Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-06-02
nRREPREssTnLE CONFLTCT. ;,

By the following articles Il will be seen that
our nciphbor Of the Gazette in his last is sue,
is a0cr sheriff MUS The sheriff rctorts
in this morning Jounol
The Gsrctte sner tho sheriR.
From d,o Dayton Gazeitc.
We do not wish any Attorney 10 advertise in
the Gozeie unless he wants 10. Every man
has his preference and we have moi the least
desire 20 Interfere with it, But when an At-
lorney, or any other party, wishes his adyer
tsemonts insrriedin the G0teHe, aud instructs
the Sheriff to that effect, We have right 10
complain if they appear in other papers We
have cOnvcrsed with a number OF our Attor-
neys and they have invariably said, that they
desired their advertisements divided equally
between the Journal and Gazette; or ai all
events. that they diftot like to have them ex-
clu lively iaken to the Journal We suppose
that those gentlemen have instructed the Sher-
IN accordingly, but whether they have or have
not he persists in Withholding from The Gar
eite its fair share Of Sheriff Sales The few
small advertisements now iU the paper, hear
ing the Sheriff signature did not appear as "a
lrcc-wll offering on the part Of that officer, but
hy the pcremptory order Of the Attorneys
We have received no favor from Mr. Mills, and
do not expect any Hence we give notice to
Attorneys. and AL others, who may have the
control Of SheriH's Sales, That u They ,cish
hem 10 appear ~ The Ga1cffe heg must ordtr
them here. otherwise they win 90 10 the joUr.
nal
| The G0xctte has now a circulation Of nearly
TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED, aud is advancing at "a
rapid rate What is the object Of advertlscing
| ing Sherns Sales2 Is It 10 re,rGyd one pa
per and punish another? Is il TO subserve
private Interests at the expense Of men who
are so unfortunate as to have their property
sold uuder execution! The law contemplates,
that the Sheriff shall advertise in weekly
paper of the most geRcroi circulation iH ne
county Then why does the Sheriff exclusive
ly select a paper OF oue-half the circulation Of
the Gdzettei Is there any excuse or iustii-
cation for this kind of iavoritism2 Suppose
he does not like the publishers of the Gazette:
suppose he has no sympathy with their politics;
suppose he is in love with conyeryatism, and
does not readily embrace the rugged issue
principles of the Republican party suppose he
is not friendly to the Gazette because it advo-
Gated the claims Of Gov Chase for the United
States Senate and the Presidencv-al this
does not excuse him for entirely Withholding
his official patronage from a paper, which,
more than any other in the county has the
support and confidence of the Republicans
We do not, however, claim, that the Gazette
ought TO have n portion Of the sales merely be-
cause IL is Republican, We claim our right
to them, on the following grounds, viz:
l. That the Weekly Gazette has more than
double the circulation of the Weekly Journal
2 That it costs less, by from twenty-five to
fifty per cent to advertise in the Gazette than
in the Journal
Our opinion about official advertising is
this that sales ought generally to be published
in the paper, ,rithoW regard 10 politicS, that
will give them the most general publicity If
the Journal exceeds the gazette, the Sheriff
would be justified in giving it the most of his
patronage. But, we suppose, that as long as
parties exist the uictors irfH obtain the sp0iis
As this is the rule. we beg leave to PROFOUND
few queries 10 the Republican voters Of this
county
/. Was it your understanding, when the
present Sheriff was elected, that he would give
nearly all OF his patronage to the JonrH0t7
9 When you nominate and elect him, this
fall. will it be with the further understanding,
that lac shall continue this eNclusiyenesS
Or course, in the ensuing campaign, will
be this If Mr.. Mills is re-nomiuated, we win
support him, not because he has treated as
HHjusiiy and IN bad taith but because he tcW
be on the ticket We are unwilling to disturb
the harmony of the party. We are for the
cause and not for men, IL the Republicans,
in Montgomery, at their County Convention,
shall deem Mr. Mills the most available man
for the Office Of Sheriff, we will support him;
but, we are candid enough to confess, that we
would prefer man, who would divide fairly
between the Gozette, .Iouj1,0i and German
town independent The latter paper is an
able and spirited Republican journal 1t cir
culatcs largely in German and the neighbor
ing townships and, yet Notwithstanding It's
large local circulation the Sheriff, invariably,
when he has property to sell, in German town
ship, gives his advertising to the Journal DO
the Republicans of German, who tax them
selves largely to sustain the Independent, ap-
prove of this action in Mr.. Mills2 lfthey do
they will, Of course, send up to the Convention,
a unanimous delegation in his favor Let
them he instructed 10 rate against the inter
eSts Of Ateir owR to,onshiP paper. We would
suggest, 100, that in all the other townships,
JoURdl men be chosen, SO that the GaSete
will have a perfect understanding, that it is To
receive no advertising from the Sheriff We
will be content let the matter he decided for
or against rs.
The sheriff after the Gazette.