Show WILL APPEAL TO THE COURTS S Democrats Desire Representation in Auditing of Books ogan Jan 12 The county commis commissioners commissioners met today for the purpose of or choosing a successor or to Professor Dryden of the Agricultural College on the special auditing committee appointed a some noise time ago aco The Th two Republican commissioners loners appointed this committee to audit the books of the Uie retiring and clerk and after spending pending several weeks in go going goIng ing hug through the records record the committee brought in a useless eleiN u superficial sU state statement statement ment meat purporting to show a discrepancy of UM between 1 fh be book of ot the two officers Republicans Republican Una circulated the report that an actual shortage existed and an as a re result result sult Salt much bitter political feeling f lIng was en engendered engendered engendered gendered as the purpose of the report was plainly political in addition to be being being belag ing lag petty Hendricks and Far Farrell Faro o rell 11 ext and d respective respectively tiye ly Jy demanded de UtaH that their records be liwag inv fairly and without partisan mal malice ma maIce al allce ice and the commissioners decided d ded to audit the books back far enough to ascer ascertain er tain tam the beginning of ot the tbt errors in ac accounts acCounts counts between the two offices TIle The county Democracy feeling that it was wu assailed ed by the UIe of Re RepublicaN publicaN relative to tAl its ot officers cera met and aad appointed a committee composed pf State S te Senator Barber Attorney P B E Keeter Keefer and Former County Commissioner Wil viI William liam Edwards to check up the lepor report of the auditing committee c i Desiring te ito ft t tb county records rf s this committee applied a sUed to the i clerk elerk for them but bt he refused refu ed to per pOr permit r mit them to look at 14 the books until threatened with mandamus proceedings Then Professor or Dryden retired re red from the tOO ind Darley for tOr forthe forthe the Democrats requested that successor be a 3 Democrat urging that as the books of ot Democrats worn were to be au audited tilted it was wac not Bot more ore than fir fair that the party should be represented dor or at least that the two officials affected by the tha report should have ave a representative ive on n the committee This was wall agreed to 14 and the th of I Joseph Quinney a Democratic bank clerk were sought but could not be secured Then Mears Farrell Fanell and Hendricks se so selected elected Attorney Keeler as aa their representative and nd the t party y ratified and ap at approved approved proved that choice The two Republican commissIoners however despite te the pro protests prote protte tests tte te ts of their Democratic colleague and n hi in opposition l to nearly j every evry Democrat Cra i ithe in inthe Inthe the county appointed Ap ed Professor prote or of the Agricultural college whose party af at affiliation is 18 not hot known and of whom the general genera public knows nothing The Democrats are mi indignant over the unfair and petty actio actions of the Republic Republicans 1 aDS ans and cae s in Ute tie court courts as aa a result of oC the unwarranted statements circulated cl I here heon are ar not DOt improbable b II |