Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1842-02-28

Stroudsburg Hamilton, and one or two other
townships, and been tool used 10 watch the
Courthouse door on the eve of the commence
ment of County meetings, and ready with some
of his other brothers to jump into the Court
house through a half opened door and organize
The meeting with the aid of half dozen others,
before the honest part oflhe community thought
of such thing, and before the ringing of the
l'bel-lt would be no wonder if the fellow were
nearly worn out by this time, having so much
business 10 manage.1 There was no legal
mode of relundng this grab sum of 90, but
Tor The EX-Ireasurer, OF some other of their
number 10 pay i, over TO the new Treasurer, as
he was in fact and law in entitled to receive the
commissions thereon, which amount TO so cts.
for receiving, and paving out al l per cent,
therefore their proceedings in this matter We're
illegal, and their rejoinder untrue, and my dis
seniatlOn thereto correct and III order.
The next part of their rejonder worth re-
marking upon, is that | agreed on the evening
of the Goth 10 sign their statement, and refused
after nights caucussing with other individu
ais. This is as false and untrue as any other
portion of their rejoinder. l challenge them
to prove that asked or received advice from
any person about signing or not signing, and
can prove that | said repeatedly, from the oath
10 the 26th January, that l would not sign the
statement unless they amended it according TO
my desire.
The foregoing will | think show the falsily
of their unjust and ungenlemanly charges.
But their conduct in this matter is not TO be
wondered al, when we take into consideration
their ignorance Auditors who must hire a
Clerk 10 assist them ia auditing the accounts
of so small County as Monroe, al salary of
$500, which is utterly illegat-and chal
lenge honest Jenny or his namesake, Of Jerry
or Dick, or any other member of The grab game
band, 10 produce an instance of this kind upon
record in any other County in Pennsy ylvana
But it was allowing little Jenny TO kill three
birds with one stoue, or receive pay from three
sources at the same time, VIZ: for acting as
Commissioners clerk, Deputy Treasurer, and
clerk to Auditors What did this board COM
posed of four members, with little Jenny the
clerk do, backed by the Commissioners and Ex-
Treasurer, with the aid of $4,000 worth of
counsel received from Northampton county, and
$4,000 worth more from Peter Wyckoff, then
citizen of Monroe COMMUNICATING in all
$1,000 counsel fees, greater sum than is paid
lOI tldt ufpUSS U( tIIS COuHlICc, oiiO
of which contains from five 10 ten times as many
taxables as Monroe, and receives and pays out
from six to twelve times as much money. With
SO much paid for law and advice, 1t would seem
that no errors. or bunders should be made, but
we find that commissions are allowed in the set
Element of 1910, On 100 amount of COM
missions and exonera:ion to collectors, an entire
illegal proceeding, amounting TO the sum OF S2,-
% ga a small sum 10 be sure, but II shows what
little business these grab members will resort to,
in order that one of their number may reap the
profit arising therelrom In this way they pro-
ceeded with the settlement Of 1910, until they
raised the grab amount 10 about $4,000, think
ing no doubt that the poor tax payers of Mon
roe county, were too ignOran! TO observe this
gouging, and that consequently this III gotten
gain could be retainedbut 1t appeared that
some of the hardy sons of young Monroe had
discernmeni enough 10 see that the Tax Payers
had been imposed upon, and commenced an
enquiry through the agency of the press But
it was not until those honest fellows knew that
a number Of Tax Payers were aware that this
fraud had been praclised upon them, that meas
ures were taken 10 correct the same, which II
would appear they at length amended for shame
sake, anu DelIiS So llIuCl SOHoSlCiICC oFiiNhC"
on account thereof, those Auditors did not ap-
ply for their re-auditng fees until lasi 26ih jan
uary, they included them in their bill for the
year 1912 Tax Payers of Monroe, does this
go far towards establishing character for
knowledge and honesty In Jerry, Dick and
their clerk little Jenny!
Can the Tax Payers Of Monroe county, be-
Iieve the silly reioinder, contained in The Mon
roe Democrat, when they know that it came
from those ignorant doIls, who were unable and
incompetent 10 settle The accounts themselves
without a clerk? | trust not.
sincerely hope this may serve as lesson
TO every Tax Payer of Monroe, and teach them
to know that no one ought to suffer himself to
come before the public for an Office which he
knows himself unqualified TO perform the duties
of, without having his ignorance and weakness
exposed TO public gaze; and should any such
ignoramous hereafter come before The public
for any Office of trust or profit in this county,
hope the freemen and lax payers may vote hum
down, and select the ablest, most talented and
honest man from, au,onU their ranks 10 serve