The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-21
KNOWS
WHEREOF
He SPEAKS
LAWRIE TOWNSHIP RE-
PUBLICAN T e L LIS OF
GRAFT IN CO. BOARD

Il read with a great deal Of inter
est the interview III The Leader yes
terday from a Republican taxpayer Of
Logan county, said well known Re
publican farmer from Lawrie township
IN the postotfice this morning. The
taxpayer in question certainly knows
whereof he speaks. The Republicans
of Logan county have nothing TO brag
about in the personnel of the pres
ent county board These ,nree men
prior to being elected to the county
board appeared to be well balanced,
levelheaded citizens, but 1t seems
they had been carried away by
their own Importance and by the gilt
tering opportunities which present
ed themselves when they were elected
70 the county board. There is no rea-
son on earth for the Juggling of funds
in Logan county. Proper apportion-
ment OF taxes to these funds Is made
and | take it that each fund should
stand on its own feet and the money
therein applied to the purpose for
which the fund was created. IN our
case our county board has juggled the
funds-the squarer course would have
commended them TO the people.
know personally that the road and
bridge fund and the poor and insane
fund are made to do duty TO pay for
the supplies bought by this board.
Not iong ago paid a visit to the
county clerks office while the board
was in session. To my amazement
found the commissioners busy signing
acquisitions for county supplies ag-
gregating thousands of dollars without
questioning the necessity for such sup
plies. We all know that the supply
fund is almost as large as the court
fund and out of this supply fund
comes a graft for the Capital Printing
Company and the Oklahoma Printing
company, which publishes the State
Register. Why should we farmers be
forced to deny ourselves good roads
in order to keep up these partisan
papers? We have a levy OF 100000
when $4,000 would be amply sufii-
clent. What becomes of ali the mon
ey above S50,0O0 levied? | find by
careful investigation that 1t goes into
this graft supply fund.
THE Guthrie Republican also spoke
truly In mentioning the matter OF the
three commissioners taking $37 so
each from the poor and insane fund
for every month In the year Tor simp-
" writing an order to some store TO
buy necessities for the poor. 1t Is
40 labor toswrite an order for supplies
for the poor and | think it an outrage
that the county must bear an expense
SO manifestly absurd. | know it to
be an absolute fact that despite the
many orders, that the poor an ddesti-
tute Of this county are given very lit
lie relief by this county board. They
are kept In quarters which are dirty,
dismal and unsanitary. In fact, the
poor Of Logan county are forced to
squalor Of the rankest kind and in bad
weather they have no protection what
ever against the elements.
why does not the county board ap-
ply some OF this money drawn for
writing orders to the construction oil
a $500 building to house these poor
men and women? | speak OF these
facts merely because | know of them
personally. There are whole lot OF
other things for which the county
board can be blamed and justly too
hear whole lot about Mr.. Ober.
no ser and his family drawing sever
al thousand dollars a year from the
county but | don't IKE to speak Ql
this because4 am mt personally ar
| quainted With the facts. Up In mJ
township the voters. without regard
to party, are up IN arms, and car
assure you that there viii be some
doings about November Il