0 ALBANY REGISTER. V. S. Official Paper for Oretron. SATCHDAY. MAY 30. 1S74 A Utile Count. HNtoryTliat 93. 000 Waller. Ifl 1848 Wm. Haley was elected County Treasurer of Linn county. In 1849, after he had been in office one year, to make his books hal- ance, he charged the county w.th ! about 8900 indebtedness to the! school fund. In 1860, upon retir ing from tlte office of Treasurer, to make his accounts balance, Win. Haley again makes an entry charge ing the county with about 2,100 indebtedness to the school fund a total of S3.000. This was the tig ure, three thousand dollars, which the county fund fell short while Wm. Haley he'd the office of Treas. urer of Linn county. This matter of the, deficiency of 3,000 was left , uusetf'ed until the last of .Tune or . , .no . . i of .Inly, 18C2, j ust befor.- the ' , r , Al ... officers elected ov the I nun first new Republican rty, J. C. Powell, Couiity Judge; J. Hamilton and j O. W. Richardson, t'ounty Com missioners, and air. Walters, Treas-! urer, were installed into office. A day or two prior to vacating his office, Judge Haley, the father of Wm. Haley, the County Treasurer under whom this deficiency of three thousand dollars had occurred, and i who had held the office of County Judge during all these years, and whose duty it was to see that the accounts of the Treasurer were cor-1 rect (as up to 18b2 there were no i such officers known as County Com-! miss oners), drew an order on the county treasury in favor ot the school ! fund for the sum of 3,000 ! And ! this was, apparently, the latst official i act of the worthy County Judge, S. D. Haley the very last entry made in the b.ok, as any may see wi to feels anJuterest in the matter, i or doubts this statement, by calling ' at the County Clerk's office. When the newly elected officers above named had qualified and took their j seats ot office, and turned their at-1 tention to the affairs of the county, ; with the mo-t diligent and exhaust-1 ive search tleyjwere uible to find , any entry on Win. Haley's books showuiK that any money hd.bn borrowed ot the School Fund, or ,,v nthw f.m.1 tor the eountv : and ' , . . more. than this, they could not; J find any record or entry, yn any ot ; tho -nunt v'k hookas to show that tne county 8 . 0008?! to snow Iw. emlA 8 nnn , i.arl. t.l.Preof had been b -rrowed torn any source ! m.. f ... ... 1..4 t,. ..t iue uou.hy oum iucm Judge Haley, and when questiouetf as t6 how the comity hcame in debted to the School Fund in the sura of ISiltyNtrtb! .:o.Wawtf n arvinint nf it whatever he said he ' account oi it wnaiLvtr m. s.u had no knowledge "that any moiieyt had been borrowed for the use of; the county from the said (Wr Fund. The t 'ouitT ' Bontd then, ; llif?ivnce of expenses per day In ' i (xwt of rtmn.njr the Supreme as in duty hound, determined that! court between isho and mk ' " ,-ft, anmmitliiR to at hst, for the securities of Wm. Haley should 1 four ywm.... 1 j To wliliha'Mtli.Mllffeiviicein.hc accotitit for the loss of the 88,000 to : enpetwrot taklnjt eareof the In , . . , ani', helnif fl per utint p-r the eountv, but it was soon found I week, more than In California . , I or other States BverafftllR I7J that thacouiitv had no recourse, as' r.niintsfor4vi'ars.amounwto.. the bunds of Wm. Haley, as County ft 7: SMX..IKM ' i Treasurer, could not be found. This i is, in as brief a manner as we can l give itkthe truth in regard to tho j i-i t t:. . . 'TT. C in chiio . vnawi, whb U, by the co unty ot S3,000lWhi!e 8. .