The Price of Questionable Governance

George W. Stinson, in a report made to the executive committee of the Peoples' party, gives these among other interesting figures: Warrants issued in favor of the county commissioners, from January 1, 1891, to September 26, 1892, $6268, as follows: Beck, $1617; Starr, $2026; Gillies, $1625. In the matter of negotiating our county funding bonds I find warrant No. 554, dated December 4, 1891, drawn on the county treasury for the sum of $4250 in payment to Alonzo Elliott, for commission for negotiating our funding bonds. I also find a warrant drawn in favor of W. J. Starr, for $359 in payment of traveling expenses in negotiating our funding bonds. Total amount paid out of our treasury for negotiating the bonds, $4699. It is the opinion of competent judges that they should have been negotiated at a premium that should have netted at least three per cent, which would be $2550 and would have been a saving to the county if they had been negotiated on this basis of over $11,499. The Herald would like to publish the whole of this interesting report, but has not the space. However if the figures given above are true, they should settle the political fate of Mr. Gillies and of Mr. Starr's candidate—Mr. Cochran. What the taxpayers of Chehalis county are clamoring for is a change in the management of the financial affairs of this county, and we believe they will get it after November.