond of b. HI. Egeland as
county auditor was approved and he
entered upon the duties of his Office
upon March 4th, 1895.
Bills were audiieu "a follows:
March G.
Il IL Egeland postage and pro-
cFedlngs ..,...-.---.-...... : 10 90
April B.
b II Egeland postage and pro-
weddings 10 10
June g.
h II EgplaDd postageand pro-
oeedings, April and May. 80 90
July g.
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