The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-02


The Herald began the series of dis
closures in the matter of the county
commissioners business methods. No
candid person will attempt to say
that The Herald has not made good
its assertions from the public records.
No defense has been made. A de-
Tense was attempted-an attempt that
misrepresented facts and figures in a
most outrageous manner.
The Herald dared the papers making
such statements to prove them. 1t
has asked the papers to say whether
they were misled or were endeavoring
to mislead when they made the false
claims and quoted figures wholly false.
The journals have maintained a dis
Greet silence. Their attempted de-
Tense was worse than nothing.
ADDRESS TO VOTERS.
The people of the county have taken
up the agitation.
The address to voters referred to in
yesterdays Herald is being circulated
and is as follows:
To the voters of Weber county ir-
respective. of party affiliation:
Your attention is hereby called to
the following indisputable facts and
figures:
First: We are the heaviest taxed
county in the state, and have
bonded Indebtedness of S150,00O.
Second: The present county COM
missioners have set aside the law
limiting and prescribing their duties,
and have been law unto themselves,
in that they have issued, and now
have outstanding, notes to the amount
of S42, 500 for which the law makes no
provision. OF this amount County
Treasurer John A. Boyle states that
-$32, 800 have not passed through his
hands, at the same time he is the
only lawful custodian of county
money.
Third: This money when borrowed
was left with certain bank in Ogden
City which by agreement with the
county board, and without any
authority of law therefor has been
authorized to take up county war
rants issued on the treasurer and, as
acknowledged by them, to hold the
same as collateral security for the
payment of the said notes. In other
words this august body composed of
three Republicans has arrogated to
itself the power, and that too in di-
rect violation of law, to constitute the
said bank the subtreasury of Weber
county, ignoring and setting aside the
regularly elected treasurer of the
county. The bank in question gave
no bonds in this transaction and so
far as responsibility, to the county is
concerned gave no guarantee what
ever. If this can be done with a
bank which is not under bonds to
the county it can be done with any
private citizen. and where is the
county's protection?
By the above proceeding the county
has negotiable paper outstanding to
include the registered warrants which
amount to $4,000 more As no party
but the treasurer of the county is
authorized to cancel any of these war
rants, you can readily see what a door
has been opened to Doodle and fraud.
The Republican party by nominating
two of the present board for re-elec-
ton has placed the highest indorse-
ment possible upon their official acts
and is now assuming the responsibility
thereof.
Fourth: The present Republican
county commissioners have not only
lavishly and eXtravagantly expended
the revenues of the previous year, but
have so far plunged the county into
debt that it will require every dollar
of this years taxes and several thou
sand dollars besides to pay the in
debtedness incurred by them, thus
leaving the county worse than penni-
less until the taxes of another year
are collected.
These facts have been the subject Of |
public comment in the papers for some |
time past and so far not one of them |
has been denied by any of the county |
Voters, do you endorse these illegal |
and outrageous proceedings, and the |
party that sustainS and indorses such |
men for public office? If not, vote the |
rooster straight and thus place the |
seal Of your condemnation upon these |
proceedings.