The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1858-09-01
THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

We publish below at the request of the
Auditor, statement of John 4. Hill CIV
ing the whole of the conversations, a
garbled report of which appeared in the
Herald. Mr.. Hill is young man whose
strict integrity and rigid adherence to
truth no man who knows him will doubt.
This statement was not like the Herald's
concocted SO as to g. just as much of the
conversation as might answer sinis-
ter purpose, but the substance of the
whole. ast .r.e -... 90 as.s ..s
sog a.-- a- ss5a a- For the Spirit
Woodsfeld, August 9th, 1858.
Mr. j. S. HoLL1DAY-Sir: You call up
. on me to state a conversation held be-
tween you and Warren Hollister in the
Auditors Office, about the 18th day of
August. l will state that I was present,
and at work with you at the same desk,
(being clerk il the Office aud the con-
| versation was about this: Hollister in
quired of you what additional costs the
semi-annual collection of taxes would
make in this Office, over what it was un.
der the former law. You said you would
tell him as near az you could but could not
tell him the exact amount. You then made
a calculation and told him that if another
set of duplicates for the Treasurer had to
be made in addition to the ones now ma
king, the costs would be about six hund-
red and twenty five dollars; but that it
might be something more or less, as the
exact amount could not be told. You
also call upon me to state conversation
at another time, between you and Hollis
ter. about the oath or 25th. day of Au-
gust, when Isaac Smith was present in the
office before referred to. In answer l
will say was present at the time referred
to, and IIollister asked you if you had not
| told him in the conversation above refer
red to, that the additional costs in the
Auditors Office under the law for the semi
annual collection Of taxes would be about
six hundred and twenty FIVE dollars. To
which you replied, Eyes did, provided
another set of Duplicates like these, Qay-
ing your hand on the one you was then
working at have to be made out" and
you then stated that you considered an
other set unnecessary, from the fact that
the manner in which you had made up
the Treasurers tax Duplicates; at the
same time showing him one, and saying
"here are the reasons why it is unneces-
sary. In this column is the amount
due in December, here is the amount due
in June, 1859; and this column contains
the whole amount due for the year." and
that the Duplicates were made as the law
said they should be, at the same time
getting the law aud reading it to him,
and for these reasons you considered an
other set of Duplicates unnecessary, as
the Treasurer could use those already
made, for the payment of taxes due in
December, also in June, 1859: but tha,
small book. or sheet probably, would
to be attached or given to the Treasurer,
for any taxes due in December and not
paid, upon which penalty would have to
be added, and thereby the costs of max
ing another set of Duplicates would be
saved. This is the substance of the con-
versations to which you refer and in nei.
ther of these conversations did you say
the additional costs would be $625 unless
the additional set of Duplicates would
have to be made. ......
... Yours, &c,
JNo. L. HILL.