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SUPPLEMENT.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18, 1889.
Eds. Tribune : 1 received an
underground telegram of a meet
ing of bank officials and treasurers
and ex-treasurers held in the par
lors of one of the banks called for
the purpose of considering the
chances of electing a county treas
urer friendly to the banks. An ex
treasurer in the chair. A bank pres
ident slowly and solemnly arose and
addressed the meeting as follows:
Mr. Chairman: That we are under
great and lasting obligations to the
present count7 treasurer no one.
who knows how faithful he has
been to us, will deny. But that
fatal statement published bears in
controvertible evidence that there
were large sums of money in the
treasury (or rather in our hands),
which ought to have been used in
redeeming warrants. The county
is dotted all over with grangers
who have been compelled to bor
row money from us who had war
rants unpaid. Belton's criticism
of it has got them all to thinking
and talking the subject over and
they are all shouting for Bel ton for
treasurer. The thoughts of his
election makes the cold chills crawl
all over jny back, for he would pay
warrants as soon as money was col
lected for the same, consequently
the poor would not. have to come
and borrow money of us at three
per cent per month as at present.
Our stockholders would complain
for unpaid dividends, and as for you
ex-county treasurers I weep when
I think of your fate, for you would
have to pull off your fine clothes
and kid gloves and go to work like
honest men. Driving fast horses
would be a dream of the past with
you, for when he got hold of the
books he would make you disgorge
every dollar of countr money.
Black night heavily hangs over us."
Mentally exhausted he sank into
his chair.
A solemn silence reigned for a
time when Hoosier staggered to his
feet and, first giving his knowing
wink, spoke as follows: '"Be of good
cheer, 0 bank presidents and ex
county treasurers, for by a libera!
outlay of money and hard work we
can pull through . I am certain of
the nomination, but in order that
my policy of making the poor bor
row their own money the right
commissioner should be nomina
ted," when he winked towards
O'Fallons or Bird wood. "There
are many aspirants in the field.
Promise every one of them, for you
make them friends, but stick to
the - west. The nominations all
right, then apply the party lash and
victory is ours. The grangers
know no more of county business
than of the proceedings of the Coun
cil of Trent, and as for Belton. I
will publish a piece in the papers
accusing him of getting 1,000 for
his first year's salary as commis
sioner, i will publish that" the
county is in a very flourishing con
dition, that when grangers come to
court they can get their warrants
and rush to the banks and get them
cashed, all which prosperity is due
to me, and I will sign Hoosier."'
Such was the paternity of the -article.
I. would just as soon answer the
article as though he had signed his
name to it. Hoosier accuses nie of
getting 1,000 for my first year's
service. The records show 8273:
seventeen da3rs of the second year
is included in it. All the old resi
dents of the county know what a
deplorable condition the county was
in when I first took hold of the
job of straightening out the county
affairs. My colleagues Win. Hub
artt and Joseph Hershey, were
much abler, men than myself, but I
had had an experience of over four
years as clerk of the connty, conse
quently T directed the investigation.
Prior to my advent as commission
er the treasurers made out their
fees, the commissioners looked on
with awe at the size of the fees, but
were innocent of the mode of mak
ing the fees. We made settlement
with Mr. Eells from the beginning
of his administration in 1882.which
was against him several thousand
dollars. The settlement has the
honor of three Tears priority of be
ing the only settlement made with
the county treasurer according to
law in the state of Nebraska as pro
nrounded by the supreme court.
The settlement was the only settle
ment made with treasurer since J.
M. McLucas' time. The present
treasurer last January made what
he calls a settlement, to-wit: State
money collected, $1.1,840.53; treas
urer's" fee. $510.16; County, $38,
415.92; treasurer's fee, $962.43;
City, $5,617.75; treasurer's fee.
$392.35. In addition a fee of 1
$250.50 is kept out. as a fee on
$10,000 jail bonds, and he credits
himself with $175.35 on $7,000
O'Falion bridge bonds, which
sum he is clearly not entitled to,
for the fees apply only to the col
lection of taxes, besides the O'Fal
ion bridge bonds were turned over
to J. L. Means and only passed
through the treasury. Now he
kept out and credits himself with
S1.38S.2S county and $392.35 city