The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-07-28
AS TO THE COMMISSIONERS

'I,ll talk word with these same learned
Thebans'"-King Lear.
Under the caption OF "Knappen
Called Down." G. A. Vriem, $. r.
Allen and .. N. Odn, the three
boxer members of the county board,
make a statement IN their subsidized
organ, the Sisseton News, from which
we quote the folIowing
In the Sisseton Standard Of recent date, our
friend Editor Knnppcn, stated that the coun.
tv commissioners allowed States Atty. Me
Nulty the sum OF $500 for steno:rabher hire.
We want to brand that statement MS an un
qualified and wilful lie. as Editor knappen
well knew when he published it. II he knew
anything about the matter at all
"Most potent, grave and reverend
seignors," we will plain, unvar-
n!shed tale deliver for your editica-
zion: In which we shall endeavor to
jog your memory AT the January
meeting, your honorable-we use the
term IN It's official sense-your hon
Orable body passed the following res
olutiOn which is part of the records:
"The SALARY of states ATTORNEY was nxed for
the present year at 81 900 and it was further
agreed to pay II stenogrnpher for states altor
ney when needed"
In the face of this resolution passed
by you on January 10, 1T seems at
hnl! hn ,,ft hn
three boxer members of the board to
"Want to brand as an unqualified
by the STANDARD concerning the al
lowing of stenographers hire. The
sum OF $500 was perhaps too definite,
having been used as basis on ac
count of its being the sum suggested
when he asked the county board for
an increase IN salary Tram $1,000 To
$500 a year-and, by the way, we
believe there is no reference made
to this request IN the records of your
honorable (?) body, just why, you will
probably be. able to explain, but you
will hardly deny that you considered
tins request. The fact is, as the
resolution stands, there is nothing to
prevent the worthy states attorney
from making his bin $1,000 for stem
Ographer ii he so elect, and collecting
Ii too, and who eyer heard of a
politician of his stamp who would
not take all that he could get? In
fact, there is nothing to hinder him
from holding up his bills untill the
end of the year or until after election
and then collecting them. Although
during the past quarter the quarterly
statement only shows the modest
sum of $97 which would bring the
yearly amount to somewhat less than
$500, there Is no surety that another
quarter may not see bill of 5000
presented.
IL the worthy commissioners OF the
now dominant faction In this county,
will take the trouble to read the
minutes OF their January meeting,
they will probably come to the con
clusi0n that it is unwise to benounce
as unqualified and willful lies,' -
statements that are clearly borne out
by their own records.
1t is a notorious fact that the ac-
t,Ons OF the present board of commits
siOners are only made public when it
isimpossible longer to keep them from
the people. Our public concerns are no
longer for the cltlzens In general but
for the editlcation OF little gang of
political shysters who are endeavoring
by all manner Of false methods to
blind the eyes of intelligent citizens
and In the meantime keep his interest
In their vest pockets