Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-12-23
The Delinquent List.

A skunk BIZ any other name. would smell as sweet.
The above is the tail end of an article that wa:
TVS in type last week. but crow dcd out of tho
Republican. The hero, the poor man, and the
poor m1ns friend talks about the poor Oppressed
t-x-payer.' and about the way they abused by
Democrats, with glibness equal to the falsity OF
whsthe SAYS. We ARE not disposed to pick quar-
relvith INC poor Old nan, who lives only to pre-
vent Il ofleeclles Democrats he calls them
from sucking the lifc-blood out of the people
the poor oppressed taxpayers, who are
ta.el to the enormous sum of three cents piece e,
30 nay their portion of the Delinquent List, when,
if they had paid what it is really worth, and what
Mat:ingly wOul have charged for it, had he had
the opportunitv,it would have been ten times as
much Tic Commissioners paid about sir hund
red dolIars FOR printing the La Porte County Delin-
qucnt List: vet, when we receive eighty dollars for
nearly the SAM amount Of work we are presented
y .ie people thr u-h the columns of the poor
mans nper as "extort:ng i; from the poor and the
frien1!ess.''
M3t.in-ly sag' Ito Delinquent List could have
been con 'enscl into Us squares. For the sake
OF argument VIII admit that it could have been
Ia, one pare (ten lines or less three inscr-
tons VI less. one dollar: each additional insertion
N q, three months, twenty FIVE cents. According
80 thlt, The following would have been and proba-
by w. b When Nr Fuller goes into Office his bill
5er pr.n.;a. Deli ,ucut Lists of I75 squares:
rs squase. e SI........... 90
do - e Observation-Disclosures. 1919
To,al. sals,55
Tn Is, has t., ie published four weeks, and the
.51'7 IS ,he cxtct amount he would have charged
f ,iI-re iisA been competition.
Assoon ~ the Fepublicans fairly get into pow
err Mat;insly's sermons on Economy will cease.
end ;ne poor op ressed payer may make hi.
calculations 70 .ay into the till of the Republican
Office h' potion Of tie above figures for the next
Delinquent Listif are refused an opportunity to
make q bid.
= - 'nA - any other would smell AZ sweet
There are some who do not seem to understand
who pays for printing the d delinquent List, and
Mat'inely through ign france, otherwise enGcav-
ors to mak- his readers believe that the County
Pays for It, and that those who pay their taxes
promptly are obliged to pay as much of this ex-
81 publishing the List Is collected bv the Urea surer
the same as other taxes, from the delinqnent par
ties The County pays fer the List in orders. and
collects the amount Of said orders in money. As
faras the County is concerned, it is "a money ma
Aing business, as County orders are worth ONLY
ninety cents on the dollar, and the County receives
-he full amount in cash.
ssGns ~ any other name would sn ell asswee..,.
Bar NItttingIy says lit remains to be seen wheth
CT The County Commissioners will permit this out
rage ap'n the rights of the poor
- 'aIak by any Other name woali smell rsvec,,"
The CDmmis,ioners were obliged to allow the
tlI, and NAttin"ly knew it. 1t is the Auditors
H''sne'1 to get the List published, in any manner
lie Ple1ses and the Commissioners have no saw in
tla further than to allow the bill for tho Same
let itbe large or small.
M'tiins, : remarks in regard to the Commits
sionfrs IS above quoted, to say the least un
called for and uHgentlenlany. They know their
duties AMI knowing dare maintain.
p S--"A skunk By any other name would
siaeIl assvcet'