M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-08-19

the printing oruered py lhe Republican Leg
islature, the expense for the past year
about the same as the year previous--ther
being but fOrty.eight cents difference
We have now shown that the excess @
printing the past year, compared with tn
year previous, was caused by the Republi
cans, and we want the Journal TO state thi
truth to its readers when it alludps 10 tn
matter again, or stand branded as an unmit
igated deceiver-a picker.up of "uAconsider
ed triAes' and a retailer Of petty slander
against Our county officers.
The Journal has also alluded to the cos
Of printing in other counties, asserting tina
in some counties Of this State the expenses
have been less than in Vinton county, ant
ii gives an instance or two. Well, if tina
amounts to anything, we can give a dozer
instances where the expenses have bee more
In Hamilton county they were $4,000; in
Warren county Sl,t54; in Fayette county
over s 900; and in Monroe county, which
a less tax was collected last year than ia
Vinton, $900-or about two hundred dollars
more than the expense in Vinton county,
Why did not the Journal state these iacts?-
Was it anxious that the people should have
a fair understanding Of the matter? By no
means--that would destroy all its political
caPitaI!-thRt would stop its deceptive
tongue!
1t is scarcely necessary 10 tell the reader
that the printing expenses Of the county
vary, just the same as other expenses. In
Vinton they will be much less the present
year than they were the last year. A differ
euce occurs, also, in the expenses Of
counties containing ;he same population -
For instance, difference may arise from the
construction Of law. In Ross, Hooking,
Lawrence, Jackson and Athens, the Com
missioners placed construction on the law
requiring the publication of their annual re-
ports entirely different from that placed up
on the same law by our own Commissioners.
The law requires detailed report Of their
official Transactions giving an accurate
statement of the financial alta irs Of The
county," &c. Our Commissioners followed
the strict letter of the law. publishing every
official act, together with the financial state
ment; but in the counties above named. the
Commissioners published only a financial
statement, thus saving some fifty dollars 10
their respective counties.
Again the expenses vary on account Of
the amount Of work ordered. From March
TO June last we printed more blanks for the
county than we had the whole niEe months
previous. A very large proportion Of these
are still on hand and will last until next
year, so Chat the expense Of blanks will not
be so great this year as it was last.
A word or two, to conclude, in regard to
the printing Of blanks. Mr.. AcBeth pro-
posed to print the blanks for the county at
so cents per quire, although lie had been
charging, for months previous, at the rate Of
50 per quire. Since he made his proposition
we have printed for the various county odfic-
ers l39 guires Of blanks. At 80 cents per
quire they would amount 10 $1,000. We
have charged for them on our books $l24.-
This we consider fair price for the work
done, and if three disiAterested printers can
be found who will decide otherwise, then
we will pay Mr.. MCBeth thirteen dollars and
eighty cents-just the amount he has been
bowling about for three months past, ultho'
he has endeavored to make the people be-
lieye that we were cheating the county out
Of hundreds Of dollars! During the entire
year we printed 247 quires, charging for the
same 1925. At so cents quire Mr.. Nc
Beth would have received $l97.60.
From this it will be seen that had our
Democratic county officers patronized The
Journal man for the whole Of the past year,
al the rate he proposed only when he could
get no more blanks to print at 50 per guire,
they would have saved 10 the county the
sum of t'renty y.ssUen dollars and
forty cents! Yet, the story has been circula-
led in the county that Mr.. McBeth offered to
10 the printing OF the county for an amount
per annum several hundred dollars less than
The proprietor of this paper charges Men
who will Stoop to such baseness are fl; CON-
panions for Gov. Chases officials, Menden-
hall, Van Slyke, Mcfary g. Co.