The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1900-07-07
This order was made Ian. 10,

Of the board of county
commissioners resolved to apply
the headsman's ak to resolutions
made by them in January, so the
following resolution was passed on
the nth Of that month:
son motion it is hereby ordered
that the order heretofore made al. |
lowing the assessor and tax col
lector assistance in his Office for
the ensuing year be and the same
is hereby revoked"
This little order, although short
and simple in form, was far reach
ing in its effect, for it proved to be
the rock on which the republican
party Of the county first lost its
anchorage, Commissioners Clark
and Quarles favoring the resolution
while Commissioner Ellis, Ryan
and his friends opposed it. At
special meeting Of the old board
held on Jan. 81, 1894, just before
the expiration of their term of
Office Ryan, accompanied by his
attorney, c. L. Hoffman, appear
ed before the board and made a
demand for the 900 allowed at
January meeting for clerical assist
ance. The following order tells
the story, Mr.. Clark being in the
east at the time Of this meeting:
"Monday, Dec. 81, 1894
"A communication being on file
from VIM. Ryan, assessor and tax
collector for Kootenai county,
Idaho, asking the board to instruct
the auditor to issue warrant for
the sum Of 81, 900 for clerical as
sistance in his office for the year
1894, as per order Of the board
made at its January meeting and
afterwards revoked at the April
meeting of the board, was. at this
time taken up, and it appearing
that the board could not agree as
to the legality of the charge and
whether said sum Of $1,000 should
be allowed as aforesaid, and the
vote being called, Geo. E. Ellis
voted to allow said claim and I.
P. Quarles voted against it,"
Clerical assistance for an asses
sor was unknown until Mr.. Ryan
was installed in Office and no as
SCISSOR since has ever attempted to
have it paid by the county, the
constitution of the state clearly
prohibiting it. Mr.. Ryan drew
$500 in 1893 and made strenu-
Gus effort to draw $4,000 in 1894
for services as assessor and tax
collector, but now he thinks that
$4,000 is an exorbitant salary when
the work in the Office is three fold
greater than it was when he held
the Office.
Ryan may be good hand in
packing convention, but as a
platform builder he is a total
failure.
BRYAN AND STEVENSON will
make strong ticket, perhaps as
strong as could be selected. Per-
sonally THE SILVER BLADE would
have preferred Bryan and Towne,
or Bryan and some New York
democrat who could unite the
party in the Empire state. Stew
enson has a clean political record
and is immensely popular with the
laboring classes throughout the
nation. 1t was largely through his
influence that Illinois was carried
for democracy in 1892, and with
his nomination it becomes doubt
full state this year. In declining
the nomination of vice-president
by his own party, Mr.. Towne shows
he is actuated solely by principle.
In 1895 the republican party pro-
fessed to he for international bimet.
allism, which it pledged itself to pro-
mote, and prior to that it pretended
to he for the coinage and use Of both
metals as standard money. Never
until this yeai has it uneQuivocally
committed itself to the gold standard
But while the party leaders have for
the tirst time found courage to openly
commit the party to gold mr. monet.
alliSM, they have been for The vuld