Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1913-11-29

Answer 3-There are no private"
records. Every book in my Office Is
open to public inspection.
Question 4--Why does he fail to show
upon the public" records the receipt
Of millions Of dollars in tax collections
until months after the money is &C.
tually received?
Answer 4--That Is all untrue. I do
not fail to show the collections until
months after they are made. Every
tax warrant Is marked paid. with the
day. and on the day that the tax
money is received.
Says Question implies Untruth.
Question why does he cling te.
naciously to tax collections after the
time when the city and other taxing
bodies are entitled to them?
Answer 5--That question also i'm.
plies something that is not true.
am the first treasurer to permit all Of
the tax expanding bodies to make a
schedule of the date and amount of
money they desire. Instead Of with.
holding money from the city, the rec.
ords will show that turned over
money to the city last February, be.
fore a cent Of taxes had been collected
before the books with which to make
the collections had been turned over
to me. Even the comptroller makes
his schedule for the $3O,00O.OOO he
needs through me, and gets It at once.
You can follow through the schedule
and you will find many times when
have turned over money to the city In
excess Of the amount collected for the
city. have also done the same with
the county board.
Question 6-Why does he refuse Il
permit the county board to audit and
examine his accounts?
Answer 6-I have not and do no,
refuse to permit the county board tC
examine the records. They are en-
titled to inspection.
Question why does he refuse tC
permit citizens and taxpayers to ex
anime the so.called private" records
OF his office?
Answer THAT Is "bunk" ques
ton. I have no private" records.
Question 8-Does he fear that ar
examination Of his books will disclose
that he has not turned over all of thu
interest which has accrued, or tina
such an examination will show he Il
not competent to handle the fund.
entrusted to him to the advantage o
the taxpaying public?
Answer 8-This question IL an
swered by my reply to No. Z. feal
nothing or no one. I stand on m!
record. II the bureau wants to max,
an issue Of that In the next campaign
: 1t is welcome. In fact, ! would be glat
] to have It.
. In explanation Of the charge tina
he draws salary and fee total O
!. nearly $4,000 year, Mr.. O'Connel
q said:
!, THE very report of the burea,
states that my salary of $4,000 yea
D is inadequate. The law allows me
!. per cent on all the inheritance take
}. I collect and the law also allows M
Z $10,500 a year for acting as town col
8 lector for the seven towns of Chicago
s In some years 1t Is true that my tota
salary Is as high as $4,000, but
r must be remembered that ! have t,
3 pay my own indemnity bond and tina
= ] have to pay my own attorneys fee
! in any action that may be brough
= against me.
II want TO say that since ! hav
3 been In Office more money has BEEF
3 turned into the county than by an
!. previous County Treasurer Cook CouT
3 ty has ever had. The following ia
3 BILE, listing my three immediate Re
Y publican predecessors, shows 1t:
lnteres
, turned II
( Samuel Raymond, four years
s In once non
4 John Hanberg, four years In
0 once NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .$2Oo,ou
y John II. Thompson, four years
IN once .....,..''.,''''. Sio'oo
n William l.. O'Connell, two
n years In Office. ............ 1880
p IF the gentlemen composing tn
y bureau of public efficiency were di'
y posed to be fair and nonpartisan !
e their reports they would not garbl
and misrepresent the facts the wa
O they have In this and other report
II they have made public regarding tn
County Treasurer's Office during m
G. term as treasurer.
o II have religiously kept ever
@ pledge made by me TO the public.
!, have turned into the public treasur
e more interest by far than any of m
I predecessors. No mention is mad
s OF this fact, however, notwithstandin
y that the former treasurer was con
s mended most highly by the press an
r civic associations upon the amount {
o money he turned into the public trea