Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-09-07
RECORD ttGIs.

"Ail other offices are but mere safe
!.tes revolving around luminous
body" This quotation il from an ar
ticie which appeared 10 last weeks Is
sue OF the local fusion organ, and re-
fcrs to the county auditor and record
cr's oiflce. The article In question isl
u studied effort at Misrepresentation OF
facts, and this reference 10 that ONCE
il an apt Illustration ~ the attempt at
such misrepresentation.
From that article IL would appear
that the fusion organ has undertaken
The hcrculcan task of holding the rel
publican party responsible for all of
koolenai eouuty's Indebtedness and,
with this object in view, Is attempting
% prepare its readers for what is tb
follow by trying To make them belicve
IS the "whole thing" According this
view the republicans would have been
IN complete control OF affairs In tn Is
county for the Il years next precc dItg
the date upon which Tie present M
sion administration came into pnwer
because during the whole of that per-
riod the incumbent of the auditor and
recorders oillee wis republican.
In view of the record mahe by the
present board OF commissioners during
the past one and one.h half years. the
organs inslnuation Is 4 severe rellac.
ton ON Jno, L. Callahan, the present
county auditor, hnt IL NJ doubt rea-
soua that some one viii have 10 be n ~.
rii,cod IN the present emergency and,
since silver republicans have PROV On
excellent eat SPANS for various derho.
cratic purposes In the past, why shohld
u silver republican he spared IN this
lnstanceY
nut the taxpayers know thing or
two, among which Is the fact that the
heard OF county commissioners and not
the auditor and recorder are the GUAR.
dlans of thr peoples Affairs. The du'
ties aud responsibilities of count,
commissioners are quite we'll unlicr
stood by the average taxpayer aud
need not be enumerated here Ia estah,
fish That fact, suffice Ia say that II
Is they who are responsible for tn,
manner IN which the public fnnd4 are
expended.
According to the fusion organs the.
nry the republicans Mere in conn lct,
control OF Affairs Ia this county from
lss5 Ia lsvl. when In truth aud in fac,
they were Ia complete control fof onl,
four years dnring that period, and In,
cuunty reoordN will bear us oui Nh tbs
statement. The records show that
FROM Januaty .>Si a. 1881. John Rus
sell and George l. Wannacott. Nv,
democrats, were members ef the roun
Is heard: from iss7 t. 1851, John Rus
sell. Laaie t.ee and John fernan, thre,
democrats. composed the county lpar,l
from iss9 "a ls9l, Charles Lear, iuht
Ternan and George Ellis. two hemp
Gratis and one republican were 6 cunt,
commissioners. from 1891 Ia lshl. 4
l.. Daggett, ". J. i1llag and :. |.
Nmlth, two democrats and one fcpue
lean, were commissioners fro h lsst
10. iss.i, there WAS a full republican
ht,ard, aud likewise from i>9j L 1897
from lssf io tN,h, the county ltoars
was composed OF one republics IN. on
silver republican and ono demd -popu
list. IL aill thus is seen that the r.
paesieans were In complete enntro
only four during the IL years, aud TN
democrats 10 ~ the II years
The fusion organ IS also hratin
aes'ut the ! he bonded Indebtedness d