Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-10-07
For the Portage Sentinel.
once during Life.

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OF nH The numerous penny.a-liners for
,iI,e Portnss County Vhig, there exists but
one who has Pluck enougaf about him los
come out open and above board in support
If thai veteran office holder John n. Skin!
uer flsss the ofice of County Auditor, and
as is strongly suspected to- be none other
thar, q certain young Taylos-mah, who is
extremely ambitious under cover of Mr..
|skinner'scloakl~.o cree7eineesilses boots sof1
the slough. off r,yal''x Indeed this YER
dant youth from one years experience as
Secretary Of the Agricultural Society has
become SO enamoured of the farming bu-
Fsiness, that he himself seems temp,ed =to4
try his hand at Office Agriculture and 10
make q push, towards farming out some Of
the peoples dust. c sast1sy ii xslgse5ssq
As to Mr. Skinner himself-oratlsast as
to his qualifications To- fiji the office Of
Auditor-no,hing ut this time need be said,
since peculiar talent is not urged with any
show Of force ,as the reason for his election.
On the contrary, the whole claims ofthat
gentleman seem 10 be bused,b by his advocates,
upon the assumed fact, that he has held
a responsible and lucrative County, Office,
SO long almost sthat the memory Of man
runnelh not TO the contrary" without real.
izing any substantial benefit therefronn, in
short that he has come out of Office poor.
.If this be the fact (Which we are willing TO
admi. for arguments sake il l'still cannot
be so readily seen how it should in and Of
itself constitute any sort of argument in
his favor, and indeed no argument can
be framed out Of it without it can like.
wise be made 10 appear that the Peo.
j pie are at fault in the premises. ssetse
How then stands this matiera Let u
investigate it little, and see whether a
man, who throws himself entirely upon
our sympathies for bis election, can show
any good and substantial ground tor that
sympathy. .--..s.-.' - -. -, =.
4 II is a fact susceptible Of demonstration,
that the Office Of Recorder, so long Il time
held by Mr. Skinner, has yielded during
the pas! year TO i,s present incumbent q
salary Of between $5O0,0O and 5000, 90
cash in hand. What, then, may We inquire,
must have been the income Of Mr.. Skin.
ner when there were 10 more townships in
the county? Allowing then lbnt Mr..
Skinner received bat s5OO,0O. per year
for the l8 years in which he held that Off
ce, We shall find, that with the $4,000
extra allowance made him by the County
Commissioners, he has while in Office re.
ceived nearly $4,000, 90 sum quite suf:
icient, one would think. to render the
common run Of poor men tn dependent.
But says his sympathizer: Mr.. Skinner
came off poor Notwithstanding We ask
then, in reply, who in heavens name, is al
faulla Do tell us9 Are the people who
kept him in office, with fees fixed by Law,
which he had a righ, to denand-or does
the faul. lie in his own improvidencea
! Is the County bound to keep man con.
linually in Office and act the part of guar.
dian to take care Of his fees besidesl 81
One might suppose that a man, who has
received more of the peoples money than
any other officer in the county and has
proved SO Indifferent q fnancier as to
squander the full sum Of his earnings be.
fore the expiration Of his term Of office,
would bu, lily grace the counter of the
most responsible Office in the gift of the
people and one too where the whole
funds of the County are placed a. his dis.
posal. a"
1t does seem to US, that the public mind
ought to be set right on this subject-and il
Mr.. Skinner has been dealt by equally
well with other officers in the county, he
should stand on an equal footing with other
candidates, at least as far as pecuniary rec
ompense is concerned, and we feel conf
dent that when the people know the truth
in this matter, and see that Mr.. Skinner
is not the s'abused Of all abusers," ns it is
sought to shnve them believe, they will not
be over anxious 10 keep him continually
in Office, on the principle ''that moro re-.
quires more." $3.50 EQUAL RIoHTs. a
The Ten per Cent Law paternity"
The Portage County Whig seems b.nt
on following up its falsehoods in relation
to the Ten Per Cent. Law, and thus con-