Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-03-01
~,.EmABLK FUSION RECORD.


complete control OF Affairs. az the be-
ginning OF 1899, the total net debt ~
the county was sl55, 1852. After two
years q! fusion m!s-,:!e, 8. the begin
ming Of 1901. we dnd that the total net
debt Is s2.0s7.777, showing an IN
..ruasr u $as, 13aa q,
This is u simple and plain statement
If fact, which no amount Of Juggling
with figures caa deny or misconstrue,
and II speaks volumes In condemna-
ton Of the methods which have been
In vogue during the past two years.
During this time the net amount OF
outstanding warrants has been In
creased from sle.7b5.b2 To ss2,2s7.7a,
That liz, at the beginning OF 1890 the
amount 1T outstanding warrants for
the redemption OF which there was no
money la the county treasury was less
i,y SIS. 3D. ss.. &c than 1t was at the begin
ming VI the present year. e26, l32. %
represents the net amount Of indebt-
s.s.nsS which the customers have ere
ated during two years Of their misrule,
while go, $50. 20 represents the amount
III the deficit during those two years.
This Is the fusion record In koo-
tcnai county.
And this increase Of Indebtedness Ia
not due TO a corresponding decrease,
ur any decrease. I'm the total revenue
!or these years. In fact, the receipts
III tie county we're greater during this
,~ri,s than ever before In the history
III the county.
This dcplorabIe record IL plainly
lie result II mlsmanagement and In
competency on the part Of those who
have been administering county al
fairs during the past two years.
This record Ii the more reprehcnsi-
bile and inexcusable because conditions
were most favorable when the fusion
ers took the reins Ut government into
Their hands. After period Of awful
depression under the Cleveland adj
ninistration the country was begin
ming 10 experience an unprecedented
revival In all the lines Of industry,
which has since made the Mckin-
10y administration famous the world
over. A "A result Of this revival war
rants Of the county went up To par
aud the list ~ delinquent taxes was
very materially decreased, and any
good business man viii readily under
stand the advantage thus gained In
The management ~ county finances.
hut In xpite III these most favorable
circumstances the customers have been
plunging the county into debt at a
rate. unprecedented In the history OF
old kootenai or any other county IN
this state.
la the face ~ facts established b,
the foregoing statements. which are
incuntroycrtihle. II should not be ne
rcssary To contradict the child-llke IN
sion fallacy that warrants Of the
county went up Ia par because thu
management ~ affairs had paused
lnto fusion hands, These warrants
Mere selling at par before the fusion
ers had gained control, and they have
remained So In spite " fusion mIsman
ag~meut, because Mckinley prosper
" has brought about n condition II
The financial world which has forced
capital iuto keen competition In tn,
held III Investment The facts show
that The county debt has been enor
uiuusly Increased during the past tw,
Years, and In the face III such facts II
IL n,ust ridiculous To even attempt I.
assume that such acknowledgement
should enhance the value Of the coan
ty's paper. |, wauld he Just rs reason
able to Nay that a business mans IN
per IL enhancing IN value hccaasc II l
known that he Is plunging headlon,
argument in tho late eampaign'
A reduction VI taxss Was anothe
failary To which the customers Clun,
with tsnaeity horn ~ despair /,
the late campaign. aud IN support o
This nRNt ridiculous statement the,
mustered all Of the deceit aud trick
cry knaap Ia the unscrupulous am
sie9enerat-d ward heeler. They be-
san nv lying ahoat the financial con
fiitian ii the county, and IN lend cole
ia tii-se Measurements they attemp,
al "a withhold facts from the taxpsy
en. Like thief In the night the,
irsnlsted misleading statement
abat the financial condition OF tn
eoan,y, and violated the law In with
holding ot,,cial statements until afte
election, that their deception Nigh
not be discovered before the people o
The county passed final Dudgmen,
An honorable course would have COZ
sinced the Taxpayers that their take
could not t'e reduced while the rev,
nue. was insufficient 10 meet currer