Amador ledger., 1907-12-20
THE SAME OLD THING.

lHE OAME OLD THING. +
The outcome of the grand jury meeting is sore dsap
pontmen the taxpayers generally In face of revelations
of county matters which have light during past
year. hoped they would effort to get behind
the curtain and of the path of predecessors which
has been travelled anciently that has become standing
reproach But instead of this that body has distanced
petitors the unseemy haste with which got through
with its abor 1t have been acuad by the desire
to do little possible for the money-anythng but
commendable spirit anywhere and particularly an
official body charged with grave public duty The report
is the old song of books neatly kept of the number of
patients in the hospital and prisoners the county JAIL and
molasses for everybody which has become sckenng by
iteration year after year. California judge admins
tered timely rebuke grand jury for presenting report
that consisted mainly of ta county officials for having
attended their work properly told them grand urys
chief business find anything that wrong and
report all of derelction of duty The
that public officer will faithfully discharge the duties of
his Office He takes solemn oath do and he entitled
special praise for doing that which do
To sobber all official for having done that which he
under legal obligation do smacks much like pac
ing public integrity at premium. man. whether in pub
lie private life expected be faithful and honest that
the rule the exception When of people
departs from the rule and betrays 1.-THE reposed him
is then he should command the of grand Jury
The reversal of this order of things which has been the
practice in Amador county for years past evidently under
the theory that congenia praise than blame
anything bat commendable feature The closing send
off of the report, is good enough repeat:
We have had complaints presented, nor do we
lind any by inquiry that require consideration,
and take 1t as evidence of faithful and conscientious
work in the varied county departments
Doesn't that you? 1t would be interesting to know how
inquiries made in search of grounds of complaint
and in what direction Surely they have done whole
lot in this line when their abors began and ended in one
brief afternoon 1t pleasing that the report does
state that the members of the jury had no COM
plants
In face of this hasco is difficult to say what should be
done 1t the business of the grand jury know-and
the charges of msmanagemen had been circulated
the most explicit terms 1t due all to have
full ventilation. the sustained the
parties concerned entitled vindicaon by an official
inquiry On the other hand if found be true people
entitled have the facts officially determined and mea
of redress adopted for the salvation of future
But the whole vital subject ignored Even customary
counting of the money in the treasury have been
overlooked probably the plane of logic the concu
ding sentence No complaint being fled we take it as con-
elusive evidence that everything We believe Amador
county will along just we'll if she is saved the in
fiction grand uries of the donohin and
doltquick stamp for the next fifty years.
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