The daily sentinel., 1908-04-22

In the last issue of the Herald the
noosie who runs the brain storm for
that sheet makes a feeble effort at
belittling the work of the democratic
city administration. as well as the
work of the county treasurer and
sheriff.
For years the party to which the
, alleged lawyer-editor belongs has at
tempted to elect their city ticket, but
the people in their wisdom are evil
IDENTIFY afraid to trust the followers
of Guggenheim in the conduct of the
city's affairs. as Is evidenced by the
last city election, when one lone and
lonesome republican was elected out
of their whole bunch of candidates.
AS for the showing made by the
county clerks Office, let Davis pub
lish, IL he dare, the receipts and dis
bursements of that office; and let
the people themselves judge as to
whether the Office is run, as Davis
claims, in an efficient and economical
manner.
1t is undoubtedly true that the
clerks Office has done greater vol
ume of business during the past few
years than ever before in the his
tory of the county owing to the
great demand for land and the fire.
quency of changes in the ownership
of land in the county. No reasona-
Bile person, however will claim that
this is the result of a republican
occupancy of the Office of county
clerk.
The democrats in Office are not
ashamed of the record they have
made in the city or county; and we
challenge the republicans to publish
true statement of their conduct of
fof hi los N,
management as compared with the
two offices of county treasurer and
sheriff.
AS to the fees collected by the
sheriff of this county, it will be well
to consider the fact that the present
law. fixing these fees, was passed
by the late lamented Silly Sixteenth,
Guggenheim legislature. which was
composed in part by those celebrat- |
ed local statesmen and renowned re-
ormers-DeLong and Hoyt.-and |
became law on the first of April, |
1907, by the signature of the Rev. |
Henry Augustus Buchtel. If this law |
appears to Davis as an April FOOLS
joke. surely no democrat can be |
held responsible for its passage.
Under this law. the sheriff, in the
discharge of his official duties. earns |
and is entitled to. collect certain fees |
which are specifically designated in |
the law governing fees of sheriffs |
in the several counties of the state, |
of which there are five classes, Mesa |
county being designated as fourth |
class county. The law designates a |
fixed salary for the sheriff and dep |
uty. and all fees earned over this |
are returned to the county |
All fees earned in civil cases are |
H. Il y = .e.1,r
iff and are charged to him and de- |
Quoted from his account. 1t is not |
to be presumed that the sheriff will
neglect collecting these fees. when |
to do so would result in loss of all |
such money not collected.
If Davis wants the people to know |
why some of these fees in civil cases |
have not been collected and he is
too modest-oh SO modest!-to |
mention the facts himself, we will
tell them for him. Here is one in
stance 1--WE could mention Others, |
but this will suffice): One individu-
al has owed the sheriff's office a
bill. this same man. n champion
the part of that official to collect this
bill. this same man and champion
of truth and veracity and advocate |
of prompt settlements. lodges into |
alleys and byways whenever he sees
bill collector approaching. The |
sheriff can prove that he has gone
down into his own pocket and paid
into the county ~the fees earned by |
him and due from this man, and
Schrader is still waiting for his mon
ey due from the hot air artist.
Now. while this lawyer-editor is |
explaining things. why not tell of the
county trsasurer's unsuccessful eff
fort to collect taxes on the Herald |
plant. and why that official was
Obliged to issue a distraint warrant
to the sheriff in order to secure the |
county from the loss of the taxes |