Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-08-04

Q. You made careful investigation OF tn
oillsy A. don't think there was an Item on
me FACE OF the bill that didn't read, and sat
ished my self that did my work far my
knowledge was concerned, TO perfection.
g Have you ever served ON that COMMITTEES
before A. have not.
Mr.. Eagan' Now there was a committee ap
pointed that should have looked over these bill
| AT that time, aud | don't see why this has been
| lei TO go so long. 1T these bills have been
brought in and committee was appointed by
lhlS county board To look over those bills and
check their accounts don't see why some oi
the committee haven't been Just as careless as
the trustees OF the 3sy linn. l find ia this report
mere that there are some places where some oi
these goods were purchased, that Mr.. Roethe Is
u memoer ut That committee, aud | find Mr..
homas WAS member when some OF these
things were purchased and Mr. Cody was on
last year. don't happen to notice any particu-
lar ihngs IN that year. don't remember
| whether Mr. Perkins bought any cigars and had
them Charged TO the county, but it seems TO me
/ II Iowa county isn't going to be ont any money,
! that we are not nearly a. bad of as | thought
we were When read the Milwaukee Sentinel
| YESTERDAY.
Mr. Roethca presume the gentleman from
| Avoea Intended some slight reflection my
ability as a member of the committee to 90 over
the trustees accounts. | remember the time
/ when was on that committee and ! think the
! members OF the trustees remember the time
/ when was on that committee. ! haven't been
I IN the habit of throwing any bouquets at myself
or giving vent TO songs of praise in public gath
erugs, as some men do. but / will say that |
1 think did 60 over those reports pretty thor
oughly and l think, gentlemen, that was prob
7 ably one OF the very, very few who went down
into the county tncasurcr's Once to see ii the
money was there. ! went down there To see If
/ the money was there To correspond with the
amounts OF receipts that they showed in their re-
/ ports / think that was in the year 1900 They
reported that year up to June 90 1000. they say
/ very couclusivey that they have received the
money ~ the superintendent and lave accounted
l Tor It. Technically speaking. when cOmutit-
/ tee makes ont report and says June 50, iQus, or
June 81, 1900, il ought 70 mean zoos or 1000 II
ought not 20 mean six months atterward. /
went down there and I added up the money
that was placed ia there and IL was way short
/ Aud ! took that bunch of receipts home with
me aud have never been satisfied from that
time on with the way money S were handled
in the County Ireasurers office by the various
trustees or superintendent. dout care gentle
men, when they say they have received certain
amount OF money and reported to this County
Board as receiving IL at a certain time, il ought
20 be there. The County Treasurer makes his
report up TO OCthher 30 each year. NOu check
him up, You count his money. It's got to be
there. IL can I've put i'm six months atterward,
went home gentlemen, bemuddled iu my mind
of the workings of the trustees and this superiu-
teudeut. have borne no malice toward any of
these trustees or superintendent. have classed
them friends of mine, all OF them. but gentle
men, have been sent here NTH duty. For
seven years ! have been coming here at the will
of MP people the same as every member of this
2 =
duty. ! don't care gentlemen. a. luug as things
are right but want to see that they are right.
When that money wasn't there it got me to
thinking. There Is more than one way. gentle
men, that YOU can manipulate funds. Here we
have an instance that we have Just gone over.
Here Is a superintendent who reports certain
sales and certain private patient money up 60
the year zoos in 1909 report. Here comes along
an auditing committee. We are supposed To-
audit up to June 80 1909, according to their
port Gentlemen we have done IL. We have
Ia mt haY Th
his testimony that the money he has placed. in
the County Treasury is 1909 private patient mon
ey which is not reported u may be reported
by the superintendent to the trustees but it is
not reported by the trustees of that institution
and should not be reck oned in this audit. Now
that have been brought 20 nay feet on these few
little points by the gentleman from Avoca, |
certainly take great pleasure in making these
few remarks.
