Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1859-12-31

- - : '"etSs isAos ~ Y WIZ lhSA ifciicbCCs
as printer and editor, of some energy
but indifferent abilities as writer. Tn,
lparty opposite to us were in power an,
we shc organ Of a minority party. w
own to having taken working interes
in party affairs, no part of which we cal
! call 10 mind with regret. 1t was an hon
lorable working iateres', not schismatic no
faeiious, but for a substantial upbnillint
and gool Of the public as well as 81 party
No man can justly charge is with being
tho organ Of a clique, faction or section .
q party, nor with having recommended O
voted for a bad man for Office. We la (
been somewhat successful, and ut no lin,
when monopoly WAS il our p3wef have y,
overcbarged, bat iather undereharyed, a,
the records will show. Such has beer
our conduct as an editor and we contras
it with the conduct Of the editor Of the
Witness during bis whole service as edit
or Of the O5Serger, f5r several years liz
only PAPER in Ri.hland county.
But Tor u lengthy article in the Witness O
last week, the Objectionable part Of which
we present below. in which he exhibit.
plainly The new and faciious position which
he expects 10 occupy on The forth coming
county division question, We won.l not
have now noticed tho last attack on u.s.
Here is the Objectionable extract from the
Witness.
"If we we're living at the county seat Of
large coanty, ana had been enjoying the
monopoly Of a hea,y bill of county and
legal printing for long number Of years,
(hke friend CovER,) We are not certain
what we might or might not advocate llu-
man nature 1880 uncertain. Handing the
thousands Of dollars from that source, as
he has done from year to year, VIC do not
know but that we should feel that We own
ed or ought to own the whole country,
and might urge the abolition Of the al.
joining county boundaries of La Fayette,
iowa, Riehlatd and Crawford, lest they
be expensive, and have them Constitute a
large county, that We might lave the
coauty and legal printing. Certain it is
VIC should favor ourselves as much consist
emily as it is possible for an Inconsistent
man 70 act; and We are not certain but
that for every change ID tie law relative
TO legal printing which The legislature
might make in or favor we would cry
Out, for popularity, that the pc pie arc to
DC FLED, and that if ten cents had been
the price paid for each tract of delinquent
land, We would tell them that fifteen cents
would be fair price, but that te0entg .tfge
cents is outrageous, while we would silent
ly collect the lasf cent the law would allow
us, which Mr.. Cover has done. How far
we might SO after 50 many years Of good
fortune, We can not tell; but We should
certainly so hard times for The people,and
enormous taxation to be put upon them,
whenever any body might mention q small
county 70 US. Would Mt that be human
nature ~
It will be seen that jealousy Iulks
the above from the Witness.--
A false impression is intended to fasten on
The readers rnind--that VIC get thousands
IF dollars per year for county printing,
N, (. ,,4,e 4 :, - -, IL .1..lx
The county pays for bit little priaiinr,noi
SO much as 5000 90, one year with an
other, besides the Delinquent l.istof tax
lands and the Forfeited Lists of laDds.-
For the past two years, however, the blank
lists for. assessors have cost the county a.
bout $l36 o0per year. For advertising
the Delinquent and Forfeited lists. amount
Ing the past year to about $1,000 90, and
former years to about half thatamount, the
county pays the printing for the time be-
ing, bat the amount is charged against the
and and when the owners redeem their
lands. tie county receives back such amt
so charged, with 25 percent interest add
ed So if the county does pay for The adj
vcrtisiDg, she gets the money back with 25
per cent. Interest. Regarding legal char
ges, we have always said the present rates
are too high, when the law was proposed
as well as after its passage But We are
not fool enough to charge under legal
rates for work, the pay for which in the
end comes out Of non-residents as a gen
eral thing. Nota man in the county wo'd
thank US to do so, and all would laugh at
us it would deprive the county Of her 5
per cent. interest speculation,otf non-rcsi
dents, were We to undefchargo legal rates.
Only for the benefit of few resident de-
linquents would we abate one cent; for
them we would abste more than half if
the mater could be arranged 50 as to have
the difference go into their pockets instead
of the county.
In tile matter ofSherifs' ,ICoantyJadgcG
and the like legal printing, The County has
nothing to do with IT, Such printing is
controlled by lawyers and those who fore