The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 10, 1884 Page: 2 of 4
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Bcport of The Ortnd Jur>.
till- 11111 \ lit' Tin: III Mill KAT
iii it- readers compels il In a*
sail openly the report nf tin'
I; 11 • • u i a in I jui y This i- an nn
u^iiiil lliiiiu tui a new •)ia|n"i In
I in this day ami tint--. lint
it uuiiM In an irri• |iiiI l«• in
jury !•■ tIn* i*iI'lluli u — 11111• Ii< 11• r
in li a • 1* •' it tin-ill In ^ii itiitu •
Ii11 11 just how w lu ll ill** peo
(•li* aii' :il\iUti I'M mole liylil.
It- )>« riiliai Iv confidential and
assuring sty !•' tIttoughotit n n
i|> in it tin* in.in* danger-uis
Without its I In i t*i 'Ugh analysis
iii tin' liuht i-f farls. in it in tin-
pOSSOSsjoll <|| t'V I'I'V Mill', i I III ill III
JtlllJII'l l v
Imok*. and also with tire ccrtlf- ii* well as lo make a (htNKHM.dimiot n*w lvi audi dc| osits tin* bank nwM'vi* ami county'femdre movement*. Further «'Kat to make,
hates of il**]-../-It held liy tin* ilfjM isi i m ti li the C. C. Hank, imly win*!! llii'Tmuiiury inr|im fiuulH wcr* one and the mine, investigation ami developc- mn wit mm lie denied that
Treasurer." Then if Mr. Haglev. as shown, j ed, then only until it is open, ami that a withdrawal of the incuts will perhaps bring nlsiut I 'apt. Boyd, tin* Cashier of I
Their i* oim i^trnittr«* iit*jiiir\ «'Uli not loan or make a ycncrnl ami tln*n clearly an a spcclal comity funds Hitulil have tin* desired result*. Heroic Irnnk hiul walked o er an
thai ni'isi's on iln- face ot tut* deposit of the county lunacy,lie dejmult. Tin- rule would tin- necessitated n closing of tin* treatment of the case may be a JMiid up tin* county inotU'V an
it In i\ •• extract. Ho peculiar that «'HH not by uin aet of his trans-1 ipiestioiinbly he tin* same in a hank. Let a candid public take filial resort. A few more idiot n and turned Mr. liuglcy lotim
it will strike the reader at a '••r the title of the county funds comity v\ li«*n a Treasurer's oHlce our record as we have uuidc it, "Indued in tin* right place will aw In* threatened la EU iiaroxj
ami taken iiM-nuiiet tinu to the liank. So that it in per and wife are provided and open, ami also theirs ami decide 1m- make an end of the cumpnign. sms to do, the hank would hav
feet I \ clear that t lie r. (j. Hank litit iu the strongest li^ht eon tweeu us. A strict adherauce to the law lieen that instant cloned. Tit
ha* no legal possession of ami cei\eaIde, lie Collin County tic. J vii.. hv out officials is the only hope ' concern was in fact in a l>a
right to the money it has re Hank is not authorized to re That wrongs have Itccu coin of the people; for tills we will condition and wan only able t
eei vei loft lie treasurer Ulld itK he reive alt \ pllhlie funds oid\ ii^
ing there iu any such a way ami a >i'i;< t vi. deposit, ami could
jrlnllCl
u itli oilier important r.e l > \ • t
|u he considered is full of sijf
nilii'iiiiee It is this. wh\ did
not the hoiioiahle grand jurv
yi\e |o the J ill I >1 il * some of (hi
I'alaiii es show ti to the nedit of their use of ii is a "inisapplira not use a dollar of such deposit
the • I i tl'i'ieiti funds ami tell also tion'ofthe , ..uutt uuuie\ a
what amount of moi>e\ tln v dellm-d hy our SiaiUte, ami is
counted ' What a vast Hood of « m«'sl tlagraiit violation ofour
liirht Mitch a statement, accoin lM,mil laws. My Si kciai. de
j tallied li\ a daily 1 >.i la u.e of posillhe count \ wouhl U l hi
tlii' hank would have pourei
nulled iu our jail mauageiiic-uts liyht to the hitter end. All who save itself hy lobbying throng
lite grand jury have luien forced desire to "cuss" the "|fc v.\|(. a white-wuHliing ivpirt froi
to admit. They howe\er dwell prs" for its course can turn ; the grand jury.
ii^ioii tin* fact that only one their^profanitv loosi oita"kerh-
witneys testilles to certain daiu- atom ' or '•mile jM st." It will
1111 y umiiev
\ Milt the
! I- VV hi'l'e I In
itiiv can watch
.Ills)
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a man
good
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that i
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diier of the
•aid si• \ era I
It. that he
tiioii
'aj'taiii.
ill feel
t he
>ank
w a-
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had
till-
u i and
Then
s • H II
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Meceive uiitll \ hill
dissected II. 'lie will be mislead
a- to it- intriii-ic want of met it
and i•-liability The volumin
• •ii- character of the rejiort i^
• inly • me of its remarkable fea
in.'-. It is also j', "labored ar
_r11nn-111." of a most peculiar na
lure 11- e|lit■ iilittions o| miii
Lrli d count \ and bank atfairs
are the ridiculous results of a
bod\ of iiii*ii a|iparetitl\ -11i\
iiii: in do their (jut \ ami at l lie
-ame 11me worried l>\ an imlu-
tri'i'i- and sleepless lobby Its
thesis on law. which is duly
accredited to "able Imwxccs
w h" Hi'l'e consulted ti'llds to
heighten the sublimity of its
colossal rediciih'iisuess. Hut it
i- w ha I everybody looked for.
It is what some of I he grand j ll-
|| 11'- -aid "Il ill' >tt'eets il Would
!"' lollg befo|'e tile la bol'S of
ll hal boil \ Wel'e closed The
I'Ubljc lillist lee the situation ill
| "I'del to Ulllh islalld the |'e|iolt.
