The state herald., 1902-01-24

The Holyoks Rspubltan ssems very
much agitstsd because y HEsALp in
mentioning the transfer * TulE aolnty
trsasursrs Office BY n. N. McPb1frin to
8. a. johnson his sucoe1sor, incidsntly
mentioned the fact thatehs funds In the
county treasury amount y to $1,000 but
failed to inform it's rsadprs that part Of
thus money ~suld be - out by the
county Oh county warasts in the near
future which when ~ psid cut would
according TO the Rspuslicans estimate
still lsavs in The county trsas-
ury slo.O63.8s. There certainly ~ss not
even an ins,nuat,on o. 10 part Of the
HERALD that it va attempting 70 give
= ssmi-annusl statsmstt toi the ansness
Of the county slthouRh one hes been due
sinoa the 6rst sf July Js... The HsR.
AID simply mentioned the amount Of
money in the county treasury on Jan, l,
that the people might congratulate
themselves on knowing that the county
had 90 much moley. The HERALD,
knowing that the pIopIe OF tho county
are we'll enough pquainted with the
workings Of the oqunty treasursr's Of
dee to know that { ie amount Of money
IN the treasury is CONSTANTLY charging
from day to day, did not think it nscss-
sary To warn its rssdsrs aaainst the mis-.
take Of oonoludinsthat because it re-
ported $4,000 in the treasury on the
first day Of the yer, 1t msnt them to un-
derstand that thsD would bs the same
anonnt in the treasury during the rs-
naming days Of tie year. Bat while
there was no danger OF the people max
ing such q u,ssaks, the Republican
essms to have don %. The Republican
claims slso thst tas schools Of tho ooun.
ty are drawing havily upon the county
treasury every month. That 10 fully un-
dsrstood BY evsV one but as the Rspub-
lican saw 6t TO sstsr into dstails in this
matter. 1t should not have forgotten to
inform its rssden that tho entire tax Of
1901, ei5yu0o. is sow due and payable aud
the prssumptioS Is that q little money
will BE- paid lnts the treasury from this
source before II is entirely emptied. As
long - Bro Zinsg has ssss 6t to 20 into
details on this most interesting question
il may be interesting to him to have a
few more figures. In our statement last
sesk We did not pretend to say what
amount Of money bad been in the treas,
ury or would be In the treasury on any
other day except Jan. l, 1902. We have
since secured some figures on the year
1901 and fud that the average amount
Of morey 10 the county treasury on de-
posit with the bank for that yenr Was
ei0,900. While $4,000 10 a right nice
little sum Of money for country ban K
10 have on deposlt at 40! gwen time II
the year 30 Is el0.900 night nice little
average deposit Of county funds. We
fail 70 understand hos the HERALD
statement Of last week could pinch Bro.
ZingR or anyone elss, for thst matter.
Bankers ordinarily make no secret Of
the fact that the deposit Of the county
funds 10 . matter OF sufficient importance
to them to justify them In making quite
an effort TO sscure II. 1t 10 commenda-
BILE n nswspspsr 70 rush 10 the rescue
Of friends political Of stbsrwiss o. TO the
rescue Of the people vhsu come wrong IL
being psrpstrs'sd upop them bat 1t is
dsoidsdiy foolish for Bro. ZingR 70 make
10 much noise sbout wrongs that exist
only 10 bis excited imas,nstiop.