The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, February 15, 1894, Image 4
■A'' '*) . The Frontier. PUnUSIIBD EVERY THURSDAY BY THB FRONTIER PRINTING! COMPANY KINO A CRONIN, Editors. HIGHWAY ROBBERY. At the meeting of the supervisors Sat urday the printing committee submit ted report of bids of the various papers for publishing the delinquent tax-list. The bids were as follows: Independent, 0 and 10 cents per de scription. Tribune, 8 and 5 cents per description. Frontier, 8 and 4 cents per descrip tion. Graphic, 1 and 3 cents per description, with a guarantee that the total cost would not exceed 8350. A motion was made and carried that the Independent be awarded the con tract. It will be noticed that the Inde pendent was the highest bidder. The work at the Independent's figures will amount to about $2,000, or $1,050 more than the Graphic’s bid, or in other words, is a clear steal of $1,650. The supervisors who voted in favor of this boodling, we give below. They are reformers, every one of them: S. L. Conger, John Crawford, J. L. Benner, J. B. Donohue, Geo. Eckley, James Gregg, John Hodge, L. A. Jill son, H. B. Kelley, Geo. Kennedy, 8. P. Miller, G. H. Phelps, F. Schinder, J. E. White, E. M. Waring. This is the first time to our knowledge that this printing was ever lot by any board to other than the lowest bidder, and under the circumstances it can be classed as nothing but a high-handed ■teal. And a steal, too, remember, that Is made by the very men who oust ed Scott for alleged corruption and are now attempting to oust the district clerk for a slight overcharge In fees. A steal made by the very men who organiz ed themselves Into a party known as the populists, with the expressed determina tion to rid the county of dishonest offi cials, and last fall went into the cam paign with that as their motto. Why, — at this rate, it will not take them a great while to steal as much as they claim Scott did; and from their action in the present case we imagine all that they have against Scott is that he got the edge on them and took a rake-off that ' they wanted for themselves. And the man who got the contract is the tramp who has talked so long about “rings” and “boodlers” and “pap-organs,” etc. The Jew’s counterfeit communications had the desired effect upon the board. Distance lends exaggeration as well $4;'• aa enchantment. Two musket shots from Admiral Benham’s flagship in the harbor of Rio grew to be a broadside by the time the sound reached the United States. _ _ _ Clark Howell, of the Atlantic Con stitution, says: “Shylock has spoken for the bonds, and Shylock will get them." Well, what else did you expect? Shylock didn’t put a democratic admin ' i, istratlon in power for fun. -►■«►. An exchange calls the members of the legal' fraternity who stir up strife in order to increase litigation “razor-back | lawyers." As the razor-back hog is the most worthless in existence the name seems to be well bestowed when applied to the shysters. This is not personal, Forger. How nice it would have been had the board awarded the tax list to'the Gra , , phic at <850 and donated that <1650 steal to the irrigation cause. Of course, by doing that the tramp would have lost hie promised reward and perhaps H ‘V some of the sups, would have lost a div idend on Independent stock. Dbmocbatic good times are coming. Suppose wages are from 20 to 60 per yljV cent, lower, there will be plenty of work and the wage earner will be humbled. Isn’t that what democratic success was Intended to bring about? It will be anbthor one of Mr. Cleveland’s “object lessons” Intended to teach the working man that he has been too haughty under a protective tariff. \ ' » —fr *■- ■ • Tub Fhontikr’s statement that the committee had to get Scott’s assistance to fix up any thing about the court -house is a infernal lie.—Independent. The language used by this red-flagger is softened by the refinement that finds affinity with the environment of his licentious career. We made the state ment that Sqott assisted the committee in the vaults of the treasurer's office, and we reiterate and reaffirm that such was the case; and further, that he was called in with the knowledge and con sent of L. A. Jillson, chairman ot the committee, and that he worked with them over an hour, and that various clerks took a few lessons by squinting over his shoulder. Of course this is a small matter and we dislike very much to throw a cloud upon the truthfulness of Mr. Kautzman's remarks, but facts are facts and will not remain crushed to earth. ••1 ■ Kbm says tbo papers up in this country lie about him* Telling tbe truth on tbe red-beaded freak is about the hardest jolt be can get. In review ing his public career as a statesman from Nebraska, for which he has been paid 20,000 round hard-earned dollars, we know of but two or three instances wherein he has been a benefit to bis constituency, aud that was in sending out packages of seeds. Tbo nearest approach be ever came to being a states man was when he accepted free passes on railroads.