Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-22

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mature years as stated above, with
cash to pay for medical attendance, 1
nursing, ETC., such bills must be
made out in the name Of and pre-
sented to the board by the person
who furnishes the services and if
the claim is allowed. payment is
made by the county to him. The
poor person has nothing to do with
its payment.
AS heretofore stated in the Demo-
crat the poor persons that constitut-
ed the family Of Edgar NJ. Cross,
were himself and his two children,
SO that six dollars week was the
limit that the board could legally
allow him in cash.
The accident to young Cross oc-
Cured on the 18th day of April
1904. His father Levi Cross, was
at the time of the accident and has
ever since then been q member of
the family of his son Edgar, but
is not entitled to relief from the
county, because Of his drawing
pension from the government of
thirty dollars per month. Soon
after the accident, Levi Cross says,
he went to r. R. Robinson overseer
Of the poor for the City of Manches-
ter, and asked for aid. Mr.. Robin
son says, that he recommended the
board to allow young Cross five
dollars per week and the board did
so. This was the allowance made,
bear in mind, right after the acct
dent and continued while the young
man was confined to his home by
his injuries and most in need of the
relief. The elder Cross says, that
while they were receiving the five
dollars per week from the county he
does not think Mr.. Cloud had been
employed to prosecute his sons
case against the railroad company
for damages. After Mr.. Cloud was
so employed, and about eight weeks
after the accident, when the needs
Of the family were not as great as
they were at the time Mr.. Robin
son made the allowance of five dol
lars per week the board was pre-
vailed upon, not to give Mr.. Gross a
definite sum per week, but to pass
a resolution giving young Cross a
lump sum of fifty dollars. On
August 9th the board resolved to
give him seven dollars week for
the period of fourteen weeks, and
again on January 4, 1905, by reso-
luton they gave him another lump
sum of thirty-seven dollars, and in
addition thereto, seven dollars a
week thereafter for the period of
twelve weeks.
Why was it Mr.. Cloud, that the
less young Gross was in need OF
poor relief, tho greater was the al
lowance made to him by the board
at your solicitation?
Mr.. Cloud does not attempt te
show. nor do we believe he can, that
the board has any authority to make
loans from the poor fund. In oul
judgment, the fifty dollars given tc
Cross in June, the thirty-seven dol.
lars given to him in August, and
the excess Of six dollars per week
in cash, was unauthorized by law.
He claims credit for the fact, that
in procuring this money from his
client (the county, for his client
Cross, that he SO arranged the
matter, that the county has security
which will be good, in case Mr.
Cross RECEIVERS a Judgment against
the railroad company and in that
event the money advanced to Mr.
Cross will be repaid to the county.
The question of whether or no the
money will be restored to the coun-
ty is not in issue in this controversy,
and should the money be repaid,
that will not disprove that the fur
nishing Of it to Mr.. Cross was
authorized.
We cannot agree with Mr.. Cloud,
that there is no limit to the amount
that the board may allow for the
support Of poor person. Whatever
powers the board have, are given
them by statnte, and he fails to cite
any law that gives the board power
to dispose Of the poor fund in their
discretion. Ii they have such power,
what necessity would there be for the
statute authorizing them to make, to
poor person Of mature years, such
"an annual allowance as will not en-
eeed The cost Of maintenance in the or
binary way". e
Mr.. Cloud attempts to give
strength to his defense by arousing
sympathy, but the facts show that
there was something besides sym
pathy that produced these loans and
excessive weekly allowances in
money. Do you, Mr. Cloud, know
Of single instance where the board
has been as liberal in the giving to
a poor person the funds of the
county? if SO, kindly cite us to it.
We do not say it has not been done,
but we know Of no such case.
In his plea for sympathy, Mr..
Cloud fails to notice the fact that
his clients family aof four persons,
when receiving the five dollars each
week from the county and thirty
dollars per month from the govern
ment, were thus being furnished
with over fifty dollars month for
their support. This would be con-
sidered by most persons very lib
eral allowance, but it seems that
Mr.. Cloud did not consider it sufli-
Gent and induced the board to in
crease the allowance by the county