I In grand jurors, with two or
J I hl'ee except iotis Jil l' a IIIO,s| e\
I I e 11 e 111 Set of III •' Il. but they
vv. ii surrounded by an irresisi
' able lobby such as the coll't
11«• Il -e never kin w before. Tll '\
! VV el'e ill till' lialnls of meli W II 11
ktti• vv more than they did. The
i -lain! jury did not ,-ict i orrujit
ly . 11111 fell through the weak
lie-- "I human nature. They
' ai' not t•' blame under this
v i•■ vv of the mallei'; but if they
were misled or mistaken, that
i- 11«' reason the people should
11' • I know till- U hole t I'll I h Hut
VV e ||OW proceed I" I'lll.'lly/.e J|
few paiagIaphs of tlie report:
"li wi may trust the suorn
statement of such men as Orriu
Upon this \ I \ei| 11 lies) ii i|| ' If
this vv a- all t In- money tin* ba11k
had. iln ia\ pay •■!• have it right
to feel aggrieved. Hill Wi|s t hi-
ll I' Hny ('()! NTKD f N\*e have
it ;i-> coniiiig from one of the
visiting committee that it was
placed before thflll ill bundles.
Sow we don't say the money
was not there, but v. do say
thai it was not cm .\tki its
money is usually counted. The
colli III i 11 ee could Hot haveilotie
it in the five to ten minutes they , .
were iu the 1 i«tttk. even allowing b-elings ami motives
divested of any title to the
motley liol the bank invested
with any title thereto. Now
leaders have we lilildc oi||' Word
good to demonstrate our posi
tion Say for yourself.
I'Id \ vTK liKI'osiTS.
Again iln* grand jury says any of Mr.
much about the course of pri is not right
to
a voi.t v 's Hon ti
we need sjty but tittle, tiraiii aging things, but fail to give answer the same purpose pre
that ii i- abundantly good. The ||js name. This witness was cisely. You want relief, and
v iolations of law we hav e point .lames Wilson, a man of as that will give it instantly. The
ed out bej.re the eyes of t h*> good standing in his coiutuuiii people are coming to the stun
Commissioner- Court, and jits tv. about NVestoii. for veracity ,
Lav.
Aid . '.Ni. It unv ullleer uf the nivvr
lutnt.vvUuU Iiv I«a u recflwrurUi*|nmI
arv uf inihlic inun«y, or m.y clvrk
ullier pernon •'iii|ilnveil ulumi i lie <<
Hw of nu ll Olll. er. mIihII fruiulenllv Ink
or uilsapplv. or eon v ert it to til« aw
u e. in v jiuri of mu ll |>iil*tii* iiioiie.v. ;
neeret iiie uim- vv ltli ihtelit to Uke.'lul
iii'|ilv . or eonveri It to liU om ii u
HfmU |my or deliver the fiuiie tomiy im
mm, know Iiik that In* In not eiiliilitil
receive It, lie *hull be puiiUhwl by cu
llneineiil ill the |ieiiiteiitliiry for a lei
not Icon t linn tvv o nor more than ten yeai
Aiii. !•". Within the term, "iiima|>p
i-atlon of |iuhlic money," are iiiclinh
the follow iiiKHitii:
Flrat—The uwofiiny |uihlle money,
the haiuU ot unv oillccr of the yorer
inenl. for any imr|io«c vv hatnoever,
II 111iii
tilled and ' Ncoiiruged by the
giiiinl jury, would lie a coin
plefe liefeil e for tlielil ill the
courts if.'i -nit were brought to
make a recovery from them for
Hagh'V's losses. It
to hold the bonds
men liable when our ofticials
as any man iu I his county. lie
was in it guilty of arson, theft,
forgery or any other felony , lb
is a man of well known truth
fullness, and yet a cunning at
tempt is made iu the report to
throw discredit upon his state
They
W licit
leopte
danl of the Dkmim it.vr.
"Come like the wind
the forests are relit.
And like the tempests when
navies are strain led."
"Chcok Gall and Impudence."
vate depositors. This is totallv men liable when our ofticials uieiits b\ sav ing that "oulv one ■ Kinmy |)h..\to< it v t
irrelevit u t. because fhe law fail togivethein I hat protect ion witness testified" thus ami so. ",s. . N""" I"l!* en
lakes no noli. thv way iu tl..- law reptiles. With such ||js word is worth that of "••••km# to ascertain the status
which :i private individual violations of law before our
handles his money but allows Commissioners court, ami out
him to be governed by his own grand jury, the innocent bond
no time for telling anecdotes.
Physical fads don't hem con
Madictioii. The nioiiey :ts a fact
was counted by the bundle.
Yet >* e are ||ot told ll"w iii ih'll
th' ie was. though stateineiils
have been called for both 11*1 >111
the treasurer and the bank.
The public is not permitted to
know any tiling of the condition
of oiii county I ii lids since last
May Hut tin- truth can not be
suppressed. Since April \Mtli
ha v e
Few
t heir
t illie
tliwir
i
Hut ii
does say w lint should be done
with public money and how
they shall be hamU"d. No^ b
ii it fad that our money is safer
in the hank than iu the county
safe. Two dollars are lost by
banks where one is lost by the pay any thing if they can
robbing of county safes. No " * " :* ! -
111• -11 shmild not sutler. Nor will
such be the case. There is now
it case of such contributory
negligence pending in our
courts, the results of w liich will
prove olll' position. Besides .'ill
lllis, no set of bolldsltieli will
el P
•I lis vv oiit IS wort II that o| a tlt«* count v funds in Collin thBl traninAMni ot tiamporHnf11
II tllouseml of tile Other prisoners I *. , ,, name to tile neat of Kovernmeiit. an«M
ir eV'iliiilieil amino such slender nm,"|* ' H,,V w "ether or Hot they ,„v.,ieiil Into the treamiry;
Xiimiin I, an I II l II I alv deposited III sale hands. Hecoml—the exchange, by atu oWiij
s dodge call lie made. I he grand '|'he gratid iurv of that countv Vr ol mrmei«r of i>ttl>l c AtnUalit ?
