The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-10-21

Mcneil is new to the board and there's
no use to recall him because we have
nothing on him. Of course not!
Clements Worst of Three
AS bad man as Ward was and as
lad as Bash is, Clements is worse.
In addition to all Of the bad qualities
of his colleagues he possesses char
acteristics which render him absolute
ly intolerable. You know, to be good
county official it is highly essential
that man exercise extreme care in
the choice of his parents and the Sc
lection of his birth place. It seems
that Clements was very indiscreet in
both, in that he was born in Kentucky
and inherited certain temperaments
and traits characteristic of the Ken
lucky folk. Because of blood and en-
vironment he acquired in his early
vocabulary diverse words and phrases
of Anglo Saxon origin and Kentucky
adoption, which when skillfully hurl-
ed generally hit the mark with a de-
cidedly poignant impact. Upon sew
eral occasions these said words and
phrases have been directed at the Tax
League meddlers and consequently he
must either be recalled or his Ken
tucky blood must be so stirred that
he will direct his verbal broadsides at
the people in this end of the county
instead of at the Tax League. This,
gentlemen, is my mission among you
today. Step right up and sign the
recall.
General Principles
"Upon what grounds do you pro-
pose to recall the commissioners.
Have they been guilty Of non-feas-
ance or misfeasance in office?" Sew
eryns was asked. Severyns replied
that he didn't know exactly what was
meant by nonfeasance or misfeasance
but said, "We propose to recall them
because they are no good. Let's get
rid of them. wide sweep of the
arms right here) and get somebody
that is of some account in their places.
Let's make this an object lesson to
men of this calibre who seek Office in
the future"
In other words it is proposed to re-
call the commissioners on general
principles and because this fellow or
that doesn't like them. III this case
general principles" mean that in mat
ters where the interests Of the two
ends of the county clash, Clements
and Bash can be depended to work
for the interests Of their own COM
munities. Because they refuse to fall
for Prosser's snares or plug for Pros
ser's game, Prosser comes to ask that
we recall them!
If we do recall them, then what?
The recall statute fails to tell US how
we are to get two more commission
ers but as long as there is one men,
Der left on the board it would prob
ably be left to him to name his as
-sociates. Some way the people in
this end of the county don't just fancy
the idea of Alex Mcneil naming our
commissioners for US. Especially in
view Of the fact that the vote of two
commissioners would be sufficient to
levy four-mill tax and build a court
house regardless of the wishes of the
people.
To make a long story short Sew
eryns didn't get much encouragement
for the reason that the people are
beginning to learn that If Severyns
wants it, we don't.
He wants to hammer down the rail-
road valuations out Of proportion to
the valuation upon which the farmer
pays. We don't.
He wants to buy Jail sites in Pros
ser. We don't.
He wants to make the work of the
horticultural inspector farce. We
don't.
He wants to head off the Benton
City-Kiona plan for an experimental
school farm. We don't.
He wants to browbeat the county
officials and keep stirred up con-
slant turmoil between them and the
people. We don't.
He wants court house built in
Prosser. We don't
He and his associates, if the recall
of Clements and Bash takes, want to
recall Auditor L. L. Lynn and Sheriff
C. E. Duffy. We don't.