-t, ihtex candidate (luring Judge Haley's term of office " the law provided for no such officers j The Mercury of Salem, in a late as County Commissioners, and it jie, charged that Tn.Moy Ford, was the duty of the County Judge Independent candidate for Prose to receive tlte books of the Treas. catil(g Attorney tbr this District, urer's going out of office and see : ma,ie personal effort to secure the Uiat they were correct. Tpou his 1 nomination for the office to which examination lx-toro tin- now !?onil u ....... ,...:.., . .!. i.,,.i.. .. .i... w, , Judge Haley did'not claim that he had raamiiiHl the hooks of the ont- going Treasurer, Wm. Haley, his i son: but in resnonse to inouiries , said he mppmd they were all rirut .i ... 2j iL was . . ' M and Imour that, tlm renin's ' money had not he., tampered with, land that every cent due the people: ; should be tended over to the in- j coming Treasurer.' If Judge Haley ' ; knew of the defalcation at the time the books were surrendered and the arr-ounts adiuted bv him. then he . is as guilty as the Treasurer ; if he did not know of this defalcation of j $3,000 until subsequently, he cer- ' taiuly was a very lax officer, and held his sacred oath and his duty to , the peop e as of little worth ; but if . ' , u .. ,. it be true that after the discovery , . , , i e was maae that a ueiaication or 3,000, clearly traceable to his sou, had bet... made under his own eyes, (and the Records afford undeniab'e tL' ..-1. ... .1. ..... r" 'I tr he then, to cover up the crime, charges the county with the full amuunt of the indebtedness to the 1 1 r Jsbl! t i JS2rtZ the enure defalcation .' n nen that entry was made by Judge did he not commit a fraud agaJt . ! , ,n'H! th, people of D not by tins act prove h msdf un. worthy ot trust,., any potion of honor or profit at the hands ot this , 4 ' a'"1 ' he. of Lion county so decide at the pods on Monday nexi? We are confideut ot the answer. M'OXOmV. We take the following tabular Hauneutu. u.e wru nya - the government of the State dnnng the present administration, from the . . e ,.e Oregonmn of Wednesday. It shows that the People's money ha been illegally squandered to the time .ot one hundred and ninety. seren wowana-nwar. i.eu u.e 1 1 . 7 f Jf i or riif i ! taxpyers ot Linn carefully study w ti tini.'o nrviiraa u n rnnii rau wi u iir . . .1 t I. J t knit iirih iha AAiitiniiaiitfi ill ennh " ' " " . . wholesale robbery, il&ui. the state ment : . x M Trea,arer-9 om bj 1 lrcm'' on ! McMvn(ljtaooiaWowitJ ton'wnt;0,(Xmiirryrar. 10.000 Incrtti-'i salanuif OI supreme P&K I lr' 10,000 2,400 i piy of Clerk of Seeretary ii wwi. pay 0H.1CTK oi wecrumry nt state ... iMo ll:feivnce in rtit ol tannic 'aii!'l- 9,")40 .JKlfrivnw in mint Iiitf lor years 1870 71 For unit 5,200 10,000 2il,i)t K) Km- 1S7374. Wlfcrenee between octiuil fxiwnse (,t S,lt,. rjapttpi CmnnUwIonerH, W per. iiay, mi newtat exjicatf, f'SSSS J!- 1.47'. 2,000 2.1X10 3,200 2,200 72.800 . ..r-..-i K. .wvi l umnnum nwi Mini m.vw 'ehaiem road stent. 20,000 Total ' iw,ooo This 1ow not include all the waffon road swindles. The agony will soow be over, and rj ! rnnn nrl. maimed " a.snlisea ' ami ii - " rr ' ' - a - m. n.-oiiucp at mi.; nanus vi mo DemocratiUtate Convention hat .... n lUAJ-. he wrote letters to Democratic dele- gates to said Convention asking their inline.., to imm such noni - i nation. When Mr. Gilfrey, the i UiA'i;. if. u,a .. I , .j ! for his authority for the statement. ! ,, ,,' .,,.. ! Gilfrey said that Mr. Galloway ! and Mr. Ramp were the men to whom be (Ford) wrote Utters, so. liciting their influence. Mr. Ford I then went to these gentlemen and I asked them to show him the letters, it s.wh tl.PV had. makinr such 80lk.il 1 tations. They were sui irised said they had received no letters of that character. And at Mr. Ford's suggestion, each wrote a specific denial that they ever received any such letters, or made anv . . ' . ., that they had' received the. ,. f statement ; im. vv m. (.alloway s statement is as follows: Dayton. Mhv ,2,2d. 'SSyedany letter fei ! you soliciting the nomination tor Prosccutinz Attorney in the Demo-1 cratic State Convention, neither have j l made stieJ. statement. KeKetftiHv. 