The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-02
A TERRIBLE ARRAY,

The Herald has been accused of
making attacks on the present coun-
ty court. and the defenders of that
body have argued, in effect, that be
cause they have been trying to expose
wrong-doings by the former county
court they are justified in their own
misdeeds. That kind of logic Will not
take very well with people who do
any of their own thinking. The pres
est selectmen and attorney must face
the facts and figures in their own case,
and cannot obscure them by what 9th
ers have done nor direct attention from
them by pointing in another direction.
The Herald has no personal attacks
to make on anybody, unless pressed to
that sort of warfare in seM-defence.
In the present case we simply publish
what the records show and that forms
an array which is quite enough, with
out explosives or harsh language re-
garding the individuals who have man
Tested so much greed and such an I'M
pardonable lack of business methods.
1t is clear that there has been gross
earelessness and disregard Of the re-
quirements of the law, to put the case
very mildly, in the transactions of the
present selectmen Of this county. And
by their manner of drawing orders in
their own favor signed by themselves,
drawn by themselves, endorsed by
themselves and o. KID by themselves,
they have exposed themselves to grave
suspicious. This, however is more
particularly the case in the pauper
account which has been conducted with
amazing disregard of caution and bust
ness care, and leaves the question open
as to what Mr.. Geddes has done with
the funds he drew in this Improper
manner
( The Herald charges nothing more
than the facts as disclosed by the rec
ords against any of the present county
officials. We do not say they have
been dishonest. The public will de-
/ eide whether they have been slipshod
in their official acts and greedy in
their personal charges, and further
considerations must be left to further
inquiries The grand jury would be
justified in an investigation of this
matter.
The accounts published in this Issue
Of The Herald ought to be carefully
scrutlnized by the taxpayers. They
VIII be astonished at what those fig
ures reveal They will, we believe
come to the conclusion that men who
thus conduct the public business are
paying themselves far too highly fol
their poor services, and indeed that they
ere totally unfit for the responsible
petitions which they have been elected
to fill.
The public verdict was, it seems
superior to the united views Of tn.
local press. in the matter of the count,
boards. The newspapers favored thei
issue because they thought the none!
so raised would be honestly and pru
IDENTIFY handled for the public good
The people doubted this, and therefor
preferred to endure the debts alread.
contracted with the high interest Oh
warrants, to the issue of bonds witt
the consequent possibility of money
squandering and bad management
The figures disclosed in the particular
we publish today justify the prudenc
Of the taxpayers and form a tribut
to their foresight.
What We now present to the publ
IS in line with what we have hereto
fore shown up in reference to tn
course Of the county authorities The.
commenced this sort of thing as sool
as they had a chance at the publ
purse. They have kept it up till now
except in a little reform in some 0
thair methods, keeping closer to tn
law since The Herald pointed on
sharply its plain provisions. We begaI
with the beginning; we expect to kee.
, on to the end of their performances.
) We wish here to except from tn
county court, the Probate Judge VIII
has done his best to keep the select
men in line with the law and proven
5 extravaganza, nepotism and imprope
methods in business. His vote was bu
one. so he could not prevail. He is It
be commended for what he has don
and endeavored to do. Judge McNall
has acted Ike the stalwart Democra
that he is.
It becomes necessary in this connec
ton 10 refer to the fact that thes
selectmen and the county attorney ar
Republican officials. representing tn
Republican party in this county. Ais
that the former county court. which
accused OF boodling as well as wastin
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