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


don't care to attempt 10 close any avenues of
debate, or any questions or any other data
that may be presented 10 this honorable
body. OF course the matter before you
now is the report of the committee on audit,
and IT seems to this committee that in view
of the fact that we have made our report, it
would be in order to make some statements
in regard to it, and at the conclusion of that
statement, any member of this Board or any
trustee or any superintendent that the Board
may desire to call forward can put questions
or present such evidence or data as they see
ht don't thirk it is asking anything out
of the ordinary that your committee be
heard.
(Mr. Rewey) | never heard of any trial
in my life where the defendants didn't have
a chance to talk until after the attorney for
the other side had put the entire evidence.
mir. Roethe;) If | am correct in my con
illusions think the gentlemen on the other
side have been heard. The trustees have
been called before this committee and their
testimony has been taken; the superntend
ent has been called and his testimony has
been taken. Other county officers have
been called and their testimony has been
taken, and that testimony with the report
has uCCil pldNSu DCAOiC lulS OOdfus w c 10 HOi
object that these same gentlemen who have
been called be called again, but we do think
that mas much as this report has been pre-
sented and is ready for adoption or rejection
it is in the province of this committee to
first make a statement or plea.
mir Rewey:) While it is no doubt true
that all of these trustees including the super
ntendent have been before this Board |
I ~. .. ~.
hauled before that committee and confronted
with questions pertaining to their official
acts ten or twelve years ago. | am willing
10 admit here that my memory is very de.
hcent, as Mr. Jones stated this morning
that he could not remember things relating
to his own business a few months ago.
believe it is due the trustees and due the
superintendent that if they can rectify or
clarity any testimony given this committee
or any deductions made from the testimony,
that they have perfect right and should be
heard now before his report is made. We
all know that when man is brought on the
stand and question after question fired at
him, that his mind is considerably confused,
but when he has a chance to 90 over it he
may be able to explain away good many
of the questions. If they can, we'll and
good; if they can not we have got to Judge
for ourselves and decide this question as
best we can.
mir. Roethe) 1t seems to me that in the
opening statement that we desire to make,
that it will not 60 into any details that the
gentleman from Rewey states in regard to
this case. We wish to make an opening
statement, then you can bring on any state
ments that you wish or any witnesses or any
trustees or any supeintendents
mir. Egan ] don't see where there can
be any objections to calling the Count,
Treasurer up here. | have some questions
that | would like to ask him. | don't know
why he should be for the committee or
against the committee. happen to be one
of the bondsmen for one of he trustees and
| end in this report there S said to be
shortage
MIR Rewey ] ! rise to point of order.
| will ask the Chair to decide what the pro
cedure will be.
[Chair. | presume that we had better
/ hear the report of the committee, although
from a personal point of view see no OBJ
lection in having all the information that
we can have, and | think that we would
like to have this matter of last years at.
tended to. | have seen the report OF this
committee where they show a shortage of
something like $1,000 and it looks to me,
gentlemen, that we ought to attend to this
duty first before going back FIVE, ten or
twenty years This is something that |
didn't know anything about at the annual
meeting. From my own personal stand
point would like to ha e all the informa-
ton on that point.
! Mr.. Roethe The committee does not
want to exclude any testimony or any facts
that can he brought in here. We want
them to be brought in here, and if there is
anything that can change the decision Of
this committee we want to know it,
! Mr.. Crawford:l My idea is that the re-
| port of the committee is now before this
Board, and any request this committee may
make, this Board may grant if il sees ht but
would not he in favor of going ahead with
any arguments until We hear from other per-
sons-the County Treasurer, the trustees,
the uperlntendent-or listen to any other
testimony that may be offered The com
mittee surely has no ground for complaint
that they have not been given ample time
and opportunity to present the facts which
they have set forth. | am speaking in no
personal way whatever; but believe in Civ
ing the defendants right to be heard and
they can be classed as defendants. The
resolution under which this committee is
acting reads as follows:
"Resolyed, that a committee of three
members Of this board ue appointed to audit
the receipts of the Iowa County Insane Asy-
lum and the moneys deposited in the treas
ury of this County, for period of twenty
three years ending June goth, 1900, and re-
port their findings at the earliest moment"
Now the committee have reported their
findings. The report of the committee is in
the hands Of the Board, and the BOARD can
act upon It as il sees TIT.
Chair: The Chair so decides. Mr. Fapan
or anybody else may call any witnesses.
Mr.. Eagan;l would like to have the
County Treasurer roughtup here would
Ike to have him bring his books so that he
car show the receipts and disbursements of
the Asylum and Poor Funds.
MIR Hoskins:J County Treasurer on the
stand. MI. Eagan interrogates
9, 1t seems in this report of this com.
mttee that has been appointed by the Coun-
y Board that in the year 1909 there seemed
to be shortage SI255.Io 1t says short"
The way | understand it, this report is made
out up to June goth and would like to ask,
MI Hosklns what amount of money Won
have received from ;ngt;t,,t,,r