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Show Till'. IllVUIt OIIIIIAL 1IIAU1IS. Til Know city suthorltlta lu Denver are looking ovir the "cath hooka" ol their preJeceaaora In ofllco. Atriady they havo illacovernl a hlatuiln the acroiint through which over $29,0(10 of the iiuhllo money have etcaped from Ihe till, noludy kuow where. Hut the work haa only JuatU gun, and the proctt aru favurablu for txhlblta )it to ciiine hlch will Iw very luuih more lutenallng to the taxiaycr. Tho commltteu havo been looking caaually through the record of ex. Auditor McICnlght. Tho finding Rio ul tho unaatlahctory aorl, and Mr. Mc-Knight Mc-Knight ha endeavored b ricoucllo lublluopluloiiby tho declaration that he did not participate lu tho. In Jl.-e ixraonally. Here la the atlfaotlon he g I Irom the Denver A'eit t-ou the ecore of non participation: "It may bo tint Mr. McKnljht ill I not directly participate In llto Irau la an 1 robbcrlet with which Ida otllce waa eon-noitisl eon-noitisl during III term. Nooiiooan eoaii thnoonla villliout tiehig tiienahelinii.1 a III, a ouu Ictlon that Hie auditor' urllco viManeato! robUr, and whoever wa Inehargoof It wm captain ol lh gang tl 1 dcHcriea tho atrlpea an 1 fotxl nf Iho convict fur the term ol hit natural life." That ar further aver that Icing ilecleil aud iualllled a city auditor, If ho wa honoat Willi the oplu ho would havo given thu odlce Ida ron-nl ron-nl attention, or If not able to do a?, ho Mould have rolgned. From preeent dlacloaureiand tho explanation of Iho ex-auditor, hi oao lojka exactly aa though he had (ought thotlllcoaolcly for what Ihero wa In It, with "no con-tlderatlon con-tlderatlon whatever for the tervlco to Ihe iieople ltti HimI In Ida election. It haa Ucomo opular In thtao daya fur the lenacr "buMoa" to buy lu the olllcn that yield tho fie, aaour(ofivoulntloii. They have no Intention from tho flrat of ever touching the work themaelvea, any more than Ihe Chicago wheat peculator pecu-lator hat of handllug Iho gralu ho punhaava at thottock exchange. The wheat apeculator buy hi gralu future with tho hope of "margllni." Ho thu lullllcal boat Invetl In otllclal "futuri" alto with tho h o of "mar-glne." "mar-glne." With hlni aa Willi tho whial lcuLitorlt I a ileal In aoimthlng he uover exec'ui to touch or e, with the Idea ot "oloarlug" iniothluj or tteallug omethlng In the traualer of title to aecond haud. Now let ua too m hat Mr. Mc'Knlght did with hlaorUclal Iniat, lor rcvnt iuruaewellloall ItujKirchaae', Iho routluooflielng a "candidate," aud to on and i forth, la mo rely tho tcntl. inuiilal purl or tho trauaactlon which In audi caiia la endured lor Hie aake of n.urvlng Iho traditional creinouhaioffree government among thepfOfle. Instead of tillering ujkiu Iho actual labor or oferalght of the butlueaa entruated tl hlni Mr M'' Knlolit dltpoao J fhl charge Juai m. he might of any olh r purrhn-ai le proierty by Irantlerlng It t n Mj (Jeorgu Iliym ill, prrtu lmbi n mirgln, nulueier eu ne r il in Mr, Ueiirgn Itiymiiu I m In u i i dm Unit lutho I) i ion in ri , u alyle. According to Ihe Aiteri and .V;i lo'ietm, hei "opened It up to Ihu triaMirylooterp." irulM.ly rcallilng a fair profit ou tho rlak. 01 Hie final reauluof the trauaactlon Mr. McKnlght plead total Ignorance, and onthaalrength of hi Ignorance ha arraigned the JttpuMlean manager on a suit for libel. He probably hoi loieirchue tome paying Jury "tock" aul win n margin In deel alon In tho earns faahlou a ho lranaaclr.1 the bualneaa ol hit nil lev. There are jlenty uf cunning orlora In tho legal laiaineaajuat aa theroaru In the election bueliicp and the cilice bualneaa ou hand for any ort of com mlMloli that will luaure or-promlae a "margin." We are not dlited to decide Mr. McKnlght'acaao lu advance, but It 1 our belief from the remut allowing that ha woull much bolter have deferred de-ferred hlaeult until the committee on Investigation ha 1 doted It work In hi ofllce. llrcauao then I no telling what might turn up In the meantime. He might, before they are done, I ro-cure ro-cure aome tin ngthenlng Irttlmony fur hla caao, a thing It very much need, and he might liaieoccatlon tojoln the little defaulting colony lu Canada. Tho men who are after hlni are not of Ida political faith, whlcli meant very much Inauilt niattera nowa day. |
