Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1911 — QUAKING WITH FEAR. [ARTICLE]

QUAKING WITH FEAR.

Anything That Smacks of Investigation Gives the Republican the Chills. The Republican is throwing another fit over the appearance of field examiners in Jasper county. They are now investigating the various county officers, and, in view of the fihding of all those shortages by the examiners who went over the township, town and

City books, it is not surprising that the Republican has the quakes at any r! further delving into the public records by an unbiased set of examiners, for every officer found short was a republican. It howls about the expense, yet we do not recall any great protest going up from that paper when - the commissioners hired

ij. B, Workman- for $1,900 to go over the Books of “Doc” Nich- ■ 'ls and found that the some $7,500 which Nichols had paid in under protest was really owed. No great faith in the Workman investigation was had by the public in general, and now, whether the examiners find anything due the county or not, or even should they confirm the report made by Workman in every particular, it is worth all it will cost to know the facts and satisfy the public that this is an honest investigation and that the report may be relied Upon as being correct. An honest public servant has tio fear of an honest and unbaised investigation of his office, in fact lie should court it, that he may himself be satisfied that all 's straight and right and that there will be no after-claps perhaps several years after he retires from office.