The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-10-04

quiry, whether to attribute it to unpardonable ig
my official acts The State Auditor notified me
as previously stated, to take the r. r lands OF
the Duplicate, the Supreme Court had decide,
that they not taxable under the Statute, a
other lands 1t your privilege to have known
that the Supreme Court had so decided
On the other hand, when YOU volunteere,
your services for the good of the Republican cauS,
in this county, although you had not been nance
icicrred to unless YOU had been engaged in cir
crltting the repor. that was deiauter, felti
70 be my pririiege 90 refer to a few of your dire
ections Of duty. merely by way of IN ofse:, ane
to show thai ii yor Noiii stav in your Office lit
lie more, and spend less time looking over the ol,
books, You would not make so many mistakes Ri
younow do. ! referred you TO the following cases
to which you could not. nor cannot, do otherwise
than plead guilty: That You issued $50 count,
o. der. when it should have been but Sl0, ano
chlrged the error on Your deputy; that YOU char
god .hr. Johnson . 30 too much int terest This
last YOU say was paid over a soon as the mistak,
was discovered. This is probably true as [ dis
covered how Mr.. Johnson had been swindled. ana
told him to make you pay it back. II he had wait
ed until you discovered the mistake(?) and paid
the money back, without beng notified to lo so
le would nave given an exhibition of at least one
of the christian graccs--'patient waiting You
acknowledged that or three County orders
/ were taken out Of the office, without being re-
ceiptcd for but, a. usual, the deputy was to
blame
learnt, few days since, from an individual
that he wanted to pay the Amount due on piece OF
school iand and take deed, but that You chare cd
him S3G more than due on the land. which, he
matter of course. would not pay. | learnt
from another individual that You charged him
Sll 30 too much interest, which he strange to re-
late. would not pay Funny, is il not. Judge, tat
the dear people, whose interests cause You
much distress, Will not pay YOU any amount
your service may demand? If you could always
succeed in obtaining the orcrplus YOU charge, and
attempt to collect, it would be almost as good "A
ti'nea- shaving umcusrent money. Friends in
distress un.olt nate when your relief fund
tii- 50 frequently.
Iou, in common with the other County officers
should be gc.iHce.l, ihc County expenses cut
ao.A. Hi ;h., .rc .r.nchment' should be the mot
-, # thay wal. pp D'ace them in Office. The
ecn'e gave heed 40 ,he ,elusive song OF low tax
an1 economical administrations. and pat you
III! your political brethren into Office. propose,
as YOU we're to"cmost in makns thcs. promises
sal from your own showing, are Auditor and
I.rl J. =.
you. pronsor ;tiil Practices and how they will
register. In or,icr TO DO this in Il manner that no
arguments can he successfully made against the
conclusions which their comparison VIII bring rs,
lp'opo.e - coniptre some portions of the annual
exhibits aldc bs you in S59 and 1861, the hr>t
beu4g ilc ii,i yer Die Dem,arais were in power,
a.l. - sc mi IA irs' year Of Republican rule.
This 60 npirspn. bus upon exhibits Of your own
getting up, the correctness of which you will
not probably question. although others might with
piop.c', do -, will enable to see how far your
promises OF .rctrcnchmcnt and reform, have been
fulfilled
Yoar exhibit of ~ shows the Auditors
ICES to be, D2, Il
le6D, 9ll,t
Retlenchmcnt, of the Republican kind. slo9,,9
according to your own showing YOU charged
the county, whose interests lie enlbamed in the
palm of your hand, l3-$l09, 80 more for your first
years services than did for my last year's.-
''Stop that leak"
lie expenses Of the Board Of Commissioners
for the year endin. June Is, 1859, according 10
vour report, WAS So 90
;or the first year of Republican rule, 1861 l1. ,5o
G.l.nbcrn Ra..e,cment, So 81
TINS show, that he Commissioners Comt, o!
which you are thc head and front, and with
Ahom YOU are all in all, cost double III.
anoHRf. under Republican inancering, than it did
under Democratic rule, when il understood itself
Il other Leaks. when the amount involved is great
- AMI lie proportion of increase is equal. an,
permitted to remain open, as thi. one is, it vii
require al! your tniHcial talent and experience tC
uidc the ship of County saf el " through the
Which is gathering in the minds of outraged
aud deceived people, who have been taken in ant
lone for in the most approved Republican style
An increase of 100 per cent in the expense. of the
Com ,a.ssioners, the guardians of the people
money. lIcqucsf-thc people demand-hat th
leak, or patent esc.pcment of money from tn,
people to the o0icersbc stopped-complete
plugged up.
la the exhibit of 1852 (your own. re ii embcr
the Shclii's fees, including extra allowance
acre S2I9.I I.
Ditto. for 1860, 215,0t
More Rctfcnclmcnt, 23,3
This leak oil 81, 81 should receive your imme
diate attention; any delay might be damaging t.
the interests of the people. as that office ma
change hands. Who knows2 See 10 IL.
I'm your exhibit of ls59, Ninnedec's fees fo
collecting ,lle revenue, were SGSl 2
IN lc6D-Repubcan rule-Oglesbces
collecting the revenue, were, Ss6,7
S295, 3
Showing that you allowed NJ, Oglcsbc
q = 3. = - more Tor collecting the revenue, tha
yoa aiio,ced MIR NInnedge. This leak is of II
advantage To the county, in amy particular, an
r should receive your immediate attention. III
, people demand t--every principle of right an
I justice demands t-'truth' who told the peopl
!, that 'retrenchment' should be the watchword
joins i'm the demand that this leak should be sto,