Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-04-08
To w. F. King. Ex-countY commis-
sioner.

S10ner.
Through the courtesy of the news
paper route, the Worlds best ana
greatest ciyilizer as well as the true
exponent of graft, fraud and dishon-
esty, your wall to the tax payers re-
ceived. Will say that your position
is not tenable and is indefensIble
Wrongs, illegality, unlawfulness are
always so, and the real question IS
lodged in the same way that you
have attempted to cover up the blum
ders and law-violations by the County
Clerk and Board of County Commis-
SionerS.
, / am not surprised that you regret
to have your miSmanagement or Une
county business pointed out to the
tax payers Mr.. Larabee says that IL
must stop, and, on March 25, 1911, in
the office of the clerk of the district
court, he was SO angry about it that
he actually cursed and SwOre and the
more he cursed and swore the mad
der he got till he came right up in
front of me when 1 was sitting down
He took from his pocket knife,
He, like yourself, has regrets that
the public is getting the truth. And
And tax payers, that knife looked
very much like the kind the county
clerk buys with our money
Mr.. King, your regrets are little
late You should have used them
when as member of the Board OF
County Commissioners you were mis-
appropriating the cOunty'S money.
If you and those whom | have deSlg-
mated, had not been SO reckless with
the cOunty'S money, it would not be
necessary to call the tax payers at
tention to the existing facts which
No doubt, Mr.. King, the tax payers
would be pleased to have you, the
county clerk, and the Board of Com
missiSners tell them: what becomes
of the connty's money and why are
taxes increasing" At the same time
tell for what purpose the money was
appropriated and whether it was leg
ally or illegally appropriated and each
for himself and for all, tell what part
he had and took in each unlawful and
illegal appropriation. This request
includes the Illegal, unlawful appro-
priations for pontoons, sometimes
called bridges. And please tell the
necessity of spending the county's
money looking for places to build
pontoonS when every dollar that
could be legally used for bridges and
more too had been appropriated. Mr..
King, is there any law for the county
to build bridges other than by con-
tract? Is it lawful for the Board of
County Commissioners to employ one
of its members to Superintend the
building of bridges? Is it lawful for
the Board of County Commissioners
to appropriate more than 20 per- cent
of the county general fund for repair
ing and building bridges? Please
answer these questions fully and in
connection herewith tell what laws
you have been party in violating to
the detriment of the tax payers.
While you are telling the tax payers
what the law is in many instances,
please state the law correctly regard
ing the drawing of jurors. This law
you have evidently quoted from mem
DRY and your memory is so treacher-
Gus. This law does not say: 1.-The
Board shall consist of two justices,
the sheriff and the county clerk, and
each shall receive the sum of two
dollars per day for said services. -
There is no board. The county clerk
does the drawing. The sheriff and
two justices attend as witnesses only.
See sections 1902, 1903, 1904, 1920,
complied laws of 1909. These Sec
tionS are found in the compiled laws
of 1868 and have not been changed.
Your ailment in this Mr.. King, is
that you have lost sight of the real
meaning of the word attend 1t lit
orally means ito stretch but not for
you to stretch out and illegally give
of the county'S money, 81 to Mr.. Lar
abee, nor deeS it mean for Mr.. Lara
bee to stretch out and unlawfully
take of the county'S money, 81. Re-
member that only each officer who
attends and witnesses the drawing is
entitled to 81, and not the county
clerk who does the drawing at his of
fee in his official capacity.
No, Mr.. King, am not knockel