Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-09-30

from the Treasury can be traced in the
annual exhibits of the county funds;
but the amount received from that class
of fees, wherein the statute requires pay
ment from other sources, as for instance
from the individuals requiring the SER
vice. there are no means of ascertaining,
except by inference from the probable
amount of business done through the
office, IN that ,roy. Upon a reasonable
estimate of the receipts, from this source,
the mount may be fairly assumed at
from five to eight hundred dollars, thus
leaving Mr.. Albert, with an income of
orer tco thousand dollars u gear; a pc
sition worth contending for, but not at
the expense Ct 'PLIGHTED FAITH %
Again, some three years ago Mr.. AL
bert made a mistake in the county levy
of about three hundred dollars, and the
same went into the duplicate, and John
r. Stephen. Treasurer, was over-charg-
ed with hat amount, which he after
wards paid in his annual settlement
By the next season, the mistake was
discovered, and Mr.. Albert, as Auditor,
to cover it, made an EXTRA LEVY OF
that amount, or the taxable property Of
the towns of NEW PARIS, CAMDEN,
WINCHESTER and EATON, which
was cSHIiucred and applied for the use Of
the Auditor, to save him in the premi-
ses. This levy was made to cover the
mistake ofLhe Auditor, without color OF
authority under the statute, for if the
mistake could have been rectifcd by q
future levy, it should have been done by
an order of the Commissioners, on the
taxable property at large, of the county.
The specific levy on the property of said
towns, was oppressive and unjust. 1t
was an exercise of the one man pow
er,' and the levy was an unwarrantable
act of taxation. THIS is a plain state
ment of the transaction, and whoever
doubts its accuracy, are requested to call
and examine the records, or ask Mr.. j.
r. Stephen, former Treasurer, or Jos.
Brewer, present Treasurer, who will no
DENY the assertion.
Again, Mr.. Albert went into the
Clerks Office, since Mr.. c. w. Larsh
was installed, and took a large amount
of old papers, books and public docu.
ments, and sold them to paper-makers
at two or three cents a pound, and has
not yet, or had not a short time ago
accounted for the proceeds. Among
these papers and Locks were ffty-foui
volumes of the laws, containing the
Code, which cost the county siry cent
per volume. These books belonged tc
the County, and were paid for out of the
State fund. They were to be sold a
cost to the people of the county. many
of whom would now like a volunIe.--
With these books he also sold five OF
six bushels of House and Senate Jour
mails, and other documents of public in
t%erest, and the people would like t.
know by what authority the Auditor
performed this service: for surely her
is nothing in the statute that authorize:
him to dispose of the public property il
this way. If the sale had been ordered
by the Commissioners, it should have
been upon notice and at public auction
to secure the public interest. If an,
QUE doubts the above statement, let hin
call upon the Clerk or His Deputy, anc
ascertain the facts.
These, voters of Preble county, ar,
some facts taken from the record of Mr.
Albert, who is held up to you by a few
as being such an 'honest," capable
and faithful Auditor, and who, thro
intrigue and deceit, is about to FoRc1
himself upon you for the fourth time, ii
the face of solemn pledges, not to do so
Take these facts in connection with tn,
sin pie truth, that he has received som,
$4,000 in clean cash out of the Coun
ty Treasury and other sources, and opl,
%enlists $4,000 in personal and $500
in real property tor taxation, upon which
he pays 1898 taxes; we say with sucl
antecedents, it may be fairly presumed
that Mr.. Albert, an point Of fact, i
scarcely a citizen of the county, 70
wherever a mans property is, there i
his person also. By a disposition O
his receipts, he has clearly evinced tina
his largest interest in Preblc county, i
the Anditor's Office, and whenever l. j
deprived of that position, he will folio,
Il and supcrinteGd his Investments in tn
west.
The ALUSaS Ratio.
Nearly every Democratic candidat
n o.