Show On the day before the bond election McCunes mouth rgan published anal an-al table of extravagances which it claimed was vouched for by a Re publican City Auditor The day after that election It said the figures were a literal transcript of the Republican City Auditors books On Wednesday we printed nu emphatic denial of this by the City Auditor who said he merely verified ono Item in the list that was asked for by lelephone by the Herald manager the halfyears expense for street lighting Yesterday mornlno hrt no U mouth organ said Us tabulation was made by a member of the Heralds stan whose character and standing have never been questioned That makes three Separate sources from which the figures are alleged to have come Two claimed the City Auditor and his books as their source and now they arc said to have come from a member of the Heralds staff The latter is doubtless as nearly correct as the mouthorgan can come Gut it stu pidly fails to note In Its crooked course that tile character and standing of the person who Is now made the scapegoat i scape-goat for the rascally showing needs not to be questioned it is already putrid beyond cleansing |