The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-01-20

STATE how, on contract at 50. per day
this accountant obtained SSUO Tor about
Sixty days work, and under what auth-
ority of law his last warrant was al
lowed, issued and cashed In a period OF
one hour. You might state further fcr
what purposes tnat report has ever been
used other than to appear as cani-
paign document on the eve Of the lyUI
election, ana against what exofflciaIs
other than mys, II, suits have Ueen IN
stltuted for that $1,000. You might
cause some people to believe that ac-
counting and report was inspired oy
other motives than spite ana revenge"
to "injure and oesmirch" 10 "traouce,
SANDER and assassinate", had not one
or two exofhcials been singled out TO be
sued, and later slurred for questioning
the motives prompting, and legality of
such claims.
Again referring to "ancient history"
why did you omit mentioning the re-
port of another accountant, the report
OF accountant w. l.. Beardsley, an ac-
countant whom you believe absolutely
incorruptable, whose report you must
believe absolutely correct, and whose
ability as an accountant you must have
non partisan board consisting IF two
democrats and one republican" awarded
Beardsley, republican, the contract
as tax feTTett at double the bid of
others) and whose report upon the Off
ce of your present county clerk then an
appolutive sheriff, stated was indebted
to this county in amount of S256. which
in TACT should be Sl56.)
Why not prove you absolute freedom
from "spite" predujice, envy or jeal-
ousy" YOUR mon -partisanship" and
freedom from "control" by ordering
prosecutions against every county Off
GER VIII" has been reported indebted to
this county, instead of singing out one
or two upon which 10 cast your slurs.
You insult the intelligence of twelve
grand jurors summoned from all por-
ions of this county, and state recent
prosecutions were instituted through
spite and revenge, and that sucn prose-
cutions have cost this county $1,000. III
you have allowed even the fourth OF
that amount as expenses on those cases,
half prosecuted as they were, then by
your own assertions you again demon
7trate the necessity for an accounting
70 uncover the graft that would certain
'lv be found in that $1,000 you claim you
have allowed.
To dwell further on those prosecu-
tions, have never seen it questioned
vet, that those allowances for which
Mr Beardsley and Mr.. Wellborn were
indicted, were not improper and un-
authorized allowances against the
county. whether in obtaining the
amounts a crime was committed or
not. Ano an action for the recovery
Of these allowances, as well as any
Others of a similar nature should yet
be made against their official bonds.
II however you object TO lessening ex-
Denses by attempting to recover such
amounts, at least you should be COM
mended were you To request Mr..
5eardsl y To make that claim more
peclic by attaching thereto copy Of
he telegram he received Just before
making that trip. which telegram re-
qusted the presence of himself and
Judge Culwell at Guthrie at once. and
Iust at n time when legislation was
bending affecting their official salaries
You state those petitions for an ac-
'ounting is an attempt to hesmirch
'nunty officers, etc ;, yet every county
liicer signed those petitions, except
NO two of your board, although I nn-
derstand your county attorney after
wards claims he signed same by mis-
take
is IL not strange that county officials
landling thousands of dollars comfy
money, welcome such an Investigation.
md that the only objection TO such
IN accounting, il the wall of the board
II county commissioners, and the per-
sens hiding behind your skirts?
Instead of besmirchng the charac-
ter OF any county officer, would not
such an accounting he a vindcati,.n N
Tor every honest official and clear hlm
rom the suspicious and complaints
which fer months have come from all
parts OF the county, been cast at nearly
I'll county officials. Does not every
1onest official desire to be removed
rom the odium that may attach To
nose who may be guilty OF miscon-
duct II such there be? II you. gentle
men OF the board, have allowed i'm
proper claims, and from the court
records we must assume that You have
1ont you desire To ascerta n that fact.
and to make such restitution Ia tbe
taxpayers as you can at this late date
ny ordering suits for recovery of any
poSslbleG
You state an accounting would cost
1910 Yet if your legal advisor has
ipNl'eu you concerning same, he must
nave told you Sec 3, Chap 70. laws
prescribe fees of an accountant
As sloo per month with not exceeding
= 10 per day hotel bills. With the
treasurer checked by the state ac-
,pnntant ,I!inD,tant twice year by law, and thus
accounting, do you mean to declara 4,
would require five or six month ~
check up the balance? W
Gentlemen; To cali your attention
!" az reasons Justifying accounting
you'd you'd require a whole newspaper
.el,tve .eno,, the above sufficient And in
permit me to state that I
ook no part and had no knowled ge or
interest IN the petition asking the re. %
n"nai - ,'ra. OF your county attorney. which
~ a.ouseu your wrath. Furthermore