Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-09-28

Nf. Joseph 4. Scott. eaitar nf the
Occur d'Aiene Press, fusion candidate
Tor the legislature and asplrant Tor
register Of the United States land of
lice at Coeurd 'Alcnc, fall things result
ns he hopes, In his issue Of September
End, 1900, says:
The chairman ~ the republican corniy cen
trul committee has had John ". Peters em-
ploycd TO expert The county records fur the
past two years and the said John Inns made
the startling discovery that one ~ y q, Sis
sm's hills has bccn allowed without being
aworn "a. Th. 4, all. aud the organ has space
for nothing elise In It's last lssuc,
Mr. Peters, .or anybody, did not
expert" the comfy records; the rec
ords were merely copied. They need
40 exporting" to disclose fusion
methods.
The Press and the local fusion organ
have been profase IN praise Of fusion
methods. and have been cudeayoring
"a convince their readers that the
present fusion oi,ieials are the acme uf
perfection. The Republican and Il
large number nf taxpayers have CON
tended otherwise, aud that. instead OF
being the ncmc Of perfection, fusion
oliicials were guilty of migrant Viola
lions Of statute law and supreme court
decisions, and that their methotls gen
orally We're lax and unbusincsslike, Ia
wiling suspicion that all was not right.
1his led Ia an Investigation, not mn
''cxperting" ~ some county records.
The result Of such Investigation eou.
strains tn. statement that II is moet
fortunate Tor the fusion officials that
10 exporting" al their books was had.
Here II what We have said that the
records do show, and We Challenge the
Press, Of any fnsionlst, IT, deny these
record facts:
They show that not only zone III \
s.>isson's bills ~ county commissioner
has ,sen allowed without being sworn
To-" ~ the Press says, but that every
hill allowed each of the three fusion
commissioners for services during their
entire administration has been allow =
nd without heiug either signed or
sworn to as required by law. that
these bills were not only not signed or
s1orn Ia. hut that the "cxpensc' lc-
counts among them We're not itcmized
according Ia Law aud in violation of
supreme court decisions. that many of
these hllis were never tiled and some
wcr. mt even signed hs the chairman
~ the hnard a. h.ing audited. all ~
which II IN plain violation ~ statute
Law, The records show that la one tn.
stane- al least, the chairman of the
fusion cuunts hrfd drew warrant
fur two hundred dollars fanr days be-
fnre he made o1t his account against
tn. e"anty; they further shos that
this worthy fasinn chairman charged
the county for .'tsari. an item which
fh. supreme court ~ Idaho has decid.
al 10 bc not prapcr at legal charge
against 4 county.
II has hcen inunsl tia, the hills II
tbs fusion county commissioners fuf
July. isri. for Witch Warrants Mere
drawn lea TIN Saln ef SiiSfs enell. and
Tor Janngr,, lsse, for wlaeh warrants
We're drawn In favor ~ A. y. Tucker
IN the sum IT sis..s ~ aud la iavnr Of
\. &, Sisson and l.. I. Rittemare la
the sum of sii1. - each. are not on iile
In tis~ ufiicc 81 the clerk 81 the fasioa
bsssrd Of county commissioner, ieaS-
ans the Inference that these warrants
were iss.ied without any authority at
all. The records shew TIM, the hill o,
J. Z. White, county surveyor, allowed
April IL, 1901, Ia the sum Of 81 4. 10.