The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-20

Is q Republican. and Popuiists Are
Making IL Warm for. Him.

Whatcorn. Dec. 1s.-Special.-The Popu-
list colony in the county courthouse is not
an altogether happy family just now. and
N Tact, IL hasn't been entirely harmonious
Tor a long time Just az present. however,
t&efe Is great row on about the treaSur-
er's bond, the county clerk PopuIist hav-
Ing addressed a formal communication 70
the board OF county com nj sSiOners. two
OF whom are Popuiists stating that some
months ago he delivered the bond % the
county attorney. Popuiisr, for examina-
u0ns and that he has since beer uTable TO
obtain possession OF the document al
though he has made repeated demands for
It's return. The attorney declares that he
returned * long ago. Notwithstanding the
clerk written declaration that he 6idn't
Al any rate, the fact remains that the
BOND Is missing, and the question ~, what
Is going 10 be done about it. The bond is
for Si30,eo, and Is regarded as one Of the
strongest ever given in the county, the
surettes having qualified in the aggregate
for szco,up. Last spring a majority OF the
commissioners who were regarded as IN
friendly 10 Treasurer Purdy, a Republic
can. asked for an opinion from the attor-
ney as 10 the validity OF the bC nd. the
form Of the qualification OF the leading
surety having been questioned. Il was in
timated that the treasurer might even be
required 10 give new bond, waich would
have been no easy task then for any man.
The attorney. however, declared the bond
20 be all right from 4 legal standpoint,
and no action was taken regarding IL.
Since then IL seems TO nave mysteriously
disappeared. and although IL IS duly re-
corded, IL is said that Populist pressure IS
being brought to bear on the commission
ers 10 induce them To either demand
new bond or exact large additional secu-
rtty- In view OF the fac, that the present
bond is an exceptionally strong one and
"a fa1f N
urer either requirement would he mani
testify unfair al any time. and particularly
SO under existing conditions.
And there is another row on. not less In
teresting il less important. The treasurer
has from time TO time requested the COM
missioners TO furnish him suitable safe
In which 10 keep the county funds, but
they refused, or failed, to do so until after
the recent suspension OF the Beilingham
Bay National bank, in which the treasur-
er had $500 of county money deposited.
Since then the commissioners have pur-
chased for the treasurer's office fine
burglar proof safe, and no bank except
the suspended Bellingham Bay National
has dollar OF the county's money now.
a week or two ago the Champion, the
Official organ of the commissioners and
the PopuEsts, came out with the state
ment that the commissioners had not
granted the treasurer's earlier requests
AoA n safe brAdhsE ne tDll A1NAi AC "oA4A
have TO do business with the banks any
way, and would not agree 10 withdraw
his accounts and keep the money in his
office. even if a suitable SAFE was fur
nshed. The treasurer took this article 10
the commissioners and obtained from
them for publication a letter declaring IL
to be not only unauthorized but entirely
without foundation In fact. Now comes
the editor of the Champion with the en-
phatic declaration that he obtained his
authority for the statement from the
chairman OF the board himself.