Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1899 — More Bulldozing Tactics. [ARTICLE]

More Bulldozing Tactics.

Last Saturday morning, while The Democrat man 'was alone in tiie vault of the county recorder’s office, comparing the last report of the county auditor as published to the taxpayers with his repent for the same period made to the s|ks» offiers at Indianapolis, and noting the discrepancies in the two reports, County Treasurer Gwibj and “son John" bund: into the vault and the former poured forth a huge volley of oaths and signified his intention of “shooting the life out" of The Democrat scribe. After each making a number of. violent demonstrations, without causing The Democrat man to take to his heels, and the dignified treasurer had relieved himself to some extent of his almost unlimited vocaulary of profanity, The Democrat man meekly inquired what all the excitmentwas about? Then the wrath of the treasurer again rose and his breast heaved with indignation, as he referred to a “lying article" which he had seen in a (borrowed) copy of The Democrat that morning, in regard to the county warrant (issued by mistake) to J, E. Alter last December. Jesse swore by all. the mm "that he bad shown The Democrat that identical warrant, but “son John" with eyes bugged out like saucers, admitted on being pinned down that The Democrat man had called at the treasurer’s office andasked to see that identical warrant, and that after looking about he could not find it r exactly as stated in The Democrat. This cooled the Wrath of the doughty master of exchequer somewhat, apd, muttering dire threats against everything democratic, he depart.ed, closely followed* by “sob John,” .ho .09 ovidently gl.d !o g9t

In conversation with a stock dealer a few days ago in regard to the 40 head of feeding steers purchased by the commissioners for the poor farm on Oct. 15, he informed us that the price paid for those steers was $4.40 per cwt. and that the county* would probably loae quite a little money in this speculation, as the price of fat cattle was considerably lower now than for some time. It will be seen that these cattle have now been fed by the county for months, and if it is not the intention to ignore the following section of a new law, which went into effect Feb. 27, they most still be kept for some time yet: “Sac. 6. The Board of County Comtniosioners shall not be authorised to sell say county property, either rzasoNAJL or rkal, except at public suction, after advertising such property for sale sixty days in at least one newspaper of genera! circulation in the county where sMd property to for sale, sad by postins op notice of said sale at the county eourt house, in a conspicuous place, giving the terms, time and place of sale, and a description of the property xo be sold.'*- — The Democrat does not believe it ie to the best interests of the taxpayers for county commissioners to speculate with county funds, and ao stated at the time these cattle were bought, but as they were bought with money from the county treasury, let the commissioners comply with the law in disposing of them, that the people, whose money was used, may know exactly what the cattle were sold for. • .*