People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-10-10
table denominated Election ex-

1898. He will discover that this
item generally runs about $500; in
1893 it Jumped to 81, 1870. There
by hangs tale.
This was the year the Australian
ballot law came in; booths, ballot
boxes, ETC., were bought. The law
provided that each township and
city should provide its own par
aphrenalia. The township trus-
tees called a meeting in Yelling
ton and appointed the board Of
county commissioners as their pur-
chasing agent. The board bought
them and while they were paid for
in county funds, the several town.
ships and cities returned the county
81 ,2S0. II for same as shown by the
clerks report in 1894. This was no
part Of the county's expense, al
though an expenditure" as "Bro,
Richards" so nicely animadverts
upon. We took it from the total
for that year and reduced the aver
age to S47,992.O6. We think no one
will fail to see the justice OF this.
1t was no more liability against
the county than the waterworks com.
pany's bill against the city of We'll
lington is. There are no other such
items that can figure in the total of
any other year. The cost of the de-
linquent tax publications OF course
come back, but as they run pretty
much the same each year they will
not vitiate our comparison to any
considerable degree.
Now, what shall we say Of "Bro.
Richards" shall we imp'gn his
motives and say that he Intention
ally" told "a wilful, malicious lie, by
creating false impression by means
of telling a part of the truth and
withholding other parts" etc, as he
rung in our ears, or shall We throw
the mantle of charity over HIM and
say that he was unaware of this
fact3 We prefer the latter, notwith-
standing his rough and coarse Ian
guage toward US.
Now about that matter of Eek
penses" and expenditures" We
concede the point but insis, that as
a general rule there is as much laps
over from one year to the next, al
one time as another. If expenses
were incurred in 1893 and not paid
until 1894, with the same propriety il
can be claimed that there were ex.
penses incurred in 1890 that were
not paid until 1891. In the run o.
years the amounts thus tapping over
will strike a very fair average. II
looking over "Bro. Richards table
we discover one item Of $649 .S5 paif
in 1891, which was a judgment fol
rent Of old court house, incurred
away back in the early eighties. Sc
that if you go to scaling off this way
at one end it licenses it also at tn,
: other end.
tits urged, however, and with som,
show Of reason that the expenses in
{ Cured by the Reed murder trial wer,
not paid until 1894. Upon exami
nation we are convinced that som.
allowance should be made for this
, for it was an exceptional case. W,
, do not wish to claim more than i:
fair and honest, and would be glac
if our Republican friends would con
cede as much to US. In a hurried
examination of the warrant RECORD
| Tuesday we found that in 1893 war
rants had been issued to the amour
of $lSS9.43 on account of this cas-,
and in 1894 10 the amount ofs3792.55
: We are willing to concede tina
! the year 1894 should be credited
with $4,000 excess, or thereabout.
, on this case to bring it down TO tn,
average Of costs Of criminal cases
but at the same time would ask
concession Of 81 900 to the year 1893
S which would reduce the Populist av
erage Of expenditures somewhat, 'anC
: still make the comparison quit
favorable.
, Then it is complained that allow
ance should be made for the s2,O29,
81 spent in repairs made on tn,
, court house. Perhapsl But it oc
ours to US that there must have beer
a good big slice Of extravaganza II
I this item. The county is out owe
4 $4,000 and has only the interior O
: the court house papered and painte'
m show for IL.