St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-09-12

We have frequently been inquired
of to know why the Floyd County
Board of Supervisors go to Cerro Cor
do county to have their printing done.
The Board having never applied to us
to do any printing for them, and we
having never had any misunderstood
ing with them, we have been unable
to answer the question. We have
heard, however, that the Chairman of
the Printing Committee said his OBJ
.ject was, "to kill out the damned
Black Republican printer" Unex-
pectedly, we received, few days
since, two letters which seem to give
little light upon the subject, and it
being one of public interest, we have
concluded to publish the letters, which
we do below, adding that, according
TO our recollection, we have never
censured" Mr.. Aylsworth
Mason Cry, Aug. 20, 1861.
A. B. r. Hudreth, Esq,
81. Charles Gin:
SIR Having heard that you Gen.
sured me for printing the proceedings
of the Board of Supervisors of Floyd
County, have thought proper to let
you know the real merits of the case.
was called upon at my school room
to know what would do the job for,
but did not even make an offer below
an offer that had been made by some
one else don't know by whom. did
not even go this far, until assured that
you could not have the job, and that
if did not take it, Coon would do SO.
1t was under these circumstances that
| did it, knowing that it was rather a
delicate affair. You probably feel
that there is a wrong somewhere, but
| think this statement of the case, to-
gether with Mr.. Frisbie's note Of ex-
PLANTATION accompanying, will enable
you to discover that l am not the per-
son to whom it should attach. ! had
no other conversation about the job,
than the one referred to, until it came
to the Office. ! think the above suffi-
cient to satisfy any reasonable expec-
tation. Yours truly.
| j. Ii. AYLswoRrH.
Below, is Mr.. Frisbie's letter, to
which Mr.. Aylsworth refers:
Mason Cry. Iowa, Aug. 20, 1861.
A. B. +. Hiidreth, Esq,
DEAR SIR AT request of j. II. Ayls-
worth, Esq. explain how and why
he came to print Report of Committee
on Floyd County Finances. / was at
the residence of r. N. Mathews, in
Rockford, about the time the job was
to be printed, and Mr.. Mathews re-
quested me to ascertain from Mr.. Ayls-
worth what such job could be done
for, stating that Mr.. Hildrcth had vic
timizcd the County of Floyd with high
prices long enough. l consulted Mr..
A., and lie declined doing the job, un-
til being assured that Mr.. Hildreth
could not have it, when he consented
Mr.. Aylsworth did not see Mr.. Math-
ews until the work was brought to
him. The above is all of the affair,
and relieves Mr. Aylsworth of any
blame. Yours very truly,
+. b. FRIsBIE.
1t is proper to add here, in explana-
ton, that r. N. Mathews. the gentle
man alluded to in Mr.. Frisbic's letter,
is the member of the Board of Super
yisors for Rockford township. He
is the only Democratic member of
the Board, is patron and dissemina-
tor of the N. Y. Day Book, and was, for
some reason unknown to us, appoint
ed by the Chairman of the Board as
Chairman of the Committee on Print
ing.
To show the contrast between the
language which Mr.. Mathews used to
Mr.. Frisbie and the language which
he used on another occasion, in refer
ence to us, we give place to the docu-
ment below, adding, in explanation,
that, in February last, we sent to the
Board of Supervisors, written prop
osition, in which we offered to attend
their sessions and report and print
their proceedings for one-third of the
customary rates. In all the neigh
boring Counties the Supervisors have
contracted in this manner with their
local presses. In response to our
proposition we received the follow.
ing
OFFICE BOARD SUPERVISORS,
Floyd Co., Iowa, Feb. 5, 1861.
A. B. f. Hudreth, Esq,
SIR 81 am instructed by the Board
of Supervisors to communicate to you
the report of the Committee on Print
ing, which was adopted
Your Committee, to whom was
referred the communication of A. b.
"F. Hildreth for publishing the pro-
ccedings Of the Board of Supervi-
"sors, have had the same under con-
sideration and after having mature
ely considered the former valuable
services rendered, and liberality ex.
tended to the County, and the redu-
iced price which, by said commune
cation, is proposed, which fairly en-
titles him to the thanks of this Board
"and gratitude of the people of this
county, would respectfully report,
under the depressed state of the
finances of this county, against the
adoption Of said communication"
Very respectfully,
ABNER RooT, Clerk.
Since receiving the above we have