Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-12-31
THEY SAY AU REVOIR.
Parting Words from Outgoing County
Officers.
TIE COUNTY ATTORNEYS OFFICE.
Official Records for the Var az
uiyen by incumb MS
Other Items.

l shpnt VI thu
who could not be seen by the NEWS
man yesterday, were found at their
posts today. All consented to saying
q few words, with the exception OF
Commissioner Roberts. VINO declined
- talk Tor publication.
| County Attorney Whit,emore, was
seen Just before the opening of court.
He was very busy, but when the news
gatherer made known his erraRd, he
taid;
81 have all the aft .irs OF my Office
In shnpe to turn over 10 my successor,
Mr.. Van Cott, next Monday at noon.
| have made Nh effort to dispose Of all
CT iminal busi ness, and have .uccseded
with the exception OF probably ten or
twelvs cusss that we prepared to try
hut were unable to do 30 from the fact
that Judge Hiles wac required to de-
vote the greater part OF the month In
holding court at Coalville.
ga report which 1 have recently
made to the nttorney-general OF the
State, as required ~ law, shows that
since state. God thefe have been 34i
ur'minal cases prosecuted by this
Office; OF THESE 222 were cases
In jgsuch's courts, an 224 were cases
IN 'ne district c0utt. ThiH report only
includes the criminal business OF the
uiiico up TO October 3lst, anu aince
then there have been approximately
about seventy.hve additional cases.
This would make over tour hundred
cases which have received the aiten-
ton OF this tfiice during the present
year. Besides this there have been q
nuinber OF civil suits brought against
the ctunty Involving tax questions,
and l have represented the county
and people In several cases in the SUI
preme court OF the State. From this
It, Is evident that the volume Of busi-
ness transacted by the county attor-
ney's Office OF this county Is greater
than all the remaining COUNTIES
In the State. In addition H. the
criminal business, the county attorney
acts as the legal adviser Of the board
OF county commissioners, and acts up.
on NIL claims anu petitions referred 10
him, ana also acts az the legal adviser
J Of the other county officers.
81 can assure you tat Il Will be n
relief TO lay down this burJen on Mon.
day nexi, and q satiafaction to have u
taken up by oae who IL as we'll QUAR-
fied Us Mr.. vanCott. While l have
been criticised quite severely Ia some
quarters for the course taken by me
III regard " The efforts that
have besn made to unearth the
iisaonesl and corrupt practices OF
a former county court, have no re.
grets nor EXCUSES TO Otror In that re-
gard, and II had IN Opportunity to go
over the whole matter again l should
not act any diffefently than I have.
While we may not have succeeded in
convlcting any Of the offenders before
u court and jury, feel that they stand
convicted before the people, which is
a court much more to DO feared by u
dishonest man than any other.
"At IL O'Clock midnight on Decsm-
Der 3lst, 1894, we began our efforts to
protect tue people OF this county
from the robberies that had been
perpttrated upon them by former
offic ais, and expect to be engaged In
that effort when the old year goes ont
anu the new one comes In. While q
great deal Of money has been used in
the efforts to run these criminals down,
/ feel that the great majority OF the
taxpayers will agree with me that 1t
Ia money well spent and that the baDe-
fits they will derive in the future " I'll
be- many times greater than the OK .
, penditure OF like amount OF money
. IN any other manner. The great bulk
OF the expense, however, was borne by
private subscription aud which the
taxpayers OF this county do not have
| to pay, uuless they voluntarily do 30. -
Attorney Whittemole ELS chief deputy,
ID. q. Eleanor, when seen was In the
act OF fling papers. In answer to q
query, no replied:
l ~ nj tria In Al 81
my duties oonscientiouely. l wish
my SUCCESSOR the best of success, and
! the name TO the entire county admins.
|, | traiioD."
Il Assistant County Attorney Fred
erick Garfield Waite was busy forming
} resolutions for the new year. His face
| wore n pleasant smile, when he said;
} 81 leave without regret and hope
my .uccessor, whoever hs may be, will
have as coruiai and pleasant relations
with all his brother Ulcers and those
individuals he may come in contact
with In the discharge OF his public
duties as / have had."
An effort to locate Assistant County
Attorney Harrington fall.
] County Clerk Sianton's office was
next visited. The affable clerk was
found looking up what the law allowed
Interpreters on mileage. Between q
few pufis OF smoke from bis famous
briar pipe, he spoke, in substance,
about as ioiiowt:
"In Ietirit & from the office OF coun.
" clerk my feeling 10 one Of entire
satisfaction. tempered only by the TT.
greet that the corps OF assistants who
r nave been SO loyal anu who have done
Salt Lake county such signal service
On nnot retain their loaitions.
Q SCI trust the rumor, to the effect tbs,
= my successor viii retain some OF these
4 pierRs, is true, because such sc'ion EN-.
: phssizes his ripe judgment, and is q
service TO tho bar OF this district which
: will DO fully appreciated.
"Ihe action OF The late Legislature
has made the duties OF the clerk very
$ onerouc, wbile tbs compensation II
r wholly inadequate, aud had the con-
! test 10 the general election been sus
I tanned should have resigned ths
o tiics.
HMy settlement with the treasurer
for the year will be made Decemhei
3lss and my yearly report submitted te
the board OF commissioners On Monds J
morning next. / feel Just pride II
tue manner in which the office Ia to
To transmitted {, the incoming clerk