The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-11-02
PAYMENT or WARRANTS.

PA YuENT or WARRANTS.
Mr.. Hull, county treasurer, charges
the former treasurers with indiscrim-
mate payment of county vouchers,
regardless of whether these were
taxes against the party on whom the
warrant was drawn. He also says
that Mr.. Eby was former attache
of the office. 1t has always been the
| custom of the office to withhold the
payment of warrants to persons hav-
ing taxes, unless the person had real
| estate.
The charge is absolutely false and
without foundation. However, Mr..
| Hull has found out that the delin-
Quent tax list is very voluminous,
requiring a good deal of time to go
| through it, and there is a possibility
| of overlooking a man. But it was a
practice closely followed. We could
name parties who bad warrants vary
ing from a few cents to $40 or $50
and more for jury fees, who got but
little cash out of their four or five
weeks term as jurors.
AS to the statement of balance of
county fund when Mr.. Hull went into
the office-the records will show that
the county fund was overdrawn as lie
says over 5000. There was a bal
ance in the county poor fund at the
same time of over SO, 900 which Mr..
Hull says nothing about. The board
of supervisors advised the treasurer
to Overdraw on the county fund near
ly the amount of balance in the poor
farm; so you see it was not so much
the treasurer as the board of super
visOrs who manage the finances of
your county. Go to the records for
facts and figures. We could have
taken this up long ago to defend our
selves but it looked so ridiculously
little that any man who will stop
and think about it a moment will see
that these charges are absurd and
without foundation.
In regard to the claims Mr.. Hull
makes in saving the county such
large sums of money, be it known
hat the treasurer stan Is in the same
relation with the county as the cashier
ICES to a bank, and the only way he
can save the bank anything is to do
his dnty, as prescribed by law, and
not run off with the funds.
ONE DENOCRATpS VIEWS.
The local democratic press and
speakers are devoting much time
and energy just now to the cOndam-
nation of the war in the Philippines,
or "red-handed MURDER" as some of
them chose to call it. We know OF
no better answer to their illogical
and unpatriOtic utterances than the
declarations recently made by Capt.
Heating of Co, F. Mr.. Heating, it
will be remembered, is a democrat
dyed in the wool,' as it we're, but
he is not narrow enough to SIN other
his patriotism to advance the chances
of office seekers. In a letter pub
Iished in the Saturday Globe in Aug
ust he made use of the following
words:
The war in the Philippines was
not Of our choosing, any more than
the negro question in our Civil War
in 186l-5. The latter war was state
rights, but before it ended the dark
man became very strong incident;
the Spanish-American war was for
'humany.' If, then, out of what has
been chaos, we bring blessing by the
sacrifice of the best we breed will
this war with the misguided Filipino
be one of righteousness or not? Pro-
viding war under any circumstances
is righteous, can it be maintained
that our nation could honorably re-
fused to have ratified the treaty
with Spain? If not, can any of our
political parties now, or at any time
since our troops landed in Manila,
withdraw our forces and the nation g
aid, turning these islands over to a
savage horde, led by unprincipled
men to become the prey of Europe?
1t Is said, and with high degree of
truth, that had the treaty been rat
flied by congress without so much
controversy, this war with the Fill
pinos would have been averted and
much innocent bloodshed on both
sides prevented. Yet, for every drop
of blood shed from this cause, it has
been duplicated by another from the
disturbing elements of our nation to-
day. The continued effort of some
state congressman for the return of
the volunteers when these same fell
lows used their best endeavors to get
these organizations here; infiamma-
tory newspaper articles; the declar-
atoms from the pulpit that the Lord
would stay we 'murderers' has done
more to prolong the struggle to the
detriment of the natives here than
through or from any other source or
channel.
"Now, my American brother, the
average volunteer soldier is quite as
familiar with his rights az you are,
and when be held up his hand a lit
tie over year ago and swore to fight
the enemies of his country on sea
and on land for the period of two
years, unless sooner discharged, -
etc.-H you hnd nythlng I'm the oath
that says during the war with Spain
or that Spain is mentioned. then
you will have discovered something
more than we could find. Why,
when we took the oath, ninety-nlne
out OF every hundred volunteers ex-
pected TO have to repel by force of
arms one or more European powers
other than Spain.
Inconsistency ard politicians,
thou art jewelsl Now. there is no
Question but that the volunteers
would BE glad TO return home; but
fnef want 70 come honorably aud not
g easlea pnrdersrs for following the