The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-04
The Office Of Town
Accountant.
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Clinton, March 8. The office of town
accountant is in jeopardy. If repub-
hcans win, March 6, by electing a Sc
tectman, one of two things will hap
pen TO, the, office. 1t will be abolished
altogether, if that is possible. If that
is not possible the selectmen will not
elect anybody to fill the office, and Nit
win remain vacant after the expra-
ton of the term of Charles H. Gentsch,
the incumbent.
The correspondent of The Spy has
received this information on excellent
authority.
The republican town committee. all
most to a man, regards the office of
town accountant as entirely supernu-
merary. S
A majority of the present democratic
committee are probably of the same
opinion. 1t is probable that an effort
VIII, be made to wipe the office off the
STATE, no matter which party wins.
MI. Gentsch submitted his first an
nual report today. This report does not
claim that the town accountant was
able to do work to the value of $500. On
the contrary, the report states that in
the. opinion of the town accountant it
VIII be possible to find work enough to
warrant the salary.
Mr.. GentSch believes that the ex-
penqiture will be fully warranted by
the results when the full work of the
Office can be. accomplished by the CO.
operation of the members gof all the
town boards with the town account
ant.
The report states that the town ac-
countant has examined and approved
In the neighborhood of 5000 bills. But
the report does not show that by tax
ing the audit of the bills from the
boards that contracted them, the office
has in any instance saved the town any
money.
On the contrary, the report saws:
While I have found many clerical err
rors, as well as in few Instances ille-
gal bills, / cannot say as a matter of
fact that the merchants or parties
selling goods to the town have over
charged it, or Intentionally tried to get
something for nothing"
In conclusion, the report promises
that in case the incumbent remains in
office for another year he will do more
work to earn the salary than he has in
the past year. 49, Y-s@F,
The feeling is pretty well settled in
the minds of most of the voters here
that the office of town accountant is a
mistake, the salary paid to maintain
such an office non-eXiStent.
The office. was created April 2, 1898. 1t
IS GAINED 1t was created especially for
Mr.. Gentsch to repay him for political
service especially rendered. This NAV
be only campaign lie; at any rate, the
feeling of even the men who advocated
the establishment of the place. is that
II has not demonstrated it's right to
exist.
There was a dramatic scene at the
re"'NAl meeting in the Methodist
church, last evening, when Miss Tena
~~-.aen use 70 deny that she had
been led into trap, when she was con-
verified by the preaching of ReviyaIist
Edward R. Leslie recently
Miss Robinson gained a hearing
about 8 O'CLOCK. when the testimonies
were being taken.
Things were quiet in the room when
she stod up. 1t had been whispered
that she was going TO say something
startling, and she did.
Miss Robinson was deepIv in earnest
She said Il feel it my duty to deny
in this public way that any trap was
set for me in this meeting ] know that
persons have been to my father with
the story that trap was set for me-
know that such a story has been told
about town. But it isn't true.
None of the girls here formed a plan
to entrap me. Neither was | persuad-
ed by Mr. Leslie. God told me TO do
whatH1 did, and nobody else When |
was Unitarian / did as near right as
knew how, But now l am a Christian
and was not trapped into being a Chiis-
tan" s
The young womans voice broke sew
eral times as she was speaking.
There was a. murmur in TIE church
for moment after Miss Robinson sat
down; then Evangelist Leslie re-
marked, That's the way the devil. gets
after them. Why do you know, in one
place where l held services, the devil
put it into the heads of some silly
people to say that i carried L powder
in my hands and sprinkled on the
people when l waved them So and
that when the powder touched per-
son it converted her.
As matter of fact, Miss Robinsun's
conversion has made as much talk in
town as anything that has happened
recently, outside of politics.
She has been a. Unitarian. When she
yielded underline influence of the evan
gelists preaching some of her young
friends, started the story that there was
conspiracy formed to get the young
woman to change her mind TIE thing
made a lot of talk, which Miss Robin
son endeayored to allay by saying that
her change of heart is direct from
heaven.
Miss Helen A. Brooks addressed the
Clinton Women's club on the subject
"Lohengrin and Tannhauser," in G. A.
r. han, this afternoon. Persons not
members of the club were admitted up
on payment of 20 cents good audi
ence was present. Miss Brooks proved
an interesting and a we'll informed
speaker. 7
John s. Russell, proprietor of the
Clinton house, was taken to the hospi-
tai. this morning, suffering from ap-
pendieitis. Following the operation,
which took place this afternoon, he is
dangerously i'll.
David B. Ingalls,, Rev. A. M. Osgood,