0WAY Mr. B. F. Kamp writes, nuder i jfcHWWI tl, same state eMd wl8t has tWU Werebeen the record ot the Domocratic tu011,tttir:tjlL;flu k ir cuev tTZ 8" tbe"? " the g f f not the rate ot k'en cury a,,d Ui&ti-iwu ou'y. a"d 00111 increased from year to year, until oflthew distinctly and uuequivo- fmw it fc double the rate deny that thev em receive.! lhen ? jp there not nearly or quite any such or that they J Qf J , .... . , . . , ' ' tW did solicit such "omi,,a :cci uw wicjr iiau. I tion ; oil the contrary, when so- licitcd by Bill Watkinds of Salem , to become a candidate for such i noiniiiation, he distinctly told him be'Vmld not have jt that he was not a candidate tor any office. o , fer as this ch8rge c0cerned it ! to the Mf ForJ ,.ll(lnatfl)1 with hollor the w. Un; ifl the ot 1870 ; was admittted to the bar in j ' ' . . t- effi- t i mw ' . Dftistflki..Lr lawver. (teLulJ.. .iik . , fac, f, and u ewaks well notable tact is, and it epeafca well . - - . . tbr his thoroughness as a lawyer, . . . , ! he has never had a case demurred out ot Court because of any flaw in his papers. Mr. Ford is not only better qualified than his oppo nents for the office, but he is a sound, honest, reliable man, a temperance man from principle. , . . , ... . , : V hercver he is known he will lead t his ticket. In the city of Salem lie i will get at least one hundred ma jority. He made a first rate im- , pression upon u.e t eop.o o. " I county, nnd will run equally well with the balance ot the rhathewillbeouruextProsecut - . .I'. t i ; mg Attorney, we nave no nesi-1 tancy.nsay.iig, an., um ne win make a good one there, is not a shadow of doubt. FUblle Speaking. T. P. Campbell speaks at Salem this evening shaking to com mence at 8 o'clock P. M. j T. W: Davenport will add ress the citizens of Silverton at 3 o'clock ttad'MMrtwAn: A fLMltlMlkv. laflr. nnmnrnmiuaH A WORD IK RELATION TO COUNTY AFFAIRS. When the Democratic adminis tration in Linn county turned over the control of affairs to the Repub- i lican officers elect in 1862, they left a debt ot $3,500. From 1862 to 1866 Republican offioials ran the rv .t A r "j"? Mf f lne,r co,ur01 u,ev ouut r" i Court House at that time probably tl,3 "m1 Huuuu UU"U"'S State-at a cost of 30,000. This, with the debt ot 83,500 bequeathed them by the Democracy, .uade a wlal uco" o,ovu. 'l "uo total debt of $33,500. At the P'ratlon ot ,our W the ff AWM of the auty offices, when the debt of the was alwut $16000 the Re" Publl'' hav'g Paid. dur" "g tlie fonr years wnih t,,py werL w Pwer m Kn by the Democracy, with interest on same, and 14,000 ot the Court House debt. During the 4 yearei from 1862 to 1866, the tax levy was from 9 to 11 mills, with the excPtion of tho last year' wheu il was raised to Vlh mills. JJuring the four years under consideration, nearly all ot tho costly county bridges, those over the Calipooia notably, were erected, costing as hih as 1,200 for a sigle brnlge ; and those bridges, although built eight or ten years ago, still stand, Khowirurthftt. thprp was no "shnddv" , . , , . erty in the county mat mere was tlten, and is not the assessed value of said taxable proX'rty more than double the assessed value then ? If these are truths and none gainsay them how is it after eight years at least : 0f Democratic rule, the county debt has hot decreased one cent, but in all probability, it the facts could be.ascertained. has increased ? Now the county receives abuot 860,000 a year for revenue, and yet flu. A..imtv Aniit im tint tifriiwltnii , ' - '.."I a nvl IVi unin i ii ' men i 1 1 vnuvivitv - - ' 30,000, the county debt .vas licjui- dated at the rate of nearly five thousand dollars a year, and that, too, on an average tax levy of less than 11 mills per annum ! But we need not further comment on this matter. The facts above