The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-21
JUDGE WHEAT'S
ANSWER TO BETTY

work. We deemed il best IA accept
their ufer. which was accordingly
tone aud the county received every
CtLI Of the money therefor, Ana as
~ a being a guud ar bad sale, We lrnN"
10 those that we've familiar with ia"
money market al that Time,
win reference "a his statement that
tho CUunIy did nut receive the money
iur iva days after the sal" NJ the bonds
IA Floyd Shock d Ca, Ia The state II
hr wanted Ia be- iair with ynu. h"
would have told ynu that The order
that he refers 10 IN the minutes pro-
yidos that I. as county Judge, deliver
the bonds 10 Shock n Co. when np'
proved hy the attorney general, with
ont any further legal Investigation ns
Ia their regularity, when they paid Tor
the same,
The proposition of Shock n co, Ia
purchase The bonds was accepted ny
the court, as shown hy IN" minutes,
ON the lGth day at June. 1919, | lett
fer Austin with the bonds On ia" IAN
day al June, laU2. and the bonds were,
ON the 18th day Of juno, lnn2, ap'
proved by the attorney general ald
if'ElNtafl'Nl w Nlit' A'lNllNNl'NlAH ''''
q WIS paid in ST. Louis exchange AZ the
, Austin National Bank, where d"liy'
cred McsSIS. Shock a. co. the bonds,
aud returned To Beaumont that night
arriving here on the 18Th day al June,
: 1907, and placed the exchange, which
was issued by the AnstiL National
Bank payable To the treasurer Of JET
ferSun county for the full amount To the
credit of the county treasurer uI JET
! fcrsOn county. in the American Nation
al Bank Of Beaumont, ana that day
notified the treasurer. who, when he
came To his office on the 10Th day of
June. 1902, charged himself with the
same. This accounts for the Two
days delay that Mr.. Betty speaks OF,
and the rCaS ON he and some Of his
q white Republican supporters, who are
tryin" to traduCc me, did not know Of
my arrival in Beaumont at the time
was because he had not yet left his
home in Iowa for Texas, or Il he had,
. | presume that he and his white Re
publican supporters above referred 10
, were. for political purposes, engaged
in celebrating Emancipation Day, and
overlooked my arrival. But | submit
to yOu whether the matter could have
been closed in shorter space of time,
with the trips to have been made TO
and from Austin, and his unfair and
unwarrantcd attack on me Of the two
days time he refers to between the
sale of the bonds and the credit by
the county treasurer is but another
malicious attack on me not justified
,,n1,Lp il H., a iupt that hr lDu moi
resided in Texas long enough to know
where Austin is located. and that it
takes at least a day 10 80 there, day
to return th2rCfrOm, and a day to
transact business with the department
of state when ,'Ou arc Ihc"r.
The order of the court TO isSra the
500, GO road bonds was passed by
the court October 9Th. 1903, but is
dated October 10th, 1903. the court
then being in session because the law
provides that interest be payable on
bonds either October 10th or April
4 ION of each year.
These bonds. like the first issue.
were sold by the commissioners court
in open session, and not by myself, as
he alleges. and the full court was
present. and Il written contract was
made and entered into by the par
chascrs and myself, by order of the
court. and while this contract, by
some oversight. was not placed on the
minutes. it was filed by the clerk ano
/ placed among the proceedings of the
court, where it has remained ever
since. subject to the inspection of the
! public, and had Mr.. Betty wanted to
! he homes and fair. and not DurpOSCly
/ deceive you by casting dishonOr on
me, he would have made inquiry Of
| any of the DEPUTIES in the clerks
office. and they would have given him
! this contract for inspection, instead
of sncaking in the clerks Office, with
1 out letting his purpose he knUwl and
| getting such portion of the record only
as would aid him in his malicious al
! tack on the court and myself, to the
| exclusion of he full facts.
| After his letter was written and
published obtained this contract
/ from the clerks Office. and have cX-
| hibitcd it TO numerous citizens who
are taxpayers Ct this county, who have
called on me. ana in every instance
! have received tho assurance that they
were perfectly satisfied with our con
/ duct in The matter.
We had nothing to conceal i'm these
matters. ana if | rccnllort correctly.
the papers Of The city at the time pub
| lishcd the sale Of the bonds. the names
of the purchasers and the prices To hc
paid therefor. and no murmur of com
plant was heard until Mr. Betty was
imported into this county for the oN-