Show I RUN THE RASCALS DOWN I > The Herald is in sympathy with the movement of the oresent county authorities au-thorities to investigate the action of the former county court In its squandering squan-dering of public money and its questionable ques-tionable proceeding some of which have recently come to light This is not a matter of politics Every Republican Repub-lican as well as Democrat should be interested in the disclosures that have been made and the proceedings that ought to be taken in relation to them There is little if any doubt in the minds of the majority of people who have read the account of the investigations investi-gations that have taken place that robbery and bribery are the proper I i words to designate the wrongs that have been done in county affairs No I only have the people in the aggregat been defrauded but poor working men have been oppressed in the deductions from their wages and jobbery has been common in various kinds and ways Under the decision of the district court delivered on Saturday although the county court may not as a self appointed committee compel the attendance at-tendance and testimony of witnesses yet in their capacity as a court presided pre-sided over by the Probate Judge they may and ought to inquire fully into the nefarious doings which have now become be-come a public scandal And they can proceed as a court to require witnesses to give testimony and fully inquire into every bill and account in which the court and the county are interested The claim that has been set UQ that accounts which have been passed upon cannot now be inquired into Is contrary I con-trary to good sense and the court says it is contrary to good law It may be said that the warrants having been issued is-sued in payment of the bills now declared de-clared to have been unlawful there is no way to get the money back Softly The money has not been paid If the warrants were unlawfully issued payment pay-ment can be stopped and the parties holding them can sue the county if they dare and have the whole bad business exposed If what has been discovered can be fully established and guilt be carried I home to the culprits not only will a I large amount of money be saved to the county but the criminals will be prosecuted pros-ecuted as they ought to be and landed in the penitentiary if found guilty The public will support the county court morally in the good work of investigation investi-gation detection and prosecution But will the county court be supported I sup-ported financially In the present crippled condition of the county finances finan-ces very little more can be done un I less the means lire provided to accomplish accom-plish it What is to be done The bonds proposition was not accepted I by the voters The county authorities have the will and the way to push this matter but they have not the means To devise some plan by which what is necessary can be obtained a mass meeting of taxpayers Is called by the county authorities Wednesday evening at 730 in the city and county building are the time and place at which the public are invited to assemble Eevrybody who wants the investigation to go on should attend Run the rascals down make them disgorge if possible and put them where they belong expresses the sentiments senti-ments of people who are alive to the outrages that have been perpetrated Rally to the meeting friends and help to devise a plan whereby justice can be done Do not fail |