The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-07
THEIR KNIVES FLASH.
Free-f0r-All Fight Among
County Officers.
HEAToN IN The THICK Or IT.
Bob Wilson Seeking Weak Spots In
Commissioners Arnor-Heaton az
War With Maple and Askau-

The registering Thermometer that tries
70 give an idea OF the temperature n ne
many-cornered dgnt a. the courthouse be-
tween the commissioners ard tae coroner,
the commissioners and The county treas
urer. and ire giye-and-take battle n |aIch
Bob Wilson and the commissioners. IS
pecislly Heaton and Sickers9n. are IN
VOWED, has given az It's sob il despair. TIE
Superior court has said that. while the
commissioners cannot charge mileage.
they can charge actus expenses. This
suits The commissioners, but e Bob WI
son. who led the fight on the mileage cues
ton. does NOT like the situation and Is re-
vivinE the old threat o. busting them II
IS said by reliable parties that even now
Wilson is IN the country looking NJ evil
deDce for this purpose. In the meantime
she CON wissioncrs have come 10 the con-
ciusion that II they cannot charge mileage
the same rule applies to every other coun-
Is Official, and therefore all the bills OF the
coroner have been held Up for correction
as 70 mileage especially before the COM
mlssioaers act as a board.
II was really amusing 70 see Commits
sloner Heaton 'hustlinE'' up : ne hill 20 the
courthouse yesterday afternoon when he
was told that the report was current that
he had approved County Treasurer Naples
August paw roll At arst ne thought that
some one had taken his stamp and put up
4 job on him. but when he saw the docu-
ments and found out that all was right he
felt easier. The hare idea OF his approving
the roll had nearly given him a iii. and he
delivered himself in this language to a
lligencer reporter, who asked him
about the matter:
1T is false that 7 approved the county
treaEurer's pay roll. I did not see il. and
II IL had been submitted TO me I would nos
have approved il. That Office is not con-
Quoted In a business-like manner. and the
rious. The cost Of collecting taxes is more
than under any other treasurer by great
deal, and instead of decreasing is constant
~ increasing. There IS also rank favor
itism there"
rs II true that Bob Wilson is trying 70
get evidence to impeach the county com
missioners?'
II have been so informed" replied Mr..
Heaton. II was advised Immediately af-
ter HIS dismissal from the treasurer's Of
fee that he intended TO make the attempt.
Information from different quarters Of
the county has recently come to me that
he and some OF his associates are going
about quietly trying TO secure evidence OF
mal-foasance in office on the part Of all
Of the commissioners. The commissioners
court any Investigation Of their doings
and are only too willing 20 have Mr.. VII
son on their trail so long as he don't bring
any expense bill against the county"
have you arrested for travelling on
pass"
Il have been told that he is I heard
Mr.. Barnes ask Commissioner Nickerson
on the witness stand whether he did not
ride TO North Bend IN July on a pass to
which Mr.. Nickerson replied No / have
no doubt that Mr.. Wilson is making his
best efforts 10 secure proof that We do ride
on passes. / am willing that he shall
proceed"
An investigation OF the constitution on
the subject reveals that. while there is n
provision that no official shall ride on
passes. yet IL is added that In order TO
make this operative the legislature must
pass a law on the subject. No such leg
islatiop has been discovered. so the pro-
vision is imperative. 1t viii be recalled
that when there was a fight on this same
question after the last legislature John r.
Rogers. tho Popuiist representative from
Puyallup. and l. T.. RAIDER. of Tacoma.
attempted 10 Justify riding on passes and
charging the state mileage IT the same
time