The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-08-02
Wonderful Discovery.

to the 24lh OF May was only one week.
has discovered, I've thinks, blunder IN
Auditor FulIer's last annual exhibit and
cackles like a puflet over her first egg.
Hear him:
..He THE Auditorl says Grand total collect
ed S2yll0 So In order to get this, he goes ON
and shows how much was School, State, County,
Sinking Fund. Road, Township and School Tax,
but he still lacks $-S5 - of the amount. In
der TO make it balance he adds Treasurcr's fees
for collecting all the above t,xes, $50 49, and
that makes up the Grand Total Now want
to know if the county collected that amount . Il
part OF its revenue, or WAS it paid oat?'
Whether the world will ever appreciate
and acknowledge the shrewdness and gen
ius Of We affidavit man is a matter of some
doubt, Judging from the past. Commons
sense people. it is true, can understand
the Auditors report without much difficult
ty, but our astute neighbor, who has no
difficulty in understanding that ten days
make a week, or that Tuesday the 18Th
day of May was the 14th, is completely
stalled over it. Every one knows the
Treasurer gets certain per cent for col
Letting State, County. Sinking Fund,
Road, Township, and Special School Tax.
es, and that it comes out of these funds.
The Auditor, it is true, might have made
out the report in different way, but he
could not have made it palmer or mere
correct than lie did had he tried. The
fact that our neiehbor finds fault with it and
endeavors to show that it is Incorrect only
proves how hard run lie is for something
to carp at in order to CRAFTY his little pet
ulent soul, and make people believe the
present Auditor is as great blunder
head as his predecessor. That the pres
ent incumbent is infllble. We do not PIE
tend to claim. but if we can not show that
his predecessor and step-daddy Of We afi-
davit editor. made tel mistakes to his one,
in the same length Of time, we will yield
the point at once. II he were as incom-
petent and indifferent to the interests Of
the people as his predecessor proved to
be. we should certainly get up "A petition
inviting him to resign Immediately.
In the first part Of the article from which
we make the above extract We affidavit
editor insists that the mistakes in the Ex-
hibi at first published were made BY Ful-
Ter himself. aud then indulgcs in some
chacterisiic twaddle about our magnanim>
ity in taking Fuller's blunders upon cur
self. We stated the truth about the ma
ter IN our issue Of the 29th ut, and If ye
affidavit editor don't believe j, he is entire
IL Welcome 10 disbelieye IT, The proof
,sos resd by copy, but the compositor
failed 10 correct the mistakes, and
being in a hurry we neglected 10 re-
wise i. rs we generally do such matters.
Y ali i.yit Ia ii seems - thiaa ve have
a haid face, if So. he mast have one Of
adamant, or he could never ;,cain look an
honest man in tie face, after swearing five
iished certain notices on the i4th ,!av of
May. and once each week thereafter,
when In fact they were published on the
18Th. and ten DAYS elapsed between the
first and second publication. We would
not have made such afiiiavi's under the
circumstances for his printing Office.
In tie same article our neiyhbor says :
During the time Mr. Mcdonald was Auditor,
they used 10 make great fuss about the condo rs
ed aI. unsatisfactory reports he published annual
ly, and how they are satisfied with report not
than half as long as those they used cruIn-
bic at as being too short, and tat is condensed
that no person can, BY reading ii over, form cor
rect idea of the financial affairs OF the county"
If they did make great fuss about the
condensed and unsatisfactory reports the
only reply the Democrat ever made was !:
The receipts and expenditures are all on
record in the Auditors ofice--open to all
for examination, and the county officers are
willing to give a certified copy of the
same We might make the same snap
pish and defiant reply to our ueighbor. but
viii not. If he will signify, as We did, in
what particular the last Exhibit is not suf-
liciently explicit. we promise. at om earli-
est convenience, to examine the records
ourself. and with the assistance OF the Au-
ditor, furnish him all the Information he
desires. Is this satisfactory, neighbor
You ought not, however. to stretch the
blanket quite so tight again as you do in
the above extract, lest it tear. Ii is not true
that the last Exhibit is mot more than
half as long as those they used to grum-
BILE at 1t is quite as long and full as
specific in all essential respects az any
ever published over the signature Of the
hOhesI ana competent ex- Auditor.
The above is what was intended by the
editor Of the Republican Of week before
last as an answer to the questions we ask
ed Mr. Fuller He, Fuller. did not have
time TO attend TO the matter--jusl Ike Mat.
tingy often gets, in hurry. when ne can
not answer to suit him--so the Job was
turned over to the cold gentleman" to mis-
/ hfy. not answer
The main questions we asked the Aud
itor, were what had become of certain mo-
neys, and particularly the county's part o
the one thousand dollars paid Mr.. Vinned
ge's securities and the jury fees. Not hav.
ing given any account Of these moneys
the Auditor does not pay any attention tc
the questions, knowing that he is not ablc
to satisfy the people on this point. If th,
above from the Republican, will satisfy
the people on this subject, then we will