The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-10-27
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so" $40 AF~lDHrsty Er9t1Hs-tt - WIN 1857
iags Of rsgtet. though with deep sense Of
duty, that we are under the necessity ofek-
posing the corruption and dishonesty Of a
manin whom the people have reposed CON
fidence, and entrusted with a rssponslble
public station.
Some weeks ago we called the attention
of Auditor Jefffies to several dark and "nys-
FERROUS items,' 10 his annual settlement with
the County Commissioners. He replied BY
abusing ia and our motives. On the even
ing Of the isth inst, we published the Items
from the Journal of the County Commission
ers which led US ut FIRST to think that AZ
was not as Il should be, and again ealed
' 1pon Mr.. Jehties for an explanation. al
M effties at last screwd up courage,apd
In last weeks EAGLE attempts an explanation
81 his course. We have porPosly deferred
Isueakinr oft until all who chose could e5-
anime il. The Eagle callsit a "clinchers"
bsnatttbe editor OF the Eagle is too much I'M
pricatea with MI. J effries for his assertions
to have much weight in the matter. We
intend to carry Tito a higher and more Just
tribunal. There Is the "still small voice OF
the people" who Ia the end must settle this
matter, and to their, judgment we intend to
submit the case. To this end we republish
the extracts from the County Record, as
we'll as to show bis unparalleled e~fffontry
in recklessness aud faisehood.
Mr.. Jefries 10 his explanation says:-
qThat although there was q contract made
by himself and Ellis for printing the Asses-
'sor,s blanks at one cent a quire," he thought
he ought to be paid the average price Of
printing Then why did you offer the
work to the lowest bidder! Why did you
not, as you had the undoubted power to do,
employ Mr., Ella at once, without the sham
of putting it ont to the lowest bidder,-and
ifyou wanted tto do tohat toas just and right
In Tie premises why did you keep the thing
ID the dark! Ifyou did not intend to de-
fraud the county by a smuggling Process'
why did not Mr.. Ellis bill show that $l4o
was paid him for extra allowances for print
eiug Assessors blanks! But instead of this
open manner Of doing business, you arrang-
ed with the Treasurer and Mr.. Ellis to have
It struggled Throughput in the Treasurer's
account and part in the Auditors account
and in such a way that neither the Commits
'sioners nor the people should know that
ANY more than contract prices had been
paid. For proof Of this, look at the record.
There is Mr.. Ellis bills against the Auditor
sand Treasurer, and which was paid out o.
the county treasury. Nothing was said in
either bills about Assessors blanks-but
efor printing so much without giving items,
making the amount against the Treasurer
'Sl95 and againstthe Auditor $4,000 show
'ing that the larger portion Of the Assessors
'bIanks wdas struggled into the Treasurer's
account. This account Mr.. lilly certified
to as being correct, when he must haze
kno,ea that no such amount Of printing had
been done for his office. Mr.. Towson re-
fused to pay ii until ofTasfed to do SO by the
Auditor and then put his written protest on
The account, and he kaaAa good reasohs for Il.
This account wheh'i 1t was settled and corr
Areeted by the County Coihfhissiohers, was
found 10 be only $55, showing that iiyhad
certified to l4O dollars more than had been
done for his Office. Such trickey, Ncoffdp-
ton and fraud, we have never before wit
messed. They should both be driven from
the offices they have dishonored, and would
4Emn ~ VA aE.L"N p - y tAusE 2
have been if the Commissioner had done
their duty. u.
Again, Mr.. JefTries says that he "told Mr.,
Ellisto make out his bill at rs cents q
quire" Though that was more than twice
the amount the Telegraph agreed to print
them for, and said he could make money at
that and leavesit to Be supposed that rs
cents a quire was all that WIS paid. Now
look at Ellis account, and Bee hoS'the
record gives the lie to this statement. AS
1sessors' blanks are not mentioned IN his
bill once, but the difference between the
bills paid by Mr.. Jeffries and the one ALLOW.
ed by the Commissioner, is $i4o, which is
just one dollar a quire over his contract
price.
His explanation Of the item OF $34, for
horse hire, and boasting Of his financial
skill, is all humbug-aye,worse-totally and
wholly false, His ,effecting q compromise
in regard to Koontz's road, and his agency
in arranging the payment ofthe interest on
the Railroad Boudsyis also false. In nei-
,har casa ,vns there The east necessitv for