Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1904-11-04
HOT SPRINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 4 1904
THEY CAN NOT EXPLAIN

L lE l CAN NOI EAPLAIN
Democratic Officials Unable TO Explain
Their Reckless and Unlawful
Conduct.
Although given plenty of time before
election in which to explain their con-
duct to the people, Treasurer Craven
and Auditor Marty have utterly failed
to satisfactorily explain the irregular
and unlawful conduct of their offices.
Possibly they feel that it is their
business and no other body's business
as to how they run the offices of treas.
urer and auditor-but the taxpayers
and voters can not agree with any such
sentiment. The people know that
there are laws for the proper regula-
tion and conduct of those offices and
when those laws are not followed. and
the law is ignored and officials assume
to do as they please in the discharge of
their duty, it is high time the taxpay
ers were looking after the situation.
When charged with not complying
with the law and neglecting to publish
the delinquent tax list<and make the
taxes legally collectable by sale Mr..
Craven comes out with yellow dodger
and seeks to belittle the charge by de-
claring that the only reason he is op-
posed is because the STAR does not get
the printing. That is the only way he
has sought to justify his neglect of
duty. But does that excuse him?
Whatever the STAR printing may have
amounted to in the past has nothing to
do with what Mr.. Craven has done wet
no one has even questioned the legality
OF the STARS charges OF the issuance
of the warrants in proper manner.)
AS to Auditor Martyrs action, he
makes no excuse, excepting to declare
that the STAR editor and the chairman
OF the republican county central COM
mittee are common political liars"
That is no doubt the easiest way to
explain why he issued warrants to the
amount of s641 during single year for
asdeputy county treasurer, when there
isn't the scratch of pen authorizing
him to do it. Mr.. Marty asks through
the Times Herald: "How in common
sense can the auditor issue warrants
for S64l, Or any other amount for that
matter, without the consent of the
Board!" That is just what the people
want to know. Don't ask them the
question Mr.. Marty, but answer it,
I Oh wrote out the warrants and signed
them, and the Board never authorized
you to do it, and it will not explain the
matter or satisfy the people for you to
calmly denoUnce the republican coun-
ty central committee as ''very common
political liars" You have had ample
time to try aud explain this to the peo-
pie and have failed to do so. Your
action is now before the people for
their approval or rejection. If they
believe that it was all right for you to
issue warrants without authority they
may vote for you for sheriff, but if they
think you exceeded your authority
and paid out s64l of the peoples money
of your own accord they may vote
against continuing you in Office.
The republican central committee
may be composed of Every common
political liars," but every statement
made by them is based upon the records
as kept and made by the officers whom
we are criticising
REP. Co. Gen. Con-.
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