" iurv sav "We deprecate the V- ' u y Ol 111.11 otllliy haiuU. for lho-e of unother .haractr
vv hiimiiiir Olll wouhl be <d;id if l,,u'st Igated t lie lillll ter and pin- the |iurchane of hank check* or |iimIi
w 1111 J I Hp. 'in w till gla I It Hounced evervtllillg ilia satis- flee order*, ill exehiinge fort ruiiaiuiMl
It could be abolished am radorv condition. The Dkmo |« the in ..Miry, i* not i . hided li, il
savs "the siterill asserts that it ,i. n .. • . ' ,vr\_, ,, , ,
batiks ' if l lie count ly
iin prov ei| iu coiii 1 i t ion
Mil v e
This
lll« ' 11 \ II-
;ic. .mmin---late
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just ....
lull
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.-.til y -Ml ran
t 't •! 1 f
;.ey al 1 > per
Who-.- •
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Hotnai
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a: it wa* his.
iind Hi. ',:r;.
j u
i y say s it vv a -
fhiiis
1
[ " ; an- lor
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1 the glory
of 1 1 - "1 iiJ i
t a 1
Well. Will's
h;i v' hi'''
! and battles
fouglit
I'll;,' k v\ ;
i.
ales a story
of seeing .1 l
n.i
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'.nine down
lie- s| o-<".
| ||e ' 1 i '
'.. ■ had Ilea i d
lad " bu -1 e-1 "
II" did '
'til the s(.,.||,.
Then was
MI;II
|H^t iih'-ad
ma 1.in. l"i
III'' plilCe VV ||"
hild lall'h
||
a ml spill a
bin K
a-di iind had
gone '■ I'.'l ■ \ ■
M iici ideiit.
.1 if II i in; f
I' til s| page III'
Hi", r.oiii.ii
1 to. low II ci .vv .
ice W iiter. .
iMlv. "cheek.
gall illld iff
Jan
re ' il'U'il tl -' 1M '
liiiL'ht M :
sappose that
ilistituti n
ha
sell all of hi*
w hit-Wit- Il
resorted I" a
fine it-.' .>i i
-lack. In fit
tuie it mi j!
kliowtl i|s the
la m | • ! '.lie 1.
i III J " "II ol gJUI.
Hoot black'
amj' lilii-'kiinr
and vv ! i i! • 1
O H u 11 t 1 r 1 v 1
coin bi ||.
"Let lis
bo
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iiMhlcnt "
1 mh'i tii
heitdiuu tan
w Id tew;i > h i t
llbol -iff
il I'l'llilllll
nl tliiigitig
iii't.s t ly It
v • .
at some one
w hose Hit ui'
• If
• i'i
lis to i 'it 11, He
sa \ s, aiu"Iil; ■
t In
t things "we
Would I'k'
a >
dv the astute
politit'Uiti w
le >
m t
peopie be
iie\ e I'i 1H t
an
I ii- 'i of t lie re
ecu! . • I ich-
- i i
II 1
he | l| Vt-U li V 1
and w ho ha -
i b.
•••li
a ' hr-•nii- can
didiil' foi
tl
• w
hole time lie
has • ti in
1 •
• \ a
-. A - . W •111
We lf'_ 1 t
.-in
s VV I
i by saying
tha; tin | ••-
> pi
e 1
♦el il V e il cer
Mi in m :h. i.
oi
1IV
llilllie " Hill.
Houiat
i t <
s il
c. rutiii class
of tlii i v ait
IS 1
imi appeal in
1 he W .. \.
i 1 i
nine subject.
iind it i- tu-
Ii< tv rote l lie
one Ittldel
heading.
lb • !>•• 11son, II ('. Mack,
• bill llsi i||. .1 s. . I ell k i II -i.
I i. ii ii I her, I >1 l«. .\ l''oote,
Man ay . John < li u i ch. I
I 'a \ id son and others, w •
-afi in say ing that there
jllst cause |o
e 1 fI• • ieIn• v , ill!
> 'Il II
< '
II
M
feel
is no
Oiibt either I he
lit v 11r di 1 igeiice
m aii v co
i o11iity
N " w vv •
• tlii i a I in < i
I..
to vv ii
had
mouths i
t lll'll ei \ ,.
own v ei si
\V. will i. ;
(•( i VV ||e I g II' 1 a ! • .
Col. T II M i, iv
Hot ol I lie -p! i. ii
tleiiiau won! I I'
-licli li i lil I \ I Ii 11
t 'inn oiii t• u a
■ a 11 h i - name
I >111 We a re
that ! Ills _e|i#
uilty of any
iu a- writing
such a it ich - ;i« have appealed
tn iIn- Wavy "ti the county
fund ij111• ■ lion \\ •• think those
who iici ii" ''it' Mm iay of sin h
tiling -do III III . Ilj lis! ice \ III
rather than take up such street
talk and try t" make news pa
per capita! otti of it. we prefer
as il l e-pi'i iii' II' i'.'l pel should
do to upbraid •m fi things. Hut
we lojik up 'U the colli -e of the
Black Waxy iu this as try Ing
U> J/l ill JM toll some individual
yrliofv name III' will Hot men
floii. as i-vlie 'Ug disjiosition
to stoop to -liniti't and to ;t 11
other low ami dirty n ie|.of
Wii'fare. The Wavy • jui do
it like . but ours s|u,|i in-
&oiiot'ubie warfare to til*
tiiuh i sland t lie grand
jury t" bi'ii secret bodv, and
fhejibuve witnesses were put
■ •ii oalh not to di v ii Ige it ii v t hi ng
l hat might be itupii red oft hi-m
by this secret bod\ ; hence it
>•'coities a pertinent impiirv as
ether the said grand jurv
any right to dose the
I the wit tiesses a lid
t" the j * 111 >1 i i * their
• ti of w hat tlie parties
testified to. To say the least
it i - taking ait ii ii lair advantage
«'I the witnesses, for which no
p' issi hie eXCUse call be VCIldcl
ed Ii is well for the reputation
"I the genmI,jury that theexami
lialioli i 'I som'• of t he VV i t Itesses
can never goto the eoiiutrv
Hut the i'i*a 11■ r can look at the
list o| uatites given above am!
