The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1851-09-18
Star Of the NORTH.
BLOOMSBURY
Thursday, September is, 1851.
For the Star Of The North,
COUNTY FINANCES.

l observe that the man who was never out
of mischief squirms and whines because he
did not get his share Of county printing.
Well, suppose he did not in 1850, who of
the taxpayers cares, so that the work was
only done right and moi overcharged2 He
does not tell how much he drew in previous
years for printing, Tor how much he got
even in 1850 from other officers than the
Commissioners. The Treasurer, who lives
in Montour county and through whom our
county is yet in litigation for the monny our
taxpayers have paid,s.gave his jobs of print
i ne 10 Tate, and who cares or complains9
Tate evidently feels that the less said a
bout contingent expenses the better for him,
so he turns TO the complaint that the printing
Of assessment books was put by the clerk
under the head of books and book binding.
Certainly that was the proper place for them
TO be accounted in. They were posted
there when Mr.. Mendenhall was Clerk, and
when the books cost S66 a set. They were
posted there when Mr.. Webb printed them,
and again achen Tate himself printed a SET.
Was this then a "perUersion" Of the record?
The only attention | can learn that he ever
gave this account, was TO try 10 get the
printing of this set of books in 1850, and
when he failed to gel them, 10 beat down
the price. An act SO contemplate is oil
course beneath denunciation.
But complaint for printing comes with an
ill grace from a man like him who on one
occasion was compelled by The county COM
missioners 10 refund money which he had
unfairly overcharged on a job. The tax
payers have some interest in knowing that
fact. Felty Best used it as a thing over
which 10 make a great noise about county
robbers andtreasury leeches in Bloomsburg.
Such things have and still do bring heavy
odium upon the honest people of our coun-
ay, and used 10 create a deep-seated preju-
dice against the town.
We can hear of such general and sweep
ing charges of corruption from every corner
of the county, aud if the men who thus
bring disgrace upon our county affairs are
encouraged we shall hear more of it. The
people of Luzerne understood this thing bet
ter and gave such a man not a cents worth
of county printing. They saw at Berwick he
had been continually at war with every per-
son in his way, and spit out his billingsgate
slang upon every person who did not feed
him with Llack mail" to his liking. He
then commenced abusing the Luzerne COM
missioners and, after distrac,ing the party
there, abused himself out of that county.
AS soon as he came here the Democratic
party became distracted and divided. and d.
saster and defeat has been its recurring tate
ever since. / have desired 10 see the PEG.
pie of the party and the county united aud
harmonious, and not the prey of unprinci-
pied and selfish harpies.
/ mentioned before, in brief, what swelled
the contigent expenses of the county for the
few lastyears. l should only have added 10
the other items a large sum of interest paid
on money which the county was compelled
TO borrow No body ever pretended that the
sums as published were incorrect, nor is there
anything wrong in the items which make up
the account. JUNIUS.