The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-12-11

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Bst hls res2srks Saturday evening n
those In tie two column article We have
freely g7Tsz hia the space 10 p7blish,
EhoE 20 paaiBly that his main obj-rs Il
10 satisfy . personal grievance against
ne that the people Ein not b. deceived
by It's unsupported assertions SatEr-
dlF evening he charged Us with keeping
Daneas Smith away fron the meeting
and rnhniGg Mr. Palme;er oct Of town
90 keep him frosn attending. He rsit-
crates this in his printed article and
makes EaGny other misstAienenis Let
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lie szys Mr.. BachteI s0li his warrants.
Amounting to 81 .l52 70 J. 7. Seott Tor
*57ss or 50 per eeEt- discount. This l.
not true and shows Mr. Clayton to Be
enEaged in malicious assertions he can
not pryye. We hold So in Beeht-4
warrants aRa never had % excel s2O
We paid oEsT 50 cents for them. He il
solAcitoss Tor the poor man Who took
warrants for work and had to sell at =
dise0an'- We have $l7s % in warrants
i=szsd 70 ua Tor printing furnished the
tOEn= yet Clayton saws sc shooId not
hare our IDoney FOR these warrants be-
eAHss ne bo1ght them for 80 cents. We
hold abo5t As many more for which We
paid oTsr 30 cents and viii freely shoE
the whole lot TO any citizen who wishes
10 look at them, thereby proving his
statement false. II i said that figures
won't lie; bat he has tuissed them in
this ease g
lie attempts TO figure ont how much
the holders Of the warrants will make If
the tOEn pays its honest debts with in
terest. It is not what some one paid
for the warrants; bat did the town is-
cue them, and are they legal? If 20,
they should be paid; if Illegal, let the
court decide that as We wished it TO do
with tie Flood warrants. II Illegal.
don't pay them; If legal they must he
paid or repudiaied- Mr. Clayton. ae-
eor,iing To his statement, wishes TO re
pudiate at least the interest. lie saws
10 over his own signature, but he con-
tradicts himself By saying all warrants
should be paid. II Mr. Sander holds
warrants he is entitled TO his money
when there il money to pay them in
their regular order: bat if he holds a
warrant issued In 1894 and Mr.. CLAYTON
should hold one Issued in 1891, Clayion's
should be paid 6rst: bat he szvs the
warrant Issued in 1894 should be paid
first il he can bay il a; discount. The
ordinance which he opposes simply
requires the treasurer to pay the oldest
warrant first and continue their pay
IHent in regular order. Ilhe can not do
this and the town Wishes to repndiat.
the interest on all warrants, We accept
the proposition without a murmur; bui
We do object TO the discrimination he
Notwithstanding fish of one warrant
holder and flesh Of another.
Another Of Clayton's miss,atements is
that referring to the action Of the roca
teIlo gentlemen regarding the act
which lac publishes in his statement
Iegalizing the acts Of The officers Of
Ceur d'Alene. Judge Keat introduced
That bill. as the legislative journal
shows, and had il passed for the pur-
pose Of preventing expensive litigation.
IT simply legalizes the charter-iuopr-
Toration-of the town aid legalizes the
acts OF its officers. II this is not in the
interest OF the people He Iail to see Ehv
We Published the petition and oriin- |
anee and give those who signed the
former credit for sense enough 10 know I
what they signed. We did not ask
trustee to circulate the petition AMI. IN 4