on a moment's reflection will
see thiil ii was the most imiif
brent lot of witnesses that
• *o11hI Im v e been found by w hom
to prove oftifial vice. ()ne half
"ft Item all' lU'V ef permit ted to
s • e the V iolitf iotis of lil vv bv flic
i iH'n e|s because they VVi'llId tell
it vv 11 i I •• t he i it her ha If w t • 11 h I
not ie|| iiuy thing of ihe sort if
tiny cotihi help it This is
pi iniii facie of the list as they
Ii a v i ■ given it We know noth
ing o| any body 's testimony but
mil own. but we feel warranted
in say mg. that, w ithoiit impiir
ing into auv statement- itiitde
by I lie i it her W i t tiesses nos||c||
conclusions coilhl be jllstlv
drawn from that testimony, as
tliiit published by the grand
jury. I'lie fact tliiit thisairay
of witnesses knew nothing to
found indictments on d
establish the "ellicieltcy. i tit eg
llt v ot dilligeltce of ituy count V
• iflii - i ii I iu t '••) I i h countv " It
show s nothing of the kind Tin-
public should be n minded in
liiis couiieciimi also that grand
j uroi - hav i ,a i ieht to itsk such
• piestioits iis tiny please ami
omit sin h its iIon': please. The
ope ration of impiiry into otli
• inI w roiiy:. ha- its peculiarities.
Hill w e pass to t lie
i ol VT Y Kl N lis
I IU it e the following:
tie
Hot
if any imve iiicreaseit
amount of cash. AI t ha I
the ('oilin ( o. Hitnk by
s W i it'll I'epi ill CI il i II I'll to
only £'*!'>.'• iS'J.tis mi hand.
they must have increased near
*ir .oMi to have liiiiI on hands
even the county motley. If by
lis time their cash balance had
thus been increased to ihi-
ilttl- III lit. il Statement of thi'il
daily balitiice would Imve been
somewhat inspiring to the pub
lie. Hut we know not how ihis
is, but the only rational conclu
sioii is thitl if thi* itioiti■ v was nil
mi hand, a- r fitted by tin* grand
jury, it was temporarily pro-
vided to meet the emergency
and the furthei conclusion is
ilieV liable, as till' logic of the
facts iii the case, that if' the
county money was all the bank
had at that tiuie. it was in a
bad condition, by its own
showing, for we are now pre-
pared I" ih'liHhis|r.'i11• I liiit that
money was not the bank's
money and it could not pay it
mi! on its liabilities. I11 order
to present the argument fully
we again ipiote from the report:
"It wa- i" ide lit ly a misap
prehension on part ol ihcctlilor
of the hi Mori: V I W llicll caused
hi iu lo stale iu his extra issue
of June 3^8, that article 10H of
tin- penal code, prohibited the
Treasurei from depositing the
public money in the bank. Any
person carefully reading the at
lich' referred to. itud rcth cling
on its meaning cannot tail to
see that il does not apply to the
case, I'Ml'St. there can be no
fraudulent Inking on the part
of the Treasurer, ns lie is the
person having the right to take
charge of the funds ami secure
I h i * 111 ill the best possible liiiltl
m i tlull may be .applied to the
purposes fo|- which they Well'
collected
The na Hies of the able lawyers
above refeled to should have
been given. In'gill opinions
-lioiihl always be credited to
their ji111lior. The public could
belter judge of silclt opinions if
it was known who delivered
tIn-hi The position taken by the
gland jury is in purl true am)
in pari false. Mr. Hagh-y
could lllilki it Sl'Ki'l \l. deposit
of the ooiiuty funds in his
hands with auv bank authorized
to receive such special deposits,
bill lie could llo| || IH let' il ll\ lil
en instances make a (iInkhm.
depositjof the count\ funds. Iu
the former case the )innk would
only liiivc the custody and safe
keeping of the inoiie\ and not
the use of it.or the right to mix
it vviih other deposits
11111 be bourn
s.
count \ safe has ever been rob
bed In the State wiiltiu our
knowledge. And tin tinty is
fully as able as any bank to
piov ide ii lire proof ami burglar
proof safe ami has a safer and
belter house iu which to keep
such .a vault and safe. And by
this means and by Mpcci.nl de
it. To count on it is a dream
a vision it delusion.
iiik sriiooi. n nii.
will rcipiire two extra guards
jo suppress it." Such talk is
it tl insult to it II intelligent pen
pie. Kvcrybody knows better,
and we now make our predic-
tion that iu November. Collin
collllt V will elect il sheriff who
posit sue tlie only legnl ways in sciences, they made no impiiry
w hich the money can be kept, as to why tin* uninvested per-
The reasons for wlint we have maiient school fund had not
here shown to be the law are been invested by Mr. Hagh-y
too plain to need more than a and the Comity Commissioners
word. The frnniers of the law court. According to the
well knew thitt to allow an olli- Treasurers report of May there
cer logo beyond this, the imm- was ♦."i.uho.hs of this fund, and
i It.V t' continues the discussion I'hirn Ihc de|ioNlt, hv unv oltlcerl
ill lengthened and. it does seem fhe government, of |.ulilli■ mVitiw In M
• , , ; . ♦ * * IihiuU, ui unv oilu'i* pltu'r limn tbt* treil
III t < * 111 jmtii tr aiflrh's rim iijLft'S, ur\ oil he hi alt* win* 11 the treuMirvj
if aUV be lilliiie. should be ill ,'t aeeehnlble fend open for hunlliemi.'
