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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.
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