Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-05-10

FOR CLERK OF SUPREME COURT,
JOHN p. JONES. of Lagrange.
FOR SUPERINTENDENT pcBLIc INSTRUCTION,
MILES j. FLETCHER. OF Putnam
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Trying TO shift the Responsibility.
On the 7rh of March last local made the
following announcement: 49, ~ 80 =
"The ex -Clerk. Mr.. " r. Packard, has been
compelled 10 d;sgorge $3as Of uncalled for Wit
res and Jury fees which he has retained in his
hands contrary 10 law.
This simple statement, the truth Of which has
never been questioned. produced great consterna-
ton and dismay in the Shsmocratic camp. The
FAC. iilat man whom every one Of them had en-
dorsed as "The best Clerk Marshall County ever
had" should prove defsuItcr and fail 90 pay
the monies in his hands according TO law, was, at
. glance. seen to be very damaging exposition,
AMI hence. the necessity OF raising clamor about
the shortcomings Of another individual in order to
diver. public attention from Mr.. Packard The
next issue of the Democrat, accordingly, contain
ed lengthy editorial complaining bitterly that We
acted partially in mentioning Mr. Paekards de
;slcation and not Mr.. COrbaiey's, who, it asserted
'.has been out OF Office ten times as long as Mr..
Packard, and, on searehing the records was found
10 have, even. now, more than the Democratic ex-
Clerk" Who searched Corbaley's record? and
why have YOU, most vcracious neighbor. stated
ever and over sgain, since then. that il had not
been donel
In the same number Of the Democrat the editor
said:
"We take different view Of the matter 10 that
Of our neighbor OF the Republican. We do not
think that either ofthcse Clerks guilty of
any uHlsrJal acts in the matters referred To, aEi
have not the leas. idea that either Of them ever in
tended to wrong any person or persons out OF wha.
they were entitled to-"
Tie law positively requires the Clerk On or be
fore the first day of January of each year to make
ont and Gle with the Treasurer Of the county, a
complete list Of all the fines jury fees and witness
fees which have remained unclaimed for one year.
and pay the same over TO said Treasurer, and jet
fe Democrat asserts that it "does not think that
either Of these exClerks are guilty of any unlarc.
fai(,) acts in The matters referred tor Is not
this beautiful doctrine for the editor Of public
newspaper to prcachl Is he not most suitable
guardian of the peoples INTEREST," and is he not a
very proper person to accuse Us of partiality and
corrup:ion7 II the taxpayers want repetition OF
these delinquencies al they have to do is to elect
Democratic officers. The Democrat boldly pro-
claims that such acts are no. unla,rful.
As regards Mr.. Corbaley's defalcation. behind
whom the Democrat; tries to pull its friend Pack
ard in order to screen him, we hare only 10 say,
that we have not yet justified him, aill we At
temp. 70 do SO in future. The Democrat, il il hal
any sense OF propris,y left. instead of referring TO
his failure comply with the law, for tie purpose
Of screening Packard. would hang its head in
shame Why did Ccrbaley's defalcaton remain
undiscovered during the four long years of Pack
ards term' It has been shrewdly suggested that
Packard was aware of the deialcation, but intend.
Ing to play the same game himself thought il
would not be prudent to expose his predecessor
What we're the Democrat Auditor and the Demo
cratic Commissioners about that they did not dis
cover the delinquency Were they all imcomps
renr' From these Developments the people car
see ,hA: change Of officers no, made any toe
soon for the public good. Thousands of dollars
have already been saved by the change. and thou
sauds more win be. We have no doubt. -
We repeat that the Democratic ex-officers hav'
ing allowed Mr.. CorbaIey TO retain the money in
bis hands which he should have paid into ths
responsibility of his acts in this respect. THAI
they had long known he was a def.uter il proven
by the fact that az soon 40 it was announced thai
Packard Was defaulter for large amount, they
cried out in thunder tones that Corbaley Was in
ssilI worse predicameht: Why did they not soon
er make this Information publicl Why did thel
wait until the Republican oficers discovered tina
"The best Clerk Marshall County ever had, !" va
assfauiter for large amount Why. we AGAR
ask. did they remain silent 30 longl Why dit
PxckArd's mouth piece, as soon as his ugly recor
cas- exposed, declare that "The charge that Mr.
Packard had retained unlapfuily fees and monte
resolved by him while Clerk is ga malicious mis-
representation. Tor we are informed that the ias
sLo1s the Clerk to retain such monies and settl
up his own affairs" Who authorised that prin
% make an assertion directly in the teeth of tn
isw7 Isit possible that The BEST Clerk Marshal
County ever had" was so ignorant Of what the Ia,
required of him as the ADORE quotation from hi
ersan seems to implyl We 10 nes beliess a.
What reply did she Democrat make when We pr,
we'd By 8 quotation from the law Itself that it, Pc
s;iion in shis respect was utterly urtcnable1 Di
itmake The proper correction and in manly man
ner acknowledge is errorl No. Bat instead ask
81: 1--WE want somebody to tell rs how much b
makes out Of the following from the Revised Stat
uses. for his friend CorbaIey7" How much did h
make out Of !, for bis friend Packard We nevt
attempted to justify CertaIey; hs tried hard - jus
tify bic friend Packard, and made round and reel
less assertions for that purpose that no consoles
tous man would hare ventured to make.
The people Of Marshall can now judge from thi
brief exposition how much reliance can be place
upon she statements OF the Democrat. 81
u We learn from our exchanges that throug
Nssthssn Ohio. Southern Michigan and Norsher
Indians the frost has affected the fruit about A.
hns doae here. The Cleveland Herald sums u
The sssals ofits observations - 10 the Lake sbor
rsgoa g follows: Some peaches, pears and cher
rssSet re end Of he links are injured. but t~'