Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-23
A Reply to the Courts Ample Re-
joinder.


and although any person with or
dinary intelligence may under
stand your lengthy explanations, l
am frank to say that l am not pos
sessed with as much as ordinary
intelligence, for fail to understand
it as compared with your Financial
Statement.
Before proceeding further l wish
to say that | never questioned it's
correctness as far as the amount of
monies received and cash balance
on hand is concerned, but l did
question it's correctness in the
manner that it was gotten up and
| still claim it is erroneous and
misleading. One proof is that it
has taken nearly five columns of
the REGISTER for you to make your
explanations OF it and then made it
worse.
You say, ''the first column or
classified list of expenditures in
statement referred to, represents
the warrants paid for said year of
every date. From the list below
it will be seen that portion of the
warrants that were issued prior to
January 31st, 1908, and that only
part of the warrants issued during
the year ending January 31st,
1904, were paid on said last named
date" etc., etc. The warrants
hereinafter set out have been, and
should have been reported in finan-
cial statement of previous years
and have no connection whatever
with your last Financial Statement.
| set out these warrants as fol-
lows; For Fees and Salaries Of
Officers; Warrants Nos. 371, 375,
376, 3S2, 1888, 3S4, 1856, 1856, 800, 1902,
393, 394, 396 and 397 were expendi-
lures for the year ending January
31st, 1908, and should have been so
reported in statement of that year.
For costs in Criminal Cases,
Warrant No. 374 was an expendi-
ture for the year ending January
31st, 1908.
For Court House and Jail expen-
ditures Warrant No. 25 drawn
Feb. 5, 1901 in favor of Lee B.
Bowers) was an expenditure for
the year ending January 31st, 1902,
and was so reported in the Finan-
cial Statement of that year; and
warrants Nos. $50 and 3S9 were ex-
penditures for the year ending
January 31st, 1908.
For books, stationery, printing
and express, Warrants Nos. 1853,
355, 3S7, 3SS and 391 were expendi-
ture for the year ending January
31st, 1908.
For work and repairs on county
farm, Warrant No. 377 was an ex-
penditure for the year ending JAN
uary 31st, 1908.
For insane in asylum, Warrant
No. 1853 was an expenditure for the
year ending January 31st, 1908.
For paupers, Warrants Nos. 34e
and 37S were expenditures for the
year ending January 31st, 1908.
| For roads, Warrant No. 252
| (drawn Dec. 21st, 1901, in favor Of
Syenite Granite Granite Co..
was an expenditure for the
year ending January 31st, 1902
and was SO reported in Financial
Statement of that year and War
rant No. 3S1 was an expenditure
for year ending January 31st, 1908
| For elections, Warrants Nos
1911, 1872, 1893, 1874, 1876, 1913, 1919, 2C0
204, 205, 208, 209, 214, 230, 231, 233
234, 235, 237, 239, 240, 241, 244, 246
247, 267, 276, Psi, 2S3, 2S5, 292, 303
1856, 354, 372, 1913, and 379 were ex.
penditures for the year ending
January 31st, 1908; Warrant No
267 drawn Dec Sd, 1900, in ia vol
of T. II. Baldwin, was an expen.
diture for the year ending January
31st, 1901, and was so reported ir
Financial Statement of that year
You say, "the column of the
statement referred to entitled 'Tht
expenditures by the county from
the various funds during the fisca
year, have been as follows etc.
repre- sents all the warrants drawn
during the year, for every purpose
and the number, to whom ISSUED
and the amount of each warrant il
given. A comparison between this
list and the list of warrants pait
as above, will show the outstand.
ing or unpaid warrants. The same
applies to the Jury Scrip, etc.
In all seriousness | ask you, does
it show the outstanding or unpaie
warrants and Jury Scrip?
You say, "out of the foregoing
amount however, must come &c.,
622.06, county warrants and jury
scrip shown to be outstanding ant
unpaid" etc.
| You drew warrants to the amour
of $40, 794.37 and jury scrip was is
sued to the amount of S311. 80 max
ing total of Sill, 106.27. You say
you paid county warrants to thu
amount of S5412.79 and jury scriy
to the amount of S109.55, making {
total of S5522.34. Now as you say
deduct S5522.34, amount of county
and jury scrip paid from Sill, 1862
amount of county warrants ant
Jury scrip issued and what do yol
have? l will let you make thu
subtraction. Do you have $6622.
06? These are your own state.
ments and your own figurss.
You say, "the reason that tn,
warrants you refer to, viz: Warran
No. 147 for $4,000, warrant No. 20,
for S1.35 and warrant No. III fo
S71.25 were not shown,to have beer
paid, is that they were not re-
ported to the Court as havin.
been paid bY the Treasure