The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-10
OFFICERS SWORN IN
Commissioner SeaIock Is
Elected Chairman.
IN PLACE OF WILSON
County Printing Is Let But No
Contract Is Signed.

The new county officers, or rather the oIo
ones. took their respective places and hied
new bonds with the county commissioners
Yesterday There is not a new man IN the
list; all are beginning the second term
consequently there was not as much IN
terest connected with the business OF
swearing in and routing the old ones out as
there might have been had the Republicans
been given their way about it last faE.
Those sworn in yesterday, together Win
their bonds and sureties, are as follows;
P. L. Arnett, district clerk. Bond $4,000,
signed by ]. X Brown, James flaming
Henry Smith, c. r. Fulton, G. Scott and
Emma Goodyear as suretie9.
L y. Haymaker, probate judge. Bond
50. 600, with allie Haymaker and ]. n.
Moore as sureties.
5. B. Amidon, county attorney. Bond ST.,
O00 A. n. Wallace, ]. NJ. Moore, A. B.
Noyes. sureties.
]. V. Colville, county superintendent.
Bond $1,000. Sureties, D. NJ. Main and S.
- Miller.
Deacon Wilson, as county commissioner,
filed a temporary bond OF $500. He will
present another, with different sureties,
men among his neighbors, in a few days.
The board of county commissioners met
yesterday and organized. They approved
the new bonds and transacted great deal
of other business. D. T. Seatock, of the
east district, was made chairman of the
board.
The most important matter to occupy the
attention of the board was the awarding
Of the contract for printing for the coming
year. 1t was presumed that Deacon vii
son would make a great kick against B..
E. Kies, but matters entered into the ar
rangement which seemed to soothe Mr..
Wilson and he uttered not a protest. The
contract was awarded to Kies, and the
Commoner was again made the official or
gan, without entering into a contract TO
divide, as has been the case heretofore.
However, Mr.. Kies, aiming to be liberal,
sent to the commissioners, with his bid
for the printing, the following letter:
Wichita, Kan, Jan. 3, 1899.
To the Board of County Commissioners,
Sedgwick County:
If the Commoner IS made the official pa
per of Sedgwick county, will pay As per
cent of the receipts for publishing both
tax lists TO the owners or managers OF the
Democratic paper or papers of Sedgwick
county, as may be requested by the Demo-
cratic central committee of the county
B. Z. KIES.
The commissioners take it that this
means that some other paper may get q
crack at the spoils.
The Commoner's bid was the only one
submitted, and in substance is as follows:
FuE legal rate for tax business, such as
delinquent tax lists, notices of tax deeds,
ETC.; one-half of legal rate for printing
quarterly report of county treasurer and
itemized expenditures of the board of
commissioners, and small legagl notices
free. All JOB work current rate, same as
heretofore.
In relation to the patronage of the coun-
ty, one of the commissioners said: IN
asmuch as the Populists cast twice as
many votes as the Democrats, think that
at least two-thirds or more of the patron
age dispensed should go to Populists. The
Democrats and Democratic papers have
already got more than they were entitled
TO- and without any particular effort on
their part. Forty-five per cent of the
county printing has been absolutely given
to Democratic newspapers that have not
done any OF the work and earned very lit
tie Of the glory Of the campaigns. I am
in for giving the Populists their share of
the patronage"
The commissioners allowed $500 for an
assistant prosecuting attorney for Mr..
Amidon and he will be allowed to Goose
his own assistant.
The board adjourned until next Saturday.
without making any appointments.