Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-20

On Wednesday, October TO- Mr..
Hayes sent a representative to the
county treasurer's Office with the re-
fquest that he be furnished with CO.
Apies of the monthly financial state
fments. These statements were inn
Mediately produced and his repre-
tentative permitted to copy them
Htem by item. After spending some
little time in copying these state
ments this representative then pro-
duced list which he said was list
of janitors and requested informa-
ton relative to their salaries. UP, i
examination 1t was readily seen that
the list was a jumbled list con-
sisting not only of janitors but at
taches of the sheriff and other Of
fees connected with the county. rms
matter was called to the attention OF
Mr.. HAYES representative and he
then requested simply the salaries
of the ianitors. This information
was given him personally by Mr..
Hillxer and if Mr.. Hayes says that
Mr., Hillxer mis-informed him, MIR.
Hayes is lending himself to the cir
culation of a deliberate lie. Mr.. Hill
ker at no time mis-intormed Mr'
Hayes representative in the matter
OF il nitors' salaries or in any othe4'
information and the Board of Free
holders have every confidence in the
trained staff of the county treas
urer's office. They have prided
themselves upon the excellent condl-
tion of the county treasurer'S ONCE
and the splendid care that is taken
in connection with county finances.
Only recently. the last audit COM
pany had occasion to say I'VE wish
to commend the officers of Middlesex
county for the efficient methods en-
ployed in keeping the records of the
county; much credit is due them tor
their sincere desire to comply with
the laws of the state and REQUIRE
ments of the department of munich
pal accounts"
In view of the inexperience of Mr..
Hayes assistants and their unfam-
iliarity with the work it is not to be
wondered at that the report to Mr.
HAYES was not as enlightening as
might be desired but this can be in
no wav blamed upon the County
Treasurer's Office. They were
courteously treated and assisted in
every way possible and the impress
sion that Mr.. Hayes has given the
public that information was with
,held is not the truth and has been
'kiven out simply to mislead the pub
lie.
There are only a few counties in
the state, and Middlesex County Is
one of them, which publishes an
itemized monthly report. Most
counties content themselves with the
publication of a pamphlet once
wear, Middlesex has published
financial report every month, and
q chic rannrf has n
peared not only in the Perth AM
bow paper but in the New Bruins
wick Home News and the New
Brunswick Times. The cost of pub
Iication, however, was very heavy
and in order to keep within the APP
propriation allotted for this work
1t was decided to rotate the publiea-
ton of three reports, one month in
the New Brunswick papers and the
following month in the Perth Amboy
papers. and it was not with the
slightest desire to conceal anything
contained in these reports from the
public.
These reports are available in the
County Treasurer's Office and open
for the inspection of anyone who an
plies, including Mr.. Hayes and
Democratic candidates who have
taken occasion to criticize this
methods of doing business. There
has never been any complaint as to
this method until it was discovered
that it interfered somewhat with the
furnishing of campaign material
for the Democratic party. AS be-
tween saving money for the tax
payers and furnishing information
az tha DeYnocN.a tic Can1paiRn Com
mittee we prefer to save money. Mr..
Hayes may not know it but every
Lprinting averages $4,000 a month,
1and If it was printed in both news
papers it would run over 100000