The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-21

" lNNSft lANllai'n NN"h Nv 'f4'
. be- received by the public as SENSATION
al political matter about the ISSUANCE
|uf county road bonds, ana lh'i"lh
questions the competency nl nay SEA
and the commissioners court 10 u'"'
with such matters and indirectly re-
fleets 90 our integrity, hoping that u
/ will aid him in his campaign, ana 'h't
I he will thereby receive tho Votes Z"
lhat elias, who are always i'hNy 1"
loin In the cry Ut the fellow WI"
hOlluws wolf"
As Ia my competency Ia MI III" "''
fec uf county judge, leave II 10 lhnS'
with whom have had dealings IN 'hHl
cnnacity, and believe il will cninpAI"
/ iavurably with that al my opponent
who has scarcely lived In the nlu''
of Texas long enough "a be- u pualill'd
voter. this being the first election Tor
county officers in jefferson county he
will have voted In since his arrival
here.
As 10 my integrity, | leave that To
| the people nj this county win wh"hl
! | have lived for the past twenty years
and who have hOnurcd me from lll','
Ia time with positions al honor ahl
trilsI. aud To whose Judgment ana
! knowledge Of me | will risk amy lllSih'
uatiuns east on my integrity ny my
loppuncnt, OF whom you know nnlh!h%'
ana the political pichunling ltcpuh'
lIcan crowd that Is supporting hlhl'
and whose nnliticnl hnwlings ana M
tempted traducCmcnt Oi the commas
sioncrs' court and myself Will have as
much effect on my reelection ana inc
Democracy of this county rs the pay
| ing Of dog at the moon.
AS to the sale of the road bonds III
question desire to say that each
issue was sold in open session OF The
commissioners court, with all ol lhc
members present, ana not by llyscii
as he alleges, and written contract
was made in each instance between
the commissioners court and the pllt-
chaScrS. Floyd Shock q Co., VINO are
bond buyers and brokers of 81. LOUIS,
and not stationery agents OF George ID.
Barnard & Co. as Mr. Betty alleges.
The first issue Of $l5OUOO ROAD
bonds you will bear in mind. was by
virtue of an election. which had been
Ihcld throughout the county, and lOl'
lowed shortly after the issuance oil the
city bonds, which had been turned
down by the purchasers thereof ne
cause of some irrcguarity in their
issuance, and upon the issuance OF
which another election had TO be hcld
after several months delay. A similar
iirregularty existed in the issuance Oh
the county bonds, although the pro-
ccedings. like that of the city, had been
previously passed upon by the atlur-
ncy generals Office and approved, ana
the defect was nOt discovered uh'll
after the bonds had been autographed
the second time, and had these bonds
reached the ScrutinOuS eye OF DOhu
attorney they would have doubtless
shared the same fate as the city DohHS'
So i'm view Of the fact that the com
missioncrS' court had already punt hll-
mcrOuS roads in different parts Oh the
lcounty, to the extent OF many lhon-
sand dollars. for which the county
then owed. and which had to be paid
from the proceeds of these bonds,
which if they had bccn rrssued and
the election failed to have carried,
would have left the county road ana
bridge fund in Il bankrupt condition;
so when The offer of Floyd Shock "
Co. was made to the commissioners
court to pay par and $1,000 premium
and the accrued interest thereon, the
court accepted the same.
AS to the order on the minutes OF
juno 10th 1902. authorizing me, as
county Judge, To take charge of the
bonds pending their investigation by
1.-The attorney general, ana negotiate
their sale. etc, that he speaks OF, the
same is the customary order made IN
Iall county bond issues, as some one
must be charged with the Responsible
Iity of looking after them. and the
cSpccial reason why this order was
made was because the attorney gen
erals office so advised, and in fact
wrote the order from which Mr.. Betty
quotes. and was made necessary be
cauyr the original order had authorized
Judge George C. O'Iiricl, VINO was
county Judge when tn" same was
passed. a. county Judge, To take
charge Ot the bonds pending their IN
vCstigaiiun, and Negotiate their sale,
etc, and Judge O'BriCn having re
signed that office. could NOT fulfil that
duty az county Judge: in fact, we had
10 rrliilngrruh the bonds because
the coupons thereon bore the On
grayrd signature at Judge Ol'ricn as
county Judge. while the face al tn"
bonds would have had Ia be- signed by
m, as county judge, which Would haN"
been a conflict: hclcc the necessity
uf the passage of the order referred To
by Mr. Betty Had Mr. Betty wanted
g., Ia. honest with Nnl and his UuTuDSp