The Columbus journal., 1911-10-26
TWO INTERESTING COUNTY OFFICIALS LETTERS

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which the estates been closed the collection of the
must necessarily entail considerable trouble and
which every school boy knows As to his definition OF the
meaning of the statutes cleancut statement of facts
they appear the law books of the state AS to his
to board take steps to that the tax COL
in future there nothing else that could be done
and board realized this by unanimously passing the reso
on suggested by of their number in accordance with
the report
Now let US look at the reply of the county judge.
In the very first sentence he tries to discrt the record by
aluding to the report newspaper story Well
but was born of records file with the county clerk
Throughout the entire article may be heard the wall of de
graspng of the drowning at the straw of false
of injured innocence We hearen to the of being
done for political Suppose however, that the county
attorney had presented his report prior to the August
which the county Judge candidate against three others
of his political faith then would have heard the cry
that he was interfering between candidates for political pur
Or suppose that he had withheld his report until after
election might have been charged that he had kept
it back for political purposes.
The county Judge weeps because the inheritance law
new law when he became county Judge ten years ago.
and if judge whom told excellent authority is
among the first in point of knowledge of the probate law
could determine the provisions of law with which he has
deal with much frequency this in ten years. hen
in the name of Heaven, when would he?
The county Judge asks plaintvey to have committee
appointed 90 the matter that the taxpayers may be
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But why did he wait until the last of the last session
before election? Did he not know that this report had been fl
days prior the time his letter fled and that the
board again soon and thus give him opportunity
carrying the results of this second investigation before the
public? HE KNEW HE DARED NOT ASK 1T, but puts
bold 'front.' knowing the board would not meet again until
in December.
The friends of the county judge charge that the county
attorney waited until the closing days of political campaign
asuy of this statement apparent that
of calling attention to the fact that gives
the question full month in which rete Them
could had he desired have had the results of the nvega
ton made public before the election.
The county judge "When the record is finally made
closed have believe there will
be dollar of this uncoeced each officer does his duty
the NATTER" As matter of fact and of law the county
Judge the sole officer charged the statutes with the
seeing of the collection of this The county attorney has
nothing whatever do with estate unless asked for official
advice when the present instance the interests of the
public eopadized by delinquency. He may
believe but that this will be collected but that beside
the question: for he is evidently talking of estates that have
yet been closed But what of those estates which have
been closed without the being collected and upon which the
county attorney based his report?
In another column publish two leters-one from the
county attorney to the county judge and from the county
attorney the editor of the leading newspaper advocate the
of the county judge which, by the way also the great
beneficiary of the present administration Read them
Read them again. Read them thrice digest them thoroughly
and mediate the food for thought contained therein