The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-01-23
Mas nncolfes or THE MONEY.

q party ogxa1, euofts nave oeeu usa0s 70
separate thsmsslyss from il. which were in
pars suceessfai So disgussed had some 81
ths lsadiag I4ccofocos became with Tho
VAST e easryy, and indeed want ofsvsry
Thing slss displayed 10 iss columns. that
shsy have not heaitatsd 70 express them
calves freely y our prsssscs. La.isrly
6sdiag The paper still more e : bur'hen,
from ths utter want Of Compensation az
tsnding 10 seaport, those tew who sill
seand spoosors Tor il, have sought to sustain
Il from ,be County Treasury. How they
sought % elsct this, i the object Of this
arsicis % explain, and il in singalsr par
ticular Ne err ws do 90 ALPHABETICALLY and
bold ourself ready and willing to amend.
Al ! meeting Of the County Coumis-
sioness held January, 1850. two Of whom
we're Whigs ard the third = Democrat, i
was resolved to give the printing Of the an
aual report to that Office which would DO
,he ssme lowest, and Tor that purpose seal
ID proposals. were authorized to BE- receiv-
cd BY The Clerk. Accordingly bida were
msde and the Gazette Office was successful
in obtaining the printing.
Al tho same time Il was understood BY
ahe Wing Commissioners that the Treasu-
rsr would give bis Report Of Delinquent
Taxes 10 the .same manner, TO The lowest
bidder. So far from doing 30, however, be
gave il to the Banner at trenty foe per
cent higher than she Highest rafes erer
charged for transient advertisements Con
sequen,ly while We received for publishing
the eotire Report Of the Commissioners
but go, the Banner was allowed $a7 for
Inserting the Delinquent Tax List, which
was not one-third the length. Or, in other
words, the Banner was paid $47 for print.
ing what the Gazette would have done for
ei2, thus being clsar loss 10 the county
Of e35, which went towards prclongiog the
existence Of the Banner newspaper.
Had there been no composition, no one
Offering TO do the job for less, the Treasurer
would have beea perfectly justi6sble in
thus paying for advertising his Report, bu,
under the then existing circumstances !,
amounted to little less than an abstraction
Of The sum Of e35 from the Treasury Of the
county for the support Of The Banner news
paper. We give tho facts, il tho people Of
The county are to DO taxed for tho above
purpose, We wish them to know i.
The Board Of Commissioners The present
year were differently constiiuted-being
reversed in politics, two Democrats and
one Wing. Sill, they resolved TO have.
their Report pristed at - little expense 10
The county a. possible, therefore concluded
70 again give it TO the lowest bidder. 'rhis
VS. done, however, not without some oppo-
sition, ~ couple Of the little clique who
formerly, aa1 i nay b, ssiu slaod spos-
sors for the Banner, urged the necessity Of
giving il 10 that newspaper At the regular
rates.
islanders g. Davis are weil-ofI," said
they, "while the Banner is now iusi strug-
Cling to keep is head above wafer, and il
il does not get the printing of this Report
will sink" The reasoning was powerful
but lacking one essential ingredient, truth,
was not conclusive-,he printing was or
dered to be given the lowest bidder.
Fooled in obtaining the printing for the
Banner alta profitable rate, the little clique
put their listis wits together 10 obtain It for
that sheet Il oil events, and for that pnr-
pose msds uss q the plant publisher Of
tbae paper. He received bis queue from
thsss ahishsr powers,' snd not without
some nisgivings Of consciencs-lor up to
that time W believe Mr.. Esgal to have
been On honorable msn-proceeded to put
il into practice.
When tho bids we're received that from
ths Gazette o(iics was frat opcned.--which
nsy not have been from previous instruc.
aions-and found to be Is cents per square
tor each insertion. When the bid Of The
Banner was unseaied, il was found to read
ibus: that NJ. Eagal would print the Re
part lor one cess less than Sanders & Da
vis! This then was the result Of ,he put
tiog The hssds together oftwo men sane.
toned BY third.
We were nos prssent u this insigniiesn'
ds1ouemsns q the cage plan concocted ia