Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-11-02
HOT SPRINGS, SOUTH FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2 90
THIS Is "0FFICIAL. .
Relative to the County Treasurer's once
and Expenses Thereof.-No Yell
low Methods.

W.
II and Expenses Thereof-No Vel.
low Methods.
Archie Riordan evidently feels hurt
to think that he has been accused of
attempting to do w. r. Morgan an in
Justice by his statement to the public
which he was pleased to term 'sofficial,"
thereby giving it the apparent seal and
sanction of the official records. The
facts are, however, that it was garbled
report, the author inserting comments
of his own, and otherwise taking away
from it all soff1cial" claims it may have
had.
The STAR does not desire to do MIR.
Riordan any injustice in this matter,
and had given him credit for being q
fair man, but somehow his appoint
ment to the nomination for treasurer
by the democratic central committee
has so aroused him that he has become
desperate for the office and therefore
reckless in his methods to defeat Billy
Morgan. OF course all voters know
that some desperate move must be
maze to even get the people to consid
ering anybody besides Billy Morgan
for treasurer, and therefore the more
that Mr.. Morgan is accused
of while treasurer the better case Mr..
Riordan hopes to make. But look at
the facts. AT a glance, and without
giving the matter serious considera-
tion, one would Infer from Mr.. Rior-
dams statement that during Mr.. Nor
gan's term the running of the Office of
treasurer had cost Fall River county
S4,72O.2O. That is the ''total'' which
Mr.. Riordan gives in his .official" Cir
cular. 1t is of course not true. In
stead of those figures, if the taxpayer
will take Mr.. Riordan's own statement
and figure it out he will find that in
stead of that total Mr.. Morgan can
only be charged with $50 for clerk hire
for nearly two years-lacking only
three months of it-or total of $3.50
for all of the expenses of the treasur-
er's office for Mr.. Morgan's term-in-
stead of s4,7o2. 90 as Mr.. Riordan makes
it. The difference is to be charged to
t other accounts Tor which Mr.. Morgan
has nothing whatever to do, and Mr.
Riordan knew it when he signed his
, "of1icial" statement, and only added
those other items to scare the voters
and try to convince them that Mr..
Morgan was extravagant and that his
+, Office had cost the county s4,7o2.2o
= during his term. Now by taking into
account the figures above mentioned
we cannot concede that even those
items are correct, for among the mis-
leading statements is one like this:
sc. A. Grippen, deputy treasurer,
= five months salary not noted ip CON-
- missioners proceedings but found in
Auditors statement, $780,"
Like others in that "official" circular
that is untrue, and to test the sincerity
!. of candidate Riordan and his coachers
~ County Auditor Stanley authorizes US
: to say that he will give $40 to the Bryan
campaign fund or to the Catholic hos
!, pital in this city, if Mr.. Riordan viii
!. prove that the above statement is true
Here is chance for Mr.. Riordan tx
help out his party's campaign fund, o.
help along deserving institution O
/. our city. Prove that now, Mr.. Riordan
. or else admit that your statement isn't
= soficial" at all, but that on the con
!, = trary it is not true, and was only got
- = ten up to deceive the people into be
= ~ lieving that Billy Morgan was bleeding
- the county, and was therefore dishon
:, est. II that was not your purpose VIII.
= = did you mention such items as thos
- wherein the treasurer had paid s'trans
/. portation county poor, freight, express
,. and other cash expenses" when yo
could have easily ascertained, and Il
- fact knew, that it was an expense tina
- - Mr.. Morgan was not responsible To-
!. . but that no one could help? Why di
o you include such expenses as thos
!, - and claim that they were sRELAT1Na T
!. THE EXPENSES OF THE COUNTY TREAsul
ER's OFFICE" as you said in your circt
- lar, when in fact they were only item
q of the running expense Of the count!
and not of the treasurer's office? Yo
know that It would have been just 9
fair for you to have mentioned in you
ar soAacial" items great many others 4
el which Treasurer Morgan has paid OF
,e money. You failed to acharge" hil
III with all the money he has paid on
he There are lots Of s'items" that sho
mr. that the treasurer has paid out none
ar during the past two years-amountin
to thousands OF dollars-which
he would have been Just - fair for 70
10 include q some that you did. 70
may bid @ high Tor the once % 20
q Iplsass-ofEsr III the salary II Jon vi
De, but do not tzy 20 mislsad the peopl
- Into thinking that sBilly" Norean h