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

poseds"sA Little Capital for the NC
Arthur Journal.
The Macarthur Journal OF last week com.
plains that we have endeavored to make po-
litical capital out Of small local matters,
and appears to think il very contemplate
lsort of business, forgetting It has never let
an opportunity slip Of doing the same thing
when ghost of chance presented itself. -
Its false charges against certain Democra.
for procuring illegal votes-its bitter depun-
ciationso OF Post Masters who had endeavored
TO simply do their duty, and the whole cat
alogue Of vile untruths and unjust insinua-
tons against Democrats in this county from
its first appearance to the present time-sil
of which itput forth for the purpose Of ma.
king political capital, and no other, and all
of which it seems to have forgotten, ought to
forever close its columns to complaints
against anything we may say Of it and its
particular friends in this county.
Occasionally for months past, it has been
trying to humbug the taxpayers into the be.
lief that the officers Of this county were q
most extravagaIt set--thst they had ordered
more printing done than was necessary and
lawful, and that the publisher Of this paper
had charged exhorbitant prices for the same.
This appeal to the "tax.payers' was never
made by the Journal until the last Republi.
can officer time had expired, and until the
proprietor Of that sheet had drawn the last
do llarol patronage from that officer. Then
it was that Mr.. McBelh put in his bid TO
print the blanks Tor the county officers at 81
cents quiIe--just one dollar and twsnty cents
per quire less than he himself had been
charging the county! The commissioners
did not feel authorized by the law, nor by
custom, to give out the printing Of blanks
in that way-nor do we believe thai Mr..
McBeth expected that they would. His OBJ
jeCt seemed to be to get up something TO
make a noise about. That is what his friends
wanted him 10 do--that is what he did do.
It's his business 10 make q noise--it's the
business Of all Republican editors to make
noise TO get up exciIements--to keepthe
public mind in feyerish state and to Preju-
diceit particularly against democrats.
A great many honest people who believe
everybody as honest as themselves, forget.
ting the cratic character Of man generally,
and Of the Journal man, particularly, have
an idea that there may be something, after
all, in this noise Of our ighbor about the
printing. Now, if there be anything wrong
about it, let US sec who are to Blame. That
the printing during the year ending in June,
1853, amounted to a much larger sum than
It did the year previous, is evidently true
The amount paid for printing for the year
ending June, 1857, as near as we can make
It out by the published expenditures Of that
year, was about $500; while that for the
asst year is {S72S .9s-a difference, as vii! be
seen, Of $22S,99. Now, the question arises,
what caused this increase OF expenditures in
The printing account of two hundred and
thirty dollars7-and 10 this question we shall
now turn our attention.
By reference 10 the Laws of Ohio for 1857. |
every one of which were passed by Leg.
stature in which the Republicans had large
pages l7s and lSO, an act will be
Ound "reating to certain proposed amend
nents to the Constitution, and the publica.
ion of this act, and an act therein named. "
t makes it The duty OF the county auditor
o publish said act, and the act providing for
he submission to the electors Of an act to
incorporate the bank of Ohio and branches,
or two weeks preceding the election, in two
English papers and one German paper if
in the county, and section four Of
lid act makes it the imperative duty Of the
ounty auditor to contract for the publica
ion o! the proposed amendments to the con-
titution for SIR months prior to tile election
n the same number of papers, if published
a the county, and provides that the expense
o incurred shall be paid out Of the coun-
y treasury. This law is signed by IN. II.
IAN Worries, Speak kes Of the House Of Rep
" and Thomas H. Ford, Presi.
pnt nf The Senate ~ Here wore seyeraI
1bs Of priu!ing which were extra, for which
he county never had TO pay before, and the
Expense Of which was entailed upon it by a
.e publican Legislature. They mounted,
Together, to the sum Of $l46 and if the
To papers had been published in the county
t that time, the cost would have been about
oable.
Again, by referring to the same volume Of
avs of 1857. pages Is and 10, an act will
e found which requires the County Com.
lisSionerS annually Ito make detailed re.
'olt in writing to the Court Of Common
'leas Of the county, Of their official trans
ctions, for the year next preceding The time
f making said report, giving an accurate
tatement Of the financial aff1irS Of the
ounty, which shall be printed al the expense
{ tile county, as directed by the Court to
Ihom the same is made
Here was another extra expensive Job Of
ri tip1 anta;Io1 ,no,, A. 1900. l.. n.