—Butte Gazotte. Wk will bo in this town living in mansions long after the mangy Fbontikh curs have had tbe mortgage Jorrlosed on the watered Scott machine.—Kautz man. Yes, we guess that will be about tbe size of it. Just one or two more super visor steals like tbe last tax list deal nnd the wherewithal to erect the mansion will bo in sight. To see a carpet-bagger living in a brown stone front may irri tate the tax paying public somewhat but it will serve to illustrato nnd demon strate the possibilities that accrue from a close stand in with a gang of official robbers. There is nothing more ludicrous ban Kautzman’s efforts to make himself i "boodler,” a "theif” and a "robber,” jy demanding the right to "loot” the :ounty treasury with his extortionate sills for county printing.—Graphic. And there’s nothing more disgusting ban to look over the list of reformers that sanctioned his demand and voted in favor of the "loot.” These fellows act is though they are afraid they will never get another whack at the grab-bag and ntend doing their level best to catch all )f the cash prizes while they may. Be fore another two years have rolled iround the county of Holt will be in he hands of a receiver. Wiien tho foroe of clerks employed by the treasurer cannot tell u man the assessed val rntlon of his township or the amount of axes paly by his school dlstrlot, then we may ndeed believe that roform has struck us. 1'erhaps It the lcarued treasurer had a little 'future time for preparation” things would jo different.—Frontier. Just so. Such information could not be obtained in the treasurer’s office with sut footing up a column of totals of all the 40-acre tracts in the township, which the treasurer has’not time to do, * * * but perhaps some of the Scott tools are jo ignorant as to not know it.—Inde pendent. Ignorant indeed, you poor old fossil ized hulk! The idea that the treasurer cannot tell the assessed valuation of a township without footing up all of the 10-acre tracts in the township is ridicu lous and preposterous. In the first place footing up the 40-acre tracts would not give the assessed valuation, as it would also be neeessary to figure in the person alty. If the treasurer’s books are cor rectly and professionally kept it is a very easy matter to telljhe assessed val uation of any township or the amount of tax paid tiy any school district. At the end of each township is a recapitu lation showing the amount of tax paid by the township for school, county and state purposes, together with rate of taxation. Almost any school boy, out side of Mullen’s office, given the total tax with the levy will tell you in just about two jerks of a lamb’s tail what the valuation is. Talk about ignorance! Oh, you poor devil I And it is really too bad about Mullen’s “time.” He has the office so full of clerks that they are compelled to go out into the street to turn around. Fact is. ’twas rumored on the streets the other day that when the. force Btarted for dinner at noon one of the clerks was seriously injured by the rush and jam in the large and capacious hall. Mullen no doubt has considerable latent ability and a little "future time for preparation” will probably bring it to the surface, but that doesn’t prevent tax receipts from coming back for cor rection on account for the bungling man ner in which they are issued. independent steals. At every meeting of the board of supervisors they steal from the county 9180, by charging for the day before the board meets and the day after it adjourns. By awarding the printing of the tax list to the Independent they have stolen over $1,500 from tie people of the county. By employing more help in the treas urer’s office than is necessary and more than was employed under a republican administration, they are wrongfully spending the peopie’s money. By employing more help in the clerk’s office than is necessary and more than was employed under a republican administration, they are robbing the tax payers. By allowing the sheriff two deputies when he should do all of the work him self, they are heaping additional burdens upon the public. By recklessly plunging the county into ill-advised and losing litigation that are increasing taxes. Employing John Morrow for a year at $2.50 per day as assistant expert, which was clearly a violation of our statute. By calling a grand jury last fall they heaped thousands of dollars of addi tional debt upon the county, and the benefits derived were absolutely nothing. Being the plurality party they are re sponsible for the continuance of the supervisor system, which costs the county over $50,000 more every year I than that of the commissioner. Wonderful Things Mood’s Sarsaparilla Does fat The Sick and Suffering Hood’s Cures Hay Bthbecfe Wolcottsburgh, N. Y. '" I read in the papers of the wonderful things, lood’s Sarsaparilla was doing for others, and, io I bought a bottle for my slok child. She was Suffering With Spasms, rhe physicians had given her up. 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