lilaili 11iiiei iiiiiniter with.mi l « " illlhik the Mime to reiiiuln on
P 'I"!" «. •• ,,i«ttul mii-Ii forhldden pUee, lifter
ituy Seeming acrimony, ami It ireuMiry Unpen;
sustained, f lll'll will be the time Koiirili the |iiiri*hui.v of Mate wi
to us., iiin i .li *11 ii- l-iii- ni..,.. t ranm or other evidence of MUle Indel
' mpli.it li l.tugliagi As fdiieiia, hy try olllcer of the tfovtrnuietl
the grand jury, it sworn body villi public oney In hi« hiinda;
of holiest, hoiioruble gelltlellieii, Hflli-the retention In hU hamlN, ,
i . , fl „ ' any collector of taxen, of any fiindu If
having passed Upon the matter, ; toiiKiiiK to the Mate for thirty dayii aftf
tlli'le can be no further neces- reeel* Ing notice from the comptroller;
silv for harsh mimes or harsh aecouiila, to pay the aaiue over}
•m>* loll v-eiirlll hours who will stoli * • ,,, Hill. Il the treaaiirer, priori lied In artli
con. i, V i.!li..V ... , t.5. . i. J! ,'x]"'ess|olls. I he matter should 47CI III the Itevlaeifnvll Ma 1.1 tea-
It. No letnliufoiy whippings |lnu ill-op Iillless Some Hew lie- Sixth—the wilirul failure of any ofih)
' ' ale necessary, illld llo Otic has . ,.|oiin„.iit* . I.i..u.rl.« I . l,n> 1,1,0 I he stale Ireaaury, al 1
"i in.- kiii.1. i.J,.,1:"' "'fu"
It the shell I Wi re to illlike a above is from the editor- Seventh—the special enuuientlon
I-Ille that w hen the l.'tsli Wits i,.i ....1,0,01s ..I' il... ti..ll..^ Il .. of mlaiipplicatioii, above
used each ni isoiiei should im . i . . I*'1* orth. ahaII not beunderiitoodloexalu
1, f . , . ,. aid ami under the circumstaii any eaae. which by fair .const ruction j
ccs it is a little difticult to de- within flw uieanln
Another conclusive objei'tioii w ill stop such inhuman and
to the reliability and snfticieii oufrageoiis conduct. ll'Sheritt'
cy of tin- report is that while Warden can't prohibit it. if lie
the grand jury wen-explaining will stand aside we will pledge
the state of the county finance t^,. Hi vkm uat to find a man iu
:tml iiieasitreably . its it seem
satisfying their own
are liecessiirv , illld llo one Int.*
ey wouhl il 11 sooll be loillied oul
lo his friends and lost. The law
makers knew that public motl-
ey was hard to keep was wild
iimi would go astray. It is im
answer to anything we say to
talk about the honesty of the
iudiv ii I iiiils concerned. The law
which is How ly ing idle tlint is.
so lur its the county is concern
ed. but is employed by the
hank. Hy referring to section
ii of the school law passed at
tile extra session ol tile iStll
legislature, it will lie seen tliiit
tin- Commissioners court was
contemplates nothing of t he kind clothed with ample power toiu
iind the people have already
gambled and lost heav ily on the
honesty of officers. It is always
those that are too honest to lie
watched thiil get away with the
public money. This whole mat
Id is lo be settled by the cold
letter of the law and not by the
biiHcoiiib of it clcv er grand jury .
Another paragraph reads thus;
"And lastly, they have not
been turned over f o persons not
entitled to receive thciil. Its the
banks are authorized to receive
deposits from any ami every per
son.
Those same "able lawyers."
it appear.4 have led the gland
jurv to find the Dkmockvt
guilty of a "misapprehension"
v est this tnoliev ill the collllt \
• , . i
bonds of any county in the
St;ite desiring to borrow. The
law has been in force ever since
the Nth of I ji s 1 February. Since
tliiit time lilofe bonds of till*
different enmities have been
tiled with the comptroller than
the school funds .at his dispo
sitl could absorb, am! a single
line from our county judge to
the judge of one of the counties
waiting I'm- an opportunity to
sell their bonds, would have
brought about a good invest
incut of thiil fund as the law
directs. Vet Judge (4oodner.
who is the legnl adviser of the
Commissioners court, and tin
grand jury thai have report public,
etc. We have already show n ctl a proper management of our
iimi tinise "able lawyers" were county finances make note no- will
w here of any such transactions.
Hut there is .-iu I'xpla lion of
this state of things which the
mediately be chained in hi?
cell, he would see an end to it.
w ithout the expense of tile ml
ditioiial guards. The people
itl'e not bound to give credieiice
to the version of this matter as
it appears on the face of the
grand jury report, ami with the
fill-Is before their ey es, will Hot
• |o So.
mutation.
The finishing touch was given
the report by mlding it short
hoiuih'f mi agitation. This is
remarkable, chiefly for the fact
that several members of the
grand jury are noted as
"born agitators." and unve al-
ways been first ami foremost
in "all agitation proceeding
fioiii information or prejudice ful.
which ti'iuls to destroy pcufc,
etc.," ami who us is now well
known were actively engaged
during the entire session of the
grand jury in the very kind of
agitations here condenined. The
last paragraph of the report
was evidently an assault by
tin- grand jury with it 11 intent
to perpetrate it huge joke 011 the
lost at sea on commercial am
banking laws, but such "nbh
liivvy crs" might have reatsomi
\ WOKIl MOUK
aim up the vv hole matter.
