Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1909 — JUST LISTEN TO THIS, WILL YOU. [ARTICLE]

JUST LISTEN TO THIS, WILL YOU.

Senator Will Wood, of Lafayette, Republ'can leader in the Senate, is heartily in favor of a system of Inpectlon for public offices and declared yesterday that he would vote for the merchants’ bill for unform accounts in county and township offices and for the inspection of such offices. “There is no doubt in my mlnd, M , he said, “but that there should be a system of inspection for public offices. Even though the offices are not inspected often, the mere understanding that they may be Inspected at any time and without notice, will do much toward keeping all accounts straight.” • * * • Senator Abraham Halleck, of Rensselaer, also is in favor of inspection. He does not believe he will favor the merchants’ bill in exactly the form it is now, but he does favor inspection and "Will vote for a bill that will provide tor inspection of public offices under certain conditions. Senator Halleck explains that so far as his own county, is concerned, there is no great need for the inspection of offices. He does not recall that there has been any public graft in his county, but he is not always directed in his actions by the conditions in his own county. * * *

The attitude of Senator Halleck on the bill for the Inspection of public offices is framed largely from the same motives. While his own county is not particularly in need of any system of inspection, he believes there are other counties that may fcq, and for the best interests of the people of the whole State he believes a good inspection bill should be passed.—Tuesday’s Indianapolis News. And yet the county council of “his own county” has recently appropriated $2,000 to investigate the financial records of their county officers. Less than 10 years ago upwards of 1,000 representative taxpayers of all political faiths petitioned the county commissioners of “his own county,” of which board Mr. Halleck was then president, for an honest and nonpartisan investigation of the county records. Evidently the republican county council and the taxpayers in general do not agree with Mr. Halleck on this proposition, if the News quotes him correctly, and we presume it does.