Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-02-13
SOME COUNTY HISTORY
CContinned From First Pagol

On the principle Of you scratch
M back and III scratch yours" it
may be that his silence as to the
amount OF treasurers compensation
and tacit efforts as clerk to the
auditors to have the present treas.
urer's compensation increased was
in return for the favor shown by
the ex clerk just as he was retiring
from his Office in ordering a supply
Of stationery for the court house
for the next three years.
George Swepeniser, be it remeu-
bered, ostensibly forsook his natural
political party about nine years ago
to seek the position of commission
ers' clerk at salary of $40O per
year under a democratic board, but
rapidly convinced his employers
that he was worth more, ami, in a
short period got the salary.advauced
to five hundred dollars per year and
received that amount until he
stepped across the hall in the treas
urer's office, to which he had been
elected practically without opposi-
ton or expense That Office was
not lucrative enough for one of his
political ability and with the back
ing Of the powers that were, and
who are trying hard to regain their
supremacy, he appeared in person
before a joint meeting of the COM
missioners and auditors to plead his
own case for increased pay. How
well he succeeded is shown by the
fact that be won the majority of
the commissioners over to the
figures insisted on by the auditors
and will thus receive one quarter
more than his predecessor for a
similar amount of work. This
piece of work was a victory for the
gang" whose slate was otherwise
badly wrecked, and VIII be used by
them to discredit the motives Of
the board of commissioners as now
constituted.
These figures show that G. f.
Rowland as treasurer, without any
warrant in law, took from the mu-
inequalities i've per cent of the
license moneys due them-in the
whole S1Os, $42 of which belongs to
the borough Of Milford, and in this
connection it may be proper to
remind the people that the present
treasurer and the aforesaid "smart
est young man" were both memb bers
of the town council OF the borough
of Milford and suffered this unlaw.
full deduction without a protest. II
may not be too late yet for the proper
authorities to recover from Mr.
Rowland these moneys illegally
withheld by him and appropriated
to his own use Was it this money
that was so lavishly sent out of the
state during settlement week foI
bottled refreshments to sustain the
nerve of our overworked officers2
The interruption in the program
of the little clique Of politicians thai
have to an extent dominated the
elections and appointments for a
brief period, has brought results ia
other channels. if not in the matter
of treasurer's commissions. Ticket.
for the February elections cost jusl
| about thirty per cent less this yeal
than last pads that 'the smartesi
yonng man in Pike county" thought
worth twenty dollars TO the count,
we're offered by others for clever
dollars, nearly 100 per cent less
just what saving the present board
could have made On their Other
stationery, 50 literally ordered foi
them by the out going board with.
out advertising for bids, can no
at present be estimated, but il may
be safe 30 place it anywhere between
the thirty ana one hundred pei
cent, if they had been permitted {,
bargain for their own supplies.
This little coterie Of self oonsti
tuted political bosses, whose head
quarters have been the south cornei
Of the court house, has worked har
m0niously in aiding and abettinl
each other ia rakinR the public bin
TO an extent 3isgraceful to any com
munity or spells polificians. The,
got a well merited set back last fail
but they "dis tough" and win nee,
constant watching. They dishono
the name Democrat. and thef
+ methods menace the supremacy d
the party IN the county They havl
been aattered by the name Of '.Litti
Tammany but their percentagI
of rakinss. would pnt 1ammony Il
blush and make The great politics
4 organization feel like two cents, an.