In the history of Collin countv
-— .hi
• i.l.- ! !S°«Kil'llSi*TXi ffi™Jdl|-.5
if. It has file ear marks of v®nt collectors ot tuxes from pay 1
I,..n... p.„ius, iimi I'hvi* V. Stssa&ftjfc KS5SS&
reason to believe that it was ; county, us may be provided by law. .
written in McKinney. will ..such ll(.Norvo> Kvery national bank,
tilings arc W ii lit to lie done, association in either of the follow!
bike it pretended decision of AU any, llaltimore. I tost on, Ci
tin■ |t,i„ ...1.5..1. V'nniiti. Chicago, Cleveland, llelro
apjn lilti 1 olll t vvlllill Louisville. .Milwaukee, New Orient
iipp. '•'lied 111 the columns New York. I'tiilmlflplilft,, I'ltlsliura
of that 11:1 He 1- 11 I'.i'a Saint holds, Nan i-riim-iin'o, and Wa
,1 t 1 . , . iiiKion. i>litill ut ail times lis
months ago, it might put the on hand, in iuwful money of the Unit
llel'illd folks to their wits to itc- States, an amount enunl to al lei
•'■>« u pi ji ".. iiui
il Iitor of the Herald 111 a
lucid interval wrote the article.
it is now in order to notify him
that when the help of that pa
per is Heeded ill settling our
county affairs it will be called
Collin county people ami
papers Imve been iii the habit
of allowing Dallas folks to
manage their affairs and we
will continue such a course of
policy. The Herald will have or puri'imsing nuts orexcuange
nil it Van do fo get its ganiblitig'"'«f,
1 ' • , profits until the required proportion,!
houses open ilgilill. and really twecn the agKr' ^ute uiuoiint of its 01
IlilS but little tlllie to devote to "nuidliiK notes ol^^ circulation and Its <
the ft* 1 i is III.ill-hill. • l"'N't'4 «"d its lawful money of the I'll
till .titans Hi lull iii ii1 ng« utilities. ,.tt staiiK. ha- 11 restored. And t
f'umplroller of the < urrency may notf
The Democrat's Figurca Verlflod. ul>> ussoeiatlon, whose lawful moiiev • •
nerve sluill be below the iiuitiniit ulm •.
its deposits; and every oilier ussociati
shall al all times have on hand, in la
fill money of the I'liited Stales,
amount eipial lo at least tifteeti |
i-i*iitimi of the aggregate of its notes'
circulation mid its deposits. Wlieuev
the law fill money 01 any association
any of the cities named shall be belt
the amount of twenty-live per centi
as required, and whenever the law
money of any other association shall
below oflifteeii per centum as reiptlri
such assoi'iatioti shall not increase
liabilities by making any new loans
discounts otherwise than by iliseounii
or puri'imsing Idlls of exchange payal
In our extra issue of .1 tttie
2Nth. we mnde n showing of the
b| \ been thought to know some public must accept as sat isfitc-
ilmig of the Statute law. but ton until a better one is given,
thing
evidently they did not. Let
the reader turn to another col
II inn and read article URI; then
l ead also tlii and !>7. Now there
can be in 1 misconstruction of
III i and ii?. Head carefully the
lirst subdivision and also the
third subdivision of article l 7.
Then the whole article if you
please. Now do the "able law-
yers" who discovered our mis
apprehension" hold that the
legislature iiifemled t«• or actn
ally did give counties, fities.
iimi towns any less protection
lot- their public fumls than it
gave to file Stiite f To SUV so
would be to stultify themselves;
such :i proposition does not hc;ir
argiinieiit. ami we will not
dwell on it for a minute. The
reader will now notice that the
grand jury says tIti>t article
lo: 1 does not "apply to the
case." What case f v\e sup
iimi it is this. Judge (iooduer.
whose business it is to see to
this investment of the pcrma
iieiit school fund, is it stock-
holder iu the Collin Countv
m 1 grand jury was ever lobbied condition of the Collin County
and button holed around as National Hank, as evidenced by
industriously its was the Inst, their last sworn statement,
from the time the county finance April 'J4th. iu order to prove
question began fo be itated that our county money was be-
by the Dkmockat until that re ing unlaw fully used by flint
port was formulated. Nobody concern.
serve shall he below the amount allot
required to lie kept on hand, to ma!
Kitod such reserve; mid if such assoel
lion shall fail for thirty days thereafti
solo make good its reserve of lawt
money, the Comptroller may, with 1;
, concurrence of the Secretary of l'
Treasury, appoint a receiver to w ind
the business of the association, as pL
vided in section Hfn-twu hundred a
tliirlj -four. (Sec. .'dim-ill.)
Three-lifths ol the reserve of llfteen |)
centum required by the preceding si;
consist of balanC
i
« a 1 .1 * i-eiiiiuo reiiulrei
Much squtruilllg and jiontobe Itept.may
llltu any doubt its to till' report twisting around has been done due to ail association, available
tliiit was coming. Its character lo show to tile public, ill some « >* redemption of its circulating not
wjis clearly fore shadowed in wnv that our sli
from iissociiitions approved by ||
lowing w as till- Comptroller of the • urn-iicy, orKanlx'
Niiiioiial Hank, and he was
|i .1 j . • t *• "• * r* ** •' *««• 1 ihiijmhmivi ui nir \ iii 1 out* j« uikniiifii
innrr nir • mifrr.sr ||(l. maki* uj ol tIm* loony. Mm* just: hut «*ti tin* ^raud jurv. uinifrtht* «rt of •iimi* three, fl^htr
ot thai institution thiiii of the grand jurors were shadowed by with otir showing before it, tl'ie 'n,,rfr «.?l.V\.8'?i .",u,ir' V.rti,n,lV.ri
school children ot the county . these friends of Wngley and the triltllfllllless of which lllis llever Albany, lUlt'lmorc. Hoston, ''harlest"
bank. morning, noon iind bee 1 denied, in its voluminous ('hiclnnati.c icveiaiiU. Iietro
In a sly way lie is getting tin
benefit of the money himself,
iimi the sfhools are short the
interest tdi tliiit amount, which
ill s per ceitl. would be A-i.*i0.4a
it y ear the school children are
Ioiising. And still the grand
jury report evi-rything (>.T\.
