Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-06-24
TI,at Judge Terrell hss been a dupe

That Judge Terrell has been dup
q Designing partIes 10 one can doubt
Tne rnhditk.n. uaIrr whirh pubi'
bgslness are trausacted at the enuT'
house are very primitive There i re
regular form fDr making out biiis,
ftemized and ssoru to. a. i the rule
in the city and state departments
Examination of the bills allowed at
the June term sboss that they are
br. ught in on all sorts d paper scraps,
ofteu uU; even dIteI 0ritel1iz-l- and
in MOS: cases not stating who ordeted
the service. or what occasion required
it
One of the 6rst stepS u thS present.
county court NaS 70 Drder about $40
worts II IithogrAphe7 o1ice station
arr. frun -. L,IuiS. at $50 per thS1-
slnd. aud 80 wnrth for one Office /
that fort txo years before had u~' d
aboui sle worth, printed here at Sa-
len. Tben came the $3.50 exporting |
10. which we are prepared u show
DID not reveal the vital matters Of
extra fees, and never recovered a
pso1y f0i the county. Next the court
gave the Statesman a 500 grab for
printing the delinquent tax list.
clear steal u from 800 to $500.
The court hpuse 10, OF $500, came
next, and heavy payment on the
first 81 the series Of contracts To cut
down bills and fIl upquagmires. The
people generally are rot opposed to
puDlic Improvements. The JOURNAL
has always taken the briad ground
that any necessary public improve
ment IL th- NANCY j. h'1s-tly eX- L
pended j. 1 pIblsc benefit. giving |
employment % labor. Bg: when large
sums are expended when there Is no
money in sight 10 pay with, and jobs {
are let without bids, or bids taken I
in such a manner that they are
looked upon as a mere farce,
the bills paid IN such an irregular
manner as 10 require to be tampered I
with, and the records ordered doc
tOred up and the transactions sought
to be suppressed from all publicity, {
there is Niger In the wOOdpile. 1t I
il time 10 stop all such transactions {
II the reputation for common busi- !
ness honesty in this community is
not to he entirely destroyed and a t
reign OF flawlessness and anarchy inau- I
gurated. II is pretty we'll understood
how and why some people are o
enjoying the benefit or dis Y
grace Of these usufructuary r
contracts. But that does not bind
the public 70 extension OF such a poll 9
ICY. The people need no more
object lessons by a public spendthrift e
10 convince them that they made a \
mistake at the polls. They will pay C
iearly enough IL the brake is put on o
low and kept on tight for the rest Of
Judge Terrell's term, IL be has any. a
What we wish TO emphasize over e
nd over is that expendlng $1,000 for 5,
xpert whitewash Is not business. a
Throwing newspaper a 500 sop to u
Ieep II on It's feet is not business. o
laying an eastern firm s4G0 for print "
NJ that could be as well done at 5,
Iome for 800 IL needed is burning fl
money 10 kill home industry. Making /
InSricts for elegant courthouse i'm
rovements with unlimited extras, y
nd doing II all in the dark, and not A
ven footing the bill To see II il is cor v
ect before il Is paid is proof conclus. cl
We that some one has lost his head iii
nd is committing blunders at public t.
Expense that amount In the aggregate n
D malfeasance, II not To crime