Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-08-27

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TnIrnR> Mnt>rNN nrWmn,r IL v"nr i>>n" II
lVV ii. IN aritt ' Referring =" the t.rIr'N i">
ptal over IN sni ~" "t " 1RNlLl"r." anI II re-
|, I" another atur, IN tie SANE Sut.cc', Ia N,ur
ar 1T lul, Ssh. I'm | the following stat, nlrit.
"ifth writer kurw an,thin: "f thu hrs; lt,.pita;
lettings, "r shat Mas rr IN thu irrk'. "'ic', hr
would lee that when tn" prs rlrr holding
the contract tr,, secured iL' same ,h.r hid A3.
hn hIt Ia" Iuin, 'U,c BOARD 81 kr"W Nv'htn: >u.t
visor, cur th,m an opportunity ">Amn, al! tn, "a"
Is.>al-, aud III. a'l",trd til. Nr,t urr, aliHn.
and had II copied "rham. a. the original 'i On hand
~Il prove"
Had this statement occurred over tho genuine
rnanc"i ;. THUS Il would MT ha\" rr'"Nci the
>hsht - notice, TOR reasons that not II, crSSary
t"CNi ldln.
TIE >,a'rncn, charges fraud ar doah,.. ,ira ling
with the Il mrd e Supervisors IN the unc hand. aud
nr. Clarke anil ny >rii contractors IN the "hrr
III" statement i MnIualhrdv false IN every Vartic-
ulir. Dr, Clark and my>rli never did. at III" time
referred to-. "r at any other TINE. put IL bad II e..
'""'; but Nc did put III Ind II ti'"N'. VII. h is
the same that Is now IN HI, in the Clerks "Eicr.
uial krd accepted hv the Board. aud - the "tis
ma and only put IA l., IL. ever came I" the
notice 1t the Board, AT the tine the contract Was
hr>I let
lIr. clark aud m,s II we're not in the Clerks of
hrc ut the time the bids opened, t,r som"
time thereafter aud ncN,r knew "r heard from
any source whatever. What the diii Trut tid> w,r"
unIil some time after the same had been d>r"S"d
1T. challenge any man I" prove from the record
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trarV.
The contract MAS awarded 10 nS m onr hid oG
ti,'"s', which II | rccolirCi WAS over e." less
than any either responsible bud,
The statement would have received earlier NJ.
lice. but hring the nnlr one rcs,in. IN III. county
except Mr.. \. II. HIwlCv. charged with this
ru.trn. '"si"d I" wait un'II could >,E him
pom calling hS attention I" the article he pt,suird
the name ii thu author and sought the patty
and charged lin with tie fal>I,N "f the stat m"nt
Ills reply MAS that hr had pretty I,"" authority.
such AS Arthur Denver aud sumo others. Mr. lla~
l,'y then remarked that his authority MAS false aud
that H. dem aud al rrtra, tirn If tn" statement
that he would have Satisfaction. The IdriV than
remarked that he might be wrong. aud would max"
the CORRECTION. which Mas agrr, upon between Ih'
twn. but cuiIrctiun has been made except tie.
following. which APPEARED in Your paper 1t Aug i.
"Mv>>E>. EriroNs.-An srtirl- in regard :" County
II the I'd July! lAI9, states that the kn,~ \"thILH
board of SuPcri."rs gave the .uccr..h contractor
"pr"inn'yt II r>Amin" the Proposals. Since ~rtinc
th' article referred t", Mr.. A. II Ha~lvI e sad
lard. requests me I" state that he not o'Ivaht
other 81 DOING. Aug. ,, lN39 TAN PAYER"
II can understand the force of language. this is
AN additional insult. Mr.. ll,wlcy saws that liz
rr requested the party IL do any such thing. but {"
publish full rrtraCtiuu of the statement r,frrrd
T.. which was agreed upon. This is III" import IL
the language conveyed I" me by Mr.. IlaW lev ="
near as can rcc"llrct II will be noticed III the
statement nf Tax Payer, Or !. =. Titus as We d"
uNt WISH any CNnIuSlu NI uuucAl tnaI Tie refers 10
what is IN Tile in the Clerks office his authority.
but in Conversation with Mr.. IIAwley he refers H.
Mr. Denver and some others as authority. leave
this u the author tn reconcile
A few days since had an opportunity of seeing
Mr. Denver, who ut the time referred To, was Cuun.
~ Clerk and Clerk 1T the Board Of Supervisors. aud
Asa ID. WaIdron, Deputy. ] called Mr.. Denver =
attention to the statement. lie Said lie knew moth
ing of any such transaction having been done, set
| forth in the statement. Arthur Denver as Clerk
and Asa WaldrOn. Deputy. would have been likely
| to know something about this corrupt transaction
had 1t occurred MIR. Wallron alsn states, VIII" WAS
present at the time. that he never knew or hear
anything If this kind before.
INJUSTICE to the parties charged, particularly DR..
Clark and myself have deemed !. necessary I"
make this statement, and fur the truhtulneSS III
il, refer tn each member Of the Board If Supervi.
s"rs, A. II, Ilawlcy. Thns Reid aud Henry Robin
SON; alsu DR. Clark. who is now sojnurning in the
East, but will return som enough Ia meet any cmcr
gency that may arise in his case.
o. HARVEY.