The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-06

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IL tsz@ Post-1r1eS@sgznc<-. In gzsch !. rzs
bed taz< Understanding compass are pay
s14. o. 1s-zrEe z3c are not regxsre5 - -
registered ard pad s1e same a. xz.rsa-s.
On gznazry = lsx. ire sa.eres. % sss7 -
eo@ds u the oo1n-y q Spokane ssti ese.
George As1xs1r. &c Focs-x- treasurer.
ssox re position thz1 a. cy.a.xae.zE
cosnsy warrants tosk Dreesdsnce sn ys-s
% s@ynen- 20 tse isr-srsst or tneae bends.
ard REVISED - ,ay s1En Interest This pc-
stbo- xzs taken sy ese PoDafAx. frezsEre-
DISCRIMINATING ire fat that The county
attorney. coso1es gehn ". FeAgnan. lad
given rim written op.nsoE 20 the effect
a. r1rrz1fs sn< EoTvs-ass ao6sng the fact
ta@s s9es treasurer had . sumcsen.
srsognf o. money la nls hands 70 pay s3cs
interest IEzNz2cn r1s ncn-SzyEenl cs
the lntsreE wcsXl1 aS1rf css credit and
gssDt name % TIE co9n-y, eosns Eve or SIX
Eeoc cstsz<ns. xn5 are Tot P0-2@lars.
oGeght The interest coupons which Treas
Nrer II 111e1t had refused 20 pay. ard en-
ssSys1 Bake x Post a. their attorneys
and D-oaght . suit 10 ens name Of tas
Spokane 4 Eastsrn Trsz. Company
against ire treasurer. zrs1 after q trial BE-
fore Judge Moore orszsn-1 a persnpEory
art & mandate Epon @1e treasurer 70 pay
Gxco sat1-ess. M Midget; ID nos take Al
srg@ai "a tHa. case but paid the interest
SHORTY Afterwards q processing by ray
% 1naE1srnzx s'as commenced By one g. A
&azson lyesr correspondent L. unable %
n1e o2t VITO Mr.. Mansox isl zgasns< Lr.
d S1xefe. In this new proceeding u wzs az
lsse1 ~ petition that Mr. Manson was the
nc-3sr ~ che or more xarrzntE against the
general county fund ard that the treas
sFs- lad money * aas hand. 20 pay sna
Fs~~ rGf n ar H. Asz&a
as treasurer. answered IA sais case by set
ting up that al the money be had Il bis
Sossesssoo was applicable 20 the paynen.
O. interest On county SozSs and that the
payment % sueh in.srezT should precede.
under the aaw. ne payment % any war
rant a PopsIssr lawyer was employed Tor
she 3iaAEtiE and another P0palisE lawyer
= AZ employed by TIE Defendant. and the
case Nas hears By shs Popalist Judge
JeHse Arthur. Ar appeal was p-or rs1y
taken ir this case 20 the supreme court.
and decision vas handed 5oxn by that
eo2ri sustaining Judge Mco-@'s decision IN
tie case broszs, by RE Spokane & Ess.-
err Truss Company. hoksfng that said IN
tsrest vas payable before any war-an. out
e tae general county fund
II - evident that shs suit brought By Mr.
IanzeD a friendly suit sometimes
called coi.us.ve sEs. hrougn. al the In
zfiga-lon Of the county treasurer. II be
f~Stsg s~1s@FeC rGat g WAS hss duty Dot 20
pay RE interest ahead Of warrant. as re-
psase6ly stated by him Through the press
Esy I'd he 10; take an appeal 10 the su-
preras cour> from the decision % Judge
Ioors7 Bur instead Of doing this neT
case Is Instituted and engineered through
q Popgas;se route with the evident expec-
tSt!on OF having n. case SO presented 70
the supreme court as 20 secure. II possible
reversal o. the decision tr the FRS. case
hsntse down by Judge Moore.
aa~- Mutgett has syiGeniiy discovered By
iais time that there Is no PopuHsfsc chan
nsi BY which the Law can be sva9ed No
doab, 4 few warrant buyers were disap-
pointed when NJ M1dxet; fate. 70 appiy
the money IN the county treasury 10 the
payment 81 warrants In order 70 favor
this class he teopardsze1 the credit OF the
eoarfy by refusing 70 pay ire fnteres. on
rs bonds when due. This refusal has put
TIE county n considerable expense In costs
FOR two lawsuits. IN both OF which he has
been beaten. As soon as II was announced
ffzt The county treasurer tad refused 10
pay the interest the price OF county war
rants, which had previously been az par.
fell 20 less than 30 cents on the dollar.
causing a loss 20 BE- sustained by every
person In Attendance upon Jury By rea-
son q this oae act. By 1isregariing the
advsce % the cCBr'y's legal adviser he has
caused the people 81 this county 20 lose
Thousands OF So.is-~