\ P1 Kin 1:1c COM I.l slO.N.
As to the countv tinaiK'cs. wi
night. The fairest and friend report, failed to attack or c..„ ^"vUlw"
liest of the grand jurors got so, tradict our showing; iind in
Inwards the hist. they did not their y.eal for whitewashing ev
Willi! t«
mi t III
Vork, I'liiladelphia, rittsluirg
Itlehmoiiil, Saint houls, San Frnnclst
ant' Washington, clearing-house ec
thlcates, representing specie or law'
to see auv body tliiit was my thing that needed it. they mon"^
• other side ofthecoiitro failed to show that our position pose, of any clearing-house assoclatus
vmy, Tin «•„„ ImnrriH-t. 'I'li-.v lwk«l
mi, hoidh'
within tl
preceding section. (Sec. *>l!l3.)
I
veisv. 11 an I .a. ...esc men was ..correct 1 ..ey IIIICKCII i,7iht. possession of an v associa
were haunted ami hampered by squarely down from an assault longing 10 such cicaring-hous«,
these lobbyists was pluiii to upon the Dkmockat oil this owning such certtilcate. wi
the eyes of nil. Kvcrybody saw
- „ ..... part of fhe ground.
must now say in conclusion aml knew what was going on. Mlnck Wnxy, the
Even the
.... „, champion
that it is passing strange tlmt y,'u Stale, or National legisla- whifewasher of the iige, has
throughout this protracit>d ture was ever so beset by au failed to whitewash the matter
struggle upon the part of the industrious lobby. The grand for Mr. Baglcy ami the N.
jurors were not corrupt, but Hank.
dkmoi ka'i
illld to
to get at the facts.
Now we call your at-
reach a legsil showing the pressure was so nice, so teution to another presentation
means Bagley s case; u]iou the part of the officers, gentle ami so winning that it of the same issue based on tin
pose In
and goes on to support this idea and tli
by the use of tins laiiuiiage; ure has
"Virst, there can be 110 fraud 11- any of those souri
H"d lent taking on the part of the single statement
•I"' Treasurer, etc." This is a start 1- brought to light
Out i 1 ig iiiinoiiiicenieiit to be made the people iiuy satisfactory wanted. The whole thing got Mr. Hagley. in his statement.
able lawyers."The Treasur- cvideuec that all is right. And to be a regular love scrape be says lie has 17.<Ml. The
A111. KM. If any olllcer of any connl
cltv. or low n In this stale or any «lei
or ol her person employed by such <4
llcer, shall fraudulently take, mlsappl.
or convert to his own use. any luone
property, or other thing of value lielon
into such county, city, or town.thi
may have come into his custody or imi
session, by virtue of hisotllce or einjilo.
„ . „ nient, or shall secret the same w
e bank, not it single hg a,.ted like a charm an opiate or latest reports of the bank and © uke. mhwpnly, or invert It
sever conic to light from M.lllftllhlK I.r till' killll. Th.-«.- till.' tmwiw. Tlmt of ll,e K TinyVn." n Ibin
wo 11111 lie 1 •• 111 u11 to resfori
i'i lie'lit s o|| iloes Hot idi'llt ical HIOlli'V deluisited
| ,,. 41! .1 .. ... ! . . j • I
il general deposit when made is
blended with the general fund
of•he bank
lias 110 1 igl
money but
owing
Haul
fo
Hot been denied t Iii. I Ml. Itilg g||ill\ of. I JldlT olll' pCIUll Ope|| to general discredit by
ley s vv as a general deposit of statutes he call no more Use the reilsoll of its failure to accoin
1 lie county money w ith the bank money thiiii any other cltiy.cn. puny its statement with tin
iimi bv the saute authority a* So far as the iNimlsuieu are con- necessary figures. The constant
uirc s, nor has a w-cre such a good, clever ami bank Itetirs date of .I tine tiOtli, not entitled 'to receive it, he shall \
if or report been Miuillitg set that they could not ami the treasurer's found in Pi"'l1*{>j t the penitei
flit thai atlbrds say "no" to anything they the Dallas Herald of .Inly 2d. more than ten yean. ° 1
lie milinfiiiiliii'i- .1 'IM... ...l...f.. * || {|| if —'• VI'. II.. I.... !.. I.!.. .... ..A .
•rnp.
• life
tli the yeiieiiil funds ,.| s taking money out of the it is not ill all unjust tor each tweeu them ami these nice of- bank's shows up iu its sworn
\ ami the depositor Treasury for his own use. or to and every one to draw his own eials ami stock holders of the report in the Enquirer of the H win
s I i.l i,n.x special deliver to those not entitjed to conclusions. Tin* mere verbal, bank, and they were seduced, 5th of July, that it had onlv "farde'n
■■■ " ""'y •' 'l' ''® receive it, is both :i "frandti or even the written story about there was a "lofty tumble." AM7.4Ml.MH In cash on hand. If raeefor tne onice. Mr. wardeniwslive
.ing ii li i in from the bank )em Hiking" and a "missipjilica these matters m.w bel'me us, in No, the grand iurv were honest, the grand jury states the truth ■ln,ort H lit* lift* In collln county ^inrt hr
anh of Republic vs. Millard. ti..u" of tin* money, both or view ..f its thorough want ..r go.id men, but wi re "drugged" when they sni«l they counted ihepJoph^i^n'orticiaV!^
7 ;iiIJice I.r. i Now it has which the Treasurer can be reliability in other respects is bv the lobbyist and "able law the rorxTY Monky. and that it falthfhlamietlii-lent mannerin wbtehIi
A Good Officer.