stated! show that to insure the lowering of taxation, the payment of the county indebtedness, and the practice ot general economy and retrenchment iu county affairs, a new set of ollicak mual be elected mcii who m m fctter(() aud vho Will Wot etriptVo cover up j mismaairemcnt a1j recklcss extravagance of their predecessors , those Dredecessors klo.nzed ; the me nart The PeoDu , . the taxpayers of old Linn, who are compelled to foot these ontrageous bills from year to year, feel that thjg ig the on,y iiIie'0f policy to pur- sue, and they have determi.d . to clean out the entire official stable on the first of June and the Pec pie never faij. A heary tornado stirred the Pen. dlite-7Wiw2'ffl( op im livelti W iHtil titlbft'' ; Dont be Deeelyed. We ask the honest taxpayers ot Linn county to look at the way comity affairs have been managed during the past years while under Democratic rule; to look at the j partiality shown ; to examine the charge that some sections ot the county have been favored to the neglect and injury of other ; to consider the enormous amounts l f money raised (taken from your pockets) by taxation, during the time under consideration, and yet the county gets deeper in debt and the tax levy continues to advance. Consider the solemn pledges of "re form and retrenchment" made by the Democratic nominees in the past, and call to mind if you can a single fulfillment of those pledges. And although the piesent candidates ot that party are making the canvass on the same "promises, in the light of the past can youagain trust them to make good these pledges a fter the first day of ,inn , should they prove successful? Assured ot their record made in the past in the hand ling the county funds, and knowing that to elect the candidates of the ring will be simply endorsing its past official acts, how can you as sert with any consistency that you are in favor of an honest and eco nomical administration of county affairs if you vote to retain the ring in power? Upon your vole on Monday next depends the rate ot taxation the coming two years. If the Independent ticket is elected , taxes will be greatly reduced ; if the ring ticket is successful, the tax rate, judging from the past, will not be decreased, but is more likely to be largely increased. It resolves itself into a question ot dollars and cents, it appeals directly to the pockets of the taxpayer. Let every taxpayer consider this matter well, aud after a careful survey of the situation, vote as his conscience shall dictate. Not a SucceM nt a Temperitucei'nn tlldatc. Mr. Whitney, Democratic candi date tbr Prosecuting Attorney, has made a complete failure during the canvass, not only in convincing the taxpayers that he is not competent for the position, but that he is a reliable temperance man. This was stated as his strong suit when nom inated, and the temperance people were certain to vote him. The citizens of 8cto are well aware now, at least, that his temperance princi ples will not do to tie to. Imme diately after the discussion at that, place recently, he went into one of the saloons there, and stood tho drinks for the crowd. At how many other places he done the same thing we are not informed ; neither do we care ; this one instance is sufficient to show tliat, if he would break his rolemri obligation ns a Good Templaf, to which order liV belongs, he cannot he depended upon to keep any obligation, no matter how binding it may be. The taxpayers of this Judicial District want no such man for, Prosecuting Attorney. ......... m. . . , The House Committee on im peachment, of the Legislature of Arkansas, have reported articles against Chief Justice Sledim?, a number ot Associate Justices, Aud itor Wheeler, Cireuit Judges, and other offioials, and they hid not fully considered the hfirf;' but I intended making s farthe JWport.