Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-01-06
AT The COUNTY SEAT
SOME BREEZY GOSSIP FROM SEAT
OF GOVERNMENT.
Auditor ROsmOnd Refuses to Issue
Warrant Ordered BY Commission
ers. A Nice Little Frame-Up Of
County Officers by Boss Abel.
Hopkins Expresses Himself.


ance occurred at the meeting of the
board Of commissioners yesterday
that does not appear on the record.
Some months ago Sheriff Payette en-
gagged the services of secret service
man to investigate some criminal
matters, and presented the bill,
amounting to about $50 to the COM
missioners for payment. The bill was
allowed several months ago, and the
auditor ordered to issue warrant
In payment.
Auditor Rosemond has so far re-
fused to issue the warrant, giving as
his reason that a detailed voucher
was not furnished. Yesterday Sheriff
Payette called the matter up, and
Commissioner Hopkins asked the aud
itor why he had not issued the war
rant after the commissioners had ex-
amined the account, approved the ex-
pense and ordered the warrant to is
sue. Rosmond answered that he want
ed to know what item under the head
of expenses was for, and said he
was willing to draw the warrant for
the amount allowed for wages, but
not for expenses until he knew what
they consisted of. He was informed
the services were secret, and the
ends of justice demanded be kept
Sc, and Commissioner Hopkins, in an
CRY tones, told Rosmond that other
bills of county officers expenses were
similarity allowed, and said he had
no doubt if the auditors brOther-in'
law and political godfather, w. H
Abel, were made acquainted with
the details of this expense the OBJ
lection to issuing the warrant would
disappear.
Rosmond flew up, and said he
knew how to run his office without
his advice of Abel or anybody else
but failed to intimate he knew how
to secure the position without w. II
Unless the warrant issues the mat
ter will be taken to the superior
court. the judge shown the vouchers
and asked to mandamus the issuance
of the warrant.
Apropos of the methods used tc
secure the office of auditor for Ros-
mond, nice little story is going the
rounds of courthouse officialdom and
the peanut politicians-the county
seat being munificiently supplied
with the latter-to the effect thai
Boss Abel, who poses as democrat
and manages the republican party
in Chehalis county, has already franz
ed ND a scheme to retain live wire
connection between his law office
and the office of the county audi
tor.
As The story goes, the auditor re-
Gently dismissed young lady clerk
whose salary of $50 a month, assist
ed her mother, to make room for h.
r. Bacon, who now asks raise tc
s75. 1t is generally recognized that
the long and efficient services or dep
uty auditor Trask entitle him to the
nomination for auditor this year, and
If is believed that the appointment.
of Bacon was for the sole reason OF
forcing Trask to retain him as dep
utv-as the live wire. Should Trask
refuse. then Bacon is to oppose him
at the primaries, and a more COM
placent candidate secured TO slloe
in between two two opposing mon
tesano candidates. The live wire be-
tween the county records and a law
office is too valuable to De lost IL
possible to retain 1t.
The courthouse rumor SoeS oh ~
say-with what truth your deponent
saith not-that Boss Abel is now BUS
ily engaged in selecting the nomi-
ness on the republican ticket at the
coming primary elections. and that
he has already slated Auditor KOS
mond for county commissioner to
succeed Arland. and Phil. S. Locke
~ Aberdeen, for treasurer to succeed
Tavlor. The Boss, you know, rather
enioys the control of the treasurer
office. it being matter OF common
belief here that his office Is furnished
with description Of each piece 81
nroperty that goes delinquent 1or
tayes as soon as the delinquency oc-
c,rs And, it is also believed tnat
the Ross was enabled to make rat
Goo IN the panic of 1907, through mis-
..Huii" 80 with the treasurer's office.
according to this reported slate
cbas Arland is to be promoted from
county commissioner to Representa-
i've in the legislature. We shall see
what we shall see.