Good Old Days: March 21, 2019

8 years ago

The Commoner, March 16, 1894

The investigating committee appointed by the popular mass-meeting of March 3, met in the jury chamber of the courthouse at 1 o’clock Monday afternoon, all members being present except Frank Brown, who came in a few moments later.

Chairman J.R. Wicks opened the meeting by saying that the investigation proposed was not a partisan affair, but was projected in the interest of the tax payers.

C.H. Warner said that the committee was not a partisan affair; its object was to examine into a few charges that have been made, and to see if our county expenditures...