Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-03-30
A FEW SUGGESTIONS.

or r. The ty In tvos threes sevens mines larger
crowds citizens conggaed discuss this latest ~
they earnest The loud voices and the earnest anu
geent told the fact that the people were
In earnest when such matter Hecns the
Of every citizen Is hroached
The opinion ed Some were rank and and rampant
others were mild suggestive Some blamed the
whole universe counsd patience and the
that be but accused Some were or
measures mnge all the sympathy and ency thar
would permit had his opinion and expressed his own
heard the OH ReveW "oulo
The plan adopted by Pine for png the public treasury
was one of the cke we ever would almost invariably
cape The fact that successfully imposed upon least three
sets holders having them the best and
est business men public officials In the history the
civ proves which worked The council passed the
orders that had approved committee Orders tor
prepared the clerk and had his signature They were
en- the sign Having most Implicit
confidence In the clerk he signed hem just as other mayors oa 10
past lust like they do In other places just like they do In civil oan
zaons scarcely presiding officer of one the
city who examines the orders OF the secretaries 1o the
purpose detecting false bill entry The attention OF the otner
the matter when the bills up tor discussion
and the clerk secretary whose duties are pure
ly clerical and In whom confidence Is universally placed
Clever Alteration
when the orders had been signed by the some OF
the Transforming work done No con-
except the teller of the banks detected
The alterations the raising of amounts so mastery done that
easily No novice did that Even alter each nao
carefully the council the bad pointed out
surprise Hardly readers would have thought
any thing wrong about these ge and would have been easily
imposed upon were the city officials.
to
easy say the business city should
strictly that this would have been impossible Any
and how hard protection against such
manipulation record and documents h The national
country have much perfect system than this city
balanced night They periodically
by experts paid large yet
read banks having been systematically ped for before the
detected hundreds thousands missing
boys messengers have been known steal hundred thousand
dollars from bank little time and the
perfectly and uccessfully that detected
until chance clue fell acideny the proper There
have been perfect auditing of the books after each council
meeting has been probably
1t be for few weeks after this ended
The might have required presence every
signed the orders He might looked
coe those bills But what would have prevented
of bills and the execution of clever k" by the party who did
the clever work. And why could alleged assignments
orders have been executed In the the
the ame The fact is thai when deaud city
and the position that Pine enjoyed
and years accident created suspicion and then the
ton and paraz the whole community We blame Meek and
Ger and Russell and en Rgg and the finance committees
councils and the entire for three
these gentlemen predecessors
just and nretynne hundred would do the
same situation and under the circumstances.
The md Treasurer.
said should have at council
meetings What business had he there? He had part passing
nothing but the paying teller city duty
council report his ends
supposed check other city officers
ng he would be there simply private citizen with
Had Russell and Ltou and Rggle
council meeting during their respective terms would
things Ofcourse If they had gone there with suspicion on
their minds they might have detected the truth earlier
pie chamber to no
that of any citizen.
Neither would his office in that building have cut e
you persume that had paid in the city building
ed of in the business Office of this paper In the furniture
Fonane Aukrom In the Office of L. C. Wilson, that these
would city Such talk
childish and but another the disposition blame
have nnenr elues