The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-10-06

VINO cofnmltted nm was among the num-
Der. He did it in answer to these APP
peals and from sense of justice, and
not because he had any desire to shield
a criminal, as the Civilian intimates.
Mr.. Hedges also says that he personal
ly knows that in one instance Judge Ta-
Dor refused to allow the county superin-
tendent for printing because the work
was done at the CsVilian office, but ex-
pressed willingness to do so if it had
been done at the Guardian office. We
most emphatically contradict the editor,
and declare that Judge Tabor never said
any such thing. Mr.. HEDGES was not
present at the conversation, and how lie
can say that he personally knows such to
be the case we cannot conceive. Judge
TABOR told us the circumstance at the
time, and upon his authority we conf
IDENTIFY deny the assertions of the editor.
The Superintendent got the printing
done, and as the Board of Presidents was
to meet shortly after, he went to the
Judge and asked the latter whether he
would allow the printing. The Judge
told him promptly no, so long as the Su-
perintendent received $500 salary. He,
however, told him at the last of the iu-
terview that he might submit il TO the
Board of Presidents, and if they said
pay it, he would do so. Mr.. RoszELL
then went away, but a short time after
wards came again to see the Judge aud
said that he supposed the Board would
reduce the Superintendent salary to
what the law put it at, and if SO, asked
the Judge if he would allow him his ex-
penses for printing. We believe the
Judge told him that he would leave the
question to the Board, "but,' said he
"what printing have to do prefer to
send to the Guardian office" He did
not tell the Superintendent that the print
ing he had got done would have been
allowed if he had got it done at the
Guardian Office, but the remark was made
in reference to future printing, if the
salary was reduced. The Board upheld
the Judge in refusing to allow the print
ing, and decided that whatever Mr.. Ros-
zell got done for his own convenience he
should pay for. The advertising the
Board ordered to be paid-the printed
questionsit would not allow. Thus the
Judge was sustained.
But the editor brings up the old ex-
ploded matter of the tax list of 1857, and
declares that Judge Tabor gave it to the
Guardian office, paying therefor several
hundred dollars out of the county treas
ury, when the Civilian office offered to
publish the list for nothing. Now the
fact is Judge Tabor had nothing what
ever to do with the matter. He left the
subject entirely with Mr.. DoNNAN, and
the whole arrangement was made with
the treasurer. We have explained this
matter twice before, but lest some may
not understand it viii do SO again. Fully
one month before the list was to be pub
lished we went to Mr.. Donnan, and ask
ed him if we were to have tiff so, it was
| necessary for lis TO procure extra guam
titles Of certain kinds of type, and it was
time to send to the foundry for them
He told us distinctly and emphahcally
that we should have it, and to go AHEAD
and order the type. Mr.. James Rankin
was present and heard the conversation.
Well, here was a bona tide contract made
long before the treasurer ever heard of
the offer of the Civilian, and upon the
strength of that contract we had gone to
an expenditure ofsome seventy or seventy
! five dollars. But week or two before
the time the law requires the list to be
Published, the proprietors of the Civilian
made an offer to the treasurer to publish
the list for the sum of 81. But it was
apparent that the oifer was made for po-
litical effect, and as he had already en-
tered into contract with us, Mr.. DoNNAN
paid 10 attention to it. 1t was impossi-
bic that they could have published the
list in time. because they would have
been compelled to purchase type, as we
were, and that would have consumed a
great deal more time than there was to
spare. So much for this charge. 1T don't t
affect Judge TABOR, for he had nothing
to do with it. 1t don't affect Mr.. DOMAIN,
for he did right. He simply fulfilled a
contract made in good faith. ta
But we have something to charge in
this connection, that we have charged
against Mr.. Roszell several times, and
never yet received an answer. We have
charged him with refusing to allow us to
bid upon the tax list OF 1896, and OF
giving it to the Civilian against the wish
es of the treasurer, thus doing the very
thing that the Civilian charges upon
Judge TABOR. But this is not all. We
have charged him, and we now charge
him, with allowing $3.50 above and be-
yond proper remuneration for that list,
and of having done so in order to secure
the support of that sheet. We will again
repeat the facts. ..,.l IA. :
That tax list contained 1884 lines.
Tho Civilians published rates for adver-
tisinga single square of ~ lines we're
for the first insertion 81, for each subse-
quent insertion so cents. This, recollect,
is the very highest price charged for a
single square. 1884 lines give l32
squares, and the bill should not have been
more than the following f92at2
LIST insertion of 1879 squares. sl3a
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