New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-30
AN EXPLANATION.
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SIR: On the editorial page of your paper, issued on
Thursday, you have an article headed "rhe Printing
Swndlc put through in the Board of Education" aud
yen class my name as one voting for swlndc.
Politics is not trade with me, and confessto some
sensitivsness when charged with crime. BY no re-
quest bv no action of mine was sent to the Board of
Education by the voters of the Fifteenth Ward. aud
whenever il shall please them to dispense with nv
p0,r services in the capacity OF Commssioner,
ehal be gra;ifed Ia hay the time given 10 their in
tefrrs to bc applied to matters more social and more
agreeable u me.
Let me siate what seems to me to be the facts in
this printing matter II WAS before the Board of
Education on Wednesday. bill was presented for
work done; that bill had been examined by competent
meD and the charges were Acknowledged, l believe,
by all to be- correct with the exception Of paper nsed.
Ii was claimed by some, that the contractors were
bound furnish double medium, aud that they
fmn nshed single medium, at - the ream. In their
of, to The BoaEd knd Of paper was specified. la
oruer arrive At conclusitn that would satisfy me
in regard t. my vote Iofered resolution that, in the
opinion Of the Board, when the contract was made Il
was irtsI Ided n at doube-medium paper should be
used. TIE Board decided by Ii to . that snch was
net thf fact believed, and mnst still believe, that
at The time Of giving out the contract WIS supposed
double medium paper should be used. b. tho vote Of
the Board, as Il seemed to me- there question
a. to the correctness Of the bill specially before the
meeting. If the printers charged for paper what tho
cuptract allover and the RESIDUE of tho charges
this recf,(ed bill were correct, why should they not bs
paid | voted 10 pay them, ard for doing 40, am
classed NJ ore consenting to u s~indl". II Is ea'y
enough 10 write such relroachiul words for news
paper; but il, in my opinion, would be- 6eter to ate
fact, aud ,Lereirom et the people judge for them
selver.
nav say that do not Thick that the printers in
question should have the work Of the B ard hereafter,
for the bill fret sert in not correct, nor do think
the printirg should be done by contract. II can,
believe be better attended TO by the Clerk Of the
Board and the Auditing Committee. 0,c, y,,pyx
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Fy.ess& Hagd, No. Clifton place, oct 3
We need not take the trouble to point out the
inaccuracies contained in Mr.. Warren's statement
He himself admits that he believed, and still be-
ieves, "that at the time of giving out the contract
" il was supposed double medium paper should be
used" lie states that he voted to pay the con-
tractor. just twice as much for all the paper used
as he belieTes they are entitled TO. We think Mr..
Warren has made a mistake in this vote, which he
ought never to have allowed himself to fall into
POST OFFICE LITERATURE AND POLITICS.
To tie EeisO, Of The a. Y. Triou.s:
SIR: inclose you the following decurrents fx pub
licetion:
NEW POST-OFFICE.-Ths elecr;sn tickets
IN rsce ~ ell the partes-wih the 4 Hon. door
1syor esdnsy b. obtained ths Office in,ow b. any
Isrsor wbo cssrrs ose instead 4 tao present
u6 place No 1ri,s business u dons Of U su:rat
der such dissgreAbie c.fcguanes The erection Of .eS
Office odd st sst per A veiae real ssssts
u or city. WM. H. PECK, Postmss,ef;
OcroBsa, las3s
ss: cloe r your consideration and scon q. the c"nas
election the Con srvssona al baliotA
.hs r..i Of Third Cir, 70 tue nou .s -.a: 60:
Of suitable building for pa:peeA Aooa. , .1s ar
step took skeY takra charge Of tbs Ofce, VS. 70 90 %
IN ti eogt 20 psucus for 10 sppoprstsa SUN say
lsse 70 srrcs that would see our ~ .s
rsss w,s achieved by his esofa 1 no ~,
f,d In rsiipr on alas do to aid IN sctrnhs sos ~.
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