Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-22
He Knew Better.

"Have you copy or the DlSpaCcn
that contained the last treasurer'S
statement? If so, did you notice how
much the general fund of the county
is overpaid? Three years ago when
Mr. Breasted went into office there was
ST., 900 to the credit of that fund. Do
you ever do any thinking?"
The above we take from the Herald
of last week, and upon it we desire to
offer few remarks in addition TO d
few offered by Commissioner .Hage-
man in another column.
AS matter OF fact we have never
found man who will go as far out of
his way to do man personal injury
or stray farther from the truth to aC-
cOmpliSh it, than the democratic
editor of the populist Herald.
This very fair individual says that
when Mr.. Breasted was elected COM
missioner there was ST., 1000 IN the
general fund which he knew was false
when he made it. Mr.. Breasted was
elected in the fall Of 1899 and the only
way Mr.. Tadlock could know The
amount of the money in the general
fund Of the treasury was by the treas
urerS statement made the last week
in October, 1899, which shows that in
stead of SIT 900 there was only Sl3,:
1927. SO. Now Mr.. Breasted did not be-
come a commissioner for three months
after that, and during that three
months, the old board sent S3,003 to
the fiscal agency to pay county bonds
to that amount. They. paid out Of
this amount in the general fund the
November election expenses which
amounted TO S680.35. They issued
county warrants at The January meet
ing before Mr.. Breasted was sworn in,
the sum of S4,906.28. They con-
tracted to pay Mr.. Thornton for eX-
pert services the sum of 81 ,3l8, before
Mr.. Breasted became a member OF the
board, and out Of this balance in the
general fund they donated $500, to
Bow Greek township for bridges.
Now if the reader will add these
several amounts together, he will IND
that it makes total of SO, 457. SO and
then il he will deduct this from the
balance as shown by the treaSurer'S
statement $13, S27.63 he will find that
it leaves a balance of 1870, which is
the amount of money that was on
hand when Mr.. Breasted was sworn in
as a commissioner, instead of ST, 900
as stated by the editor of the Herald.
Mr.. Tadlock has stated the amount
only $l4, 627, too high, which is great
deal closer to the truth than he usually
gets.
at the meeting of the board year
| ago last April an amount OF ST, 263. IA
was paid for guards and nurses in small
| pOx cases, and an equal amount has
| been paid since. The board has also
expended 5000 IA for permanent iron
| bridges and in most of the cases the
townships have paid one half the cost
hN.iH oh n
erS would be in the neighbOrhoOd of
twelve Thousand dollars for perma-
nent improvements since Mr.. Breasted
has been a commissioner.
| The county sinking fund owes the
general fund today S3,003. Which
leaves much more in,the general fund
! than there was before Mr.. Breasted
went on the board, all of which was
we'll known to Mr.. TadlOck when he
wrote the above.
Now, gentle reader, this is not all
Mr.. Hageman and Mr.. Veeh were both
members of the board when Mr. Bras
ted went on the board and have been
ever since, and during all of the three
years that Mr.. Breasted has been a
member Of the board there has never
been single appropriation of money
made when there was any division
OF vote between the three commission
erS, but every dollar that has ever
been paid has received the unanimous
vote of the board, and Mr.. Hageman
and Mr.. Veeh do not take the Herald s
insulting falSehOUd as any compile
ment to them.-DiSpatch.
Since Mr. Royce has seen fit to open
up the question of county funds and
how the expenses of the county have
been handled we are willing to discuss
the matter awhile with him. whether
he fathers his articles himself or in
duces his Fridays to stand responsible
for them.
So far as Hageman is concerned the
fact that he signed the article pre-
pared by Mr.. Royce does not make it
true, and the only matter of surprise
to us is, that he could be induced To
sign statement so weak and so silly
as To be the laughing-Stock even of the
republicans. Why the very idea that
there would be no taxes paid into the
treasury between the October state
ment and the January statement is SC
childish, so very silly that we are truly
sorry for Mr.. Hageman. lie no doubt
supposed the article was all right and
signed without reading it closely. But
as the article he signed is almost an
exact copy of the one produced above
we shall give it no further mention.
We have heard at least fifty men on
the streets and about town, wonder il
Mr.. Royce is fool enough to suppose