ill not he oul of place. HgM here.l
tH-ak of the services of She r I It Wllllau
Varden, who declines lo make a not hi
race for the otllce. Mr. Warden has live
vers." Hut a generous public
can only say. "go thy way and
was all there then the bank had
oidv $5.114.MM or its own on
has diseluirKt'd those duties, eansea
it en e r l feeling of regret to lie expresse
a 1111 i
•W,
I II M i|\
pilled til
have examined the
• 'I • lie I i i'i|S||t i.| ,'llid CIilll
entries made fo (he
credit of the various funds of
t lie ctIlltlt \ with till' entries
titie 11 - iiii tie boo Us of the ( o| I i ii
< 'o. Nat Hank. The bank hav
in;; kept each se pit rate fund of
t In con my ch.i mid and ii ed it
• •il with the proper amounts, as
appears from the books of the
11" usurer, the condition oT the
fiuaucti of fli; county can be
ii seeri a i iii'il a* readily and i'"i
I'ei'lly from tile books of tin
il bov e cited the d"Ctl'ilie
down in so many
deposit is il 1 oil 11
PBHW 1MB Ills hluilongi
sin no more. N"^t rcadcis. hands. Now it does not require toeoiitiiiuelnhispresenipositlon.lt
it is inanirest that tlie report either legal or lit.unci;,I talent admVniMntUui'iiieV^crinilllSSSrv
ijoct i'i I'*' cetiied, the county have only a and iniive lobby ingof I lit •grand needs whitewashing itself. We to see that the county money is fei^d'piMtrly1 when^he^s^i'i'lee^t'npo
y words thiil "a civil remedy against tlictn, their jury by the friends of the leave it with \ on. being used by the baiik to meet ih«irtrail.and the condition of blaoi
'-'r'vr. *''Mr l4'i,'li faeries Treasuivr^ and the stock hold lhdievcing * that something its own lhifulities. That the iv^• ythit** ^S^e*w5!
I hell it Mr. takes nolle of the force out of els illld ofticefs of the bank, would be done by those iu people are being til x eil to keep causes everything to appear In pcrfeii
itor to tlie hank
Ihmley has a right to loan out ih* ).- 'tml statute. Nor does it and their friends during the ,,
the county motley lie has a add any tiling to the Treasurer's pending controversy, taken in f,
right lo milk*' a general depos - -• - •
lositioll to act, to efleet
brm, the Dkmockat
it If lie can not loan it.he can
not make such a general depos
it lb* could Hot ami lie would
tint dare loiiii a dollar. Those
nameless but "able law vers"
freedom iu the use of the im n connection with the vague and thought of "letting up awhile" money and nlso tin* school mon-
ey Hut, after some further unsatisfactory report of the an,| await results, lint there cy is being loaned out by the
sophisfery fhe reader will see grand jury has the moral force seemed to In- a settled convic bank at 18 per ct.. and' that
"I"; «,. A Inw vii.il ruii
had a bank. licit yoitl county the oliiee, whether on business or not, hi
made him a host of friends who will jol
us In the wish for his happlneas «|*
prosperity in whnteverhe mar tUMlet
VP ■■■ ... per Ct.. ami that take In the fuinre. Black Waxv.
that the i .\ tract winds up with of an almost jieiTect ilemoiistiii tioii upon tile part of a soulless the schools are getting no in The above was written underlie Ham<
ihis language: "Ami. lastly lion of the fact that something corporation to keep its terest on their money. It will rules for writing ohttu*rie*-~tliat is I
they have not liceii turned over w it.s covered up. .and tliiit any- iron grasp upon the throat of lie noticed also at this time that **> something good for the deceased L
could not have missed the muiik to persons not entitled to re- thing like frank disclosures tlie tax pay ers of i'lilliu county, the N. Hank had with re V,M' k,,ow anything, and if not to «mAi
further ami otiirht not to sutler eeive them, as the banks are would have proven the correct' ajpo f a * sworn otflcer of the serve agents onlv the sniull M""<;,',,nKirwsiandieii Manj-kow. an
themselves to be consulted any autliorixed to receive deposits ness of all that the Dkmockat
more on subjects^ that they front any and every person." lias said. Hut one sufficient
don't understand. They would We beg io say that this is the reason can be given for the ami the present persistent ami tl\e sum of $l:t.ritm.M onl\ that chime in with tin "ainivc'"whViewiisiiin
. f all figures wholesnle violations of law the bank had to satisfy ike re Jo
. upon tlie |«nrt of those and statements of the I reasur- sanctioned by tlie Com hi Issi on serve reipiiretl bv law to be 1
,.. t-if the money and find it to | i tl of the county funds to "able lawyers." crs ami the Collin County crs court und'graml jury reiptirc kept in the bank id ^tl.iNHi.oti. Bradley, of the Mercury, am
. i'lTcspoinJ with in coiuits in ihc t apt. John Johnson «'i any othei The third subdivision of nr Hank's luisine**, ami that is that the DicMiw'Kat'should i ro The conclusion of all of which Christian of |*U««hs Review wer
••lid. ( Treasurer's books ami bank _ citixeii and yet why not to him tide U7 is emphatic that l auk that it would have shown that eec«l to other aggressive ami of is far stronger than the Dkmo iu to sec us this week.
iliso o. a sworn omccr ot tlie serve ageuis only tne sniull vw. unU im «« . n
people to enable them to do so. sum of An.^'i.Hti, and this add-
Vi .' i ... r .i t .i a- ,, , ... ,, , ar.v not lee has been falthfiillv wrlttei
litis desperate state of things I'd to the ?.i, „i would make Out oil-harm for the deieaaejl we mm
bank, its from the books of ;hc • not think of advising the liens, climax <if a colossal inisappre- total suppression
Treasurer. We have also comt urer that he could loan any hensiou upon the i«urt of those ami statements of
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Robertson, Orrin. The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 10, 1884, newspaper, July 10, 1884; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth191400/m1/2/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.