Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-06-02
Trimming,

The editor of the Old Line Democrat is genius. He has singular pair of eyes, and can discover cat in meal tub or a nigger in wood-pile, where a man of ordinary vision could see nothing but meal or wood. The latest case of discovery is that Johnson Yerkes received several hundred dollars for trimming documents which were only partially trimmed, and thereby great amount of postage lost. This humbug is paraded in the usual style and with that courty bearing ard high bred dignity upon which the editor plumes himself.
 The editor charges that Mir. Johnson received more than S96 from the Treasury for services not rendered.
 If Mir. Peek knew the facts, and we do him the justice to say do not believe he did, this was islander and calumny. If he did not know them, he should have enquired before making such charge. Now for the facts The whole amount ever paid by the state for trimming will amount to one hundred dollars. Secondly the money paid for foldng stitching, trimming or binding never came to the pockets of Johnson < Yerkes. Not a dollar of the amount paid benefited them. The sheets were delivered to the binder, who folded, stitched and trimmed and presented the account therefor. This amount was paid to the binder and Johnson Yerkes only received pay for printing. The warrants may have been drawn in the names of J. and r., as they were the contractors, but not one dollar enured to their benefit So much for that charge We now come to the fact whether the work was properly done. Every copy of the bank reports ever saw properly trimmed, and well stitched and folded. If the editor .has found refuse copy one that Is not properly trimmed, he has found an exception and not the rule There are several hundred copies at the state house now, awaiting distribution, ready for the ln- spection of anybody. We deny that the binders did not perform their duty. Such documents as required trimming were properly trimmed The binders were Mr. Jacob. and afterwards, MT. Reardon. In aiming blow at us, the editor hits those gentlemen. The editor says, " None Of these documents were trimmed. the law re1uires,' and refers to the acts and journals of 1858. The bind CT. say they were; the Secretary of State received and receipted for them as being properly done; ana worse than all, there numerous copies scattered all over the state an investigation of which will show the talsity of the charge made by the Old Liner. The bubble attempted to be made IS that the documents were not '' trimmed,'' and then the whole price for folding, stitching and trimming is counted up. Neither are the statements of the Old Liner borne out by the facts regards the documents not being trimmed, for they were; or has the cost of trimming all the documents ever printed in the state cost several hundred dollars" or has there been any additional postage charged for want of trimming. Finally; the amounts paid therefor were not for the benefit of Johnson X Yer kes but went to the binder.
 We have known politicians to descend very low and be guilty of humbuggery and demagoguery but such ridiculous charges these are beneath con tempt. For an editor who makes pretensons like MT. Peek, such stuff is more glaring. We do not believe that fifty dollars postage ever was paid on the bank reports altogether yet this editor says fifty dollars excess postage was paid. There are two thiags class together as being beyond or below our comprehension, and these are-the courtly bearing and high bred dignity peculiar to old liners, and northern philanthropy.
 We give below communication on the subject