Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-09-09

mitted to the people, under the guise
of a popular Convention, and but few
will turn out, and those friends of
small favor and others with similar grists
to grind, can be brought to bear at the
polls, where I can triumph over a set
of hounds, who beset my trail with for
mer pledges"
By the time the mass convention of
Republicans, which consisted of some
thirty or forty townsmen, convened in
the Town Hall at Eaton, on call of the
Central Committee, to consider the pro-
pricty of holding a county Convention
by delegates, these men of small ia
vors were there, Rocked and primed
for n popular vote. In this way, the
recommendation of the Central Com
mittee was overruled, for the sole pur-
pose of saving Mr., Albert, by such
previous laid schemes and strategy
His boarding quarters, for the good of
the party, were now brought to a close,
and after he thus became O candidate,
many of his political friends, in good
faith for the sake of harmony with the
Republicans, asked him to decline; but
deaf to every response, except self in
~terest, he declared that he only desired
to beat "a set of damned hounds, who
beset him with former pledges"
Again, Mr.. Albert has been in Office
so long, and became so self opinionated,
that he assumes to control the action
and deliberations of the Commissioners.
These men having recently came into
Office the old Auditor, so well acquaint-
ed with the business, that of any par
ticular friend has an axe to grind, the
Auditor can so adroitly turn the crank:
or pour the water, that no one knows
who are at work; and hence it is, that
some of the Commissioners have said,
that unless Mr.. Albert is elected they
know not how to discharge the duties
Of their Office. From this quarter may
be drawn a pretty fair explanation why
Mr.. Albert has never fled his amount
for services in the Treasures Office, for
consideration and allowance, as the stat
ute directs, but the same has always
been made out in the Auditors Office,
wherein Mr.. Albert presides and pro-
cured an order to issue to himself, for
the amount, Notwithstanding the statute
is direct that the Auditor shall authen-
ticate his amount, by oath and file it
with the Treasurer-Stat. 416. Sec. 30.
Again, after receiving some ten thou
sand dollars in clean cash out of he
county Treasury, Mr.. Albert only en-
lists $4,000 in personal and $4,000 in
real property, for taxation, upon which
he pays 1898 taxes. AS a general
thing it is true, the public have no right
to inquire after the distribution of pri-
vate property by an officer, but when
one has held Office, for a long time, as
in the case of Mr.. Albert, and has
drawn so heavily on the County Treas
ury, an inquiry after the disposal Of the
receipts, fairly constitutes an item of
consideration with the people, for if
they have gone beyond the limits of
the State, the disposition goes to re-
duce the same of taxation, and makes
the people contribute to a foreign rev.
enue. The means which MIR. Albert
has received fer his services as Audi
tor, have been invested principally in
western lands, which at ordinary prices
are calculated to make him a princely
fortune, with none to support but him
self.
But enough on this subject for the
present, we shall have more to say
between now and the I'd Tuesday of
October.
Making Themselves Miserable.
Opposition editors are making them