lMr Rewey: have always considered it a
good plan when we start To clean house, to 90
down in the basement and work up, think
il we can get down at the bottom of this and
strip them of their oratory and brush away the
Cob-wcbs. we can get good start On page
in the year 1900, there seems TO be deficit in
the County Home of S220.2l. The same year
this committee says, 1--WE have carefully
checked over the books aud vouchers aud find
them correct
We find in the year 1900 there was paid by the
County bill of Marshall Field q Co. of $40. 2,
and in the same year X. =. Smith Sons bills
of Sll so, >4.IS and Sis Now the chairman OF
.
show wha might have happened If Mr. Perkins
died NCty. If Mr.. Rocthe had died and wasn't
here TO defend himself, some of the boys tonight
would be claiming that If they went back and
checked up the records OF the superintendent for
1900 they would find that Mr.. Roehe was
member of the committee appointed 10 audit
the accounts of the Asylum. want TO read
that report II sounds very much ike IA.
ethe. your committee appointed 10 exam
inc the records of the County Asylum and super
visors of the County Home, beg leave 10 report
as follows: "We have carefully checked their
books and vouchers and find them correct"
If that means anything at all II means just
what il says. If Mr. Roethe was OF the opinion
az that time that there was anything wrong,
gentlemen, don't you think IL was his duty 10
come back to this Board and say he was not
satisfied He did not do that. He says, We
have checked the vouchers and md them cor
rect" ] would take il gent lemen. II II meant
ANYTHING at all ii means just what 1t says, the
committee goes on aud says: 1t is with pleas
ure that we are permitted 20 commend the trus-
tees and superintendent for the able manner IN
which the institution has been conducted IN the
past year, There doesn't seem to be any crit
viii read further. I'm the matter Of i'm
provements. this committee feels gratihed over
The construction of the two double porcheS with
the ire escapes. This was a much needed ad-
dition TO the ASYLUM, and much credit is due to
the superintendent in the construction OF the
same as all the labor was executed by him ana
his assistants
This report was signed by John Engels, VIM.
MeNeT and A. e.. Roclntt ne cannon 20 pdth bi
that report. 1t looks to me II there j. anything
wrong there, gentlemen. that he ought 10 have
found it out and It was his duty Ia report the
same to this County Board He refused at that
time or didn't know; possibly he has become
much wiser IN the last few days, but II doesn't
look to me that there could have been anything
wrong If there was nothing wrong IN that re-
port.
Mr.. Roethe:j win you inform the County
BOARD how that report was adopted
Mr. Rewey. Following the report OF that
committee Mr.. Rewey moved that the rule BE-
suspended the report acted on at once.
Mr. Roethe.l | don't want To consume an OF
this evenings entertainment, but plead guilty.
l guess there are probably tWenty-there other
men or sixty-nine other men that are on TINS
record that can all stand up and plcaJ guilty.
too | would like Mr. Rewey To understand
that we have been fifteen days aud hiteen nights
Going over these vouchers. havu't been getting
much sleep We didn't hurry to make this re-
mort We have better men probably on this
committee than ! am. but II is evident IN my
mind that i'm the short period of space that THIS
com mittee had for annually passing over the
records of the trustees, that it T. pretty nearly
iupossible In the short time to 90 through and
nick no stuff which probably you have thought
Was All right But when we took hold Of this
propo.itiou and commenced To dig and get evi-
deuce we stumbled on 20 IL by accident probdb-
/ w. and then followed up that general evidence
and Kept following II mp and we knew we were
I next to something. When You have crasure~
tati0us changed or when you have additions
nut on YOU commence 20 get wise, gentlemen
4 In takes thunder and lightning sometimes TO
wake things mp, but when IL bits you You kno"
YOU are hit.
err. Truth Is what ann looking for. Truth Is
what / will stand up r., but when IL comes 70
,b. very Opposite am 4 foe against Il, and 50 b.